1284 Communications tells the story of East Midlands small business innovation and economic development. 

That means working strategically across content marketing, corporate communications, and public relations.

Think of 1284 at the centre of a Venn diagram. The three spheres of activity converge into one clear narrative. 

Each sphere of activity comprises a string of tactical outputs - whether it’s writing your press release, updating your stakeholders, or preparing assets for your lead gen campaign. 

The sum is an end-to-end approach creating visibility, raising the profile of your organisation - and building trust with contacts who matter.

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Built around Your Story

Let’s return to that Venn diagram. Your Story sits at the centre. 

That middle space is where your reputation, brand visibility, and market demand for what you do come together.

It’s where:

• People form opinions about you
• People decide whether to do business with you
• People tell others the stories about you that you want to be told.

That centre space is where 1284 operates. We’re an award-winning Chartered PR and marketing communications consultancy that plans and delivers B2B and G2B campaigns for East Midlands innovators.

These campaigns build profile and reputation.

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Corporate communications

Our first pillar is corporate communications. This is where a lot of our below-the-radar client work takes place.

Comms focuses on delivering the internal and external messages that keep your network consistently hearing the same story. 

That means working in the background alongside your senior leadership team and in‑house marketers to shape narrative, messaging, and stakeholder engagement.

Examples of our outputs include:

• internal campaigns
• change briefings
• impact reports
• stakeholder briefings
• staff newsletters
• media training.

These are all designed with clear and consistent messages - so your staff, partners, funders, and regulators get a coherent picture of where your organisation is heading. 

Example → Shaping a new narrative for a UK cyber network

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Content marketing

Our second pillar consists of the marketing activity that drives pipeline, leads and revenue. 

1284 provides B2B and G2B marketing communications campaigns. These are designed to take your organisation into new markets, recruit skilled people, win grants, and attract investment.

Examples of our outputs include:

• blogs
• LinkedIn 
• SEO and AEO copywriting
• case studies
• brochures
• event promotion.

Marketing is designed to plug directly into your sales and business development. The result is leads coming into your CRM based on what you want your commercial audience to think about you.

Example → Building a national brand for an innovation cluster

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Public relations

PR is a function of the Promotional strand of Marketing. Its purpose is to identify and amplify opportunities that earn attention, media coverage, and top-of-funnel awareness. 

We do this by bringing decades of frontline regional journalism and media leadership experience into your campaign. That experience gains you earned media, builds relationships with journalists, and manages public event opportunities.

Examples of our outputs include:

• press releases
• media pitches
• Speeches
• award entries
• ghost‑written columns.

PR activity positions you as a leading voice in your space. It’s also for when crisis or sensitive issues arise - we support our retained clients with reputation management and crisis communications.

It enables organisations to navigate difficult moments without losing the trust they have built up - often over many years.

Example → Building a £300k pipeline for a tech scale-up

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Telling your story

Always remember what sits at the centre of the Venn. Your Story. 

Fundamentally, 1284 Communications is powered by journalism principles. Speed. Concision. Focus. Impact.

Getting your story right is not limited to Communications, Marketing, or PR. It’s a combination of the three.

The sum of the parts is creating a story which helps businesses, local authorities and social enterprises articulate meaning and growth across all  of their audiences.

In practice, that means 1284 working with you to design and deliver integrated campaigns that raise your public profile, align internal and external stakeholders, and support concrete business objectives.