Havas UK

Havas UK is the United Kingdom and Ireland operating division of Havas, bringing together advertising, media, customer experience, communications and production capabilities. Its regional business serves brands and organisations across consumer goods, retail, financial services, healthcare, technology, government and other markets.

The company operates through Havas’s integrated Village model, which brings specialist agencies together under shared leadership, infrastructure and a common profit-and-loss structure. Its London operation accommodates more than 25 agency brands, connecting creative advertising with media investment, public relations, healthcare communications and entertainment expertise. The regional organisation also has an operating presence in Manchester and Dublin.

Capabilities

Havas UK’s creative and strategy services cover brand positioning, design and advertising across television, digital, outdoor and print channels. Its media teams provide planning, buying, programmatic advertising, search and performance marketing, supporting campaigns from audience development through activation.

Customer experience work includes customer relationship management, UX/UI, digital platforms and connected commerce. Public relations capabilities encompass corporate communications, reputation management, influencer activity and public affairs. Specialist health teams work on medical communications, healthcare professional engagement, rare disease marketing and patient advocacy. Content production and social campaigns connect these disciplines with the practical delivery of brand communications.

This breadth allows the regional organisation to combine brand development, customer engagement and campaign delivery within a shared operating structure. Its work spans consumer advertising and retail activation as well as public-sector recruitment, health communications and corporate reputation briefs.

Regional development

The UK legal entity was incorporated in 1993 as Evelink PLC and adopted the Havas UK Limited name in 2002. Those corporate milestones are distinct from the wider Havas network’s nineteenth-century origins in France.

In 2017, Havas consolidated 24 London offices into a purpose-designed facility at King’s Cross. The establishment of a unified UK and Ireland Village in 2026 extended this integrated approach across the regional business, bringing its creative, media and specialist capabilities into a more closely coordinated organisation.