LONDON—H+K Strategies was named Pan-EMEA Consultancy of the Year at last night’s SABRE Awards gala in London, in recognition of consistently strong performance across the network's 40 markets. 
 
H+K Strategies beat out APCO, Edelman, FleishmanHillard and Weber Shandwick to be named the leading consultancy in the region for the second time in three years, capping a remarkable turnaround for the WPP firm, underpinned by strong performance in the UK, Middle East, Nordics and Germany.
 
In addition to high single-digit growth in EMEA and improving margins — tripled over the past three years — H+K's increasingly 21st century business mix (from high-end consulting work to strong digital and creative) helped the agency prevail over its rivals in 2018.
 
In other highlights, Cohn & Wolfe won both UK and Healthcare Consultancy of the Year and Healthcare Consultancy of the Year.
 
A complete list of Consultancy of the Year award winners can be found here, or via the list below:

 Pan-EMEA Consultancy of the Year: 
APCO 
Edelman 
FleishmanHillard 
H+K Strategies 
Weber Shandwick

Geographic

Africa Consultancies of the Year: 
Burson-Marsteller 
Clockwork Media 
Djembe Communications 
FleishmanHillard
Meropa

Benelux Consultancies of the Year: 
Edelman
H+K Strategies
Ketchum 
LVT 
Whyte Corporate Affairs

DACH Consultancies of the Year: 
Cohn & Wolfe
Farner
Fink & Fuchs
FischerAppelt 
Weber Shandwick

Eastern Europe Consultancies of the Year: 
Ewing
Grayling 
Seesame 
United Partners

French Consultancies of the Year: 
Edelman-Elan 
Hopscotch 
Jin
Monet et Associes 
Wellcom

Iberian Consultancies of the Year: 
Atrevia
Edelman 
Evercom
Lift World
Llorente & Cuenca

Mediterranean Consultancies of the Year: 
Barabino & Partners
Cohn & Wolfe
Edelman
INC 
Omnicom PR Group

Middle East Consultancies of the Year: 
APCO
Asda'a B-M 
H+K Strategies 
Memac Ogilvy
Weber Shandwick

Nordic Consultancies of the Year: 
Diplomat Group 
H&H Group  
Narva
Prime Weber Shandwick
Rud Pedersen

Russia/CIS Consultancies of the Year 
FleishmanHillard Vanguard 
Mikhailov Partners 
OnePhilosophy
PBN H+K Strategies
Pro-Vision

UK Consultancies of the Year: 
Brands2Life 
Cohn & Wolfe 
FleishmanHillard Fishburn
M&C Saatchi PR
Weber Shandwick

Specialist

Consumer Consultancies of the Year: 
The Academy
Marco de Comunicacion
Mischief 
Tin Man
W 

Corporate Consultancies of the Year: 
Headland Consultancy
Hanover
Hering Schuppener
Instinctif Partners 
Seven Hills

Creative Consultancies of the Year: 
Edelman Deportivo
Golin
Hope&Glory
Ketchum
Unity

Digital Consultancies of the Year: 
Clockwork Media
Edelman Deportivo
Text100
TVC Group 
Weber Shandwick

Healthcare Consultancies of the Year: 
Cohn & Wolfe
dna Communications
Four Healthcare
GCI Health
Pegasus

Public Affairs Consultancies of the Year: 
APCO 
Interel
Pagefield
PLMR

Technology Consultancies of the Year: 
Axicom
Chameleon 
Harvard 
Hotwire
Schwartz Public Relations

New Consultancies of the Year: 
BoldT
Milk & Honey
Munch
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