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Drinks/Events/Hospitality

• Justin Crosby, Director -MS&L - Manning Selvage & Lee

  "Genuine are great to work with. As a PR agency ourselves we know the challenges they face on the campaign. Their passion, commitment and energy is central to their success and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone as an extension of their team in Scotland."

• Phil Kilpatrick, Co-Director - Kildales Marketing (Kopparberg)

  "Genuine brought us great knowledge of both the local and national press. Their experience and passion, for the Kopparberg campaign building up the Hydro Connect Music Festival 2008, proved both invaluable and fun."

• Jessica Gibbons - Havana Club UK

  "Thanks for all your hard work on the Piece of Havana project. Your resourcefulness and commitment to the project and Havana Club was evident.....Genuine-ly. Great work!"

• Donald MacLeod, Chairman - Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland

  "Genuine PR have been working on the Tartan Clef Awards for three years and their tireless hard work has helped make the event the highlight of the Scottish awards calendar."

• Alan Miller, UK Brand Manager - Bombay Sapphire

  "Genuine provide vision and insight before the event, sparkle at the event and client support throughout. Hard working and committed, the teams' knowledge can bring a brand to life in many ways from resuscitation to reinvigoration! Or they will simply bring the great and the good to the party. Fun to work with!"

• John & Gillian Quigley, Owners - Red Onion

  "Genuine have helped our new business to develop and grow in a short space of time. With their wide array of contacts we are known both nationally and internationally and we look forward to a continuing long and successful relationship."

Public Sector

• Richard Bryson, Editor - Global Friends of Scotland, The Scottish Government

  "Chris and his team at Genuine surpassed their reputation for enthusiasm, commitment and good old fashioned hard work. Genuine worked very closely with The Scottish Government to create and deliver a bespoke campaign for the Glasgow: Scotland with style Design Collective at London Fashion Week in September 2007. The outcome was a well developed, high level PR campaign which encapsulated and demonstrated the immense style and talent that Glasgow and Scotland has to offer."

• Karin Finlay, Senior PR Manager - VisitScotland

  “VisitScotland engaged Genuine PR to deliver a citybreaks campaign designed to target style-savvy Londoners and the agency successfully brokered a tri-party working arrangement between Harvey Nichols and VOGUE.COM – the first destination-focused campaign for these iconic style brands. Genuine managed to successfully juggle negotiations between all three parties and a huge number of additional suppliers within an incredibly short space of time without ever once losing their enthusiasm for the campaign. Undoubtedly the highlight of the campaign was a celebrity and media event on Burns Night in Harvey Nichols Knightsbridge which was dubbed by PR Week as ‘the hottest ticket in town!’ Chris Hunt definitely knows his fashion and who’s fashionable and we were thrilled with the results.”

• Jude Henderson, PR Manager - VisitScotland

  "VisitScotland tasked Genuine to work on the city shopping campaign to promote the web site www.visitscotland.com/citybreaks. Genuine were successful in securing positive press coverage in Scottish national, Scottish regional, UK-wide regional and national media including glossies, on-line, tabloid, broadcast and broad-sheet. We have been delighted with these results and found the team at Genuine to have some fantastic press and trade contacts.”

Consumer

• Sarah Murray, Owner/Buyer/Director - Jane Davidson in Edinburgh

  “Chris & his team are very passionate, knowledgeable and experienced in their work, and have many strong top flight media contacts. We have seen the results and respect them. They can be counted on to help whatever the project, and are always a pleasure to have around to help deliver the goods with a down to earth and fun, yet hard working attitude.”

• Clare Thommen, Owner/Buyer/Director - Boudiche in Edinbugh

  “Chris and the team at Genuine did a fantastic effort with the launch of Boudiche in Edinburgh, from organising the press launch party - which was a huge success - to ensuring a campaign of PR in the right places. Chris has often gone beyond the call of duty and given us his support throughout the launch of Boudiche, and was brilliant to work with. The attention to detail and commitment to Genuine that Chris gives is outstanding. The connections Chris established us with to help in the early days with Boudiche have been invaluable, and many months after the initial launch the PR benefits from the launch campaign are still being realised.”

• Helen Livingston, MD - Branding Boutique

  “As a branding agency It's important when working with PR that our partners are “on brand” in all that we do. Genuine do “on brand” and so much more. Working with them is a breeze, they’re dedicated, hard working and have great creative flair – we’d highly recommend them!”

Designer Brands & Artists

• Keren McKean, Director - Green Flame Consultancy

  "Having worked with the whole team at Genuine, initially on Kopparberg cider, I was happy to recommend them to do the press for The Mill (for Miller Genuine Draft). I'm really glad I did as the whole team proved to be a lynch pin for much of the campaign. It's great to have such an organised, proactive and enthusiastic team. Their passion for music is obvious, but it's great to see that they are just as passionate about organisation, which makes life so much easier. They also work well as a team and if one member isn't available, someone else in the office is always up to date on what is happening too. I am already looking for other projects to get Genuine involved with as I know the peace of mind I get from working with them is invaluable, and I will happily recommend them to anyone involved with music that wants to tell the public about it."

• Mark Hogarth, Creative Marketing/Art Director - Harris Tweed Hebrides

  "Chris and his team at Genuine achieved extensive coverage for Harris Tweed Hebrides. Their commitment to the project was admirable and even after the initial hit they continued to follow up many different leads for us. I can highly recommend both their professionalism and their knowledge of the textile industry."

• Jimmy Stephen-Cran, Head of Department - Textiles, The Glasgow School of Art, and G:Sws Advisory Panel member

  "The GSWS Design Collective supports emerging fashion designers to show at London Fashion Week and to date has supported the likes of Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders, Brazen, Aimee McWilliams, Deryk Walker, Jamie Bruski Tetsill, Scott Ramsay Kyle, Vidler & Nixon and Bebaroque. Unlike so many other (short lived) fashion initiatives I was truly impressed with Chris Hunt’s ability to see past a ‘champagne reception’ and to consider the longevity of the project from the outset and how he sought to (and does) genuinely support emerging designers in practical and tangible ways."

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