9 November 2025

Franchise PR client Pink Spaghetti featured in Metro newspaper and received 30 franchise enquiries the same day.

26 September 2025

Tired of sluggish self-checkout screens in his home town’s supermarkets, Matt Zeunert, founder, DebugBear, decided to take matters into his own hands. After contacting me, his ‘citizen research‘ found its way into major titles including The Grocer.

20 August 2025

Barrow-in-Furness gallery Art Gene is one of 16 regional partners in the Remember Nature day of action for the environment. I’m helping out with PR.

29 July 2025

I’ve been asked to write an impact report for StateTalking, a small Greater Manchester not-for-profit that brings inspirational speakers into state schools.

29 April 2025

Very happy to be working again with OT Creative Space on a new community arts project called Reclaimed Narratives.

13 February 2025

Cumbrian gallery Art Gene has asked me to support them with PR for their Deluge exhibition, which explores the area’s rare saltmarsh landscape.

5 February 2025

Starting work with new PR client, Cheshire dance and street arts festival Now Northwich.

3 February 2025

With visuals from artist photographer Andrew Brooks and words from poet Ian McMillan The Songs The Morning Sang is a very special exhibition at Manchester’s Portico Library this June. Lovely PR project to be working on.

15 January 2025

I’ve known Tekin Suleyman since the early 2000s when we met on a ‘young entrepreneurs” project. Happy to write a case study about his Join Together client NEU.

24 October 2024

Seven Limes Pottery is Manchester’s oldest pottery teaching studio. Owner and ceramicist Sam Andrew has asked me to help out with some PR as they move into larger premises in an Ardwick railway arch.

23 May 2024

Carnival arts organisation Global Grooves is an old-hand at producing Kendal Calling festival’s magnificent carnival parade. This year, they’ve asked me to make sure the community groups involved get their share of press.

7 February 2024

Artist Jenny Steele asked me to work with her to promote her project Rituals For Tomorrow at Rogue Studios and Art Gene. The work draws attention to issues around sustainability in the art world.

20 December 2023

Tameside arts centre The Vale has asked me to continue leading on their PR for 2024. Looking forward to another year of working with them.

27 November 2023

Children’s writer Oliver Sykes came back to me with two further projects. I am going to help him launch his first children’s poetry book We Are Family, as well as publicising a nationwide tour for Fishing For Rainbows, based on his second children’s book.

30 January 2023

The PappyShow is working with a cast of local Wigan performers for What Do You See? at the Old Courts. Excited to be on board.

27 May 2022

New client The Pet Vet is a family owned independent veterinary practice, which seems to be as rare as hen’s teeth these days. They don’t, as it turns out offer dentistry for hens, but do know how to take very good care of cats, dogs, hamsters etc.

8 April 2022

Author Rob Martin has asked me to PR his new children’s book Joe and Dusty Save The World. The rhyming picture book sees young disabled hero Joe take on an alien threat alongside his trusty sidekick, Dusty the dog.

18 March 2022

PR meeting today for Transylvanian and Eastern European cultural festival Góbéfest. This is my sixth year working on the one of a kind event with founder Ottilia Ordog.

2 March 2022

After the successful launch of the OT Art Trail, I’m really chuffed to be working on a more regular basis with OT Creative Space in Old Trafford.

28 February 2022

Global Grooves has asked me to help promote Up Our Street, a one-day celebratory event in Mossley, Tameside. As part of the celebrations, a new installation of vintage retail signage and advertising typography will launch at Mossley Station.

14 October 2021

Contemporary dance theatre company balletLORENT has contracted me to give a final push to their show The Lost Happy Endings at The Lowry in Salford. Looking forward to sitting down with them in Newcastle next month to talk about some less last minute PR!

24 September 2021

When Manchester gallery Contemporary Six landed an exclusive show with Jim Moir AKA Vic Reeves, they asked me to PR it. Return of the Gas Miser runs 13-27 November 2021.

3 September 2021

I owned up to Superscript about mistakes I made in my early days as a freelance PR

26 August 2021

Children and families arts venue and theatre Z-arts has asked me to PR their autumn and winter programme. Z-arts was always a favourite place to visit when my kids were smaller and I’m very excited to be working with them.

21 June 2021

Cabasa Carnival Arts asked me to help out with one day’s PR for their project Flags For Hope, which saw artists and volunteers translating the hopes and dreams of residents of three Tameside residential homes into beautiful handpainted flags.

20 June 2021

St Matthew’s RC High in Moston, Manchester, was ecstatic that one of its year 11s, head girl Success Eduan, had just brought home two medals from the European Athletics Championships. I spent a few hours sharing the story of how they helped to keep Success on track.

2 June 2021

Greater Manchester-based psychotherapist Somia Zaman asked me to help raise her profile locally and nationally, as an experienced pratitioner of CBT and EMDR therapies.

9 April 2021

As an experienced freelance PR, Underpinned asked me how to stay calm and confident on the phone to new clients.

15 March 2021

I spoke to a journalist writing for this business insurance broker’s blog about how to take time off from freelancing after having a baby – something I last did almost 10 years ago and won’t be doing again!

14 January 2021

Darren Taylor wrote Finding Your Sober Bubble, part memoir, part self-help guide during the first lockdown. I am helping him to raise the profile of the book and of himself as a sobriety advocate.

11 January 2021

New client Practical Inspiration Publishing supports leaders to write business books. Founder Alison Jones also presents and produces weekly podcast the Extraordinary Business Book Club.

26 November 2020

It’s been a bit of a month for it. I worked with virtual assistant franchise Pink Spaghetti 2013-16. And am very happy to welcome them back at the end of 2020, bigger and pinker than ever.

12 November 2020

Welcome back Business Doctors! I did local and national PR for this Merseyside-based franchisor from 2016-2018. After a short hiatus, I am glad to be back.

23 October 2020

Social care charity client Making Space has been shortlisted for 26 awards this year. Award writing is all part of the service.

28 September 2020

Old Trafford Art Trail coming soon. Just had first PR meeting this morning.

23 September 2020

Just had an article approved on behalf of Family For Every Child in the Journal of Children’s Services. I am not exaggerating when I say that going through the peer review process is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.

8 September 2020

Looking forward to starting work with Trinity Bristol on their The Art of Resistance project.

1 July 2020

My very clever neighbour Sally Penni published a children’s book about diversity with her six-year-old Maddie and she’s asked me to do the PR. Look out for Rosie and the Unicorn.

19 May 2020

Gobefest has gone online. Still 26-28 June. We’ve just been featured as a hot pick on the Social Distancing Festival website

7 January 2020

Fourth year working with Transylvanian festival Gobefest. Egészségére!

2 January 2020

Charity Family For Every Child has come back to me to help them launch How We Care. The website shares examples of international best practice in child protection.

11 December 2019

If I ever though about running away to join the circus, I would do it with new client Cirque Bijou.

2 December 2019

Initial discussions about PR for a new PORe (Portraits of Recovery) project next year. Always enjoy working with this Manchester arts and recovery organisation.

29 November 2019

Congratulations to client health and social care charity Making Space on their multiple Great British Care Awards successes. Well done to us for writing them too!

22 May 2019

About to start working with Family For Every Child, an international development charity in the field of children’s rights.

4 May 2019

Gateway Gallery photographer Peter Aitchison has made the front page of his local Buxton Advertiser – plus a lovely double page spread inside showcasing his work

8 Feb 2019

Started work again on PR for Manchester’s favourite Transylvanian festival. It’s my third year with Gobefest. 24-26 May 2019

14 November 2018

Startups.co.uk asked me for my top working from home/freelancing tip. Find out what it is.

5 November 2018

Returnships expert Women Returners is launching a northern pilot project called Law Returners. I am helping them out with some PR so they can help more people who have taken a career place back into the workplace.

25 October 2018

Arts charity Global Grooves asked me to help them announce plans for the north’s new flagship carnival arts centre of excellence at The Vale in Mossley, Tameside. Twenty four hours later, ten pieces of media coverage.

28 September 2018

Forbes asked me to comment on how freelancers avoid feast and famine. It’s all about networking I said.

31 August 2018

Earlier this month I spoke to the Gazprom Energy energy blog about becoming your own boss – something that I did over 17 years ago.

20 June 2018

Oak Trees Multi-Academy Trust asked me to produce a newsletter for parents of children at their four Wirral primary schools. Being the product of a Wirral schooling myself, I was only too pleased to spend some time there.

15 May 2018

My first job for new client Cabasa carnival arts is copy for their new website. As well as running workshops and co-creating parades, they make the most amazing handcrafted carnival costumes. I hope my web copy will sparkle half as much.

2 March 2018

Just had a catch up meeting with Transylvanian Festival Gobefest as I will be doing their PR again this year. Albert Square, 22-24 June 2018, bands, dancers, eastern and central European street food market and workshops.

31 January 2018

New B2B PR client Suresite handles card services, wetstock management and H&S, originally for petrol stations, but increasingly in other sectors. I will be helping them with PR beyond the forecourt. And award entries.

5 January 2018

Artist Chris Cyprus is holding a closing exhibition for his Northern Lights series at Contemporary Six gallery in Manchester. Enjoying working with him again.