{"id":7081,"date":"2013-09-24T12:56:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T11:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/?p=7081"},"modified":"2021-05-18T10:42:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:42:58","slug":"11-seven-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2013\/11-seven-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"11. Seven Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Founders:<\/strong> Michael Hayman and Nick Giles <br><strong>Founded:<\/strong> January 2010 <br><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wearesevenhills.com\">www.wearesevenhills.com <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The self-styled &lsquo;campaigning communications firm&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2012\/24-seven-hills\/\">made our list in 2012 <\/a>for its explosive arrival on the PR scene &ndash; it almost immediately became a leading name amongst the start-up and entrepreneur community despite the challenges offered by the recession. The last 12 months have proved that Seven Hills is no flash in the pan; it continues to add to its roster of prestigious clients (which include Dragons&rsquo; Den star Peter Jones, Virgin Media &ndash; that&rsquo;s our Richard Branson target ticked off the list and Global Entrepreneurship Week) and has become Britain&rsquo;s fastest growing PR agency in the process, with the company well on target to hit &pound;3m in revenue this year. Seven Hills&rsquo; extraordinary growth is underpinned by the founders&rsquo; relentless ambition for the firm, who say they expect the company to have the same impact on the marketing world that advertising giant Saatchi&rsquo;s had in the 1980s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founders: Michael Hayman and Nick Giles Founded: January 2010 Website: www.wearesevenhills.com The self-styled &lsquo;campaigning communications firm&rsquo; made our list in 2012 for its explosive arrival on the PR scene &ndash; it almost immediately became a leading name amongst the start-up and entrepreneur community despite the challenges offered by the recession. 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