Tuesday, October 03, 2006
NEW YORK, October 3, 2006 – Weber Shandwick was named “
Pan-European Consultancy of the Year” by The Holmes Group, publisher of a leading public relations industry journal, in its third annual European Consultancy Report Card.
“This outstanding industry recognition shows our growing strength not only in the U.K. but throughout Continental Europe, and is a great follow up to being named International Consultancy of the Year 2005 by PRWeek U.K.,” said Harris Diamond, chief executive officer of Weber Shandwick. “Our success has come as the result of the strong performance and dynamic teamwork we have seen in all of our markets in Europe under the leadership of our European management team.”
Paul Holmes, editor-in-chief of The Holmes Report, has evaluated the performance of public relations firms for more than 17 years. In his review of Weber Shandwick he wrote: “New business over the past 12 months has included new work for American Airlines, the BBC, the Euro 2008 football championship, Kellogg’s, Royal Bank of Scotland, Tchibo and Warner Bros. The firm now has 24 multinational assignments in Europe.”
Weber Shandwick maintains the largest public relations network in the world with more than 81 owned offices in 39 markets. This year the firm expanded its reach in EMEA into the Nordic region and in Central and Eastern Europe.