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The GMDN Agency, based in Oxfordshire's fast-growing science cluster around Milton Park, has appointed Kelso Consulting as the first public relations agency in its 20-year history.

The Agency is a not-for-profit body that oversees the Global Medical Device Nomenclature, the naming convention for the millions of medical devices used in hospitals and elsewhere around the world.

Its scope ranges from basic items such as bed screens and scalpels, right through to highly sophisticated devices such as implants, and machines such as scanners and air ambulances.

The nomenclature

Today's reporting on the ongoing and unpleasant Carl Beech saga (the made up fantasies about a Westminster paedophile ring) revolves around the police statement at a now infamous press conference that Beech and his lies were "credible and true".

The problem for the police is that we now know what he said was not true and he was not very credible either.  The key question is at what point did the police realise he was not very credible either and why did they say his allegations were true... and why were they slow to correct this.

Award-winning PR agency Kelso Consulting is recruiting for a Public Relations Account Manager.

Public Relations agency Kelso Consulting is looking for a talented and ambitious PR professional to join our Thames Valley office in Newbury as a PR Account Manager.

Based in our Newbury HQ in Berkshire the main role is ensuring our clients get regular strong media coverage in national business publications and newspapers together with generally ensuring campaigns and accounts run smoothly and successfully.

Elements of being a thought leader include being knowledgeable and recognised for having interesting views and insights.

AiNED, the new professional association for independent non executive directors, has appointed Public Relations agency Kelso Consulting to help generate press coverage in the financial and business media ahead of its launch in Autumn 2018. 

Standing out as an expert on the important commercial problems facing your clients and prospects is a powerful position. 

Kelso Consulting's Thames Valley office in Newbury is recruiting!

Do you get a buzz from seeing your clients' names in the national press? Are you dedicated to hitting deadlines and also have a creative flair, or maybe you are able to turn complex stories into attention-grabbing ideas?   If so, we want to hire you!

Cyber risk and incident response specialists STORM|Guidance, creators of the world’s first Cyber Insurance comparison engine, Cyber|Decider , have appointed Kelso Consulting to help launch and build awareness through the UK’s insurance media.

We are delighted to welcome Katy Dowell, who has just joined as our PR Features Manager. She will oversee all aspects of the scores of features we place in business publications each month for our clients, ensuring the whole process goes smoothly.

Katy is a highly experienced business journalist having previously worked on two of Britain’s top legal and insurance business magazines - The Lawyer and Insurance Times.

Award-winning PR agency Kelso Consulting is recruiting for the new position of Rapid Response PR Manager.

If you love phoning journalists about newsy stories and are fed up with long meetings, admin and reports then this could be the ideal role for you.

Based in our Newbury HQ in Berkshire the main role is, as the name suggests, responding rapidly to news and other opportunities for generating coverage.

Kelso Consulting is recruiting for an experienced journalist or Public Relations practitioner.

Public Relations agency Kelso Consulting is looking for an Editorial Articles Manager to join our team in Newbury, Berkshire, this post is part-time and flexible, and would particularly suit a former journalist.

We are an award-winning B2B public relations consultancy in the Thames Valley, 

We're holding a series of seminars and webinars for professional, consultancy, technology and financial firms on a range of business development, public relations, social media and thought leadership issues in the first half of 2018. 

We'd like to invite you do join us at them!

Forget about press release “how to's” and guides on press list preparation, this article from Kelso Consulting (which first appeared in Professional Marketing magazine) sets out what you really need to know to prepare newbies for their first press encounter, as well as anticipate the questions they will have for you and the hidden fears they harbor.

Kelso Consulting is recruiting for a Junior PR Account Executive and a Senior PR Account Executive for our office in Newbury, Berkshire.

Public Relations agency Kelso Consulting is looking for great PR professionals to join our team in Newbury, Berkshire, and have vacancies at Junior and Senior PR Account Executive levels.

We are an award-winning B2B public relations consultancy in the Thames Valley, 

Expolink (www.expolink.co.uk), global specialists in outsourced whistleblowing hotlines and case management software, has appointed Kelso Consulting as its public relations agency to help with a new campaign to build brand awareness and increase its lead generation.

Expolink, based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, provides independent “speak up” services to businesses around the world including nearly 30% of FTSE 350 companies. 

Measuring ROI on Public Relations

Over the years there has been numerous attempts by various people to give a "value" to press coverage so Managers could compare specific items of press coverage and say things such as "Wow, that was a great bit of coverage it scores a 98, whereas that coverage wasn't so good as it only gets a 15". 

The campaign was "an exemplar of ambition, creativity and value for money" said the judges.

Kelso Consulting is delighted to announce that it was won a prestigious Excellence award from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations for a recent thought leadership campaign.