Testimonials
“During a period of over a decade we worked closely with FM to rebuild the company’s position in the UK forest products sector, after a number of difficult years.
“Their promotional creativity and marketing skills were key to the long term recovery of the business, and ultimately to our restoration as market leaders. With their guidance excellent relationships were forged with industry media, and innovative communication with customers, service providers, and environmental organisations became an integral part of our activities. Marketing success in the UK ultimately provided a template for the corporation as a whole, in turn supporting continued success in a number of key regions throughout Europe.”
— Nigel Holland, Managing Director, SODRA CELL
“My first interaction with Flying Monkey came some 20 years ago when, as a young journalist just starting out in the world of trade publications, they invited me on a press trip to Sweden to visit forestry and paper pulp-making operations run by a company called Sodra Cell. I was slightly trepidatious about how much of all this seemingly technical stuff I was going to understand, not to mention how much fun the trip was going to be (I was young - fun was important) but thanks to Geri's extensive expertise (in all those areas) I had nothing to worry about. Not only was the trip exceptionally smoothly run and managed, I came back with a holistic insight into the industry I had been sent out there to investigate, and also made helpful, media-friendly contacts in the company itself. This led to an ongoing relationship with Flying Monkey and Sodra Cell which resulted in the prompt supply of expert comment for stories whenever I asked for it, as well as access to a consistent pipeline of meaningful industry insight in the form of press releases and invitations to conferences relevant to the industry sector I was writing about. I have stayed in touch with Flying Monkey ever since and only wish more of the creative agencies I work with had the same professional, proactive and people-first ethos”
— Sasa Jankovic, Journalist. Website.
"I have known Flying Monkey since the early days of my career as a journalist and have always found their press releases to be well-written and events well organised and a pleasure to attend. As a team, Geri and Neil are personable and professional, sharing a passion and talent for creative communications."
— Louise Hunt, Investigative multi-media freelance journalist, filmmaker and communications consultant, Website
“flying monkey brought Lavish Shoestring to the attention of the mainstream US and UK film, TV and theatre production industry.
“Geri combines a rich professional experience with an uncanny ability to spot a unique angle in a product, develop it into a Big Idea and execute effortlessly.
“As a result of flying monkeys work, Lavish Shoestring now contributes products to numerous film and theatre production companies around the world. Among the rest, our products were used to design the sets of The Greatest Showman, Forever, Downton Abbey, The Royals, Sherlock and The Walking Dead. We also supplied our products to MGM Studios, Fox and Original BBC Drama film and TV productions, and to the sets of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Young Vic and Donmar Warehouse.
“Their classical PR work has placed us also in numerous industry leading publications, such as Period Living, Architectural Digest, Living etc, Homes & Antiques, Red, Country Homes & Interiors, Country Living and more.”
— Jakob Khoklov, Owner, Lavish Shoestring
“I mention you to my students as 'The Man Who Discovered Dave McKean', the person who I accompanied to interview Lemmy, and as one of the most intelligent and articulate 12 year olds I had ever met, who would one day save the world or destroy it.”
— Floyd Hughes, artist and PRATT INSTITUTE tutor. Website
“This was poignant, yet beautiful. Very respectfully done, honest, raw, & real. Thank you for bringing this difficult topic to the forefront, and making sure that survivors voices are being heard. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do next. You're doing incredible work.”
- @SansEquanimity writing about The Flying Child Project film
