"With Joe Public Johannesburg named Large Agency of the Year, having motivated our case to the jurors, we are proud to be rewarded with this honour — beating out some tough competition for it," says the agency. 

"We are immensely proud of the recognition received at the AdFocus Awards because it's an industry award that reaffirms the agency's performance in the judged period," says Gareth Leck, group CEO at Joe Public United.

"Our claims for the period under review — July 2019 to June 2020 — were compelling and aligned entirely with the criteria set out by the FM AdFocus Awards, namely new business and growth, business retention and relationships, training and industry recognition and empowerment / social responsibility.

"The excellence we deliver for our clients has seen them derive immense value from having Joe Public representing them. At the same time, this has enabled us to grow our agency by attracting not only new clients but talent as well," says Leck. 

"This allows us to extend our CSI footprint and invest more in skills development to name but a few of our growth points," concludes Leck. 

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