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 7th year in a row.
- We’ve seen a lot of movement this year, The Big Bamboo Agency (new entrants) joined the league in 36th position and five companies have also entered the top 50; Bonner & Hindley Communications (40th), Triangle PR (45th), MTJ PR (46th), Faith PR (47th) and Harvey and Hugo (50th).
- Alpharmaxim Healthcare Communications are the biggest climbers of 2021, rising an impressive 29 places. Alpharmaxim Healthcare Communications ranked 12th this year, up from 41st 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 |