Advisory

Strategic communications consultancy services designed to solve complex challenges, protect reputations and promote growth. Our advisory team help you navigate the complexities of today’s online and offline landscape, enabling you to overcome business-critical challenges and capitalise on opportunities.
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Strategic communications consultancy services

Our approach

Our communications consultancy services are built on four key pillars:

Plan: Proactively developing communications strategies to mitigate risks and capitalise on opportunities.

Train: Ensuring key spokespeople are prepared for high-stakes situations.

Protect: Safeguarding your brand from reputational and commercial threats.

Engage: Delivering effective, strategic communication across stakeholder groups.

 

Consultancy services

Our senior communications consultants provide bespoke solutions for businesses, from scaling startups to PLCs, member organisations, NGOs, and private clients.

We safeguard your reputation during critical moments, while our media training builds your confidence and enhances message delivery in public engagements. Collaborating closely, we craft strategic communication plans for pivotal events that resonate with stakeholders, ensuring your brand is protected across both offline and digital channels. Our team diligently monitors and manages your reputation on all platforms and fosters team alignment and engagement through clear, consistent messaging, empowering employees throughout periods of change or heightened scrutiny.

Crisis Management
Media training
Litigation PR
Crisis communication planning
Online Reputation Management
Strategic Communications
Strategy, messaging and positioning
ESG Communications
Campaigns & Public Affairs

Your chosen consultancy partner

Expert-led service: Our senior consultants lead every engagement, ensuring that you receive the highest quality strategic advice. Whether it be navigating ESG strategies, supporting high-stakes litigation or navigating disruptive market events, our team of experienced communications consultants are on hand to support.

Integrated solutions: Our depth of experience allows us to provide a full consultancy service. Our expertise covers media engagement, digital expertise, data and insights, public affairs, and crisis management, all tailored to your specific business needs.

Nationwide reach, global expertise: With a presence across the UK as well as experience handling international affairs and clients, we offer a service that understands both local and global dynamics.

An expert led team

Our highly skilled consultants possess extensive national media, newspaper, and broadcast experience. We help steer organisations through business change, reputational threats, and damaging perceptions. We specialise in scenario planning, strategy, and training key spokespeople. We strive to protect your brand and ensure communications are strategic, impactful, and aligned with your business goals.

Consultancy experts

Stuart Skinner

Group Managing Director

Stuart is Group MD and oversees all activity across our Advisory services. He has 20 years of corporate communications and reputation management experience, working with high profile individuals, international corporations and NGOs, with particular expertise in the professional services, technology and sports sectors.

Tim Jotishcky

Divisional Managing Director, Reputation

Tim is Divisional Managing Director of Reputation and leads on crisis planning, crisis management, media training and long-term reputation management. Prior to joining PHA in 2014, he had a 25-year career as a senior editor on national newspapers, including The Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail and Metro.

Neil McLeod

Divisional Managing Director, Corporate

Neil is the Divisional Managing Director of Corporate and a former journalist. Listed in Spear’s as one of the country’s top recommended reputation managers, he is an award-winning consultant skilled in strategic communications campaigns across multiple sectors. He has advised household names, major sports stars and multi-national corporations.

Robin Brant

Associate Director

Robin joined PHA after 20+ years with the BBC, reporting on politics and international affairs. His experience includes roles as BBC China Correspondent and Political Correspondent at Westminster. At PHA, Robin leads media training and offers crisis and reputation management advice, using his extensive media expertise and network.