12 The Brae, Bangor BT19 6JG Northern Ireland

Ultonia Communications was founded in 1999, specializing initially in advice on communications and translations, and later expanding to include the whole range of strategic PR services. Work so far has included:

  • a major Feasibility Study for the North/South Language Body in 2000;
  • management of marketing for the Celtic Film Festival in 2003, which returned a profit for only the second time in 25 years;
  • media relations advice to the Parades Commission to 2004, transferring it successfully from the party-political arena to the community arena and opening up relationships with new, key groups;
  • communications strategies for the NI Legal Services Commission to 2005, including a new relationship with Solicitors' Associations;
  • development of a funding strategy for Vinegar Hill Productions to 2006, targeting key cross-border and language groups;
  • research and drafting of a major report for the Centre for Social Justice, presented to the UK Government in 2010; and
  • promotion of the expansion of the Fixafone NI brand.

Our consultants include:

 

Ian James Parsley (Executive Chairman) is experienced in every angle of influencing public opinion and government policy. He has worked as a Public Affairs consultant for clients in all sectors such as Norbrook Ltd and Countryside Alliance Ireland, and handled complex Media Relations accounts such as for the Parades Commission and Legal Services Commission. He also has inside experience of the workings of the devolved administration in Northern Ireland and how it links to Westminster, having developed excellent links within the Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats, worked for two years at Stormont itself as a Policy Adviser, and served for six years as a local Councillor. Well versed in European Affairs as well, Ian speaks fluent German and Spanish and has good contacts with MEPs and advisers from across the political spectrum in Brussels.

 

Jenny Burnside (Associate Director) has returned to Northern Ireland having served as Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive of the Financial Services Authority with key roles in parliamentary affairs, senior management briefings and speechwriting. Before that she worked within Whitehall, preparing Ministerial speeches, press statements and communications plans. She has excellent contacts for NI organisations seeking to influence policy in London as well as Belfast.

 

Annika Nestius Brown (Events Coordinator) is international media commentator on Northern Ireland affairs, particularly in the field of education, and an adviser to companies seeking new export markets. She has well established contacts in all political parties and across the voluntary sector in Northern Ireland, and among media and civic society in Russia and her native Sweden.

 

Gavin Falconer (Language Services Coordinator) has worked as a professional editor in both Dáil Éireann and the Northern Ireland Assembly as well as one of the leading players in the development of innovative translation techniques to increase turnaround times dramatically while maintaining highest levels of quality.

 

Simply contact us for our full range of services.