Open Road

Corporate Communications and Corporate Reputation Management

• Strategy and planning
• Corporate positioning
• Communications management consultancy
• Corporate PR and media relations
• New media consultancy
• Issue and crisis management
• Litigation support
• Public sector communications
• Internal communications

Whether it is helping to define your strategy, marshalling your resources, honing your messages, telling your story, mapping and engaging your key stakeholders or helping you manage issues and crises effectively, we have extensive experience to help you achieve your objectives.

Public Affairs and Government Relations

• UK Government relations and public affairs
• EU / US public affairs
• Contact building
• Campaigning
• Stakeholder audits
• Regulatory affairs
• Monitoring and intelligence

We have experience across local and regional government in the UK, the devolved administrations, Whitehall and Westminster, the European Union and beyond.  We have a network of partner agencies within the UK, across the EU and in the US who we know and rate and with whom we can partner whenever necessary to provide additional expertise on the ground. 

Beyond officials, advisers and politicians, we know the broader groups that influence and shape policy, including business groups, NGOs and consumer groups, think tanks and the media.  We are focused on developing your long-term relationships with policy makers and opinion formers and on achieving results.  We have an ethical approach to public affairs and are members of the Association of Professional Political Consultants (APPC).

Corporate Responsibility

• Strategy
• Stakeholder engagement and consultation
• Communications
• Reporting

A well-developed and imaginative approach to corporate responsibility is now expected of companies and organisations.  If done well, it is also a powerful communications and business advantage.  We can help you to map your key issues and key stakeholders, develop strategies to address major areas of concern, engage and respond to your stakeholders, focus your efforts, communicate them and report on them.