Birthday and boom time for PR firm

Economic crash was ‘a massive road bump’ that had to be overcome

Rhona Blake, one of the founding partners of FleishmanHillard Picture: Feargal Ward

Communications firm FleishmanHillard Ireland, which marked its 25th birthday last week, benefited from the Celtic Tiger, survived the recession and is currently booming, according to its managing director, Rhona Blake.

After a rocky 18 months at the beginning of the recession, FleishmanHillard has had double-digit turnover growth every year since 2010, thanks in part to international work. It recorded a turnover of €6.5 million in 2014, compared to €5.75 million in 2013. This ...