

Delivering comms for Britain’s best energy company, from startup to £9BN giant
Octopus Energy

A PROACTIVE PR AGENCY ESTABLISHED BY EX-NEWSPAPER JOURNALIST & top 10 agency pro
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“Octopus doesn't use agencies for creative or media… Harpswood is our exception to the rule.”
Rebecca Dibb-Simkin,
CMO,
Octopus Energy -
“I’ve worked with many in-house and agency PR teams over the years - Harpswood is right up there among the best.”
Lord Richard Allan,
Executive Chair,
New AutoMotive -
“it’s often easy to forget they have other clients! The support they have given us has been second to none.”
Amali de Alwis,
CEO, Subak -
"Getting six minutes on BBC Breakfast to talk about job fraud put JobsAware on the map from day one."
Keith Rosser,
Chair,
JobsAware -
"Harpswood has been instrumental in driving Be.EV’s success from its early days to where we are now."
Marie-France Van Heel,
Chief Marketing & Customer Officer,
Be.EV -
"A media announcement caused our sales team to fulfil in days what would usually take several months."
Frank Bruce,
Marketing Lead,
Naked Energy -
"Within days Harpswood had landed an interview with the BBC. And then everything went mad! Working with Harpswood completely changed the trajectory of the business."
Sam Bailey,
Founder, Yo-Go -
"Harpswood impressed us from the start. They clearly care about their clients and that attention shines through."
Sarah Humphrys,
Co-Founder,
AimHi Earth -
"Harpswood were ambitious in their ideas and delivered them brilliantly. They became part of our organisation rather than an agency.”
Gi Fernando, MBE,
Chair, Subak -
"Harpswood’s brilliance is in understanding how communications forms part of an organisation’s strategy and putting that into action every day."
Ben Nelmes,
CEO,
New AutoMotive -
"We’ve been delighted with Harpswood, they are a brilliant and creative ‘can-do’ partner."
Jonathan Patrick,
CEO,
Consultant Connect -
"Our Harpswood team are professional, great to deal with and speedy to react."
Nicki Pritchard,
Managing Partner,
Anderson Quigley -
"We’ve never worked with anyone like Harpswood. They bring their infectious energy and positivity to everything they do."
Laura Moore,
Head of Marketing,
Sustainable Ventures -
"Harpswood has the energy of a start-up and the international reach of an established and well-run agency."
Jo Spindler,
Head of Brand & Marketing,
UNDO

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