SECTOR GUIDE: INDUSTRY SERVICES UL-STR
An independent provider of third-party testing, audit, inspection and responsible sourcing services, UL-STR says its full cycle quality assurance solutions help provide confidence in the
quality and safety of licensed goods.
The firm adds that it can help ensure safety and quality throughout the product lifecycle and at critical points through the supply chain. As well as toys, it has experience in premiums and apparel and exhibited at Brand Licensing Europe. 0118 939 8700
www.struk.co.uk
BERTELLI COMMUNICATIONS
Bertelli has 15 years of experience across print, broadcast and online media, and specialises in getting brands noticed. The firm devises cost
effective
campaigns to suit specific needs and works with several toy, nursery and gift
companies. These include
GO BALLISTIC
Go Ballistic is a creative branding agency and says that it is an expert in creating, managing and developing brands and their assets. The firm has worked with toy and game brands including Monopoly, Cluedo, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit and
Operation, plus Tatty Teddy. The team of artists and designers can create style guides, POS and packaging, as well as interactive games, sizzlers, flash animation and more. 01844 218808
roger@goballistic.com
Maps Toys, Little Bird Told Me, Itsyourstory, BabyBlooms and more.
01457 766102
www.bertelli
communications.co.uk EVERGREEN CONSULTANCY
Established since 2004, the Evergreen Consultancy was designed to offer business- to-business solutions for small to medium sized companies. Evergreen has worked with
a variety of clients including manufacturers and retailers, specialising in online, virtual facilities management and
industry associations. There are two main purposes for firms to enlist the help of Evergreen: either they have a specific task or certain problem to overcome, or are experiencing a growth period and lack skilled personnel. 07815 925189 peter@evergreen
consultancy.co.uk
NORTON & COMPANY
A full service agency offering PR, marketing, licensing, events, exhibitions and media buying, Norton is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year. It has an established
portfolio of clients including LEGO, Vivid, Jakks Pacific, John Adams, Gioteck and Tomy Britains, and it has worked with such global brands as Cabbage Patch Kids, One Direction, Crayola, Bratz, Rubik’s, The Hobbit
and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, among others. Most recently, the firm
celebrated launching the Gioteck Student Design Challenge 2013, while it also had three clients featured in this year’s Dream Dozen. Other highlights of 2012 include the Cabbage Patch celebrity lookalikes (right), Moshi Series 4 launch and a One Direction doll photoshoot. 01608 812830
tony@nortonandco.com
FIZZ COMMUNICATIONS
Toy PR specialist Fizz has worked on a number of campaigns for established toy industry clients, several gadget clients and gift PR catalogue campaigns. The firm has worked on
key campaigns for both Revell and Cartamundi this year, while it has picked up
PITTILLA PR LANGSHOT COMMUNICATIONS
Langshot is a full service PR and marketing consultancy specialising in toys and games, education and innovation. Each
communications activity – whether briefed as an all- year coverage requirement, launch splash, Christmas burst, interview programme or a planned refreshment
campaign of product placement on TV – is individually and carefully planned from scratch. Langshot has worked with a wide variety of high profile companies within the toy industry.
01276 857005 ray@langshot
comms.co.uk
Pittilla PR aims to get the right messages to the right people. The company comprises an enthusiastic and experienced network of PR professionals who all come from a media background. So far this year, clients
have appeared on BBC TV, in WIRE PR
Wire PR is a consumer and trade PR agency with extensive experience across the toy, nursery, entertainment and technology sector. The company has
experience in planning and executing successful PR campaigns, which include impactful launch and
www.toynews-online.biz
industry events, news generation in print and on TV, product placement, celebrity seeding and securing valuable trade coverage. Wire PR also manages a host of social media and blogging campaigns to promote brands online. 0794 153 9944
ane@wirepr.eu
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The Independent, on The Gadget Show, This Morning, in The Sunday Times, on BBC Business Newsand in a
number of blogs and other publications. 07860 542559
www.pittillapr.co.uk
gadget clients such as UKayed,
BoysStuff.co.uk and The Dube. Meanwhile, its gift catalogue PR campaigns have included Pride of Britain, Back to School and Christmas Gifts, involving a number of its clients. 01923 839159
www.fizzcomms.co.uk
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