What Lansons does

Lansons, also trading as Lansons | Team Farner, is a London-headquartered communications and reputation management consultancy founded in 1993 by Tony Langham and Clare Parsons. The firm is employee-owned, carbon-neutral since 2009, and operates from offices in London and New York. In 2023 it rebranded to align with the Team Farner global communications network, extending its international delivery capacity beyond its prior PROI Worldwide affiliation.

The firm delivers eight core service lines - Corporate Advisory, Strategy & Insight, Brand & Purpose, Public Policy, Sustainability Communications, Social & Digital Communications, Change & Employee Engagement, and Leadership Coaching & Media Training - applied across nine sector verticals including Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector & Not-For-Profit, Technology & Fintech, Transport & Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities, Retail, Small Countries and Sports. Each engagement is staffed by bespoke teams assembled from a bench that includes Senior Advisors with backgrounds in government, Olympic sport, FTSE corporate affairs and climate science. Notable content initiatives include the (mis)Conduct, Money & Reputation podcast with Katten and the Political Capital public affairs newsletter.

Lansons generates revenue through professional services retainers and project-based engagements with enterprise, institutional and public sector clients; pricing is custom and not publicly disclosed. Its named client base spans HSBC, BlackRock, Bupa, BT, Vodafone, Lego, Santander, St. James's Place and the UK Intellectual Property Office, among others. Leadership comprises CEO Laura Hastings, Deputy CEO & New York Chair Rebecca Mayo, CFO/COO Stuart Graham, and founders Tony Langham (Executive Chair) and Clare Parsons (Non-Executive Director). Revenue, headcount and ownership structure details are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Lansons

Legal name

Lansons

Website

https://lansons.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Lansons | Team Farner is an employee-owned, London-headquartered communications and reputation management consultancy serving enterprise, institutional and public sector clients across nine verticals including financial services, energy and infrastructure, with offices in London and New York.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Strategic Communications Consultancy: Professional consultancy services for communications, reputation management, public affairs, brand strategy, and crisis communications. Revenue generated through retainers and project-based engagements with corporate, institutional, and public sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Lansons is a communications and reputation management consultancy that advises organisations and brands on shaping, protecting and transforming their reputations. It delivers eight core service lines—Corporate Advisory, Strategy & Insight, Brand & Purpose, Public Policy, Sustainability Communications, Social & Digital Communications, Change & Employee Engagement, and Leadership Coaching & Media Training—through bespoke teams combining senior advisors with creative specialists, sold via retainers and project-based engagements to enterprise and public sector clients.

Product overview

Lansons is a communications and reputation management consultancy operating as a single integrated service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The firm provides eight core service lines—Corporate Advisory, Strategy & Insight, Brand & Purpose, Public Policy, Sustainability Communications, Social & Digital Communications, Change & Employee Engagement, and Leadership Coaching & Media Training—alongside specialized sector expertise covering Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology & Fintech, Public Sector, Energy & Utilities, Transport & Infrastructure, The High Street, Small Countries, and Sports. Additional offerings include a podcast series (mis)Conduct, Money & Reputation produced in partnership with Katten, and advisory services such as Green Government Workshops. The services are delivered through teams organized by practice area and sector, with operations spanning London and New York.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Advisory Reputation management, crisis communications, M&A advisory and litigation support for organisations facing complex corporate challenges.
• Strategy & Insight Research-driven strategic planning and market intelligence to help clients navigate complex reputational and communication challenges.
• Brand & Purpose Brand positioning, narrative development and purpose-driven storytelling to articulate organisational identity and stakeholder engagement.
• Public Policy Political advisory, regulatory communications and stakeholder engagement across government and policy communities.
• Sustainability Communications Climate strategy, ESG communications and sustainability positioning for organisations addressing environmental challenges.
• Social & Digital Communications Integrated social media strategy, digital campaigns, content production, creator partnerships and employee advocacy programmes.
• Change & Employee Engagement Internal communications and organisational change management to align employees with business objectives.
• Leadership Coaching & Media Training Executive coaching and media training to prepare senior leaders for public appearances and crisis situations.
• Campaigning Campaigning services combining strategic communications with creative execution to deliver behaviour-changing campaigns for brands and causes.
• Sector Specialisms Specialist communications support across nine sectors: Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector & Not-For-Profit, Technology & Fintech, Transport & Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities, The High Street (Retail), Small Countries, and Sports.
• (mis)Conduct, Money & Reputation Podcast Podcast series produced in partnership with Katten law firm, exploring misconduct cases in financial services and the intersection of regulation and reputation.

Named customers38 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PROI WorldwidecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018International partnership network of communications agencies. Clare Parsons, Lansons co-founder, served as Global Chair of PROI Worldwide from 2018-20, being the first woman to hold this role. The network provides global reach to clients across Europe and beyond with agencies in Amsterdam, Basel, Bern, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Lausanne, Munich, Vienna, and Zurich.
• Katten (Law Firm)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-production of the '(mis)Conduct, Money & Reputation' podcast series exploring regulatory and reputation topics in financial services. Partnership with Neil Robson, Financial Services Regulatory Compliance Partner at Katten. The podcast examines misconduct cases, FCA regulations, and reputational impacts for asset managers and financial services professionals.
• The Diversity ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPro bono partnership. Sarah Bates, Lansons Senior Advisor, co-founded The Diversity Project in 2015 which aims to improve diversity and inclusion in the financial services and savings/investment sector.
• Team FarnercoreOthersLansons is part of Team Farner, a global communications network. The company brand appears as 'Lansons | Team Farner' on their website.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Beattie (formerly Cirkle + Beattie): UK integrated communications group with consumer, corporate, and public sector practices. Comparable to Lansons as a mid-sized UK consultancy serving enterprise and public sector clients; overlaps in healthcare, consumer, and public affairs work.
• Brunswick Group: Global financial and corporate communications advisory firm with deep strength in M&A, capital markets, and crisis work. Directly comparable to Lansons across financial services corporate advisory, public affairs, and crisis management engagements; Brunswick is the global gold standard Lansons competes against in UK FS PR.
• MHP Group: UK-listed strategic communications consultancy offering corporate, financial, public affairs, and brand communications. Directly comparable to Lansons in enterprise client base and service breadth; MHP's public listing provides scale benchmarking.
• Hawthorn Advisors: UK strategic communications consultancy focused on financial services, fintech, and tech clients. Directly comparable to Lansons across FS corporate advisory, brand, and digital; competing for many of the same fintech and asset management clients.
• SEC Newgate: Global strategic communications group with strong public affairs and financial services practices. Comparable to Lansons across corporate advisory, public affairs, and sector specialisms (FS, infrastructure, energy); SEC Newgate is a PE-backed scale player pursuing similar enterprise clients.
• Tulchan Communications: Independent UK strategic communications advisory specializing in corporate, financial, and capital markets communications. Directly comparable to Lansons for UK-listed and FS corporate advisory work; both are boutique, senior-led alternatives to the global networks.
• Headland Consultancy: UK corporate communications and public affairs consultancy. Comparable mid-sized competitor focused on corporate reputation, stakeholder engagement, and public affairs; competes with Lansons for similar enterprise mandates in London.
• Finsbury Glover Hering: Global strategic communications and advisory firm formed by the merger of Finsbury, Hering Schuppener and Glover Park. Closely comparable to Lansons in financial services communications, public affairs, and crisis advisory; both firms share a heritage of senior practitioner-led, bespoke team delivery to enterprise clients.

Regional players

• Pembroke Communications (part of FGS Global): Ireland-headquartered strategic communications advisory with strong financial services, public affairs, and crisis practices. Comparable in service offering to Lansons; relevant peer given Lansons' Cayman Islands Government mandate and EMEA financial services remit.

Broad incumbents

• Edelman: World's largest independent PR firm with global financial services, corporate, public affairs, and brand practices. Serves the same enterprise FS and corporate clients as Lansons but at much greater scale; represents the dominant incumbent Lansons competes with for large global mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles33 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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