A BARNSLEY-based design agency has been named in the top ten for client satisfaction by the UK marketing industry's leading publication, The Drum.

GDA Creative Marketing, a creative and digital agency, was analysed for the Design Census, a survey carried out every year to rank agencies in the three key areas of client satisfaction, financial performance and peer perception.

Companies are categorised according to the number of design staff.

GDA was named 10th in the UK for client satisfaction and 16th for financial performance. Managing Director Alistair Farrant said: "It's obviously great to be recognised for GDA's financial performance.

** The full story appears in the Barnsley Chronicle, dated March 27. **