The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
(69 - 75) Professional Services 73 - Activities of advertising, market research and public relations 73.1 - Advertising 73.1 - Advertising
1,600 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 September 2003
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2003
Foreseen end date
1 December 2003
Description
Havas is the world's sixth largest advertising and marketing group.
Following bad financial results, it announced a strategic reorganisation aimed at simplifying its structure and producing savings.
750 jobs had already been cut in the first semester of this year. 850 more redundancies will take place before the end of the year, bringing the total job losses to 1,600, 9% of Havas's workforce worldwide.
Sources
19 September 2003: Les Echos
19 September 2003: The Guardian
13 November 2003: The Guardian
18 September 2003: The Guardian
Citation
Eurofound (2003), Havas, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 60159, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60159.
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