Our experience means we’re experienced. We’ve been journalists, in-house PRs, part of big agencies and yes, even in your shoes as clients too. Our experience also meant that when we set up our own agency we wanted to do something different. We wanted to do it all better.
With us you will always get senior PRs. We won’t palm you off with a junior and charge you eye-watering fees. With us you’ll always get access to a wide network of experienced freelancers who can join the team as and when needed. And with us, you’ll always get straight talking support that delivers results, makes you feel brave in a crisis and proud during a campaign.
Yes, it’s an approach that’s raised eyebrows in PR, but it’s also one that’s resulted in 100 per cent of our clients willing to recommend us and them calling us their secret PR weapon.
What you can expect from GLR Public Relations
01. EQ+IQ
We combine business smarts and emotional intelligence to create stories that touch your audience on an deeper level.
02. Do it well
If we can’t do it well, we simply don’t do it. Success is what drives us, not disappointment.
03. Fit to collaborate
We work with our clients not for them, their success is our success and if a business isn’t able to collaborate it’s not fit to be our client. We feel it’s best to get this out of the way up front. It avoids those awkward conversations further down the line.
04. We, our people
We’re all people, not robots, and we demand professional respect and openness from our colleagues and our clients.
05. Integrity
We are trusted by our clients. After all their reputations are in our hands.
Our work
Case studies
Meet the team
Joanne Gill
Director
Jo heads up the GLR team and specialises in understanding client needs to deliver bespoke programmes, from internal messaging workshops and crisis management training to proactive PR campaigns that promote businesses, enhance reputations and provide a tangible return on investment.
She is also a good person to have on your team in a crisis, guiding brands and businesses through anything from regulatory action and how to respond to criminal activity to consumer complaints and office closures or mass redundancies.
She worked as a journalist for FT Business and the Yorkshire Post and wrote for The Sunday Times, The Telegraph and The Guardian. She has worked as an in-house PR for HBOS, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department of Health.
Sarah Learoyd
Account director
Sarah has a really impressive track record in public relations, she’d never tell you that herself, but she’s managed high profile campaigns across print, broadcast and digital media during a career that’s lasted more than ten years in some of the region’s largest agencies.
She’s the ideas person, the one that injects creativity, brings a fresh perspective and delivers results regardless of brief, objective or situation, she makes the whole operation tick through meticulous planning and dedication.
And her dedication has paid off, it’s seen her deliver award-winning campaigns for the British Army, the BBC, Hilton Hotels & Persimmon Homes. Her success lies in her passion for PR and treating every business she represents like she would her own.
She’s also very funny, but she wouldn’t tell you that either!