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Public Policy Group Holdings chalked up 27 percent growth to $65.7M during the first half as CEO Stewart Hall used an aggressive M&A strategy to supplement organic growth, which rose 4 percent during the period.
It acquired MultiState Assocs. in March, which now gives the government relations/PA holding company seven operating entities, including Crossroads Strategies, O’Neill & Assocs., Seven Letter and Alpine Group Partners.
Hall sees acquisitions as a way “to effectively diversity the client offering into new areas while increasing our geographic reach.”
He views PPHC as “a natural sector consolidator” with a pipeline of acquisition opportunities in the US, UK and Continental Europe.
PPHC firms added General Electric, The Aluminum Assn., Hertz, Morton’s Salt, Life Science Logistics and Veterinary Medical Assn. to their client lists during the first-half.
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.
