Deborah Skillicorn, Joint Chief Executive for Greenfingers, a charity dedicated to creating and improving gardens at childrens’ hospices across the UK, said: “Since employing Porcupine PR in October 2009 we have been delighted with the positive impact the team has had on our charity. The media releases have prompted many media enquiries and we have lots of creative ideas in the pipeline for 2010.
“Not only are the Porcupine PR team members good at their jobs, but they are responsive and great to work with too!”
Norma Moore, General Manager of Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre, which is a family-run garden centre based in Monkton Heathfield near Taunton, said: “We have received PR support from Porcupine PR since October 2007. The team are extremely efficient, creative and helpful and have generated a lot of media coverage for Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre.
“Porcupine PR has helped raise awareness of the garden centre within the media, the horticultural industry and the community during the past two and a half years. We are delighted with the results we have gained through our relationship with the company.”
Suzanne Broughton, Marketing Manager for Gardman, the UK’s largest supplier of gardening and wild bird care products, said: “We started working with Porcupine PR in June last year (2009) and the team has already generated a great deal of awareness for Gardman, particularly in the trade press. It has encouraged lots of positive interest in our products and we are delighted with the results so far.”
Will Parsons, Editor of DIY Week and www.diyweek.net, said: “The team at Porcupine PR are the kings and queens of retail trade PR. They are one of the most proactive agencies we work with.”
Matthew Hastie, Director of Hero Recruitment Ltd., a leading Bridgwater recruitment specialist, said: “We are really pleased with the media coverage we have been getting since we started working with Porcupine PR in March 2009. As a result of the coverage, we have gained two new important clients, which we are delighted with. We have a great working relationship with the Porcupine team. They are very responsive, flexible and creative. They also understand our business and its needs.”
Paolo Arrigo, a food writer and Director of Seeds of Italy (www.seedsofitaly.com), which distributes the oldest, family-run seed brand in the world, Franchi Seeds, said: “I attended a book signing session for one of Porcupine PR’s clients in Harrow. I autographed copies of my first book ‘From Seed to Plate’, which celebrates the grow to cook culture.
“Porcupine PR issued one media release to publicise the event to the media in the area. The media release was then used in quite a few newspapers and I was amazed at how much feedback we had. I would never have thought we’d get so much coverage and feedback. I was very pleased with the outcome and Porcupine PR were a pleasure to work with.”
Mark Callaghan, Managing Director of Bristol-based www.BritishCornerShop.co.uk, which specialises in sending traditional British food products to ex-pats living abroad, said: “Porcupine PR secured us an article in The Grocer magazine recently and we have had numerous phone calls from manufacturers and suppliers asking for us to distribute their products – all from that one piece of editorial.”