Our story

Our story

Since we opened our doors back in 2011, we’re proud to have supported a wide range of organisations: from some of Britain’s best known brands, SMEs and of course not forgetting some truly amazing entrepreneurs.

We are an unashamedly small, independent company, which benefits from significant experience of delivering PR support services to a diverse range of organisations based throughout the UK.

We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved to date, here are some of our highlights:

2011: Cannon PR opens for business (1st September 2011)

2013: We relocate to premises at 32a High St, Rotherham – overlooking the town’s historic Minster.

2014: Founder, Matthew Ridsdale is named as Yorkshire & Lincolnshire’s Outstanding Freelance PR practitioner of the year by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), the first and indeed only time this prestigious accolade has been presented to a South Yorkshire-based PR practitioner. We also welcomed our first member of staff to the team.

2018: Cannon PR is appointed as a patron of Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce. We were also named as one of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire’s best small agencies by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, the sole representative from South Yorkshire to gain recognition in this category.

2020: We didn’t close our doors. Instead, we found ourselves on the front line, actively support a number of local authorities and business support organisations in helping SMEs to navigate their way through the Covid-19 pandemic.

2021: We celebrated our tenth anniversary

Examples of our work