CB expands with new pre-planning and culture hires

Tom Byrne has joined us as Head of Stakeholder Engagement & Pre-Planning, marking an important moment in the growth of Coverdale Barclay, as we broaden the services we provide to clients to include communications for planning submissions. Tom brings with him 10 years of experience in the pre-application world, having worked across a variety of […]

Welcome Tom Byrne

We are delighted to announce that Tom Byrne has joined us in the newly-created role of Head of Stakeholder Engagement & Pre-Planning. This marks an important moment in the growth of Coverdale Barclay, as we bolster our stakeholder engagement offer, and broaden the services we provide to clients to include communications for planning submissions. Tom […]

Join our growing team

We have two positions available in our talented team, delivering transformative PR and communications strategies for places, destinations, districts and the built environment. Our projects span city and town centre regeneration, retail and leisure destinations, and new and evolving neighbourhoods and districts. We also deliver corporate PR and communications for companies that work within this […]

Lessons from 2021, predictions for 2022 and reflections on the future of consumer and B2B PR

Coverdale Barclay’s consumer and B2B teams were further bolstered this year with the arrival of Associate Director Kelly Kerruish and Senior Account Executive Elizabeth Lorraine, respectively. As 2021 draws to an end, Kelly and Elizabeth share the lessons they’ve learnt from 2021, and their predictions on 2022’s biggest trends and priorities in placemaking and PR. […]

MAPIC – different, but no less important

MAPIC 2021 was never going to be quite the same as previous iterations – and so it proved. Members of the Coverdale Barclay team headed to Cannes last week for the leading international retail property show, working with our client Rioja Estates to promote two exciting new designer outlet schemes – both at the event […]

Welcome Katie Balcombe and Alberto Pinosa

This autumn, our consumer team welcomed two new talented people. Senior Account Manager Katie Balcombe joined us from the Museum of London, where she led award-winning national PR campaigns, and Senior Account Executive (and pop culture enthusiast) Alberto Pinosa brings with him years of lifestyle PR experience spanning luxury hospitality and music. Here Katie and […]

Welcome Robbie Platt

We are delighted to welcome new Account Director Robbie Platt to our team. Robbie joins with more than a decade of experience in PR in both the UK and overseas, where he has specialised in the built environment and corporate B2B sectors. We asked Robbie about his views on how the industry has changed over […]

New Appointments

It is an honour to be working on a number of new, transformational projects across the Midlands. Working with Portland Design and Javelin Group on behalf of Ellandi and Savills, we are developing a stakeholder and communications strategy to support the re-launch of Merry Hill – the 8th largest shopping destination in the UK. On behalf […]

Join Our Team

We have an exciting new opening for a creative Account Executive or Senior Account Executive to work across our portfolio of placemaking projects. The new role involves working within our consumer team to deliver perception-changing PR, marketing and campaigns for districts and destinations undergoing change, such as emerging neighbourhoods, town and city centre regeneration and […]