RiDO Rotherham Investment & Development Office

A Manvers based public relations company has bucked the current business trend, experiencing growth in recent years despite tough trading conditions.

Dragonfly PR, based at Century Business Centre in Manvers near Rotherham have added a  number of good quality, blue chip clients in the past 12 months, including a leading UK manufacturer of paving products, a global photo software brand, a firm of commercial property agents and two new clients in the renewable energy sector.

Director of Dragonfly PR, Marina Wood, said: “Companies might have initially thought that cutting back on their PR and marketing made sense, but many soon realised that in a tough market, you have to invest more to grow your market share.  We don’t just work locally, but nationally and internationally as well, with client companies in many of the major cities, including Manchester, Leeds, London and Birmingham.”

The company has grown rapidly in the six years since it has been based at Century Business Centre, the Rotherham Investment & Development Office (RiDO) operated centre, which celebrated its tenth anniversary late last year.

Ms Wood added: “Our business has gone from strength to strength since we’ve been based here at Century. Clients like to visit because of the easy access from the M1 and other nearby motorway networks – it’s much easier for them than trying to find parking spaces in the town or city centres, and it’s a really welcoming and friendly atmosphere at the centre itself. 

“One of the considerations when we moved here is that the centre had to have the right image, which is obviously important in the kind of work we do.  We’ve moved a couple of times within the building, outgrowing offices and relocating to bigger units within the centre – there is a good mix of businesses here, whether it be manufacturing, distribution or professional services.”

Dragonfly PR Ltd provides dedicated media relations, design, literature and online services to business-to-business and business to consumer companies.  The company specialises in the education, healthcare, construction and manufacturing sectors.

For more information, visit the Dragonfly website www.dragonflypr.co.uk.