Dorian Gonsalves
"Andrea McHugh is an experienced freelance journalist and the owner of Headlines Journalism, based in Grantham, Lincolnshire, which provides a bespoke copywriting and PR service to small and large businesses.
Andrea was first commissioned by me in 2007 and has been writing marketing material, trade press releases and a monthly ezine newsletter for the Belvoir Group (www.belvoirgroup.com) ever since.
Over the years Belvoir has grown from a small, family-run business that specialised in lettings, to a large multi-brand franchise operation with estate agency and financial services divisions. Andrea has provided a fantastic PR service throughout all these changes and helped the Belvoir Group to achieve some great headlines in the trade press.
As the Belvoir acquired new brands, Andrea went on to write the trade PR for Newton Fallowell, Northwood, Lovelle, and Nicholas Humphreys. She has also written superb award entries, which have resulted in high profile industry recognition, ghost written speeches for directors, and produced high quality PR to support the Recruitment and Acquisitions team, which has been invaluable to the success of the Belvoir Group.
Andrea is conscientious, fun and has excellent interviewing skills. She is skilled at putting people at ease, and understanding the key messages they wish to convey. For the past three years Andrea has ghost-written a monthly column by me for the Insight section of Elite Franchise magazine, and I have been grateful for her ideas in helping to generate interesting copy that will be useful to potential franchisees when choosing a business opportunity. For many years I have been a volunteer mentor for the Prince's Trust, which helps young entrepreneurs to set up in business, and Andrea has also generously provided a free PR service to many of the young people that I mentor, and I know this has been very much appreciated.
Our Marketing Team, members of the Franchise Support Team and our franchisees very much enjoy working with Andrea, and there is no doubt that she provides excellent, value for money PR to the Belvoir Group. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Andrea to anyone who is looking for a bespoke, professional personalised PR and copywriting service to help raise awareness of their business and the services that they provide."
Rachel Spencer
"Andrea wrote about my holiday cottage, Sunnyside Cottage in Robin Hood's Bay, for Your Dog magazine.
We chatted on the phone and she captured everything I shared about the cottage perfectly and it was so great to talk to someone who shares my passion for pampering dogs.
The article was amazing and such a fantastic piece of exposure for the cottage and I am over the moon with how it turned out.
Thanks Andrea for your support and if you're thinking of working with her, she is an absolute joy!"
David Spackman
"I have worked with Andrea for over 15 years and no matter what the subject, she has always manages to get articles published in the right places.
She clearly knows her stuff and always writes, interesting and credible articles with professionalism. She is
tenacious and thorough in her approach to journalism, Andrea will go the extra mile to ensure she has the facts and backstory, as opposed to simply printing what you say. A true professional"
Emily Wardle
"I worked with Andrea across several titles. She was reliable, creative, and a pleasure to work with. Would recommend!"
Kate Faulkner
"I have worked with many PRs and writers over my time and Andrea is one of the very best. Excellent PR skills, a great communicator at all levels if business and
extremely creative. Anyone that wants a superb personal PR service will be delighted with Andrea's commitment and hard work. She is also great fun to work with and happens to be a fabulous dog trainer too!"
Louise George
"Andrea has done the trade PR for the Belvoir Group for 17 years.
This included writing the monthly newsletter for our franchise network which has always been a great read packed with lots of useful information for our franchisees. I like Andrea's writing style and she is good at proof-reading to make sure that the press releases of the highest quality. I would highly recommend Andrea to anyone looking for PR services."