About us
Our world is constantly changing; requiring fresh thinking and innovative, strategic approaches to communications
Our world
On five occasions we have been named the communications industry’s Consultancy of the Year.
With two decades of experience, one of the best track records in the business, more nominations and awards than any other UK PR consultancy and an industry-leading portfolio, Lansons Communications is a full-service strategic agency working across a growing range of sectors both domestically and internationally.
Operating four practices - Financial Services, Corporate, Brand & Consumer and Lansons Live (our digital and broadcast division) – we have created centres of excellence where bespoke teams are brought together for individual clients, where flexibility is key and where, ultimately, we deliver the most effective, engaging and creative communications programmes.
One hundred per cent owned by 31 of our 103 people, our clients choose us because we combine the reassuring strength and depth of a market leader with the personal touch, a passion for excellence and a commitment to delivering the best results.
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Lansons Communications
The fourth largest independent PR consultancy in the UK; delivering results through four centres of excellence
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Corporate
Promoting, protecting and maintaining reputations is at the very heart of the Corporate practice
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Brand & Consumer
Delivering creative, cutting-edge campaigns to build brands, engage consumers and bolster reputations
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International
Establishing domestic reputations in an international arena, supported by a network of strategic partners worldwide
Latest news
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Meet the Editor breakfast with Accountancy Age
Lansons’ Professional Services team hosted a Meet the Editor breakfast with Gavin Hinks from Accountancy Age
The launch of a banking revolution
Lansons helps to launch the first British bank in over 100 years
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Consumer insight report: Search for Answers
Our updated study into consumer sentiment and behaviour offers further insight into the Engagement Revolution
Former Director of Public Affairs & Media Relations, ACCA joins Lansons
Clive Booth joins Lansons to further strengthen its offering in the accountancy and professional services sectors
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Regulatory Consulting capability expanded with Mark Penton hire
Lansons Regulatory consulting practice is strengthened with the appointment of board director Mark Penton
Lansons achieves 'Great Places to Work' success for the sixth year in a row
The 2010 ‘Great Places to Work’ survey results were revealed and we are proud to be ranked in 14th place in the UK's Top 150
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Recent work
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Isle of Man Government
Boosted the profile of the Isle of Man Ship registry in a Far Eastern market
For more case studies click here
Working with you
Business today can be uncertain and the myriad ways in which an increasingly disparate set of audiences communicate and influence means you have to be constantly ahead of the game. At Lansons, we are here to help.
We like to stretch ourselves, surpass expectations and take great pride in surprising and delighting those with whom we work. Whether it is a Lansons’ director or one of our team, you will partner with entrepreneurial and talented individuals from a range of backgrounds – professionals who care, who deliver and who, we believe, are different.
At Lansons, we take great pride in those businesses that have been with us for much of our journey as well as new clients who discover the difference our approach can make to their world.
Our people
Building, securing and nurturing the best talent
The heart of our success lies in the creativity, experience and knowledge of our employees; from our senior people right down to the juniors at Lansons. Our consultancy is driven by a strong leadership team which has unrivalled strategic, creative capabilities and a proven wealth of industry expertise, obtained from diverse backgrounds and sectors. Find out about our senior team and how to get in touch at the links below:
Beverley Aujla
A former national news journalist, Beverley joined us in 2001 and is now a director and partner focusing primarily on our consumer finance accounts. She is responsible for strategic communications for clients including Metro Bank, uSwitch.com and NatWest International and uses her wide-ranging background and experience to ensure a client’s communications objectives are carefully aligned to the needs of the target media.
E beverleya@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3683
Christian Mahne
Christian joined Lansons in 2007 and is now a board director and Head of Lansons Live – our multimedia production arm. With a background in television news (having worked for both CNN and for the BBC as its business correspondent in Australia), Christian’s brief is to respond to the growing need for businesses to generate content for both internal and external audiences. He also founded and managed a media training and strategic communications agency in Australia and, prior to journalism, worked as a stockbroker in the City of London.
E christianm@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3609
Clare Parsons
Clare is the co-founder and chair of Lansons Communications. Passionate about the agency, its respected position as an employer and the work it does for clients – many of which have been with her from the start – Clare places great emphasis on the company’s ethics, its principles of inclusion and responsibility, and its increasingly important work within the international arena. Over the two decades running Lansons, she has also been actively involved both in the PR industry as a whole and with the not-for-profit sector. She spent five years on the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ (CIPR) City and Corporate committee as well as on a number of internal CIPR committees, and three years on the marketing committee of ProShare. Clare’s work has increasingly taken her into the charitable and not-for-profit sectors. She is a trustee of both HighTide (who share Lansons’ offices) and Getting On Board (promoting senior volunteering), has worked on the RSC’s London Development Committee, is a GASP (Great Almeida Supper Club) committee member of the Almeida Theatre, and – as the parent of a sufferer - spent many years as a trustee of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Clare was recognised with the Stephen Talent Award by the CIPR for her contribution to the industry, is one Real Business magazine’s Top 100 Women UK Entrepreneurs and a fellow of both the CIPR and the Royal College of Art.
E clarep@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3621
David Masters
With 18 years’ experience in the investment industry much of which has been spent as a specialist in asset management and capital market transactions, David is a board director of Lansons and Head of our alternatives and institutional practice. Reflecting a changing market and the need for more information and debate, David is a regular blogger on his areas of expertise and the implications for way business communicates.
E davidm@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3687
Hannily Pavey
Hannily has been with Lansons for a decade and is now a board director and equity partner. As well as being a specialist in issues and reputation management, Hannily has provided strategic direction across a number of accounts spanning the financial services arena, most notably moneysupermarket.com, Fidelity International, M&S Money, R&SA and IFA Promotion.
E hannilyp@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3639
Henrietta Guthrie
Henrietta has 25 years’ experience in financial services PR and joined us as a board director in 1990. Prior to Lansons, she spent six years at Dewe Rogerson where she was involved in all the major privatisations, working closely with finance and broking teams. Henrietta has also worked on a wide range of investment client accounts, handling of corporate reputations, the rebuilding of Jupiter Asset Management following the departure of John Duffield, and directing the strategy to build Pictet & Cie’s presence in the UK market over the past seven years. In addition, Henrietta heads up our investment company division and also works with, and provides support to, a number of company boards.
E henriettag@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3612
Helen Proud
Helen joined Lansons in the early 1990s and has played a hands-on consultancy role with clients in the financial services, consumer finance and corporate sectors. She now concentrates on bringing this experience to the HR and ‘people’ side of our business, nurturing talent, encouraging genuine career progression and ensuring our position as one of the best places to work in the UK.
E helenp@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3624
Laura Hastings
Laura has been with Lansons since 1997 and is a partner and our joint managing director. Her career spans a number of consumer, B2B and investment clients, including Fidelity International, Alliance & Leicester, TescoCompare and LV=. Laura created and orchestrated Fidelity’s campaigns from 1997 taking it to a position where it became the best known and most respected fund manager in the UK with the number one media coverage against its competitors every year. For Alliance & Leicester, she created the award-winning ‘switch to a better account’ campaign, helping to ensure the company exceeded targets by attracting customers away from the ‘big four’ banks. Laura was previously with Ludgate Communications as director of its financial services division.
E laurah@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3614
Louise Bullock
As a strategic communications consultant, Louise brings together expertise in marketing communications, crisis management, thought leadership positioning and media relations. Much of her work has involved building new financial services brands, most notably PruHealth and financial and travel services for the Post Office as well as working across a range of investment management companies. Louise became a Lansons’ partner in 2001 and a member of the board in 2007.
E louiseb@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3613
Lyndsay Haywood
Lyndsay is a board director and partner managing, among other things, the co-ordination of the inward investment communications programme for the Isle of Man Government – a role which involves liaising with the Isle of Man’s DTI, the eBusiness division and the island’s finance and chief secretary’s office across the disciplines of international B2B PR, issues management and public affairs. Lyndsay also directs the JPMorgan Asset Management account across their retail, institutional and investment trust business lines, has worked with Scottish Widows since 2006 providing counsel on corporate communications and on the design and implementation of their award-winning creative B2C programmes, and directs the communications for the world-leading software company MicroGraming.
E lyndsayh@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3660
Ralph Jackson
As a Lansons’ board director, Ralph advises clients in the corporate and financial services arena and – in particular – provides insight into the professional services market. In addition, he is a senior strategist and advisor to our Public Affairs & Regulatory Consulting Practice. He regularly contributes articles, comment and blogs to industry titles, speaks to client and industry forums and chairs stakeholder round tables. Ralph has over 25 years’ experience – both in-house and consultancy – and has managed a number of international accounts.
E ralphj@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3667
Rebecca Mayo
Rebecca is Lansons’ joint managing director and has spent 12 years in senior management teams constructing multi-media PR programmes from brand building to corporate positioning and issues management. Rebecca’s skills combine the bespoke analysis of the communication challenges facing business and creating integrated programmes that are as likely inspired by public policy or digital trends as consumer insights. As a result, she is the architect of multiple award-winning campaigns and, in addition to her client and management responsibilities, leads the Brand & Consumer Practice at Lansons.
E rebeccam@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3646
Richard Hobbs
Richard joined the Lansons team in early 2010 as a board director to establish our regulatory consulting practice and advise a wide range of clients on regulatory issues, problems and opportunities. Richard began his career in the civil service focusing mainly on various aspects of consumer protection policy and latterly as a senior insurance regulator. He has worked as head of life and pensions at the Association of British Insurers (dealing mainly with reputational consequences resulting from pensions mis-selling) and, in 2002, set up a successful regulatory consultancy for a City law firm.
E richardh@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3664
Shirley Hatherton
Shirley joined Lansons from JP Morgan in 1994 and is a director and partner. She provides strategic advice to - and implements programmes for - a range of our clients, and brings experience of working in Spain and Belgium to head our international team. Shirley’s experience has included advising GE Life following its acquisition of National Mutual, going on to develop the brand until it was sold in 2006. She directed Invesco Perpetual’s UK media programme after integration of the two businesses, and has advised on and implemented media strategy to position Societe Generale Securities Services.
E shirleyh@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3615
Sophie Lilley
A partner and director with over 10 years’ experience in agency and in-house communications consultancy, Sophie has worked with a variety of corporate and consumer clients. Directing brands in the creation of communications strategies, building awareness, reputation and understanding, Sophie has brought her skills and expertise to a range of leading businesses, including LinkedIn, PayPal, Threadneedle, GMAC-RFC, Direct Line, uSwitch.com, American Express and Towry Law across activity ranging from news generation, crisis management and industry round tables to web chats, competitions and exhibitions.
E sophiel@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3657
Stuart Graham
Stuart is finance director of Lansons Communications and looks after the partnership finances as well as being closely involved in the day-to-day running of the business. Stuart is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants with over 20 years’ experience in the media and research industries.
E stuartg@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3672
Tony Langham
Tony is Lansons’ chief executive and co-founded the firm 20 years ago at the height of the late 80s recession. Today retains an active consultancy role with clients, primarily in the corporate and financial services arenas. A regular conference speaker and commentator, Tony focuses on the public mood, financial services, PR consultancy and how we interpret the past.
E tonyl@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3617
LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/tonylangham
Twitter http://twitter.com/tonylangham
Ben Abbotts
Ben Abbotts is Head of Public Affairs at Lansons having joined from FD LLM in 2007. He has worked for businesses such as IKEA as well as membership organisations such as Association of Convenience Stores and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors typically on parliamentary communications campaigns and influencing public policy. His background is in corporate communications and politics. He is an elected local councillor and has been a Parliamentary candidate. He is currently a political adviser to the Isle of Man Chief Minister and Treasury Minister on political and regulatory issues and the principal political adviser to the Employers Forum on Age which campaigns to scrap the default retirement age. He is engaged in consumer awareness campaigns by means of his work for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
E bena@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3368
Mark Penton
Mark commenced his career with Norwich Union, where he established their pension review project in 1995. He was then seconded to the Association of British Insurers and set up and became the CEO of PASS Limited on behalf of the IFA Life Offices. In 2003 Mark joined law firm, Beachcroft, as a director of their new regulatory consulting practice, where he advised a range of financial services firms including insurers, banks, distributors and private equity firms on a range of authorisation, conduct of business, supervision and enforcement issues. Mark has also advised Boards and senior executives on handling significant influence function interviews and FSA ARROW visits. Following a 6 month project setting up the Sesame Bankhall Group’s RDR project, Mark joined Lansons in June 2010 to help establish the new regulatory practice.
E markp@lansons.com
T +44 (0)20 7294 3616
Awards
With more nominations and awards than any other UK PR consultancy, our record is a beacon of success for Lansons. We have established a reputation for creative thinking and a high dedication to achieving outstanding results.
2009
PR Week
Young Professional of the year - Katie Hayward
PRCA
Large Consultancy of the year - Lansons Communications
2008
FSF Awards
Agency of the Year - Lansons Communications
Most effective PR Campaign - IFAP
Public Affairs News Awards
Private Sector Campaign of the Year - MarketGuard
PR Week Awards
Best City Campaign - Stobart - Bringing Stobart to the Stock Market
Best Public Affairs Campaign - MarketGuard - Interest rate insurance
CIPR Excellence Awards
Financial PR & Investor Relations - Stobart - Bringing Stobart to the Stock Market
CorpComms Awards
Best Crisis Management - Direct Line Flooding: Managing reputation & long term business risk mitigation
2007
Sabre Awards
United Kingdom and Ireland (Less Than £100,000 in Fees) Coutts - Thrillionaires
PRCA
Consultancy of the Year - Lansons Communications
CIPR Excellence Awards
Young Communicator - Karen Mignon
