About Us

Blue Planet Communications is headed up by award-winning journalist John Wright who has a background in UK, European and international public relations. For four years he ran all the external and internal PR programmes for one of the Middle East's most sophisticated hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has been a Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations for some 20 years.

The company is a business-to-business consultancy with particular expertise in healthcare, social issues and technology accounts.

Based in the West Midlands, Blue Planet Communications has worked with clients in the United States, Europe and the UK. Our first client was Cheshire County Council and we went on to work alongside Air Products, Alsius inc, British Telecom, Bard Europe, BUPA, Cardinal Healthcare, CLS Care Group, the ExtraCare Charitable Trust, GPT, GrandMet, InHealth Group, Merseyside Learning & Skills Council, Microtek Medical Europe, Nuffield Hospitals, Ocean Transport & Trading, Ohio Medical Instruments inc, Steelite International, Vanguard Healthcare, West London Business and many more.

The company’s London-based representative is Stephen Barry. A former national and international journalist, Stephen is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, was recently awarded a BA (Hons) degree in International Relations and has 30 years experience in media relations, corporate publications and employee communications.

How we work

We listen carefully and learn about our clients' business. We prefer to develop long-term relationships - Air Products, for example, has been a client since 1987.

We often operate at Board level, providing strategic marketing and reputational advice.

For some organisations, we provide their total ongoing PR and marketing output.

For others, we fit into a network of providers - inhouse and external - delivering expertise as and when required. We also work on a project basis (urgently-required Crisis PR, for example).

Specialist knowledge

The consultancy thrives on all complex technical and social issues, with Healthcare and Care for the Elderly as areas of special expertise.

In our time, we have helped to turn a small housing association into one of the UK’s best-known charities for older people and helped small businesses develop into multi-million pound enterprises, working alongside their owners every step of the way.

John Wright is one of only a handful of PR advisers included in Who's Who in Healthcare 2005.