Holmes Report 24 May 2018 // 7:59AM GMT

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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