CONSULTANTS

CONTRIBUTORS

Brand Support and Strategy

Long-term, in-depth strategy reports - with facilitation on a local or global scale

Facilitation of on-trade research through our global network of decision makers

Strategies for maximising rate of sale using real time insider knowledge of both the on-trade and consumers

Industry Landscape Reporting

Overall market insight - including future trends

Product category reporting - including competitor analysis

Neighbourhood bar-scaping - including local audience insights and competitor venue auditing

New Business Consultancy

Big-picture company strategy and creation of new sales materials (decks)

Idea brainstorming and writing of pitching presentations

CONTRIBUTORS

Competition Judging

Experience includes: World Class Global Final, Flor De Cana World’s Most Sustainable Bartender Global Final, Great Taste Awards, Imbibe Drinks List, CLASS Awards

Expert Comment and Editorial

Expert comment within: The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Stylist Magazine

Editorial contribution to: CLASS Magazine, The Cocktail Lovers, Discard the Zine

Public Speaking, Panel Members and Conference Hosting

Experienced speakers including: Tales of the Cocktail, P(our), Imbibe Live

Panel members and Hosts, including: Moët & Chandon Cocktail Conversations, Double Dutch International Women’s Day Panel Discussion, Hospo Live

CONNECTORS

CONTRIBUTORS

CONNECTORS

Recruitment

Head-hunting for high level positions

Strategic introductions between commercially useful contacts

Employer / Employee mentorship and coaching

Agency Employment

Brand / Agency introductions across all sectors including PR, social media, experiential and strategy

Creation of briefs for tender

Shortlisting - including in-depth agency profiling

High-Level On-Trade Advocacy

Curation and hosting of trade advocacy trips and events

Guest list formulation plus personal invitations

In-depth itinerary drafting and detailing

TESTIMONIALS...

“One of the strongest pieces of work I have seen on impacting the UK

on-trade on behalf of our brands. The implications from the work they provided have been put into place with immediate effect.”

Stjin Strobbe, Director of Bacardi Rum, Europe & Oceania

“Thank you for such a great hosting and panel session for Champagne Cocktail Conversations – everyone loved it!! The chat was super engaging with really interesting questions and insights across the panel as a whole.”

Isabel Ramalho, Moët Hennessy UK Limited

“Hannah and Siobhan are an absolute joy to work with - connected, clever and cool. HANDS have made sure that new opportunities are always presented to AKA when the fit feels right. These are clients we otherwise would not have been in touch with, and in a competitive market - this is incredibly valuable to us as an agency.”

Katrina Kutchinsky

Co-Owner of AKA Communications