Exhibit 23.1

                                 KPMG AUDIT PLC

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



         We hereby give our consent to the  incorporation  by  reference in this
Registration  Statement  on  Form  F-3  of  Cordiant  Communications  Group  plc
("Cordiant") of our report dated March 7, 2000 with respect to the  consolidated
financial  statements of Cordiant as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and for each
of the three  years in the period  ended  December  31,  1999,  which  report is
included in Cordiant's  Annual  Report on Form 20-F for the year ended  December
31, 1999.

Yours faithfully

KPMG Audit Plc



London, England

September 25, 2000