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Creative strategic communications for financial and professional services brands

For brands navigating the AI age.

We deliver high-impact, original integrated communications and marketing campaigns to help you tell your story and be found by your potential buyers, whatever platform they are searching on.

About Rostrum
A Rostrum consultant at his desk by the studio's yellow wall
2004Founded by Mark Houlding with Nick Bolshaw, who still lead the agency today
30people in one office, in Covent Garden
Top 150PR Week agency
Top 30B2B Marketing agency

Selected work

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Magazine spreads from the Bank of Mum and Dad report Legal & General The Bank of Mum and Dad 5,000+ media hits, 30% in national titles Paul Hastings website shown on desktop, laptop, tablet and phone Paul Hastings Building market authority in London 2,000+ pieces of coverage since 2015 Kroll Global Regulatory Outlook shown on desktop, laptop, tablet and phone Kroll Brand amplification across a crowded risk and advisory landscape 10bn combined reach across all media
Novuna Personal Finance website on smartphone, tablet and laptop Novuna Masterplan in motion 46 pieces of national coverage Saffron Building Society campaign across devices Saffron for Intermediaries Embracing different, and owning it 225 pieces of positive coverage Vitesse branding on desktop, laptop and mobile screens Vitesse Building brand in the US and London insurance market 200+ pieces of coverage across insurance trade and national press

Integrated disciplines, one team, built to move perception and pipeline.

Rostrum colleagues at work around the long table in the studio PR The B2B and financial services PR agency for brands that need to be known and trusted. A Rostrum writer typing at a laptop by the yellow wall Content Words, ideas and formats built to last. Three Rostrum colleagues at their screens Social Strategies that listen, target and cut through. A Rostrum designer at his laptop, framed posters on the wall behind him Design Concepts, brand and digital design from our Studio. The Rostrum studio floor seen from the stairs, with its pink neon sign International International strategies built for global growth.

Most engagements blend two or more, integrated by default, not by request.

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The people you meet are the people who run your account.

Meet the team

Our senior team are hands-on with media relations, day after day.

Mark Houlding, CEO Mark HouldingCEO Nick Bolshaw, Chief Operating Officer Nick BolshawChief Operating Officer Ben Wright, Chief Client Officer Ben WrightChief Client Officer Michael Kahn, Chief of Staff Michael KahnChief of Staff Nick Seymour, Content Director Nick SeymourContent Director Fen Sheard, Creative Services Director Fen SheardCreative Services Director Tom Stewart-Walvin, Associate Director Tom Stewart-WalvinAssociate Director Megan Linehan, Account Director, Social Media Megan LinehanAccount Director, Social Media Nick Andrews, Account Director Nick AndrewsAccount Director Jack Dixon, Account Director Jack DixonAccount Director Priya Bilkhoo, Account Director Priya BilkhooAccount Director Hollie Coote, Design Lead Hollie CooteDesign Lead Evelyn Zahab, Senior Account Executive Evelyn ZahabSenior Account Executive Aaron Loose, Senior Account Manager Aaron LooseSenior Account Manager
Adam Kellett, Senior Account Manager Adam KellettSenior Account Manager
Archie Casey, Account Executive Archie CaseyAccount Executive Emma Bertie, Senior Account Executive Emma BertieSenior Account Executive Harriet Easton, Junior Art Director Harriet EastonJunior Art Director Harry Mackie, Account Manager Harry MackieAccount Manager Lily Cromar, Digital Executive Lily CromarDigital Executive Lyle Croft, Senior Digital Marketing Manager Lyle CroftSenior Digital Marketing Manager Will Giles, Account Manager Will GilesAccount Manager

Trusted by exceptional brands

  • 4most logo in black and grey
  • Addleshaw Goddard law firm logo with interlocking monogram
  • Akin logo in black serif typeface
  • AlixPartners company logo in black text
  • Baringa business consulting logo with geometric pinwheel symbol
  • BCLP logo in grey with full stop
  • Brooks Macdonald black logo with monogram letters BM
  • Cleary Gottlieb law firm logo in black serif typeface
  • ComLaude logo with interconnected nodes symbol and wordmark
  • Coventry for intermediaries logo with horse and rider silhouette
  • Finova company logo in black text
  • Forrest Brown R&D tax credit consultancy logo
  • Gallagher company logo with oval G symbol and black text

Read our insights

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Is your PR reaching machines as well as people? A guide for financial and professional services firms Read more Do I need a PR agency? The honest answer for financial and professional services firms Read more Why brand tracking has changed for financial and professional services firms Read more

What happens when you get in touch

The same working dayA senior consultant reads your brief and replies with first thoughts and next steps, not an automated acknowledgement.
A 30-minute chemistry callIf there is a fit. No decks and no pitch theatre.
A proposal within five working daysScope, team, indicative cost, and how results will be measured.
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PR Week Top 150 & B2B Marketing Top 30 agency

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10 Stukeley Street
London
WC2B 5LQ

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