Barbados is the easternmost Caribbean island located about 430 kilometres northeast of Venezuela. With its white beaches, tropical climate and delicious food, Barbados is one of the most popular Caribbean tourist attractions. Agency acts as PR agency for Barbados in the Nordic countries on behalf of the Barbados Tourism Authority.
Edenred is world leading within pre-paid services and has today over 33 million users in 40 countries worldwide. The company offers solutions which increases people’s well being and improves performances within organizations. Agency performs PR-activities for Ticket Rikskuponger and Ticket Rikskortet amongst others.
Familjeliv.se is Sweden’s largest on-line meeting place for Swedish parents. The site has over half a million unique visitors each week. Familjeliv.se was founded in 2003 and is owned by Familjeliv Media AB, which is a part of the Stampen group. Familjeliv.se is included in the list of ”Sweden’s 100 most popular sites” (Alexa Internet, Inc.) and ”Sweden’s 100 best sites” (InternetWorld).
Familjens jurist is Sweden’s largest law firm within family law. Familjens jurist is part of the Fonus Corporation with operations in 28 offices on several of the most populated locations in Sweden. The key values has since the start in 2002 been about availability, competence and client satisfaction. Lloyd´s Register Quality Assurance certifies Familjens jurist’s operation.
General Mills Scandinavia AB is part of the General Mills Inc. Corporation, which is one of the world’s leading food supply companies and was founded in 1866. General Mills Scandinavia markets and sells the brands most popular to the Nordic regions. The goal is to make people’s lives more healthy, simple and richer through General Mills’ food products. Agency works with PR in the Nordics for Old El Paso, Green Giant, Häagen-Dazs and Betty Crocker.
Häagen-Dazs is a manufacturer of so-called super premium ice cream, which is characterized by low levels of air occurrence and ingredients of the highest quality. Häagen-Dazs’ philosophy is simple: to find the best ingredients available and make the best ice cream possible. The story of Häagen-Dazs dates back to 1921, when Reuben Mattus at the age of nine started helping his parents selling frozen fruit from a horse carriage. In 1961 Reuben Mattus founded Häagen-Dazs, which is now being sold at over 850 cafes and in 50 countries.
IMD, based in Switzerland, is one of the world’s highest ranked business schools and has over 60 year’s of experience of executing leadership programs. IMD is highest ranked within leadership training outside of the United States and holds a second place globally. IMD’s MBA (Master of Business Administration) is ranked at second place in Europe. Agency performs running PR-activities for IMD in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.
Life Europe AB is the leading health store chain in the Nordics. Life has over 410 stores in Sweden, Norway and Finland and approximately 300 000 active club members. The corporation has over 380 employees and has a turnover of 1,6 million Swedish crowns in 2008. Life Europe is owned by the Norwegian investment company Norvestor, as well as franchise owners and key employees in higher positions within the company. Agency is PR-bureau for Life Europe since the fall of 2009.
RFSU AB is market leading in Scandinavia in condoms, lubricants and other products that give both men and women a safer and more pleasurable sex life. All proceeds of RFSU AB’s sales goes back to the owner - The National Association for Sexual Information - who uses the money to spread information and education within the sex and relationships area. With sexual information, education and advocacy, they want to dispel prejudices, cure shortage of knowledge and improve the sexual health.
SBC works with housing cooperatives and is one of the leading companies within housing and administration in Sweden today. SBC offers services within economics, technique and law and has six offices throughout the country with a total of 200 employees. The year of 2009 the company’s income was 253 million SEK, SBC is listed on NGM Equity. Agency has been the PR agency for SCB since 2010.
Scan has been an important part of the Swedish food culture ever since 1899. Classic products and household brands are Hot Dogs, Mamma Scan’s Meatballs and Bullens Pilsnerkorv. Today Scan is a part of the international HKScan group of companies, one of the leading food companies in Europe. Scan has an annual turnover of about ten billion SEK and 3000 employees. Scan chose Agency as its PR agency in the winter of 2009.
SF Anytime is Sweden’s leading Video on Demand service and part of the Bonnier-owned SF Group. They have a wide range of films that contain everything from the latest blockbusters from Hollywood to narrower quality film and TV series. The Video on Demand service works on PC and Mac, Samsung Galaxy and smart TVs from Samsung, Panasonic and LG. SF Anytime is available through operators Vodafone, Com Hem, Bredbandsbolaget and Boxer.
Skyscanner is a leading travel search site providing instant online comparisons for millions of flights on over a thousand airlines, as well as car hire and hotels. The company was founded in Edinburgh in 2001 and has grown remarkably since then. Today the website are available in 29 languages and it has 50 million searches per month.
Stena Line is one of the world’s biggest ferry operators. The company has a modern fleet of 35 ships and Europe’s largest route network consisting of 18 ferry routes in Scandinavia and around the UK. All together Stena Line has approximately 5,700 employees, about two-thirds of whom work on board ship. The head office is located in Gothenburg. In 2007, 15.9 million passengers and nearly 3 million cars travelled with Stena Line. 1.8 million freight units were transported during the same period.
Svensk Fastighetsförmedling is one of Sweden’s largest chains of real estate agents. Since its founding in 1937, they have handled the sale of hundreds of thousands of houses, vacation homes and apartments. In 2007 alone, they helped with the buying and selling of over 27,000 homes.
The Wine Company is a new player on the Swedish on-line wine-trading market. Hawesco Group, which is one of Germany’s largest retailer within the wine segment and had a turnover of 338,5 million Euro in 2009, stands behind the launch. The Wine Company stocks an assortment of wines that are not normally available at governmentally owned Swedish alcohol retailer Systembolaget. The Wine Company carefully follows the alcohol laws of Sweden and has included the payment of alcohol tax into the final cost for the convenience of their customers. The order is placed at The Wine Company’s online shop and the wines are delivered right to the doorstep.
Ticket Privatresor is the largest travel agency chain that offers travels from all leading charter and tour operators, cruise lines and airlines and hotels. Ticket has about 40 per cent of the Swedish travel market in sold charter trips and regular flights packages. Annual sales amount to approximately 4 billion SEK and the company has about 450 employees. Agency works with the current PR for Ticket and also helps to implement the large travel survey Ticket Collection, which takes place twice a year.
Vattenfall is Europe’s fifth largest electricity producer and the largest heat producer. The corporation’s turnover in 2008 was estimated at 164 million Swedish crowns. The company has approximately 33 000 employees and is one of Sweden’s largest companies from a turnover and employee aspect. Vattenfall AB is 100 percent owned by the Swedish government. Vattenfall’s goal is to by 2050 be a climate neutral company and is hence investing in renewable energy sources such as wave energy and wind power as well as techniques which can make existing energy production cleaner.
Viking Line is the leading passenger transport and shipping company operating in the Baltics. The company started out in 1959 sailing between Finland, Åland and Sweden. Today the company has seven ships running on different routes between Sweden, Åland, Finland and the Baltic States. The business today is as much about pure recreation, as it is about travel and freight transport. Viking Line has been listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange since 1995. Agency has been Viking Line’s PR agency in Sweden since 2003.