We’re excited to announce the Top 50 PR Agencies in the North of England for 2021!

Mustard has collaborated with Prolific North to create the annual league table of the biggest PR agencies in the North of England.

A huge thank you to everyone who supplied us with information this year, we appreciate it’s been a difficult and unusual year for many businesses so it’s been great to see the engagement with the league table continue this year.

As with previous years, all submitted data is checked and verified against Companies House. The rankings are compiled using key financial data such as balance sheet funds, turnover, growth and headcount.

 

Congratulations to everyone who has made it onto the top 50 list, now let’s look at some of the highlights:

• The top 4 companies, Citypress, BDB, Weber Shandwick and Tangerine Communications remain the same position as in 2020. With Citypress holding the number one position for the 7^th year in a row.
• We’ve seen a lot of movement this year, The Big Bamboo Agency (new entrants) joined the league in 36^th position and five companies have also entered the top 50; Bonner & Hindley Communications (40^th), Triangle PR (45^th), MTJ PR (46^th), Faith PR (47^th) and Harvey and Hugo (50^th).
• Alpharmaxim Healthcare Communications are the biggest climbers of 2021, rising an impressive 29 places. Alpharmaxim Healthcare Communications ranked 12^th this year, up from 41^st in 2020.

 

2021	2020	Company Name	North of England Office	Ownership	Clients 2021
1	1	Citypress	Manchester	Private	Lloyds Banking Group, Aldi, British Land, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Molson Coors Beverage Company
2	2	BDB	Altrincham	Private	Wolfmet, Intratone, Elsevier, Tama, Sensient
3	3	Weber Shandwick	Manchester	Interpublic Group of Companies	Iceland, Nespresso, Abbott, Princes, Fauna and Flora International
4	4	Tangerine Communications	Manchester	Private	Dunelm, Hochiki, Encirc, Pizza Hut, Specsavers
5	13	Ramarketing	Newcastle upon Tyne	Private	Symbiosis, UDG Healthcare, Agility Life Sciences, Sharp
6	12	Social Communications	Manchester	Private	Barratt Homes, City of Bradford, National Lottery, Bristol City Council, UK Sport
7	11	iseepr	Leeds	Private	Visa International, EMVCo, GlobalPlatform, Trusted Connectivity Alliance, GLEIF
8	6	Hatch	Leeds	Private	Spectrum Brands, Boost, Villa Maria Wines, Diageo & Rugby League World Cup
9	8	Carousel PR	Manchester	Private	Selfridges, MODA, MGA Entertainment, Cotton Traders, The Entertainer
10	15	Red Havas	Manchester	Havas Group	Kellogg’s, studio.co.uk, Auto Trader, United Utilities, Collection Cosmetics
11	5	Finn Communications	Leeds	Private	Clipper Tea, Cadbury Ice Cream, V.I.Pee, John West
12	41	Alpharmaxim Healthcare Communications	Altrincham	Private
13	9	Democracy	Manchester	Private	East Lancashire Railway, heycar
14	16	Prohibition PR	Leeds	Private	Yorkshire Water, Interflora, ENGIE, Northumbria University, Fentimans
15	17	Counter Context	Sheffield	Private	Bradford Council, Far East Consortium, Ørsted, Sheffield City Council, Canal & River Trust
16	18	Lucre	Leeds	Private	ScS, Bosch, Tomy, Mira, Kodak
17	7	Brazen PR	Manchester	Private	Wilko, Magnet, Silentnight, Chicago Town, Dr Beckmann
18	10	Influential	Liverpool	Private	Morgan Sindall, Grant Thornton UK, Merlin Entertainments, Camelot, U and I Group Plc (Mayfield Developments)
19	21	PR Agency One	Manchester	Private	Gift Voucher Shop Ltd, Decathlon UK Limited, M Three Corporate Consulting Limited, SerenataFlowers.com, Barings Core Fund Ltd
20	19	Corporate Culture	Liverpool	Private	Southern Water, Biffa, Ricoh, Royal Mail, RICS
21	25	Sky Parlour	Manchester	Private	EPA, PXP Financial, ingenico group, GRIN, Chargebacks 911
22	23	DTW	Guisborough	Private	The Law Society of England and Wales, EMOVIS, Solicitors Regulation Authority, F40, British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapists.
23	14	Intelligent Conversation	Manchester	Private	Materialise NV, Synectics plc, Norican Group, United Utilities, EMIS Group plc
24	24	Harris Associates	Leeds	Private	Crown Trade, Encon Group, CDUK, Sandtex
25	30	Umpf	Leeds	Private	Cafédirect, Harrison Spinks, Keepmoat Homes, Landsec, Morphy Richards
26	36	No Brainer	Cheshire	Private	HomeServe, Appreciate Group, Cash Converters, MBNA, Capify
27	39	Fig Creative	Glossop	Private	Northwood Hygiene Products; SRL Traffic Systems; Armacell; Temperature Electronics Ltd; BCN3D
28	29	Kenyons	Liverpool	Private	YUSS, Everton FC, Hounslow council, British Council, Liverpool Health Partners
29	38	Scriba PR	Hudersfield	Private	Agilité Solutions, CDS, Tiger, UNTHA (we manage its UK, Austria, America, Poland and Australia divisions), and Vapour.
30	32	Context Public Relations	Macclesfield	Private	Check Point Software Technologies, Keysight Technologies, Wellbeing Software, Ingram Micro Cloud, Algosec
31	42	HRM	Sheffield	Private	NHS, Drive Motor Retail, B Braun, BHP, Zimmer Biomet
32	28	Definition	Leeds	Private	Xero, Benenden Health, DHL, ABB, Walker Morris, Asrtrid & Miyu
33	34	Truth PR	Manchester	Private	Furness Building Society, FI Real Estate Management, Countryside, University Academy 92, Rosewood Pet Products
34	31	Active Profile	Manchester	Private	Peak, Sensor City, Muse, wranx, SYSGROUP plc
35	27	MCG PR	Leeds	Private	Northern Trains; Nexus, University of Leeds; Damart; Portakabin; Pink Lady and Tenderstem
36	New Entry	The Big Bamboo Agency	Harrogate	Private	Greif Inc, Pandrol, HE Simm Group, Mumbler, Escapism Bar Group
37	40	Mason Williams	Manchester	Private	Moser, Weber, Loctite, Australasia, Molang
38	33	Smoking Gun	Manchester	Private	Oddfellows, Oven Pride, Bravura Foods, Les Mills
39	20	Roland Dransfield	Manchester	Private	ask, Crowne Plaza, Schroders, D&D London, L&G
40	53	Bonner & Hindley Communications	Leeds	Private	Bowland Forest Vintners, Eat Leeds, Museums Sheffield, Doncaster Sheffield Airport
41	50	Allott & Associates	Knaresborough	Private	SmartFreight, OxAir, GEA, Force24 and Onward Holdings
42	44	Skout	Macclesfield	Private	Miele, Eurotech, Stone Group, Gazprom Energy, Medius
43	37	Brand8 PR	Leeds	Private	Sewtec Automation, Adare SEC, Paragon, Avant Homes
44	26	RMS	Altrincham	Private	DUERR’S, Swizzels, Kellogg’s, SAS Daniels, Warburtons
45	51	Triangle PR	Manchester	Private	5Zeros, Accoutre, arc4, CDL, AMX
46	54	MTJ PR	Leyland	Private	Quorn, A.G. Barr, Rustlers, Florette, Burton’s Biscuit Co.
47	59	Faith PR	Huddersfield	Private	World Kinect Energy Services, Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, Calderdale Council, A-SAFE, Twisted Automotive
48	49	Refresh PR	Manchester	Private	Metro Rod, Skinny Booze, BBF, Eurocell, Ello Media
49	35	Scott Partnership	Holmes Chapel	Private	N4 Pharma, Promega, SGD Pharma, Linkam
50	60	Harvey and Hugo	Darlington	Private	Everflow, Ideal Bathrooms, PD Ports, Nudl, AlphaGraphics