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Crisis Management

Mattison Public Relations provides senior level advice to organisations on ways to assess, manage and monitor risk to the reputation of their businesses and their brands.

The consultancy draws upon more than 15 years experience gained on the front-line of crisis management and over 20 years experience in media relations. During this time its consultants have helped companies to communicate to the media and other stakeholders in situations that threatened company or brand reputations.

Mattison Public Relations believes that its rigorous methodology and implementation skills make it the best placed consultancy to ensure that its clients thrive despite the risks that today’s competitive market creates.

Mattison Public Relations undertakes a very regular flow of crisis management projects. This means that the range of strategies and tactics that we draw from are informed and tested.

Examples of crisis and issues management work Mattison Public Relations has undertaken:

  • Advised on response to deliberate contamination of a leading consumer brand
  • Advised a leading professional services company facing whistleblower allegations of fraud against a Government department
  • Acted for a major financial institution in relation to an international rogue trader scandal
  • Advised on media relations programme for change of ownership and financial restructuring of three Football League clubs
  • Advised on response to customer fatality at leading leisure company
  • Acted in high profile dispute between HM Revenue & Customs and a professional services company, which included a raid by HM Revenue & Customs and subsequent legal action
  • Advised client on response to raid by SFO
  • Advised on media, employee and stakeholder communications programme for major redundancy programme implemented by former public sector employer
  • Advised on hostile takeover of former public sector utility
  • Media relations adviser relating to viral outbreaks including e-coli
  • Acted for private sector prison service contractor following a series of escapes by prisoners
  • Advised party on aftermath of a major drugs trial that resulted in injuries