About Us

Heartland Media and PR is a Public Relations (PR) and Political Engagement Agency, based in Perthshire with a track record in delivering results for businesses.

Founded in Perthshire in 2006 by journalist and award-winning author Kenneth Stephen, Heartland Media and PR has generated significant media exposure and influence for businesses and organisations seeking to grow in Hospitality, Whisky, Events, Land Management, Books, Sports, Professions and Technology.

Heartland Media and PR operates in Pitlochry, Highland Perthshire, Perthshire and the Scottish Highlands but has achieved success for clients across Scotland and internationally.

Heartland Media and PR delivers bespoke, cost-effective, public relations and political engagement solutions on a no-win, no-fee basis. We are an all-service PR company (see What we do) with nearly two decades of experience in running impactful public relations campaigns (see What is Public Relations) which build trust between businesses and their customers.

For some businesses or organisations, market or policy changes can be desirable. For others, this poses challenges.

Heartland Media and PR specialises in strategic campaigns which integrate media exposure WITH political engagement for clients whose ambitions require bringing about (or sometimes preventing) change (see What is Political Engagement).

Heartland Media and PR works with businesses and organisations big and small to help deliver their goals, from Sole Traders to SMEs.

We work with hotels and accommodation providers, country estates, distilleries, representative bodies, individual authors and artists, sporting bodies, dentists and more.

We undertake single commissions, fixed term contracts or can work with clients’ internal marketing or sales teams on an ongoing consultancy basis. Whatever our clients' needs, we are flexible and strive to meet them.

Milestones for clients include securing planning consents for a major highland whisky distillery, publicising the work of the UK’s biggest selling debut crime author, delivering PR contracts for two global sporting events, saving a species from local extinction and impacting 6 Scottish Parliament Bills.

Most of all, we like to be co-partners in our clients’ growth journey, helping them achieve the recognition and awareness they deserve and to secure (and keep) the reputation they’ve worked hard to craft.

About Founder Kenneth Stephen

Kenneth Stephen is an experienced journalist, strategist and communicator with extensive contacts within the UK media landscape.

A previous employee of the Daily Record, he has himself founded two successful media companies and is a prize winning author and recipient of a Scottish Book Trust New Writer Award.

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