PR agencies & London

[gotreatme]

Why are PR agencies obsessed with being in London, does this have any benefit at all?!

Discuss.

 

[steve23]

Because as soon as you travel outside the M25 people start having silly rural accents and are about 50 years behind all current trends and fashion.

If you wanted to sell turnips or something I could see some merrit in being elsewhere, but other than that London is the place to be.

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[gotreatme]

Because as soon as you travel outside the M25 people start having silly rural accents and are about 50 years behind all current trends and fashion.

If you wanted to sell turnips or something I could see some merrit in being elsewhere, but other than that London is the place to be.

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See that is where I totally disagree, the London accents are awful for a start and just because a PR agency is next to a huge newspapers office does not mean they will ever go in!

London is also difficult to get to, driving there is crazy & transport is stressful. Not good business conditions.

 

[Pressman]

hi gotreatme,

The reason is London is such a huge hub for business and particularly for the media. And whilst it's true that being next door to a newspaper isn't everything it does make networking with journalists a hell of a lot easier.

 

[gotreatme]

hi gotreatme,

The reason is London is such a huge hub for business and particularly for the media. And whilst it's true that being next door to a newspaper isn't everything it does make networking with journalists a hell of a lot easier.

Ah, I understand more

 

[adamcjames]

Hello Gotreatme,

You'll also find that many out-of-London PR agencies market themselves as being able to avoid 'London prices'.

Face-to-face networking of journalists is always useful, but at the end of the day it's 'the story' that counts, more than being chummy with any particular journalist.

 

[JohnGeek]

Many companies are based in London, because it's the biggest city in the UK.

 

[Dawg]

London is abso chocko full of trendoid idiots with more money than sense, so it's logical that PR companies go where the pickings are easiest and best.
And, to be cruel, (to PR companies), if they are in London there are not only thicko clients prepared to pay way over the odds, but the local audience is so stoopid they'll believe any old twaddle.
Job done.
Large ones all round.

(Motto of London PR company: "There's one born every minute and I want them as my clients".)

 

[meah]

Why are PR agencies obsessed with being in London, does this have any benefit at all?!

Discuss.

They want to be where the work is and being in a major city is in turn, good PR.

This is a fantastic company - http://journalista.co.uk/

 

[meah]

but the local audience is so stoopid

And you are from and live where exactly ?

 

[KidsBeeHappy]

it makes it much more convenient for them all to run up huge hospitality bills to charge to their clients.