read more about Switch Communications

Switch Communications

Switch...NO...we don’t do gas or electricity.

Switch is a communications agency built around senior professionals from the following disciplines; technology, consumer marketing, financial, corporate communications and journalism. As a business we've been around for around 18 months but collectively we've been working in the industry for many many more years. In fact our approach is based on the stone-age see: www.switchcoms.com

We've all done our ‘apprenticeships’ with some respected global agencies and in-house with respected technology brands. We've taken the best of big agency practice, muddled it up, reduced the fees, applied and repurposed it to create the ‘Switch way’.

The directors of the business are the people who sell your business to the press, to partners and industry influencers, many of who we have professional relationships with.

Your communications will not be pushed down to the lowest common-denominator within the agency to ‘improve our margin’.

We are confident in the value and difference we can make to your business. We have chosen to work in this way and we relish a challenge, to find out just how much, speak to our clients.

We are currently working with:

IronPort Systems www.ironport.com
The Mobile Data Association www.themda.org
Nero www.nero.com
Lonely Planet www.lonelyplanet.com
TBS Field Mobility www.tbsmobility.com
Violet (inventors of Nabaztag, the Wi-Fi bunny) www.nabaztag.com
Wirefast www.wirefast.com

Call 020 7819 9333 and ask for Paul to find out more.

Telephone: 020 7819 9333

Website: Switch Communications

read more about Emma Flack Public Relations

Emma Flack Public Relations

Emma Flack Public Relations works with growing companies to develop strategic and tactical PR programmes that deliver results.

We work on long-term media and influencer campaigns to raise awareness amongst customers and prospects as well as one-off projects to support and promote specific activities.

Telephone: 07753 857101

Website: Emma Flack Public Relations

read more about Clarity Public Relations

Clarity Public Relations

Clarity PR is a public relations consultancy based in Reading, Berkshire, that specialises in providing media relations, and related services, to businesses. Most of our clients operate in the technology sector, and while we specialise in public relations for the UK technology and IT industry, there are more strings to our bow than just that.

We don’t confine ourselves to Reading, nor Berkshire for that matter. We have clients throughout the UK, and beyond.

We believe that media relations is the key to success in any public relations campaign; after all, you need your PR agency to communicate effectively with your target press. This requires commitment to generating first-rate content, which you’d expect from us as our founder is an ex-journalist. It also requires real media relations skills, for example: understanding how the press work and how to work with them effectively. Again, our “takes one to know one” philosophy comes into play here.

For us, media relations is not about pretending to be on great terms with individual members of the press, because we once bought them a few drinks – and no journalist worth talking to is impressed by that sort of PR person either. We take a professional approach to public relations. We’re hired to do a job, to get results, to be the bridge between the client and the press. We concentrate on getting the right coverage in the right places with the minimum of fuss.

Clarity Public Relations was launched by Sean Fleming, who brings with him 15 years experience in journalism and PR. During those 15 years he held senior editorial positions on some of the UK's leading IT publications, as well as writing for national newspapers and devising communications strategies for some of the IT industry's biggest names.

The company was established with one aim in mind – to offer clients a communications service that reinforces their business objectives, not a PR plan that exists only for its own sake. There are no "knowledge gardens" to get lost in, there's no hiding behind "action plans" when all that anyone wants is just some action and if we think you're about to say or do something that you might come to regret, we'll try to talk you out of it.

Clients get what they pay for – access to creative ideas that work and that will get them written about in the publications that matter to them. Journalists get what they need – real stories that their readers will be interested in, with none of the usual fluff.

And, of course, everything is delivered with clarity.

Clarity Public Relations is offering something clearly different; if it's time your PR consultants worked with your business objectives in mind rather than their own, then clearly it's time for a change.

Telephone: 0870 950 9670

Website: Clarity Public Relations

read more about Brands2Life

Brands2Life

Brands2Life is a strategic, high impact PR agency focused on helping brands stand out from the crowd. Our clients include: 3i, Business Objects, Cisco Systems, Kelkoo/Yahoo! and T-Mobile.

We put our clients at the top of the media agenda - and keep them there. We differentiate their offering to key stakeholders and drive sales. We raise awareness of their brands – dramatically.

Put simply, we bring brands to life.

Telephone: 020 7592 1200

Website: Brands2Life

read more about 750mph

750mph

750mph represents a new way of thinking in communications. We are a network of experienced senior PR and marketing practitioners with a simple proposition - we offer sound, practical strategic advice and implementation at competitive rates.

Our proposition is simple - intelligent and practical advice combined with a flexible approach that gets results.

750mph is able to exceed the return on investment you'd get from just about any other established PR consultancy. Information technology is used to remove unnecessary overheads to the benefit of our clients. Thus, we can provide our PR services far more cost effectively, without diluting the results.

Indeed, because our clients solely benefit from senior level consultancy, outstanding results and return on investment are our trademark.

We are experienced specifically in the field of B2B communications and have achieved hands-on results in numerous sectors. In summary, we offer:

• An in-depth knowledge of your sector based on extensive 'hands on' experience;
• Value for money and return on investment from director level senior professionals; and
• A flexible pricing structure.

Telephone: 07713 652 216

Website: 750mph

read more about Grant Butler Coomber UK

Grant Butler Coomber UK

GBC is an independent global public relations consultancy focused on corporate, b2b technology, and consumer lifestyle.

There's no single strength but a combination that enables us to deliver first class campaigns for clients that make a quantifiable difference to their business.

Our strengths are

- Strategic advice that works in practice because it comes from people with strong communications skills and deep market knowledge
- Outstanding creativity backed by commitment to measurement & ROI for our clients
- A dynamic mix of talent and experience in consumer communications, b2b technology knowledge and public affairs

Reputation management knows no boundaries today and with offices in London, Paris, Munich, San Francisco and Vancouver, we are invariably running global or European campaigns.

We extend our reach through our international network ‘embrace' comprising PR partners with shared values and systems across the globe.

We provide all the usual PR services you would expect but with an edge.... GBC brings together a potent package of capabilities so we can run a range of campaigns from new media and viral marketing through to issues management, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and governmental relations though our public affairs team - GBC Public Affairs

This means the PR that is inventive, different and better tailored to truly match a client's requirements. And ultimately PR like this makes a tangible difference to your business performance.

We give our clients an unbeatable combination of strategic consultancy, market understanding and superb execution of media and public relations tools in pursuit of our clients' goals and objectives.

We're delighted to hear our clients think the same.

Telephone: +44 (0)20 8322 1922

Website: Grant Butler Coomber UK

read more about Berkeley PR

Berkeley PR

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that businesses are more likely to buy from you if they’ve heard about you in the media. In the B2B world, well-executed PR can have a powerful effect on your sales and marketing activities. The challenge is finding the right agency to get results and give your profile a lift.

Most public relations firms talk the talk when it comes to securing your business. But when they say they are “being proactive” and “adding value” to your marketing activities, what do they really mean? Our approach is refreshing, honest and straight talking.

Whether you’re an up and coming technology company looking to take on the Microsofts and IBMs of this world, or a more established business looking to raise your profile, we would like to get to know you.

As one of the UK’s top 20 technology PR agencies, we’re here to build your profile and help you increase the impact of your sales and marketing campaigns. Like we said, it’s the results that matter.

Telephone: 0118 9882992

Website: Berkeley PR

read more about Sapphire Public Relations

Sapphire Public Relations

Sapphire is a boutique company made up of a strong core of people working with co-founding directors, Caroline Harrison and Adrienne Routledge. We pride ourselves on our overall communications expertise and consider ourselves communications practitioners rather than solely public relations service providers.

Because of our structure, we are not only able to provide clients with a superior level of service that represents excellent value for money, but have been able to develop a successful, dynamic communications consultancy that makes a real difference to our clients' bottom line results. We achieve this through clear, concise and streamlined communications with both internal and external audiences.

Building our business in this way and sticking to our core principles based around a no-nonsense, straightforward, fun and passionate approach to what we do has helped make us stand out and has certainly struck a chord with the businesses - and media - we talk to. Our web site includes a range of feedback from clients and journalists that we believe is testimony to this.

Our extensive experience means that we’re well placed to handle all of your day to day communications challenges and advise you longer term on best communications strategies and practices. We work predominantly in the business to business arena and with all the types of companies that could potentially include - companies spanning call centre, IT, recruitment, telecommunications, financial services and other professional services providers to number just a few. As a result, we’ve forged an enviable and, we believe, unrivalled, set of journalist and analyst contacts.
Sapphire is a boutique company made up of a strong core of people working with co-founding directors, Caroline Harrison and Adrienne Routledge. We pride ourselves on our overall communications expertise and consider ourselves communications practitioners rather than solely public relations service providers.

Because of our structure, we are not only able to provide clients with a superior level of service that represents excellent value for money, but have been able to develop a successful, dynamic communications consultancy that makes a real difference to our clients' bottom line results. We achieve this through clear, concise and streamlined communications with both internal and external audiences.

Building our business in this way and sticking to our core principles based around a no-nonsense, straightforward, fun and passionate approach to what we do has helped make us stand out and has certainly struck a chord with the businesses - and media - we talk to. Our web site includes a range of feedback from clients and journalists that we believe is testimony to this.

Our extensive experience means that we’re well placed to handle all of your day to day communications challenges and advise you longer term on best communications strategies and practices. We work predominantly in the business to business arena and with all the types of companies that could potentially include - companies spanning call centre, IT, recruitment, telecommunications, financial services and other professional services providers to number just a few. As a result, we’ve forged an enviable and, we believe, unrivalled, set of journalist and analyst contacts.

Telephone: 020 8916 2144

Website: Sapphire Public Relations

read more about BOTTLE PR

BOTTLE PR

We are a highly experienced and results driven communications agency with PR at the centre of the campaigns we implement. We create and implement corporate, consumer and b2b communications campaigns at a local, national and international level. We have three independent teams; PR, marketing and event management.

Telephone: 01865 882988

Website: BOTTLE PR