Havas has taken a majority stake in European digital health and wellness comms firm Creative Lynx. Creative Lynx is a 25-year-old firm with clients like Johnson & Johnson, GSK, and AstraZeneca. It’s based in Manchester, England.

The firm, led by MD Neil Martin, digital director David Hunt, and healthcare director David Whittingham, will work with the Havas Worldwide Health network. That network has about 30 clients, including Pfizer and Novartis. It encompasses Euro RSCG Life, Health4Brands, Euro RSCG Life PR, and Euro RSCG Worldwide PR. According to a fact sheet we received, the network has achieved more than 10 percent organic growth so far in 2012.

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Havas, home to firms including Abernathy McGregor Group, Cake, and Euro RSCG Worldwide, reported 3.5 percent organic growth for Q1 2012 with revenue totaling €387 million (about $511 million by today’s conversion rates). That’s a year-over-year increase from €361 million in revenue.

The company called its new business results “robust” with that figure totaling €605 million (about $799 million) for the quarter. That far exceeds the new business number from 2011 – €384 million.

Even with the positive numbers, the results fall short of the competition. Havas’ European figures were sluggish with organic growth actually going negative in the U.K. and the rest of Europe, with the exception of France, its home turf.

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Havas announced its 2011 earnings yesterday, with revenue totaling about €1.65 billion ($2.17 billion according to today’s conversion rate). That’s a 5.6 percent increase from the previous year total of €1.56 billion. Organic growth was at 5.9 percent for the year, and income from operations was €220 million ($290.6 million). That’s a jump from €204 million in operating income in 2010.

Revenue from digital and social media work was up 23 percent for the year. Among the 2011 digital and social media wins were Panasonic and The Economist for Havas Digital USA and Mexico Tourism for Havas Digital Global.

The earnings announcement also highlighted 16 percent revenue gains in the emerging markets of Latin America and Asia-Pacific.

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Patrick Kerley

Kenneth Hartmann and Patrick Kerley have joined Burson-Marsteller as directors in the U.S. digital practice. Hartmann was most recently at Wildfire Interactive, a social media tech provider with Facebook funding. He’ll be based in New York. Kerley was most recently at Levick Strategic Communications leading social and digital media efforts for crisis and reputation clients. Kerley will be based in Washington D.C.

Havas has taken a majority stake in Siren-Communication, a Singapore-based digital agency. The firm will be renamed Euro RSCG Siren and founder Karen Flynn will serve as MD.

Josh Zeitz has joined MWW Group as SVP in the corporate affairs practice. He was previously chief of staff at MF Global, the bankrupt brokerage once led by former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine. In this position, he handled the personal and public affairs for Corzine. He also worked for Corzine when he was Governor.

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Havas reported €765 million (about $1.1 billion according to today’s conversion rate) in revenue for the first half of 2011, a five percent increase over 2010. Organic growth for the first half was 5.6 percent, showing a marked improvement from 2009 (organic growth was -9.2 percent) and 2010 (organic growth was 1.8 percent).

Euro RSCG Worldwide and Abernathy MacGregor Group are two of Havas’ businesses.

Net income for the company was also up 6.9 percent (to €53 million or about $76.5 million) with income from operations margin up 12.4 percent (to €95 million or nearly $137.1 million).

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Havas earnings were reported today, with the holding company announcing €361 million (about $528.6 million by today’s conversion rate) in revenue for Q1 2011, a gross increase of 9.7 percent year-over-year from €329 million. Organic growth was up 6.8 percent versus just 1.5 percent for the same period in 2010.

Europe led all regions with €190 million (about $278.3 million) in revenue (France topped the region with €75 million , or $109.8 million) followed by North America with €125 million in revenue (about $183 million). Havas firms include Abernathy McGregor Group, Cake, and Euro RSCG Worldwide.

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Havas announced its 2010 earnings yesterday, reporting a 46 percent increase in net new business over 2009, bringing the total to  €1.9 billion (about $2.64 billion, based on today’s conversion rates). Among the wins were Revlon PR business for Euro RSCG Corporate Communications Middle East and the redesign of FNAC‘s global brand identity by BETC Design. Havas PR firms include Euro RSCG Worldwide PR and Abernathy MacGregor Group.

The company singled out accomplishments in the digital space, with digital accounting for 19 percent of the group’s revenue and key digital wins including Heineken in the U.S. and Unilever, which appointed Euro RSCG 4D as its global digital agency.

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MediaVantage has announced enhancements to its online monitoring offering, including additional social media content and tonality scoring. For additional detail about the latest offering, check out the video after the jump.

PRWeb has partnered with Hearst Media Services in the San Francisco Bay area (outlets like the San Francisco Chronicle) to offer additional marketing services to the media company’s advertisers. Offered as GateList, PRWeb and its SEO services have now been added to the marketing options.

Business Wire has introduced an enhanced version of its media monitoring service, NewsTrak Clips. The service will now offer 3D charts and graphs for measurement purposes, options for a branded newsletter created with clips, and other options.

Havas has a new tool, The Flightdeck, that allows users to track online sentiment around their brand and the influence of those who are commenting. Data is pulled from a number of sources including Sysomos. The Flightdeck was developed by Havas firms Cake and EHS 4D Group.

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Havas reported its interim 2010 numbers today, announcing a 22.5 percent jump in net income to $62.2 million compared with the first half of 2009. (All figures are converted from Euros based on today’s currency rates.) Revenue is also up 4.2 percent over last year to $925.1 million. Net financial debt was also down nearly 28 percent for the half.

Abernathy MacGregor Group and Euro RCSG are among Havas’ firms.

Adweek gathers the forward-looking thoughts from the various holding companies, which also largely reported good financial news recently.