Midwich puts M&A on hold as it grapples with COVID-19

Midwich has parked its aggressive M&A strategy to focus on navigating through choppy COVID-19 waters. The firm has acquired at a relentless pace over the last few years, with its most recent deal coming in the form of US VAD Starin Marketing, taking it across the Atlantic for the first time. Midwich said that the extent of the coronavirus' disruption varies from country to country, adding that it has paused acquisitions and scrapped its dividend for 2019. "We have taken actions acros...