what
we do

3 SERVICES.
DEAD SIMPLE.

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Public Relations

Rhizome 'PRs' companies from all sectors and of all sizes. We work with start-ups on a shoestring, high-growth companies with angel or VC backing and some of the world's most established, recognisable brands. We also have extensive experience in defending brands — successfully. We have clients in every major industry, from financial services, automotive and technology to property, telecoms and fashion. Building brands through the media, and defending them, is in our blood.

Rhizome 'PRs' companies of all types and sizes. We launch start-ups on a shoestring, build brands with signficant VC backing and ensure the most established brands, both UK and global, remain front of mind. When necessary, we also have extensive experience in defending brands — successfully. We have clients in every major sector, from financial services and technology to property and fashion. Building brands, and defending them, is in our blood.

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Public Affairs

Rhizome Media continuously monitors Government and regulatory policy for a number of its clients, ensuring they stay abreast of any and all changes — fiscal, legislative or corporate — that could impact or empower their businesses. When required, we also actively lobby Government on behalf of a number of our clients, with probably our biggest success to date being the 'Raise the Roof' campaign on behalf of property- and flat-sharing website, Spareroom.

Rhizome Media monitors Government and regulatory policy for a number of its clients, ensuring they stay abreast of any and all changes — fiscal, legislative or corporate — that could impact or empower their businesses. We also actively lobby Government on behalf of a number of our clients, with probably our biggest success to date being the 'Raise the Roof' campaign on behalf of property- and flat-sharing website, Spareroom. In 2015, the then Chancellor, George Osborne, announced that from April 2016 the Government would increase the tax-free amount home owners could earn by renting out a room from £4,250 to £7,500 — a significant financial boost for anyone with a lodger, and a policy materially influenced by Rhizome's work on the Raise the Roof campaign.

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Media Training

Many of Rhizome Media's clients regularly appear on national TV and radio, where they have the chance to show off their expertise. Of course, if you've never done it before, having a camera thrust in your face and being interviewed live on Sky News can be hugely daunting. With this in mind, Rhizome's CEO and broadcast guru, Jack Izzard, who reported the US elections from the White House for the BBC in 2008, provides bespoke courses to ensure you interview and 'bridge' like a pro.

Many of Rhizome Media's clients regularly appear on TV and radio, where they have the chance to show off their expertise. But if you've never done it before, having a camera thrust in your face and being interviewed live on BBC Breakfast can be a hugely daunting prospect. With this in mind, Rhizome's CEO and resident broadcast guru, Jack Izzard, who reported the US elections from the White House for the BBC in 2008, provides bespoke half- and full-day courses to ensure you interview like a pro.

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our wonderful clients

Indeed

2016 – Present

More people find jobs on Indeed than anywhere else. It's the world's biggest jobs site, with more than 250 million unique visitors a month. No wonder... around the world, 9.8 new jobs are listed on Indeed every second, and every day it connects millions of people to new opportunities.Rhizome Media works closely with the internal comms team at Indeed to help build its brand in the UK, delivering national media coverage that showcases the difference Indeed makes - both by helping people get jobs and by helping employers find the right talent.

More people find jobs on Indeed than anywhere else. It's the world's biggest jobs site, with more than 250 million unique visitors a month. No wonder... around the world, 9.8 new jobs are listed on Indeed every second, and every day it connects millions of people to new opportunities.

Rhizome Media works closely with the internal comms team at Indeed to help build its brand in the UK, delivering national media coverage that showcases the difference Indeed makes - both by helping people get jobs and by helping employers find the right talent.

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the AA

2015 – Present

Since 2015, we’ve worked with the AA to raise the profile of its exciting subsidiary brands, such as AA Cars, the used car buying portal. One of our key goals has been to dispel the jaded, and frankly anachronistic image that car dealers are all Arthur Daley types with forecourts chock full of bangers and lemons.Through a combination of authoritative industry pieces, speedy responses to important monthly sector data and features and opinion pieces in the national and consumer media, our job is to distinguish and elevate the importance of the AA Cars brand in its own right.Recent proactive campaigns have swung between the heavy-hitting (the bearing of car finance deals on the longevity of ownership) and lighter (fastest selling used cars of 2020) ends of the scale, all the while placing AA Cars at the centre of the conversation around car buying and selling.

Since 2015, we’ve worked with the AA to raise the profile of its exciting subsidiary brands, such as AA Cars, the used car buying portal. One of our key goals has been to dispel the jaded, and frankly anachronistic image that car dealers are all Arthur Daley types with forecourts chock full of bangers and lemons.

Through a combination of authoritative industry pieces, speedy responses to important monthly sector data and features and opinion pieces in the national and consumer media, our job is to distinguish and elevate the importance of the AA Cars brand in its own right.

Recent proactive campaigns have swung between the heavy-hitting (the bearing of car finance deals on the longevity of ownership) and lighter (fastest selling used cars of 2020) ends of the scale, all the while placing AA Cars at the centre of the conversation around car buying and selling.

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Uswitch

2011 – Present

We've worked with Uswitch for nigh on a decade and dovetail effortlessly with their internal comms team. Initially starting with their mobile and broadband division, we now take care of their utilities comparison service, too. For both of these flagship divisions, we set the news agenda with proactive analysis and research, and also comment reactively to breaking news.It's a rapid and intense news sector and so we're often up at 7am drafting comment on industry stories. While the news changes daily, our role remains the same: to break everything down into digestible, comprehensive and compelling copy that always seeks to answer the question: “What does this mean for consumers?”

We've worked with Uswitch for nigh on a decade and dovetail effortlessly with their in-house comms team. Initially starting with their mobile and broadband division, we now take care of their utilities comparison service, too. For both of these flagship divisions, we set the news agenda with proactive analysis and research, and also comment reactively to breaking news.

It's a rapid and intense news sector and so we're often up at 7am drafting comment on industry stories. While the news changes daily, our role remains the same: to break everything down into digestible, comprehensive and compelling copy that always seeks to answer the question: “What does this mean for consumers?”

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Gatehouse Bank

2017 – Present

We love to peer forensically into the detail of every financial services space and Gatehouse, a Shariah-compliant ethical bank is a great example of Rhizome getting to grips with a niche area and turning it mainstream.‍Gatehouse’s senior management team set us the challenge of explaining to everyday British banking customers why Shariah-compliant savings accounts and home finance are a great alternative to the High Street. The result? Mountains of national media coverage and frequent appearances in the savings stories that personal finance journalists love to write, week in, week out. ‍From media training, journalist briefings and interviews to proactive data-led stories driven by our own research and reaction to breaking news, Gatehouse Bank’s profile has positively rocketed since we started working with them.

We love to peer forensically into the detail of every financial services space and Gatehouse, a Shariah-compliant ethical bank is a great example of Rhizome getting to grips with a niche area and turning it mainstream.

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Gatehouse’s senior management team set us the challenge of explaining to everyday British banking customers why Shariah-compliant savings accounts and home finance are a great alternative to the High Street. The result? Mountains of national media coverage and frequent appearances in the savings stories that personal finance journalists love to write, week in, week out.
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From media training, journalist briefings and interviews to proactive data-led stories driven by our own research and reaction to breaking news, Gatehouse Bank’s profile has positively rocketed since we started working with them.

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Garrington

2012 – Present

For more than two decades, Garrington has sourced, negotiated and secured properties on behalf of its clients — and is one of the leading buying agents in the UK today.Its national network of associates have unparalleled knowledge of their local property markets, and serve as trusted advisers for an array of high profile and successful clients, helping them acquire private residences, second homes or properties for rental or investment.Rhizome has played a key role in the growth of the Garrington brand, using the national media to demonstrate the unmatched expertise and market intelligence Garrington offers to its clients.

For more than two decades, Garrington has sourced, negotiated and secured properties on behalf of its clients — and is one of the leading buying agents in the UK today.

Its national network of associates have unparalleled knowledge of their local property markets, and serve as trusted advisers for an array of high profile and successful clients, helping them acquire private residences, second homes or properties for rental or investment.

Rhizome has played a key role in the growth of the Garrington brand, using the national media to demonstrate the unmatched expertise and market intelligence Garrington offers to its clients.

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Atelier Capital Partners

2019 – Present

Atelier Capital Partners provides development finance to sustainable SME house builders — those who put the environment on an equal footing with profit. Part-owned by the institutional investment giant, M&G, it offers something no specialist lender does: institutional firepower and blue chip peace of mind.Its senior management team are firm believers that SME property developers are not just key to getting the required number of homes built but can do so in a way that creates minimum environmental impact and maximum aesthetic — and always with the interests of the local community at heart.Rhizome launched Atelier in early 2020 and continues to use its exceptional contacts in the property and financial services media to generate brand awareness for this rapidly growing lender and underlining its commitment to ESG principles through thought leadership pieces in key media.

Atelier Capital Partners provides development finance to sustainable SME house builders — those who put the environment on an equal footing with profit. Part-owned by the institutional investment giant, M&G, it offers something no specialist lender does: institutional firepower and blue chip peace of mind.

Its senior management team are firm believers that SME property developers are not just key to getting the required number of homes built but can do so in a way that creates minimum environmental impact and maximum aesthetic — and always with the interests of the local community at heart.

Rhizome launched Atelier in early 2020 and continues to use its exceptional contacts in the property and financial services media to generate brand awareness for this rapidly growing lender and underlining its commitment to ESG principles through thought leadership pieces in key media.