When Lee and I set up No Brainer just 23 months ago we never thought we\u2019d be running our home town\u2019s best young business, and the PR industry\u2019s best new agency in the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
Two years ago Lee and I gave up our respective agency and corporate PR careers \u2013 despite having two young families \u2013 to follow a dream.<\/p>\n
We set up No Brainer with no investment and no client base. It was a risk without a doubt.<\/p>\n
But we had hope and belief. And we had a joint commitment to give every last ounce of effort to achieve success.<\/p>\n
But, as anyone who has set up their own company knows, all this means absolutely nothing unless you have a product or service that appeals to other companies or individuals.<\/p>\n
So we decided to build a business around the dreams of our clients. And not our own.<\/p>\n
We decided to build a business focused on story-telling that helps companies big and small achieve results \u2013 real outcomes \u2013 and not just outputs and vanity metrics as so many others have done over the years.<\/p>\n
We decided to give the people who were prepared to take a chance on us the hope and belief that the world cares about their companies just as much as we do.<\/p>\n
And we promised each and every one of them we\u2019d give them everything we had in terms of commitment and effort. And we always will.<\/p>\n
Last week we were given the honour of being named the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland\u2019s \u2018New Agency of the Year\u2019 in the PRmoment awards. We\u2019ve been nominated for some great awards so far, but this was a genuine \u2018PRmoment\u2019 for us and we were thankful, but also incredibly grateful.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re grateful because everything we\u2019ve earned so far has been because of the faith and trust of so many people.<\/p>\n
Our team, in particular Hannah, Steve and Helen. You are all amazing and we, quite literally, couldn\u2019t function without you.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re grateful to everyone at the 19 clients we\u2019ve secured since that first day of business back in 2015 for believing in us. John, Stella, Saima, Sarah, Rachael, Charlotte, Mark, Ali, Gemma, Julie, Carl, Jonny, Alison, Jonny, Tanya, Lisa, Michelle, Prague, Natalie, Jamie, Jonny, Rita, Dean\u2026the list could go on! We share this award with each of you.<\/p>\n
And we\u2019re grateful for the support of our families, in particular our wives and children who have to put up with daddy doing plenty of long hours and late nights.<\/p>\n
You make these dreams worth fighting for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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