4th September 2024
Design Council hires us for communications campaign
The Design Council has appointed us to help launch a programme of support to enable local authorities to develop ‘design codes’ to steer the development of attractive, sustainable places where people are proud to live, work and invest.
The Design Council is the UK’s national strategic advisor for design. An independent, not-for-profit organisation incorporated by Royal Charter, it champions the ability of design to make life better for all. The organisation is supporting the Government's ...
23rd April 2024
Government award for our client
We're super-proud of our client Intralink for having been judged by the Government as the UK's most successful small/medium professional services company for providing its services to clients all around the world.
The Government's Department for Business & Trade has awarded Intralink a well-deserved ...
21st March 2024
Media campaign for Government tech programme
We’re pleased to be delivering a media relations and marketing campaign for a prestigious Government initiative to help UK tech companies expand in Asia Pacific.
The UK-APAC Tech Growth Programme is being run by international business development specialists Intralink on behalf of the Government and provides free and subsidised support to help ambitious companies expand in 11 countries across the region.
We’ve been appointed to market this initiative to British innovators in high-growth fields including ...
26th February 2024
Advice for council on sensitive land issue
We’ve provided an English local authority with the first phase of communications support for a contentious land project.
The southwest-based borough council is exploring the idea of disposing of a large area of open land. Its plan is to sell the land to a developer which would create hundreds of new homes as well as community facilities, roads and commercial premises. While providing homes for many local people, the proposals are also likely to provoke controversy, with some ...
27th July 2023
Community engagement for London affordable homes scheme
We’re happy to have completed the first phase of community consultation work for property developer Apex Airspace and Shian Housing Association - for a residential scheme in the London Borough of Islington.
The early-stage project is exploring the potential to extend a four-storey block of 28 flats upwards to develop more affordable homes, while making improvements to the existing building.
With an acute shortage of affordable housing in ....
12th June 2023
Launch for Government business growth programme
It's great to have worked with the Government on the launch of a major programme today to help high-growth UK tech firms expand in Asia Pacific.
The programme was announced by APAC Trade Commissioner Natalie Black and Investment Minister Lord Dominic Johnson at an event this afternoon as part of ...
13th February 2023
HR Magazine on how to handle a corporate crisis
I'm happy to be cited in a feature out in HR Magazine today about what HR directors should do to help manage a corporate crisis. The article says: "The problem, of course, is no two crises are the same. This is something that some admit ....
6th January 2023
Quoted in Fortune on how to combat employee attacks
I'm pleased to have been quoted by Fortune magazine today on how companies should manage their reputations in the face of attacks from former employees - an article sparked by Prince Harry's allegations against the Royal Family in his new autobiography, Spare!
The Fortune piece says: "Workers often feel too afraid of repercussions to speak out while ...
8th November 2022
Reputation project completed for Berkshire council
We’ve now completed the main phase of our brand reputation initiative for Wokingham Borough Council.
The objective of this wide-ranging exercise for the Berkshire local authority has been to analyse its reputation – especially amongst its 175,000 residents – and recommend ways to improve it through communications and marketing. The Council said it selected us based on our experience in advising local government bodies as well as private sector businesses, and the clarity of our proposed approach.
Our project links closely with the local authority's ...
31st October 2022
Guardian article on our marketing work
We're featured in The Guardian today - in an article about our marketing work for our client Intralink.
Intralink helps western companies break into China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and southeast Asia. And our content marketing plays a vital role in the company’s growth by demonstrating its expertise in these markets.
The Guardian looks at the impact of our work, effective recent examples and ...
12th July 2022
Communications advice for Council culture project
We’re supporting Mid Sussex District Council with communications advice for an important community project.
The local authority is running a £100,000 initiative to explore investment options to create a sustainable cultural facility on a large site in the centre of Haywards Heath. The options to be assessed will take account of ....
7th April 2022
Website complete for fibre Internet programme
We've just completed a website for Digital Mid Sussex - the pioneering programme bringing full-fibre Internet to thousands in southern England. The initiative aims to make Mid Sussex one of the most digitally-advanced parts of the country, with fibre installed to ...
24th March 2022
Reputation assignment for Berkshire council
Wokingham Borough Council has commissioned us to deliver a wide-ranging reputation management project.
Our brief is to examine the local authority's approach to communications and marketing and its corporate reputation amongst the borough’s residents.
The Council selected us as part of a competitive tender based on our experience in advising local government bodies - as well as ...
7th January 2022
National recognition for Asia expansion client
We're so pleased to have kicked off the New year by getting our client Intralink into a Sustainable Business supplement within The Times.
Intralink helps western businesses to expand in East Asia. And, while the pandemic has meant they've had to stop travelling to the region, instead of their business taking a hit, they found they've secured more deals for their clients in Asia than ever. It's been a surprising boost to ...
1st December 2021
Marketing drive for digital transformation of Sussex
We’re delivering an extensive communications campaign to support a pioneering initiative to create one of the most digitally advanced areas of the country.
Mid Sussex District Council is leading the programme - as part of its wider economic development strategy - to get businesses, residents and public bodies connected to the latest digital technology. It’s laying an underground fibre optic ‘spine’ between Crawley and Brighton, and around Burgess Hill, with branches from this set to connect every part of the district to full fibre broadband in the near future. Innovatively, the Council is ...
3rd November 2021
Crisis communications for care home charity
We’ve been providing crisis communications support for The Fremantle Trust, a charity providing support for older people and adults with learning disabilities.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) had carried out an inspection of one of its care homes, which highlighted significant failings. With nine other care homes in operation plus a number of additional services supporting more than a thousand people, it was vital for the Trust to defend its reputation. Publication of the CQC report was looming and ...
2nd August 2021
6-page media feature for sharing economy startup
We’re thrilled to have helped land a glowing, six-page media feature for sharing economy startup God's Own Guitars - the only business to hire out instruments owned and made famous by the world's legendary guitarists. God's Own Guitars offers a stunning collection of iconic instruments, amps and effects - including guitars previously owned by ...
27th April 2021
Public consultation for 144 Birmingham homes
We’re pleased to be running a community consultation exercise for MIA Property Group, one of Birmingham’s most established family-owned developers.
MIA is planning to redevelop the rundown site of a disused community centre in the Ladywood district, close to Birmingham city centre. The company is proposing 144 one, two and three bedroom apartments to breathe new life into the area, in line with Birmingham City Council’s policy – given the scarcity of vacant land - to build ...
8th February 2021
Marketing drive for startup with world-first software
We’re running a wide-ranging marketing programme for innovative tech startup Tradecraft Tools, which has developed the world’s first app enabling trade professionals to manage their business via their smartphones. Freeing up four hours or more a week for fee-earning work, it can help users add at least 20% to their income. We're launching the product this week. It’s the only ...
16th July 2020
Community engagement advice for innovative London developer
We’ve just delivered a project to advise innovative residential property developer Apex Airspace on community engagement for a housing scheme in the London Borough of Southwark. Apex specialises in developing high-quality ‘airspace’ homes on top of existing buildings, addressing the problem of severely limited land supply in built-up cities. The company hired us to support its proposals to develop 30 affordable homes by extending two large 1950s blocks of flats in London's Bermondsey area. We've advised Apex on ...