Spinney and Partners

Background

Spinney & Partners is an independent Public Relations firm based in Glasgow, Scotland. They have worked with a wide range of client in the corporate, public and private sector. Services offered include:

• Public relations strategy and planning
• Media relations
• Crisis and issues management
• Marketing communications and publicity
• Media training
• Public affairs
• Networking and influencing

Key Personnel

• Ian Spinney - Director. Ian has 16 years experience in PR. Prior to launching Spinney & Partners, he was head of corporate and business to business with Weber Shandwick in Scotland.He was also previously head of marketing and communications for KPMG in Scotland

• Sheila Devlin Thorp - Sheila is principal of Bizazz Strategic Communications and has over 25 years Marketing and PR experience in a variety of business and public sector environments in Scotland, Europe and the US, latterly as Head of Marketing for Nallatech, the technology leader in reconfigurable computers.

• Ruth Webber - Ruth Webber is a Chartered Marketer and principal of her own consultancy, Webber Associates. Ruth has substantial experience of the property, design, construction, law and accountancy sectors. She provides strategic marketing planning advice and implementation and trains staff in marketing and business development.

• Stewart McIntosh - Stewart is an award-winning journalist and also one of Scotland’s leading media trainers for business and corporate clients. He also provides a corporate writing and business journalism service, writing for a number of leading business titles. He has trained and advised many businesses on how to extract maximum value from their media relations, in particular managing difficult media scenarios.

• Neil Fitzgerald - Neil is a highly experienced editorial consultant. He specialises in creating, revising and procuring printed publications for a wide range of clients. Neil will deliver an entire project, from the management of suppliers, such as designers, sales, marketing and other specialists, through to the delivery of the finished product.

• Mike Brown - Mike has extensive experience at a senior level in journalism and PR. He has worked with the Herald, Liverpool Daily Post (as business editor) and BBC (as an editor of the Today programme and editor of Good Morning Scotland). For more than 10 years he was Director of Publicity Services at the University of Glasgow. He currently undertakes a range of writing and PR work and is responsible for media relations at a major Scottish charity.

• Meg Clark - Meg is a senior research consultant with extensive experience of management consultancy in both the private and public sectors. A former university lecturer, she specialises in both qualitative and quantitative research, and has undertaken an extensive range of projects for private and public sector clients including educational establishments, major retailers, voluntary and public sector organisations, particularly Local Authorities and economic development bodies

• Kenny Kemp - Kenny is an award winning former business editor of the Sunday Herald and co-author of Go: An Airline Adventure with Barbara Cassani, which won the WH Smith Business Book of the Year in 2004. He is now a communications consultant and writer working on projects for a variety of blue chip clients.

• Stephen Sharp - Stephen is a marketing and communications specialist. Previously a media relations manager for the world's largest risk management company, Stephen also has extensive experience in the hi-tech and business to business sectors from working with award-winning PR company Scribe. He has also built and launched a successful e-business.

• Jen Nash - Jen has over 14 years communications and PR experience, specialising in corporate; consumer; media relations; internal communications and issues management. Jen has extensive experience in the food and drink industry and was formerly head of communications for Baxters Food Group.

• Victoria Masterson - Vicki has 15 years experience as a business journalist and editor, latterly with The Sunday Times. Her career also includes Business a.m., The Scotsman, The Press & Journal and the BBC. She now provides writing and media consultancy services to private and public sector clients.

Contact Information

Phone: 0141 338 6700
Mobile: 07973 671 773
Fax: 07790 008 084
Address: Ruthven Mews, 55 Ruthven Lane, Glasgow G12 9BG