The PHA Group announce that its Entrepreneurs and Business department will be working with Buckworths, the UK’s only law firm to work exclusively with start-ups and high growth businesses.
The PHA Group – recently named among the top 15 independent PR agencies in the UK – secured press office and strategic communications brief to amplify Buckworths’s expertise and development the firm’s research project: ‘Rebooting British Businesses Post COVID-19’.
At a time when SMEs up-and-down the country are grappling with the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, the partnership will enhance Buckworths’s call for the Government to incentivise private investors to step in and support British businesses during this unprecedented period of disruption.
The whitepaper has already had a notable success in the media. A combination of press office and strategic communications tactics has highlighted the issues with the Government’s existing COVID-19 economic relief schemes, with PHA securing coverage in over thirty publications in just over four weeks.
Commenting on the appointment, Managing Director of Buckworths, Michael Buckworth says: “The team at The PHA Group has shown real enthusiasm and understanding of the business and entrepreneurial landscape in the UK, leading the research into the finance challenges facing the UK’s start-ups and scale-up. Buckworths is calling on the Government to encourage private investors to step in and support SMEs and PR has gained us great exposure of our core message at a crucial time for businesses up and down the country. The PHA Group is ensuring that pressure is put on the Government to re-consider its COVID-19 economic relief schemes.”
Mimi Brown, Head of the Entrepreneurs and Business division at The PHA Group comments: “Buckworths is just the kind of ambitious business that we love to work with, and we have a shared passion for supporting high growth businesses. Our research-led approach to achieving the firm’s objectives shining a light on how private investors can help small businesses and is already gaining media traction during unprecedented times. We’re looking forward to supporting Buckworths and cementing its leading reputation in the industry.”
