Freshwater

Freshwater is a UK communications agency founded in 1997 in Newport, South Wales by Steve Howell, a former BBC journalist. It has grown into one of the UK's leading communications agencies with a national reach, an integrated service offering, and a team of more than 50 communications specialists. The agency has worked with more than 2,000 past and current clients, many of whom have become long-term partners.

The agency employs between 100 and 249 people and operates from its headquarters at Raglan House, Cardiff Gate Business Park, Cardiff. Minimum budget and average hourly rate figures are not published and are available on request.

Freshwater's service offering spans public relations, digital marketing, search engine optimization, and video production. The agency delivers these services through an integrated model, combining communications strategy with digital and creative execution for clients across the UK.

The client base includes retail, legal, healthcare, property, and public-sector organisations. Freshwater has worked with Specsavers for more than 15 years, managed John Lewis store opening programmes for four years from Cardiff to Cambridge, and counted Carterwood Chartered Surveyors, Thompsons Solicitors, and North Cumbria NHS Clinical Commissioning Group among its clients.

The agency's event credentials include working alongside Team Wales in 2001 to bring the 2010 Ryder Cup Golf Tournament to Newport, then managing PR in the lead-up to and during the largest sporting event Wales has hosted, in partnership with the European Tour and Ryder Cup Europe.

Freshwater holds a 4.0 out of 5 Google rating based on a single review. The agency maintains active social profiles on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube, where it shares video content related to its communications work.