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Rick Guttridge

Founder & MD: helping brave brands with brains and balls to grow through ingenious communications

Rick Guttridge is the CEO and founder of Smoking Gun Agency, a PR firm based in Manchester, UK.13 He has over 20 years of experience in the public relations industry and has worked with some of the world's biggest brands.6 Rick co-founded Smoking Gun PR with his wife Vanessa in 2010.3

Rick is passionate about delivering integrated communications campaigns with impressive commercial outcomes.1 His agency, Smoking Gun, has won multiple awards, including being named agency of the year twice in 2024.2 The company has a revenue of £1.5 million and employs 15 people.3

Before founding Smoking Gun, Rick worked for other PR agencies such as Brazen and Connectpoint PR.3 Interestingly, he started his career as a procurement officer for the Royal Mail before transitioning into public relations.3

Rick is known for his commitment to corporate social responsibility. Smoking Gun donates at least 1% of its profits to charity annually, in addition to offering discounted rates to non-profit clients.7

On LinkedIn, Rick's username is rickguttridge, where he regularly shares updates about his agency's achievements and industry insights.245

Highlights

Jan 9 · linkedin

Yesterday brilliantly summed up the powers of the latest iteration of the wonderful Smoking Gun Agency team. Both our consumer and B2B teams had their hands full and delievered with aplomb.

In the first full week back at work, they seamlessly led a global brand launch across the UK, USA and India and revealed the name of Alton Towers Resort’s new look Nemesis Reborn.

Hundreds of quality media hits ensued with a client MD live on the Ian King Business Show and coverage on titles as diverse as the FT to the Sun, plus a wealth of quality overseas hits and C Suite interviews.

Meanwhile we simultaneously advised on a national media issue threatening corporate reputation and enjoyed product training on a MAJOR new FMCG account win - more on that soon. 

Huge hat tip and thank you to all the super talented team.

2024 is going to be special for us.

Aptia Group Aptia Group India Alton Towers Resort #corporatepr #consumerpr #b2bpr #agencylife #createingenious #marketing #publicrelations #socialmediamarketing #influencermarketing

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Manchester, England, United Kingdom