Moray headquartered business 'SPEY' marks fifth birthday with ambitious expansion
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A MORAY headquartered business is marking its fifth birthday with an ambitious plan for growth.
Communications consultancy SPEY, which has its headquarters in Forres, has marked the occasion with multiple senior hires to the management team, client wins and an expansion of its services.
Set up in 2017 and originally based in Aberlour, the agency was created to promote Scottish brands on the world stage.
As part of its plan for growth, four new partner roles have been created to join the management team.
That includes Rob Mathie who has been appointed Head of Strategy having worked on campaigns for Diageo, UN Women, Superdrug and many more.
Utilising his expertise will allow the agency to offer clients a more diverse range of services.
Former BBC broadcaster Eleanor Bradford has also been brought on board as a Partner to become Head of PR.
Meanwhile, Emma Scott has been promoted to Managing Partner and will take over the day-to-day running of the agency from founder and owner Jennifer Robertson.
And Marion Cordiner, who has been with the agency for several years has also been promoted to Partner.
The agency has also received further boosts in the form of recent client wins, doubling the size of its team since the pandemic to 15 and acquiring a premises in Port of Leith.
The firm also say that they are on track to reach £1 million turnover in the next year based solely on organic growth.
Jennifer Robertson, SPEY’s founder, said: “When I started some people thought it was an unthinkable move setting up an agency in the north of Scotland to service global Scottish brands, but if the pandemic has taught us anything it's that it doesn’t matter where you work it is how you work.
"Our rural HQ ensures our staff are more connected to the natural environment as well as the largest part of Scotland, the Highlands.
"Supported by our Port of Leith office, this offers our team greater work-life-balance which is probably why Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) voted us best small agency and best agency for team and culture two years in a row.
"Investing in our people and our capabilities has been a priority since inception, driven by our talent programme to retain and attract talent to Speyside, creating jobs which didn’t exist before in an industry which most people need to move to the cities for.
"Now in our fifth year we are building up our team, strengthening our expertise across sectors, and capabilities, to ensure we continue to deliver the highest quality work underpinned by our locally rooted but global ethos, putting Scottish brands with purpose on the world stage."
