Daniel Farey-Jones
Dec 02, 2010

Sorrell bullish on WPP's 2011 performance

He said growth is "coming through stronger", with October's performance up eight per cent on last year

Sorrell bullish on WPP's 2011 performance

WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell has indicated his group is experiencing stronger growth than the three to four per cent expected by its operating companies for 2011

Speaking at the Reuters Global Media Summit on November 29, 2010, Sorrell said growth is "coming through stronger", with October's performance up eight per cent on last year. 

Sorrell said, "We're seeing pretty good strength across the board," and added WPP had grown 4.5 per cent from the start of 2010 to the end of October.

WPP owns advertising agency networks Y&R, JWT and Ogilvy & Mather, as well as media agencies MediaCom, Mindshare, MEC and Maxus.

This article was first published on campaignlive.co.uk.

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