Canny Consultancy
“When you change the way you look at things – the things you look at change…”
Our team works day to day with some of the most successful brands in Retail and Foodservice – and we are immersed in the routes to market with a deep understanding of the UK wholesale and distribution markets.
If you have a product or a business where you are thinking of entering new markets within Food Retail, or Hospitality, or would simply like some sound advice or some strategic mapping to underpin your objectives, then Canny Consultancy offers a range of services to suit that are based on proven success.
The Canny team has extensive experience of importing into the UK from Spain and other EU countries and understands the processes that go alongside and the opportunities that await international brands in the UK.
Canny Consultancy has a selective range of clients – our partnerships are based on mutual belief and respect – not every product that crosses our doors will fit our rigorous criteria for partnership success.
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We know that finding the right agency is not a choice to be taken lightly. We offer free consultations to walk you through your needs, the scope of your goals, and your budget.
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Canny Connections
“Together – many raindrops make an ocean”…
People buy from people… Understanding the market is one thing but connecting businesses to drive growth is another!
And, twenty years of working with mainstream brands has left us with some great connections across wholesale, distribution and from top to bottom within customer facing brands. We never underestimate the power of introductions and engagement with those who influence outputs in our sectors.
Additionally Canny Connections has an annual calendar of experiential opportunities that it can leverage for its clients at Retail and Hospitality Shows around the UK.
Canny Connections works on the basis of benefiting from direct sales that result from its introductions. Simple, effective – always driving value to its clients
Canny Communications
“Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud …”
Business success can be aided through creating the right trading environment – you might even call it the “wall-paper” that sits behind the brand.
Whether you are an existing UK manufacturer or brand – or an overseas business looking to drive brand awareness of your product in the UK, Canny Communications offers high-impact Public Relations, including reputation management and brand building in order to drive profile, lead generation and directly aid the bottom line.
Smart thinking and the ability to drive results that ensure the trading environment is enhanced through awareness, credibility and leadership voice
Our Consultants
Partner
Caroline Hole-Jones
Co-founder of leading boutique PR agency, Splash Partnership (which was acquired by The Mission Group in 2016), Caroline has a 20-year heritage of working with leading brands and manufacturers in the UK including apetito, Nestle Professional, Nescafe, The Spice Tailor (which she launched in UK and AU), Eau De Vie, Bestway including Costcutter, Bargain Booze, MACE, Wine Rack, Best-One, Select Convenience, Bollinger, The Cheese Cellar Company, Movenpick Ice Cream, Purina, Typhoo Tea, Cadbury and many others.
Her background includes personality management working with names such as Raymond Blanc, Peter Gabriel, and Jeremy Guscot and a year’s sabbatical working with Africa Progress Panel, fronted by Tony Blair, Kofi Annan and Bob Geldof.
With extensive trade, consumer and national business and broadcast media connections and a proven history of results and creating brands through PR, Caroline is a key driver of Canny Communications – delivering successful connections and programmes that can change the way people think
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Fun stuff out of work
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Partner
Justin Slawson
Respected entrepreneur within the Hospitality and Retail sectors, and co-founder of the Cheese Cellar Company (sold to H & B Foods in 2007), also responsible for putting retail food back into Leadenhall Market in the City with the openings of Cheese at Leadenhall and Butcher at Leadenhall, Justin Slawson is currently
Managing Director of premium Spanish foods important business, Mevalco, as well as passionate investor in a number of successful businesses, and a partner in a boutique private equity house.
Having experienced first-hand the challenges and journey that the development of a successful food company can bring across international territories, Justin has created this new venture with Caroline to bring their combined talents to help food companies both large and small to achieve their growth ambitions
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Fun stuff out of work
• Likes drinking coffee and making fresh pasta