In the beginning, there was a girl who loved to write stories.

Her local library in Blackpool rewarded such skills in storytelling with awards and recognition, which she loved. She wanted to spread the joy that recognition brings.

She wanted to make headlines in the media. She was diligent enough to meet every deadline. She was clever enough to create stories that stood out from all the others.

The ideas underpinning Catapult’s PR and content marketing storytelling and customer conversations have been ingenious, stupendously creative and attention-grabbing.

They have engaged audiences for more than two decades.

Clients of all shapes and sizes, from London to Northumberland, demand Catapult’s storytelling prowess.

Catapult PR opened its doors in March 1998, from its first office at the quaint Marsh Mill Village in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire.

We stayed there for more or less a decade, before moving to offices in Bispham, near Blackpool.

We then relocated to Poulton-le-Fylde in 2011/12, before making our last move, to Metro House in Blackpool, close to the M55. This has been our home since May 2018.

Creativity is undoubtedly embedded in our DNA. It’s our hallmark, it’s what breathes life into our campaigns and content, it’s our differentiator as a Lancashire PR agency and it’s the reason why we attract clients from all over the UK and from Europe too.

Clients come to us for our expertise and through word-of-mouth recommendation in over 75% of cases.

We are not your typical regional PR agency and regularly attract London-based clients.

In 2018, we won the national CIPR Excellence Award for the ‘Best Travel, Leisure and Tourism PR Campaign’ in the country, suggesting we know a thing or two about this type of public relations.

The Excellence Awards are regarded as the ultimate accolade in our sector, so we are very proud.

When you enter Catapult PR’s client stable, you are in the hands of probably the most successful regional agency of its size in the UK, bar none. Once inside, you are on the point of being Catapulted by a specialist PR agency, which taps into four decades of PR expertise accrued by its founder.

The fact we’ve been Catapulting clients for so long, and with such success, says it all. We Catapult some of the most vibrant brands and businesses in the country and always have done. We have Catapulted some of the very biggest – and some of the smallest.

When we started Catapulting businesses and brands, back in 1998, PR was traditional in nature – solid media relations work and copywriting for internal and external communications.

Nowadays, it encompasses communications with audiences sent down different channels – via websites, blog and news areas, e-shots, e-newsletters, downloads and social media.

The channels have changed; the skills have not. And, in fact, there’s a lot to be said for solid media relations work. The fact we keep winning awards for this type of Catapulting, says a lot.

Catapulting is based on continuous professional development and evolution. We are chameleons, adapting ourselves to the marketing macro-environment and the world around us, to ensure strategies are on-point.

Our clients are not people who want to tick a box and say they have ‘some marketing’. They are people who really want to achieve their goals, generate sales, visitor numbers, or footfall, acquire more exposure and profile, become thought leaders and build a brand.

They truly want to be Catapulted into the limelight.

Our PR proposals challenge them to think differently. Sometimes, they take a leap of faith and let us run with a ‘whacky’ idea, even if they don’t quite see what we see in it. When they do this, they are typically wowed by what results. That’s when they then see how valuable it was and how creativity generates extraordinary outcomes.

Being Catapulted in this way can be enormous fun.

Catapult PR’s corporate and business PR has been recognised at the highest level possible, via a national CIPR Excellence Award, a true endorsement of how we approach B2B public relations activity and thought-leadership attainment.

We have never believed that PR campaigns for B2B clients need to be dull and we don’t just do the obvious.

We build creativity in at every turn, to put different spins on business stories and to give business trade press something truly interesting to write about.

We also go the nth degree to research subject matter and find the unique hook or angle that can help make a business owner or executive a true thought-leader in their field, whatever their area of expertise may be.

We have catapulted many a CEO into the limelight, by finding those gems that have helped set them apart from others, whether that is in the insurance, financial services, kitchen or other sector.

Generating strong share of voice for business and corporate brands through public relations and media relations activity is our goal and we regularly make our clients the number 1 spokespeople on their ‘topics’.

The frequency with which we win media relations awards, or are finalists for awards in the category of media relations, says it all.

Adept at crafting the ‘killer article’, which encompasses all key messaging but which can also tick the box of the journalist seeking insight or the expert view on a particular subject, and equally able to write a compelling award entry which sees our clients scooping trophies galore, we have a full suite of PR services for corporate and business clients.

Placing our business articles with leading business websites and online outlets, we can also contribute the valuable back links that brands seek, whilst building the authority that comes from being seen to be an industry spokesperson, whether you are a membership-based organisation, in the utilities or construction sectors, a catering equipment supplier or a professional services firm.

Of course, if you are something else altogether, our skills are transferable!

Based in Lancashire, but basing our PR agency success on representing clients across the UK, we are the PR firm that is here for you, whenever you wish to discuss your brief.