Empica

27/08/2026

We're delighted to announce that Empica has been appointed to promote an amazing project that will see the iconic World War II Mosquito aircraft return to the British skies.

The People's Mosquito, which is a registered charity, is building from scratch to original de Havilland drawings, a DH.98 Mosquito FBVI.

Designed by Sir Geoffrey de Havilland in 1940, the twin Merlin-engined aircraft was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder" due to its airframe being built primarily of wood and was the fastest plane of the era.

With no airworthy Mosquitos based in the UK, The People's Mosquito is aiming to raise around £10 million to redress this, with an ambition to see the aircraft in flight by 2030.

25/08/2026

Our Founder and Agency Head Martin Powell has contributed two stories from his days as a newspaper reporter to a new book "What A Story".

The book, compiled by journalists Nigel Heath and Peter Gibbs, is a collection of humorous and quirky tales from journalists.

The book raises money for the Journalists' Charity, which was started by Charles Dickens in 1864 to support journalists through hard times.

https://tinyurl.com/mu7kzf73

18/08/2026

We are delighted to have strengthened our senior team with the appointment of Katy Garland as head of strategy and digital.

Katy brings more than 15 years’ experience across agency, in-house and charity communications, with a background spanning consumer campaigns, digital development and brand projects. She began her career in London agency PR, working across consumer and lifestyle campaigns before moving into the charity sector working in-house at UNICEF UK and Diabetes UK. You can read more about Katy here www.empica.com/post/empica-appoints-katy-garland-as-head-of-strategy-and-digital

Bristol-based PR agency Empica has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Katy Garland as head of strategy and digital.

25/07/2026

Happy Birthday

and IVF!

10/07/2026

More on our work at ESHRE, the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, which held its 42nd annual meeting in London.

Martin Powell and Judith May attended and worked with clients the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) and Louise Joy Brown, the world's first IVF baby. Louise spent the day appearing at the IFFS booth meeting and greeting people from all over the world in her role as an ambassador for the IFFS More Joy campaign.

The Empica team worked closely with IFFS event management to ensure it was a great success raising awareness of how fertility rates are falling around the world jeopardising economic growth and social stability.

09/07/2026

Empica specialises in PR for the fertility sector. With ESHRE - the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology holding its 42nd annual meeting in London we had teams supporting a number of clients.

One team consisting of Darren Bane, Grace Fox and photographer Neil Phillips recorded the Fertility Bridge 2026 World CEO Roundtable Event, which brought together a dozen CEO's from leading businesses all over the world in the fertility sector. Individual interviews were conducted with each of the CEOs, plus the two sponsors and the Roundtable host. Audio recording, transcripts and photography, were created following the event.

26/06/2026

Delighted to see coverage for our client LAM Action , sharing the remarkable story of Manx farmer Anna Kerruish, who continues to run her 300‑year‑old family farm while living with the rare lung condition LAM.

Inspired by Anna, her friend Pippa Clare Byrne — herbalist and owner of The Natural Apothecary — took on the Isle of Man’s 85‑mile Parish Walk in support of LAM Action and has already raised over £2,000 for the charity.

Huge thanks to James Campbell at Isle of Man Today for telling Anna’s story with such care. Read his full piece here: https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/parish-walker-pippa-raises-ps2k-for-charity-after-being-inspired-by-farmer-friend-who-uses-oxygen-pack-920359

You can still support Pippa’s fundraising here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/pippa-clare-1

05/06/2026

Empica's latest work in the fertility sector has been supporting the launch of a new medical magazine in Georgia. The magazine featured an interview with Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby. It was launched at a glittering event in Tbilisi.

22/05/2026

Darren and Grace recently headed to the HQ of National Express to deliver a half-day ‘crisis communications’ course to three of the organisation’s most senior managers.

All our media training courses are bespoke, so we work hard in the discovery and prep stages to ensure that the scenarios we devise and the interviews we carry out are directly relevant to each client, and relevant to the people we are putting in front of the camera.

You know the training is going well when the candidates ask lots of questions and raise a number of points and then, at the end, when you say, “if you only take away one thing from today remember this…” and the delegates then remind you of several other things you’ve told them during the day, which shows the message was received and understood!

30/04/2026

We have moved! Check out our new home in Long Ashton Business Park 🏢✨📍