PR, Media & Trade Marketing · Alcohol industry services
General PR & Media Relations for the Alcohol Industry
General PR and media relations for alcohol businesses in the UK and selected international markets, subject to local laws and with no overseas lobbying.
The commission
What the work covers
Plan and deliver factual PR and media relations for alcohol brands, producers, distributors, hospitality businesses and trade organisations in the UK and selected international markets, subject to applicable local laws. Prepare press releases, press information packs, story pitches and spokesperson briefings using approved, substantiated information. Identify relevant journalists, editors and publications, coordinate appropriate media outreach and interviews, and respond to media enquiries about business developments, products and industry activity. Agree the countries, audiences, channels, spokesperson authority and approval process in the brief. Overseas lobbying and campaigns to influence non-UK public decisions are excluded.
How we approach the work
- Agree the business objective, UK and international markets, audiences, approved spokespersons and response arrangements.
- Check facts, claims, local requirements and permitted use of media-contact information, then prepare materials and obtain client approval.
- Coordinate approved outreach and media enquiries, record activity and report observed coverage while respecting editorial independence.
Scope and boundaries
Work is subject to applicable local laws, privacy, rights and media-contact rules, marketing requirements and any alcohol advertising or claims restrictions relevant to the material and channel. Statements require agreed spokesperson authority; paid arrangements are identified and coverage is not guaranteed. Alcohol samples, gifts, supply, sales negotiation, order-taking and arranging wholesale sales are outside this service. Overseas lobbying, campaigns to influence non-UK public decisions and representation to non-UK public authorities are excluded, directly, remotely or through third parties. Any UK lobbying requires a separate mandate. Independent editorial decisions remain separate. Media relations exclude harassment or intimidation, buying favourable independent editorial coverage and suppressing legitimate reporting. Correction requests identify factual concerns and do not promise the removal of criticism.
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Scope and independence
Lobbying and representation before public authorities are delivered directly by Alcohol Ltd within the UK and only in relation to UK public bodies. We do not undertake or arrange lobbying of foreign governments, legislatures, regulators or international public bodies, directly, remotely or through intermediaries.
International work covers research, commercial analysis, media, publishing and private-sector trade event support. It excludes campaigns to influence non-UK public decisions, representation to non-UK public authorities and arranging others to provide those services.
Commercial campaigns are reviewed for applicable advertising, audience, territory and claims rules; a trade audience is not a blanket exemption from alcohol advertising restrictions. Media bookings and event suppliers need agreed budgets, permissions and proportionate anti-bribery controls. Event representation covers approved information-only presentations and commercial discussions. It excludes offering or exposing alcohol for wholesale sale, sales negotiation, order-taking, supply and arranging wholesale sales. Event agendas and facilitated discussions exclude exchanges of competitors' non-public pricing intentions, output plans and commercial strategies.
Client approval concerns commissioned deliverables and factual checks. Editors retain responsibility for independent publication, corrections and removal decisions. A commercial commission does not buy favourable independent coverage, the suppression of legitimate reporting, editorial endorsement or control over our policy positions. Confidential journalistic sources are not made available through commercial client approval.
Our regulated editorial material follows the Editors' Code of Practice, including accuracy, distinguishing fact from opinion and conjecture, privacy and timely corrections with due prominence. IPSO regulates editorial material within its remit; it does not approve our consultancy, research, PR or lobbying services. Advertising is clearly identified where applicable.
Appointments require an agreed written brief and checks on the client, conflicts, sanctions and any applicable registration, disclosure, data-use and permission requirements before work begins. Scope, fees and responsibilities are agreed separately, subject to our service and jurisdictional terms.
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