By Greg Hazley
French advertising and PR conglomerate Havas today reported a 9.7% increase in first quarter revenue to 361M euro (about $536M) on the strength of its U.S. operations and a "solid recover" in Europe.
"We are seeing at the moment an upturn right across all our communication businesses," said David Jones CEO of Havas, which counts units like Euro RSCG PR, Abernathy MacGregor Group and ad agency Arnold.
Jones took the reins in March from Fernando Rodes Vila, who has left the company.
For North America, Havas posted organic growth of 7.2% on the strength of healthcare communication and advertising business there. Revenue for the region hit 125M euro.
In Europe, Havas posted revenue of 190M euro and swung to positive organic growth of 3.8%, after declining three percent for the same period of 2010.
Latin America (up 24.6%) and Asia Pacific (10.3%) were also strong performers.
Dell and Pfizer globally, and Sonic in the U.S. were key wins during the quarter.
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