Paul Hill's tip of the week: a bargain in the media sector

Paul Hill, one of Britain's most successful private investors, picks the best share tips from the press and brokers' reports.

The £12bn UK advertising industry is undergoing dramatic change. The importance of traditional radio, press and TV media is diminishing as consumers continue to spend more time and money on the internet. The £1.6bn UK online sector is now the third-largest advertising medium and is expected to grow by 39% this year. This has hit many industry heavyweights, such as ITV, Johnson Press and GCap, who are suffering declines in like-for-like revenues. The winners have not only been Google and Yahoo, but also firms providing one-stop-shop marketing services that help advertisers maximise opportunities from these online formats. This week's top tip belongs to the latter category.

Best Tip of the Week: Creston (CRE: 160p), tipped as a BUY by Panmure Gordon

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Paul gained a degree in electrical engineering and went on to qualify as a chartered management accountant. He has extensive corporate finance and investment experience and is a member of the Securities Institute.

Over the past 16 years Paul has held top-level financial management and M&A roles for blue-chip companies such as O2, GKN and Unilever. He is now director of his own capital investment and consultancy firm, PMH Capital Limited.

Paul is an expert at analysing companies in new, fast-growing markets, and is an extremely shrewd stock-picker.