Wild West Communications, a South West public relations consultancy with offices in Truro and Bristol, has been shortlisted for six PRCA Dare Awards.The prestigious industry awards, for the South West and Wales, strive to seek out and reward the very best PR and communications professionals and campaigns, across the UK.
Shortlistings for Wild West Communications include campaigns for leading national food brands Kelly’s of Cornwall and Clarks Natural Sweeteners, as a well as a Corporate Affairs campaign, supporting the reinstatement of a passenger helicopter service to the Isles of Scilly.
Wild West Communications itself has also been nominated for the Small Consultancy of the Year category whilst employees Megan Hocking, a 25-year-old Account Manager, and Sam Shrimpton, a 24-year-old Senior Campaign Executive, have both been nominated in the Rising Star of the Year category. PRCA Dare Award winners will be announced on 15th June, at a ceremony in Bristol.
Director, Georgie Upton says: “It’s been a cracking 18 months since we officially became Wild West, an independent South West PR and social media consultancy, while maintaining our strong links to London via our sister agency Wild Card. We tasked ourselves to see how many awards we could win this year - so this sets us up for a good start! We obviously couldn't do it without great clients and a great team. I'm particularly proud of our two rising stars. Well deserved.”
Wild West Communications was established by Kate Wild in 2008 after Kate decided to return to her West Country roots, having founded Wild Card in London. Originally known as Wild Card Truro, Wild West became a stand-alone business in January 2016. After an incredibly successful year, the business expanded to open in Bristol at the end of 2016.
The PR and social media consultancy operates across three main sectors; travel and tourism, food & drink and lifestyle. The team represent some of the best-known names in the South West and beyond, including Rodda’s Clotted Cream, Eden Project, Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Cornwall, Watergate Bay Hotel, Devon-based Forthglade, Kelly’s of Cornwall and Dickinson & Morris Melton Mowbray Pork Pies.