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Octane: now under old management

‘meet the new boss, same as the old boss’ now literally applies to . Just before Christmas, , the Historic Motoring Awards and other brand extensions such as the were acquired in full by Hothouse Media, the company run by Geoff Love and David Lillywhite, two of the founders of. The take-over reunites the original ‘gang of four’, which comprised Geoff, David, founding editor Robert Coucher and current group advertising director Sanjay Seetanah.

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