Firefly Communications is a Europe

Europe

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an-based public relations

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 consultancy, founded in 1988. The company operates six offices in six countries across Europe and employs approximately 40 people.

History

The company was founded by Claire Walker, in 1988. The company's first clients included Oracle

Oracle Corporation

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 and Dell

Dell

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. In 1997, Firefly helped launch BBC News Online

BBC News Online

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 and launched the Lastminute.com

Lastminute.com

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 website in 1998.
In 2000, Firefly helped 3M

3M

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 celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Post-it note

Post-it note

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 with Miniature Masterpieces, which was nominated for the 2001 "Best Corporate Branding" award by PR Week.

In 2001, Firefly worked with Yell.com, Compaq

Compaq

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 and dotmusic

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.

In 2009, Dragon's Den venture-capitalist James Caan

James Caan

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 began working with Firefly to "target print, broadcast and online media [to] raise Caan's profile". The agreement also covers Caan's private equity firm, Hamilton Bradshaw

Hamilton Bradshaw

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In 2010, one of Firefly's most substantial clients, LG Electronics

LG Electronics

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, ended their contract when the decision was made to consolidate their company's global PR.

European offices

Firefly's six offices opened in the following years:

• London – 1988
• Scotland – 1999
• France – 2000
• Germany – 2001
• Sweden – 2004
• Denmark – 2004

Awards

The business was included in The Sunday Times

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's Best 100 Companies list in 2004 and 2005, placing 13th and 79th respectively. In 2000, the business won PRWeek's Consultancy of the Year award.