The Public Relations Road Map of Bristol

Pic - © Leigh Moore

Gulp … well, here it goes: the Public Relations overview in Bristol! We have had a lot of feedback regarding the media in Bristol and now it is the turn of public relations agencies, news agencies and PR freelancers in Bristol and the West of England.

As you would imagine, PRBristol has a good handle on a number of PR agencies in the area and, at the time of writing, our own network, The Watering Hole has 104 members, from PR agencies, sole practitioners, in-house PRs, freelancers and suppliers. But this is not comprehensive so we have added Montage Communications‘ (the Bristol PR agency who publish the blog) research into the competition too.

Why should we share this intelligence with everybody? Because the industry as a whole needs to be promoted and because the contribution of freelance PRs in and around Bristol needs to be recognised, so that we can all benefit from a larger slice of the marketing mix.

So what are the trends? There seems to be quite a bit of rebranding going on at the moment. Martin Powell, well known to many of us, has renamed his agency Empica.

When I carried out similar research in 2003 before setting up Montage Communications, we scoped 54 PR agencies but now there seems to be 36. There could be several reasons for this - mergers, more freelancer practitioners and (dare I say it) the credit crunch…?

Feedback is welcomed so if you have not got a website let us know if we can use your email address - also, let us know if we have missed anyone out.

PR Agencies

1. ADPR - PR is plain sailing with ADPR. One of the country’s top marine PR specialists.
2. Berkeley PR – helping businesses prosper from public relations.
3. Blue Stone PR
4. Brandon Hill Public Relations
5. Bray Leino
6. Column Inches (UK) Ltd
7. Corixa - Creating tailored, strategic communications specific to each client and situation.
8. diablo PR - Aims to take the mystery out of media relations and the pain out of public relations
9. Empica - Media relations and publicity agency producing measurable results in a wide range of sectors.
10. Golley Slater Public Relations Western Ltd
11. Geometry PR - We know that public relations is much more than simply media relations
12. Grayling Public Relations
13. Trimedia
14. Impress PR - Small but perfectly formed, impress is the fresh face of PR
15. Jacqui Southway Public Relations
16. JBP – Providing a range of services to regional, national and international organisations.
17. Kick Start Comms
18. KLA-PR
19. Lewis PR - LEWIS is a global public relations consultancy. Why is LEWIS different? In short: culture, reach and approach
20. McCann Erickson PR
21. MK Media Ltd
22. Montage Communications - PR using a montage of people and all media – print, broadcast and online PR.
23. NB Public Relations Ltd [We believe that Natalie is still going?]
24. Parallel Marketing Ltd
25. Parkes PR
26. Partners in Communication
27. PPS Local & Regional Ltd
28. PR Targets
29. Prospectus PR
30. Proteus Media Relations
31. Publicity Matters - Provides the comprehensive implementation service for all aspects of marketing.
32. Resource PR
33. Sturgess Van Damme - Focused on business, corporate, and professional clients.
34. Spirit Public Relations
    
35. The PR People Ltd
36. Tru-PR
37. Winningtons
38. Write for You
39. Zigzag Images Limited - Hair / Fashion PR and photography

Freelancers (To be featured, join the Watering Hole!).

• Pam Beddard (no website)- PR
• Tony Coll - Media Production and Training
• Sam Downie - Presenter / Podcasts
• Iain Claridge - Photographer / blogger
• Lis Burnell - Freelance copywriter
• Joe Bailey Communications
• Darryl Bullock - PR and writer
• Ian Dark - Radio / Podcast.
• David Partner - Photography
• Alison Thomas - Features and photography
• Dev Chakraborty (no website) - Marketing and media sales
• Simon Forrest Consultancy
• Black Eye Media - Photography
• Tony Whitehead - Journalist / Features writer
• Louise Clements
• Sarah Wolf (Diabolo PR) - PR
• Graham Godwin (no website)
• Tim Stanley Public Relations
• Paul Mullins - Sandusky Media - Freelance PR and journalist.

If you are not on the list, then those nice people at PRBristol.co.uk will add you on as long as your PR agency or freelance base is in Bristol / West of England. Please email info@prbristol.co.uk for additions and amends.