Purplex
Purplex

PR & reputation.

Specialist PR for construction, building products and home improvement. Build recognition for what your business does well among the people who specify, recommend and buy from you.

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PR services built around where your customers look

A trade site read on a phone. A managing director’s post on LinkedIn. The reviews and AI summary someone reads before they call. Each service starts with where the people you need will actually see your story.

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  • Purplex PR writers working on client stories at their desks

    PR & communications

    Decide what you want to be known for, then publish a steady run of stories that proves it.

  • A technical feature written for Aquarian Cladding Systems, as published in the trade press

    Media relations & press office

    Stories an editor can run, with the photos, facts and people ready before they ask.

  • Digital PR

    Specialist coverage online, where readers, search engines and AI answers find your expertise.

  • Corporate communications & thought leadership

    Big news told in the right order, and leaders’ views worth reading.

  • Reputation management

    What customers find when they check you out, kept accurate and answered well.

  • A creator filming with a camera on a gimbal at Caribbean Blinds’ product event at Ridgeview

    Awards, events & partnerships

    Entries judges can score, events people want to share and partnerships both sides can deliver.

Recent PR work for clients

Features, trade coverage, campaigns and awards for manufacturers, suppliers and installers. Each story was planned around the people the client needed to reach.

Window frames on the factory floor at Affordable Window Systems, photographed by Purplex

Timberlook

64 pieces of trade coverage, aimed at the installers homeowners rely on

Trade stories for installers sat alongside consumer marketing, so the businesses fitting the windows heard the same story as the people buying them.

How Timberlook reached the trade

Aquarian Cladding Systems

A restructure explained to the market that buys from it

A feature in Building Products set out the new leadership, who was responsible for what and how the changes tied in with the company’s plans. The same story ran through its website, search and PR.

+41%organic traffic in nine months, from combined website, search and PR work

Where our stories have run

A selection of coverage for clients and for Purplex, on air, online and in print.

On air

  • BBC Midlands Today and ITV CentralTelevision

    Shelforce’s King’s Award, in primetime news slots

    Shelforce, 2023

  • BBC West Midlands and Greatest Hits RadioRadio

    Interviews on the King’s Award

    Shelforce, 2023

Online

In print

  • Building ProductsFeature

    Significant restructure sees Aquarian Cladding ready for 2021 opportunities

    Aquarian Cladding Systems, March–April 2021

  • Building ProductsProject

    Gebrik provides unique finish to leisure and community centre in Croydon

    Aquarian Cladding Systems, September–October 2021

  • RCIExpert article

    The perfect cladding solution

    Aquarian Cladding Systems, November 2020

Questions about PR for construction and building products

If your question isn’t here, call 01934 808132 or email [email protected].

What does PR include for a construction or building products business?

It starts with deciding what you want to be known for, then puts evidence behind it: product and project stories, technical articles, announcements, award entries and events. For most businesses in this market that means trade and technical publications first, with regional, national or consumer coverage when a story suits it. Press-office support, leadership articles and reputation planning sit alongside, depending on what you need.

Can you guarantee coverage?

No. Editors decide what they publish. What we control is the strength of the story, the evidence behind it, the choice of publication and how quickly an editor gets what they ask for. Those are what make coverage likely.

Which publications will my business appear in?

The ones your customers read. Usually that’s the trade and technical titles for your sector and their websites, plus regional and national media when a story has wider interest. Shelforce’s King’s Award announcement reached BBC Midlands Today and ITV Central as well as the trade press.

How long does it take to get coverage?

It depends on the story. News and online coverage can follow within days of an announcement. Printed trade features are often planned months ahead, so we look at publications’ forthcoming features early and plan stories to suit them.

Can you work alongside our own marketing team?

Yes. Your team keeps the wider plan and the approvals; we handle the specialist PR work, from finding and writing the stories to dealing with editors and preparing award entries. You can use one PR service or several.

How do you report on PR?

We report what was published, where, and whether the important point about your business came through, with any website visits and enquiries we can trace to the coverage. Reach figures have their place, but on their own they can’t tell you whether the work did its job.

Make your next announcement worth an editor’s time.

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Send us your next press release or announcement, and we’ll tell you how an editor will read it.

  • Whether the news line holds up for the publications you want
  • The evidence, photography and spokesperson an editor will ask for
  • Which titles would want it, and in what form
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Tell us what you need and where it’s stuck. We’ll come back to you within one working day with the right person for the job.

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