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| Paul Taaffe |
Huntsworth today reported that its PR unit for the first time in several years will achieve full-year growth in 2019. The unit is projected to chart a two percent advance.
"Constellation Communications, which houses the non-health facing PR agencies, returned to growth led by Grayling in Europe and Citigate Dewe Rogerson, especially in Asia," Huntsworth CEO Paul Taaffe told O'Dwyer's. "Client demand and spend remains strong and we are increasingly confident about Constellation into next year."
Grayling's performance in the U.S. was "fairly stable."
Taaffe said the Evoke Kyne healthcare unit "is on an enormous tear all over the world but especially in the US where it has operations in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles."
The British holding company anticipates like-for-like revenue growth of three percent for 2019.
The firm's medical group will spark overall performance as it is projected to rise by eight percent for the full year, according to Huntsworth's 11-month trading update.
WPP chief Cindy Rose is cutting up to 1,000 jobs by the end of the year, adding to the 11K jobs lost since the start of 2025, according to a report in the Financial Times.
WPP CEO Cindy Rose declares her stabilization plan is "firmly on track" as the company reports a 4.7 percent dip in 1H revenues.
FTI Consulting reported a 2.6 percent drop in Q2 strategic communications revenues to $100M, a shortfall largely due to a $7.4M decline in pass-through revenues.
Omnicom CEO John Wren reported a 7.2 percent rise in Q2 “core operations” to $6B and a 6.1 percent spurt on an organic basis.
Publicis Groupe’s H1 net revenues inched ahead by 1.1 percent to $8.3B. Organic growth hit the 4.7 percent mark.
