Havas today said first quarter revenue rose 7.2% to €387M as organic growth ticked up 3.5% as North American business showed steady growth and France showed a strong performance despite sluggish results in the rest of Europe.
“All disciplines contributed to our performance including a continued acceleration in digital,” said global CEO David Jones.
The Paris-based advertising and marketing conglomerate owns Euro RSCG Worldwide PR and Abernathy MacGregor Group. Euro RSCG PR wins for the quarter included Haagen Daz (Middle East), Carlsberg (Asia Pacific) and the Miami Ad School. AMG was the No. 4 M&A PR advisor for the first quarter, according to mergermarket, working 18 deals worth $14.4B.
Havas’ North American revenue rose 9.1% to 136M and organic growth was up 3.6%. Jones said all businesses contributed to growth in NA, but he singled out digital, healthcare communication and media.
In Europe, France showed organic growth of 5.1%, but the U.K. and rest of Europe slipped 0.2% and 2.4%, respectively.