Development and management of corporate communications activity for Glasgow retail development.
Nick Davis, Development Director – Retail, Land Securities:
“Working with Dram Communications has enabled us to engage with key policy makers and stakeholders throughout the development process ensuring our audience is informed and productive relationships are maintained.”
Development and management of policy unit and provision of project management and business planning services.
Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce:
“We have worked with Dram Communications to focus our policy approach and deliver valued results for our members. Dram Communications supports us in building the right relationships with key stakeholders to then engage and influence policy development.”
Management of Scottish public affairs strategy and delivery supporting the London corporate communications team and the store managing directors in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh
Charlotte Cool, Group Head of Public Affairs, John Lewis Partnership:
“Dram Communications provide the John Lewis Partnership with a holistic public affairs service for our Scottish interests, and their support has helped us to deliver tangible outcomes for the business in terms of both reputation and commercial benefit. Dram Communications have ensured we build the right relationships, and deliver the right messages, to influence Scottish political audiences. We rely on their expert knowledge and insights to shape a bespoke public affairs programme for an ever more complex and fast changing political environment in Scotland”.
Provision of strategic communication strategy and advice, senior counsel and the development and delivery of political and stakeholder engagement programme. Project management services and the creation of new online and offline communications materials.
The provision of political intelligence and public affairs services during the financial crisis and the merger with Halifax Bank of Scotland.
Comprehensive communications strategy including aligning communications activity with business planning, media and digital communications.
Development and delivery of political and stakeholder engagement programme. Development of key messages and crisis communications plan.
Alison Arnot, Head of Communications and Public Affairs:
“Support from the team at Dram Communications was helpful in enabling us to focus on what we needed from a public affairs strategy and how we could better engage with our political stakeholders in an impactful and mutually beneficial way. The clear, straightforward advice helped us to begin to build a successful in house Public Affairs function where none existed before.”
Responsibility for media relations and public affairs and government relations activity.
Alastair Wylie, Chairman and Chief Executive, CCG (Scotland) Ltd:
“CCG has a track record of innovation and Dram Communications is supporting us in undertaking proactive engagement with key decision and policy makers to enable CCG to be part of the debate about the future of the sector.”
Project management of Business Improvement District (BID) proposal.
Brian Fulton, Chair, Sauchiehall Street Business Improvement District:
“Dram Communications supported Sauchiehall St businesses in developing a BID proposal that truly reflected business requirements and in the engagement with stakeholders through to the ballot process with over 90% of businesses voting ‘yes’ to establish the BID.”
Supported Glasgow Tourism Service Initiative ‘Glasgow Service with Style’ to develop and communicate key messages to local and citywide stakeholders and raise the profile of the initiative.
Development and management of public affairs activity including support in the development of Scottish Parliament reception.
Conduct interviews with targeted SCDI members, collect, collate and summarise their views to inform the SCDI UK and Scottish election manifestos.
Dr Lesley Sawers, Former Chief Executive, SCDI:
“Dram Communication’s interviews and summary reports formed the backbone of our election manifesto. They delivered a detailed account of the issues faced by a wide range of our membership across all our key sectors. Their understanding of the issues, their political context and their ability to present their findings in a way that was simple to digest was invaluable to our team.”
Development and management of public affairs activity.
Gordon Robertson, Head of Communications, Edinburgh Airport:
“Dram Communications did a fantastic job on assisting us understand the wider issues surrounding the Scotland Bill. David got what we required very quickly and dealing with him was like working with an in house colleague, which makes dealing with complex political issues far simpler. The output was clear, cogent and intelligent and extremely useful to our business. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending Dram Communications or working with David again in the future.”
Responsibility for Scottish stakeholder engagement and public relations.
Responsibility for Scottish stakeholder engagement and public relations during £760 million acquisition of Forth Ports PLC.
Stuart Gray, Head of Tax, Arcus Infrastructure Partners LLP:
“We were very pleased with the range of services provided to us by Dram Communications in relation to our acquisition of Forth Ports Plc. We are looking forward to working with them again in the future.”
Development and management of corporate communications activity for Glasgow retail development.
Management of ARISE Glasgow which is the community funding initiative of the businesses of the Buchanan Quarter, Glasgow.
For further information, please contact arise@dramcommunications.com
As co-founder of Dram Communications, David has extensive corporate communications experience and delivers reputation management and communications strategies to a range of UK and international clients. David works across a range of sectors including energy, retail, infrastructure and business services. Prior to establishing Dram Communications, David was Corporate Communications Project Director at ScottishPower, based in the UK and USA, specialising in investor relations, strategic planning and procurement.
Phone: 07753 622303
Email: david.ross@dramcommunications.com
Linked In: David Ross
David has over a decade of experience in corporate communications and crisis management. He delivers public affairs and government relations strategies to clients across a number of sectors including transport, tourism, energy and financial services. Before setting up Dram Communications, David was Head of Public Affairs at BAA Scotland. He has also held senior government affairs roles at Scotland’s national tourism agency, VisitScotland, ScottishPower and the European Commission.
Phone: 07771 643311
Email: david.mcintosh@dramcommunications.com
Linked In: David McIntosh
David is an experienced project manager who works with clients across a range of sectors to use data and research to shape thinking and develop business opportunities. David has worked with clients to develop research and economic impact studies, CSR programmes, to support business planning and on a range of multi-stakeholder projects including the development of Glasgow’s first Business Improvement District.
A trained economist, David was formerly Policy & Projects Manager at Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.
Phone: 07751 091441
Email: david.macleod@dramcommunications.com
Linked In: David MacLeod
Nicola has worked in the public relations and public affairs industry for seven years. Specialising in devising creative media relations and stakeholder engagement strategies, she has delivered campaigns for a range of clients across the private, public and voluntary sectors.
After graduating with a degree in Politics from Edinburgh University in 2006, Nicola went on to work in the Scottish Government’s child protection unit as a policy officer and later returned to the Scottish Government to work in Nicola Sturgeon’s press office during her tenure as Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities.
During her career, Nicola has worked with companies including ScottishPower, National Express and Clydesdale Bank, and latterly worked at Glasgow Airport as their Communications and Public Affairs Manager.
Colin provides the full range of digital communications solutions. From creative marketing ideas to branding and graphic design Colin brings fresh and innovative marketing and digital solutions to our clients.
Phone: 07712 048 427
Email: digital@dramcommunications.com
Lee has been fine-tuning website visitor interactions for over ten years, focussing on the search engine optimisation (SEO) of site content, PPC advertising, user experience, and conversion rate optimisation (CRO). If you have a message, Lee will make sure it is found online.
Lee studied Physics with Astronomy at Edinburgh University before making the leap into IT and web development, working for companies such as GE, IBM and the Bank of Scotland. He has a wide-ranging experience covering IT infrastructure, training, digital marketing, and web project management.
Phone: 07971 261 714
Email: digital@dramcommunications.com
Stripe is made up of three core divisions: consumer brands, social marketing and events. Their teams are competent in delivering a range of integrated services including strategic planning, media relations, digital & social media relations, consumer brand marketing, promotions, partnerships, sponsorships, stakeholder engagement, crisis & issues management, internal comms and events
They work with private & public sector organisations across the globe to provide independent economic forecasting and analysis.
Dram Communications was established in 2008 by David Ross and David McIntosh.
Having spent over a decade working for large corporates, they saw an obvious gap in the provision of quality public affairs and integrated communications services.
The company was founded to deliver a service that centred on client needs and strategies and provided a tangible return on investment, while also providing a trusted and flexible resource utilising corporate discipline and impartiality.
The proposition was based on having all the benefits of an ‘in-house resource‘ by immersing the Dram Communications team in client operations to speak with real authority and be able to identify opportunities and mitigate risk.
Independently owned and based in Scotland, Dram Communications is embedded in its political, media and business arenas to deliver quality and value to national and international clients across a range of sectors.