Sectors

Utilities

Over the last decade and more, some of Chelgate's most effective work has been undertaken in the utilities sectors. The period was one of rapid and profound change that saw major transformations in the gas, electricity and water industries, nuclear power, refuse collection and street cleansing, waste recycling and minimisation, telephony and cable electronics.

Chelgate has been engaged in all these sectors, by clients ranging in scale from dominant market leaders to smaller regional businesses. The work has varied considerably in nature, but almost without exception it has been managed in an atmosphere of intense public and media scrutiny, sometimes hostile, a highly charged and sensitive atmosphere in which the perceived activities of the organisations as much as their communications have had a direct bearing upon their reputations and market valuations. The period has also witnessed a massive rise in the importance of an organisation's environmental accountability.

Our work has embraced planning support, community relations, contributions to legislation and select committees, building alliances of interest, issues and crisis management, and contract bid support, as well as media relations and environmental consultancy.