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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 ...


Fibre Optics

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 ...


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 ...


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 ...


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 ...


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 ...


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 ...


Warehouse worker

Marketing reboot for growth-focused recruitment group

Recruitment group Abacus has appointed us to boost its marketing – and get the company in the best position to take advantage of a post-COVID-19 economic upturn. The firm provides employees to companies in the transport, industrial and environmental sectors - with clients including Harrods, DHL, Argos and Next. The company decided now is the ideal time – while its ...


Property marketing push for contemporary new offices

We're kicking off a new property marketing campaign this week - for High Weald House, a contemporary, energy-efficient office scheme which has just been completed. High Weald House has been created as part of a wider programme to create a thriving ...


Crisis advice for firm hit by Government probe

We’ve just delivered crisis support for a company facing the risk of reputational fallout following an HMRC audit of its business. At the end of a three-year investigation, HMRC this month decided the firm had infringed the technicalities of minimum wage rules. The company commissioned us for crisis communications advice to help it ...


2002 Eiphone Union Jack Supernova made famous by Noel Gallagher

Marketing push for world’s first iconic guitar hire business

We’re providing marketing support for a fascinating new startup in the burgeoning 'sharing economy' – the first business in the world to lend instruments owned or made famous by legendary guitarists. London-based God’s Own Guitars offers a stunning collection of iconic ...


National launch of energy firm with unique charitable mission

We're managing the national launch this week of a domestic energy company with a unique ethical focus, having handled a locally-focused pilot introduction of its services last month. Home Energy is the UK’s first gas and electricity supplier set to give a significant part of its business to charities – effectively enabling its customers to donate ...


Visitor marketing for north-west London

We’ve just started work on a project to promote locations in north-west London to visitors — following our recent campaign to market the area to businesses. The brief is to boost visitors to four places within London's Brent with distinctive characters and significant economic potential: Kilburn, Harlesden, Ealing Road and Wembley. We began this week by ...


New marketing programme for £100M leisure group

We’re excited to be working with Parkwood Leisure — the 4,500-employee leisure group — to create fresh brand messages and a new marketing strategy for the company. Parkwood Leisure builds and runs community facilities for local authorities – from leisure centres to theatres, visitor attractions and more. It manages 80 facilities for 25 councils UK-wide and is renowned amongst its clients for high levels of trustworthiness and reliability. Our focus is on enabling the group to take a more proactive approach to showcasing ...


Crisis PR for comparison website in media spotlight

We’ve just completed a crisis communications project for Compare Holiday Money — the UK’s biggest foreign exchange comparison website — which had come under the spotlight of BBC TV's Rip Off Britain. The company was hit by problems when one of the foreign exchange companies it listed took a number of customer payments last June, then disappeared without issuing any currency — leaving dozens of holiday-makers thousands of pounds out of pocket. The Compare Holiday Money team had ...


Vimeo channel to showcase our video work

We've created a new Vimeo channel to show examples of our video work. Video is a great way to animate your subject and show your organisation's human face. We can deliver high-quality videos as a part of your marketing, bringing ...


Place marketing videos completed to promote NW London

We've now completed four videos as part of our place marketing campaign for Brent Council to attract businesses to high-growth areas of the north-west London borough. We've also helped to create the content for the new Brent for Business website. Our videos focus on: Wembley - "A place of great contrasts and immense business potential"; Kilburn - "The animated inner London ...


Hired to promote NW London as vibrant place for business

We’re excited to have been commissioned by Brent Council to drive a place marketing campaign to attract expanding businesses to the north-west London borough. Our focus is on the three locations within the borough with the greatest economic growth potential: Wembley, Harlesden and Kilburn. The marketing drive is part of a wider programme of economic development led by ...


Long-term marketing drive for international business development experts

Intralink — the international business development consultancy specialising in East Asia — has appointed us to lead a long-term, full-service marketing programme to raise awareness of the company’s expertise. This follows a series of initial projects which we delivered for the company over the last six months. Intralink’s mission is to make commercial success in overseas markets fast, easy and cost effective for its clients. It enables companies to grow their business in China, Japan, South Korea and ...


Communications advice for ecommerce tech firm

TK Associates is delivering a communications campaign to support ecommerce tech firm Sellerdeck as it implements important changes to its business direction. We’re providing messaging advice, creating content and delivering direct marketing and email marketing services to ...


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