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LiteBulb Group client win
10 December 2012
Walbrook PR are pleased to announce its appointment as Financial PR advisor to LiteBulb Group Ltd, an AIM listed business that identifies, engineers, manufactures and distributes innovative branded consumer products.
LiteBulb Group is a full turnkey solutions provider enabling innovative brands and products to be rapidly taken to market through the provision of design, development, manufacture, marketing and delivery. The Company has a number of successful brands currently in the market which are being sold through leading retailers including ASDA, BHS, Tesco, Wilkinsons, Sainsbury's, WH Smith, Halfords, Morrisons, QVC, Next, Fenwicks, Toys R Us, and Dunnes Stores in Ireland.
Ila – Stylish and functional personal safety accessories for women
Scootrix – Accessories for personalising children's scooters
Shirt Box – Lunch and sandwich boxes designed with your favourite football team and superheroes
Cartoon Stripz – Snap and twist collectable play sets for children
Scarlet Willow – Stylish tableware and personalised gifts
LiteBulb also owns product development specialist Premium Factory, which develops and manufactures promotional items for multi-nationals clients.
LiteBulb's strategy is to grow organically by launching a range of its own innovative brands for untapped markets and by the acquisition of complementary companies and technologies. LiteBulb Group's ability to identify opportunities and develop brands to fit these consumer needs comes from its close relationship with the ZAG Brand Ventures team at Bartle Bogle Heggarty (BBH). BBH is the Company's largest single shareholder (owning 18%) and is a well renowned global communications agency which has helped to build brands such as Lynx, Audi, Levi, British Airways and Vodafone.
Walbrook will advise LiteBulb Group on its communications with the financial media, research analysts and other small cap investor groups in London and the regions. LiteBulb announced final results for the year ended 30 June 2012 this morning, showing growth in revenues from £1.76m to £3.02m.
Paul McManus, Director of Walbrook PR, said: "We are very pleased to work with the LiteBulb team to build up the Company's profile within the UK capital markets as they execute their strategy of growing their portfolio of strong brands both organically and through acquisition."