As your strategic communications partner, Luminous shines fresh light on what really matters about your business, illuminating what sets you apart. We create and deliver brighter brand and comms, investor engagement and sustainable business solutions that resonate with your key influencers.A trusted partner for blue-chip businesses
Our client base consists of organisations across a range of sectors and geographies. We work with over 50 listed businesses, mainly in the FTSE 250, as well as some ambitious Main Market, Small Cap and AIM companies. We also work with large private organisations in the UK and mainland Europe.Growth and ambition
17 years of sustained growth has seen us build a team of over 50 experts combining strategic, creative, management and production skills. We are based in Farringdon, London and also have a Luminous North studio in Newcastle.Industry recognition
Our work has the strategic insight, creative impact and editorial elegance to win recognition from industry organisations such as CorpComms, D&AD, Design Week, CIM, ICSA, the Investor Relations Society, IoIC, PMA, PwC and Transform.
All brands need a purpose, a clear definition of what they stand for and why they matter. Of what drives them, beyond profit. It’s the cornerstone of a robust brand platform. Without a clear purpose, it’s easy for brands to drift away from the vision, values and culture that give them a coherent direction. Our expertise lies in distilling the core story at the heart of a business and articulating it as a unique brand purpose. Our brand strategy team facilitate and guide the development of distinct positioning, personality and values that align with purpose to provide the DNA of the brand experience.With these core foundations in place, we bring the brand story to life in exciting ways that create impact, change beliefs and drive value. We help clients meet their wide array of communication challenges with bright ideas, illuminating content and effective channel strategies that work together to reach and inspire audiences.With storytelling in our DNA, Luminous can help any organisation get its message across in a memorable manner that’s true to its personality. As communication experts, we’re used to grabbing the attention of time-poor audiences.We maximise the value of content while it’s still fresh, keeping momentum by combining creative and editorial expertise. As a full-service agency we can create multi-channel solutions across screen, print and moving image. We focus on developing the most effective connection, based on audience and desired impact.Award-winning solutions
We understand what ‘best-in-class’ looks like. Our brand work has been widely recognised by influential industry associations including D&AD, Design Week, CIMA, Communication Arts, CorpComms and Transform.
Corporate businesses are increasingly under pressure to communicate authentic stories about their purpose and to better respond to changes on the corporate governance and disclosure landscape. Squaring the circle of reputation, sustainability and investor interests is an essential exercise in maintaining a company’s viability.Our expertise lies in looking at the whole sustainability value-chain and helping our clients identify their sustainability issues and impacts, suggesting ways to address these that are strategic, compelling and meaningful. We believe that our client’s stakeholders should not only read their sustainability story, but also see, feel and even touch it.We help clients to make better decisions, integrate sustainability into their business and create innovative purpose-led solutions. Sustainability is a broad term – it means different things to different stakeholders. Our team have the experience to understand different perspectives. We offer a complete sustainability advisory and communication service – from insight, to consultancy, engagement and reporting.A trusted partner for blue-chip businesses
Luminous work with organisations across a range of sectors and geographies. In the UK, we work with over 50 FTSE-listed businesses, mainly in the FTSE 350, as well as some ambitious Main Market, Small Cap and AIM companies. We are currently helping a number of listed businesses with sustainability consultancy and communications, including FTSE 100 Informa and Berkeley Group and FTSE 250 CLS, Oxford Biomedica, Sirius Minerals and Synthomer. Outside the UK we are advising Hibernia REIT, listed on Euronext Dublin, and Kindred, listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm.Award-winning sustainability reporting
We are at the forefront of the latest thinking and insight drives everything we do. We understand what best-in-class looks like and we are respected for the powerful way we combine creativity and content to create effective solutions. Our sustainability reporting has been widely recognised by influential industry associations, with success at the Corporate & Financial Awards, Galaxy Awards, IARD Awards, IR Magazine Awards, IR Society Best Practice Awards and the Responsible Business Awards.