ELABE, a communication research and consulting firm, completed the merger with LinkUp, a public communications firm. Financial terms were not disclosed. “We are proud to create this unique model of research and consulting firm in communication strategy and CSR strategy. This integrated offer responds to a deep need at a time when new expectations of society are expressed towards the actors economic and that communication cannot replace action. ELABE and LinkUp have everything take up this challenge: close cultures, complementary professions, the same attachment to value of the strategic advice provided to managers, based on objective data, and a capacity to operationally support our customers in their transformation and in their communication in all its forms with their ecosystem," Bernard Sananès, ELABE President.