{"id":1142,"date":"2026-05-01T17:16:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:16:23","slug":"stripe-founder-departs-in-merger-with-leith-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gw.adampg777.com\/?p=1142","title":{"rendered":"Stripe founder departs in merger with Leith \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Juliet-Simpson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-194718 lazyload\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Juliet-Simpson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-194718 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Juliet-Simpson.png 850w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Juliet-Simpson-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Juliet-Simpson-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Juliet-Simpson-600x394.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Juliet Simpson: departed<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Stripe Communications chief executive and founder Juliet Simpson has left the business which is merging with sister agency Leith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ms Simpson set up Stripe 21 years ago and the brand will be retained with no disruptions to the ongoing work. There are not thought to be any other departures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A spokesman told <em>Daily Business <\/em>that the two will \u201cintegrate their capabilities to capitalise on the strengths of each business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThe Stripe organisation will continue to operate as it has, with no disruptions to ongoing work or day-to-day business operations as a result, and no current plans to change their teams, offerings, office locations, or reporting structure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The announcement follows a number of other recent developments in the communications sector. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Daily Business <\/em>revealed that an undisclosed number of Glasgow staff at PR agency Smarts had been made redundant and that it had withdrawn from some client work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This followed Edinburgh-based\u00a0Halogen Communications\u00a0appointing liquidators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It was set up by former Tory MP and government minister Raymond Robertson and ex-civil servant John Crawford.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Stripe #founder #departs #merger #Leith #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juliet Simpson: departed Stripe Communications chief executive and founder Juliet Simpson has left the business which is merging with sister agency Leith. 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