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French PR is an award winning, results driven, property public relations consultancy.

Established for nearly 20 years, French PR is recognised as one of the most experienced built environment communications experts in the north.

We offer strategic solutions that employ the right tactics to achieve your goals including media relations, stakeholder engagement, strategic partnering, social engagement and awards recognition.

Our straight talking approach is backed up by our exceptional results for some of the UK’s leading property firms. We work with business through the whole property lifecycle, from planners and architects, contractors and developers, ESG and transport consultants right through to agents and designers. This gives us a greater depth of understanding to be able to identify content that will create standout for your business or projects in a crowded landscape.

At French PR we work hard to integrate our role with your business plan and team culture to achieve your objectives as well as being great to work with. If you don’t consider us a critical extension to your marketing team, then we’re not doing the job right!

LOUISE FRENCH

A communications expert with 22 years industry experience, Louise French has worked for a number of leading consultancies and held senior in-house roles giving her the ability to understand and relate to a complex corporate environment but also work within a fast paced practice where results are judged on a daily basis.

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Simon Kidd, Commercial Lettings Director, The Clarence Dock Company Ltd

Passionate about what they do, French PR is not just a supplier but part of our extended team, they guide, support and advise us across all media. Partnerships like this are invaluable.

Andrew Watt, Head of Leeds Office, Colliers International

Since we appointed French PR our profile in the Yorkshire property market has significantly increased. Incredible support and a wealth of new ideas and initiatives. Their energy is boundless.

Julian Monaghan, Senior Partner, DLG Architects

Great to work with, French PR has consistently demonstrated that they are at the top of their game. They have taken our profile to another level.

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DLA Architecture French PR is retained to support DLA Architecture nationally across its offices in Leeds, Manchester in London. The brief includes promoting the practice’s culture and ethos, credentials and individual projects through media relations, award submissions, feature placement and individual profiling.	Gregory Property Group Private developer Gregory Property Group retains French PR to handle all of its marketing activity. Specifically, it is has relied upon French PR to manage critical consultations for its projects including development at Regent Street in Leeds and Broad Street Plaza in Halifax. It has also appointed French PR to publicise its transactions across Yorkshire and Lancashire.	Galtres Garden Village, York French PR was appointed by a consortium of landowners in York to manage the sensitive communication of the proposed new Galtres Garden Village housing community in York. Preparation of presentation materials, an extensive research programme into regional housing needs/shortfall, and appropriate liaison with stakeholders resulted in widespread profile and awareness (including TV).	Doncaster Energy from Waste French PR was employed to deliver the £70,000 public consultation for the Doncaster Energy from Waste (DEW) Project. This hugely controversial project required detailed consultation with local authority officials, local councilors, the local public and private sector stakeholders (including E-ON) to assist the planning process which was subsequently granted. French PR received a Gold award from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations for the project.
Middlewood Locks Manchester French PR is retained consultant on this £1bn mixed use development by Scarborough Group International through all residential and commercial development phases. The new neighbourhood, connecting Salford with Manchester city centre, will provide a total of 2,215 new homes and 900,000 sq ft of commercial space, including offices, hotel, shops, restaurants, MSCP and gym.	Thorpe Park Leeds French PR is retained by Scarborough Group International as a reliable partner to deliver the communications strategy for the second phase at this significant, award winning, 1.35 million sq ft of mixed use development. The brief includes working alongside key stakeholders to communicate its importance as a Northern Powerhouse flagship and supporting the commercial lettings strategy as well as delivering placemaking campaigns.	Doncaster Racecourse Louise French was in charge of a major public consultation programme for the redevelopment of Doncaster Racecourse. Working directly for DMBC Louise and her team engaged with a large cross section of stakeholders and employed tactics across the whole marketing mix to deliver a comprehensive review. The results document was commended as a blueprint to use in public consultations for the council moving forward.