Public relations, public affairs and marketing in the property sector

Public relations property team

Michael Hardware, Executive Vice-President

Michael Hardware has over 25 years’ experience of property and homes sales, 17 at Chelgate Public Relations where he is executive vice-president.

He has worked for many property developers and agents including Berkeley Homes, Stretton Chartered Surveyors, Westbury Homes, Rydon Homes, Drudce & Co, Wilcon Homes (Wilson Connolly), Robert Irving & Burns and Sindall Quality Homes (now Morgan Sindall).

His work for for Wilson Connolly, then the UK’s fifth largest housebuilder and now part of Taylor Woodrow, included public relations and marketing support for nine regions and 150 development sites. It also included a two-year secondment as head of external affairs. Editorial coverage for the housebuilder during that period increased from 40 articles a month to 460 per month a year later.

Michael has also directed accounts for clients in Malta, Malaysia, Canada, Gibraltar and Cyprus.
He has handled the media relations for the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial, the remodeling of Trafalgar Square in London, and for British Gas for five years throughout its demerger and transition.

Michael is an accomplished writer and columnist, making regular contributions to a number of business, consumer and trade publications. He is a council member of the Chartered Institute of Journalists, the world’s oldest professional journalist organisation, and has been a member of the International Association of Construction, Design and Property Press (IBP) for more than 23 years, sitting on the executive committee for five years, two as honorary treasurer.

Michael has also sat on industry special interest groups with the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Chartered Institute of Public Relations, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Journalists.

For more information on how Chelgate Public Relations can help with your property business, please contact meh@chelgate.com.