Manifest displays signs of success

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England), Oct 31, 2006

Byline: Henryk Zientek ,

A marketing agency in Huddersfield is growing apace - with a string of new contracts.

Manifest Communications, based at Highfields, has attracted business from clients UK-wide in a range of market sectors.

The eight-strong company, based at New North Road, has clients in Leeds, Manchester, the Midlands and Scotland.

It has carried out work for clients including Birstall-based Kalon, Salford University, Bank of Scotland, software firm iSoft, carmaker Nissan and photographic film group Ilford.

It has organised and manned exhibition stands for clients attending events in Cologne and New York, run publicity campaigns for new products and undertaken brand development projects.

The company has also announced a new client gain - leading transport business Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK.

Hellmann selected Manifest as its exclusive PR partner following a two-stage competitive tendering process.

Hellmann operates from 341 cities across 134 countries and has nine sites in the UK.

Manifest PR manager Alex Myers said: "Hellmann has been somewhat of a sleeping giant on the media front in recent years.

"It is very exciting to be given the chance to unlock the enormous press potential of the business in the UK."

Commenting on Manifest's expansion, partner Nev Ridley said: "Growth has accelerated in the past few years.

"We set out to win some big projects and we started to gain momentum."

He said the company had also benefited from its location.

"Huddersfield is seen as a creative town and that is a positive thing," said Mr Ridley. "People in Manchester, Leeds and other big cities consider Huddersfield to be a place where there is creative talent in abundance."

Said Mr Ridley: "We offer all the services you would expect from a creative agency - from websites and new media to design, advertising and public relations.

"But we get to know everything about the client's organisation to make sure we can get their message across."

Mr Ridley said: "We put our PR people into their company for a week to work with the client before the contract even starts.

"It means they can talk about the client's business having experienced it first hand."