PHMG (company)

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Please Hold Media Group
Company type Private limited company
Industry Audio branding, music on hold, on-hold marketing
Founded1998;26 years ago (1998)
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Headquarters
Manchester
,
U.K.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Grant Reed (founder)
Number of employees
500+
Website www.phmg.com

PHMG is an audio branding and business communications consultancy, with over 37,000 clients worldwide. Those clients range from small enterprises to large global brands such as Coca-Cola, Adidas and Audi. [1]

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History

In 1998, PHMG was founded as PleaseHoldUK in Chester, England. Its office relocated to Manchester in 2000, where the global headquarters has been based since.

The agency has rebranded several times. PleaseHoldUK became PH Media Group in 2008, before transitioning to PHMG in 2016. Following significant growth into new territories, the company underwent its most recent rebrand in 2022 – which included the creation of a new sonic signature –  but continues to operate as PHMG.

In 2023, PHMG celebrated 25 years in business. [2]

Products and services

PHMG offers a range of audio branding products, specialising in music on hold and on-hold marketing. Core products include Brand Sound Track, Brand Sound, and Brand Sound Pro. Additional services for use across multiple platforms include brand playlists, voice for video, multi-language productions, system support and sonic identity development.

Outside of branding, PHMG provides managed business services to clients through The Complete Caller Experience product. For clients, this incorporates technical support, an evaluation of their audio touch points, call flow analysis and a detailed audit of their telephony system. [3]

Global Footprint

Offices

PHMG operates six staffed offices in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia, and has a number of additional business addresses in territories where it serves clients.

PHMG Foundation

In 2013, PHMG launched the PHMG Foundation in support of charitable causes across the territories it operates in - the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. [5] The company's mission is to support organisations worldwide to relieve poverty, distress, sickness and hunger.

Fundraising efforts have included Santa Dash events, football matches, sponsored walks, golf days and more.

Since the launch of the PHMG Foundation, the company has raised more than $1 million and donated to more than 70 charities.

Awards and accreditations

In 2014, the company was named by Investec in their Mid-Market 100 list - as Please Hold (UK) - ranking it as one of the 100 fastest-growing private companies in the UK and recognizing it as the world's largest audio branding agency. [6] Continued growth saw the company move up the Investec Mid-Market 100 list in 2015, from 48th position to 35th. [7]

PHMG was also named on the 2015, [8] 2016, [9] 2017 [10] and 2018 [11] lists of ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’ by London Stock Exchange, which aims to recognise some of the fastest-growing and most dynamic businesses in the UK. The company was also included in the ‘FT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies’ list in 2018, [12] as well as being named on the 2017, [13] 2018 [14] and 2019 [15] ‘Greater Manchester Ward Hadaway Fastest 50’ lists.

In 2018, PHMG was named as one of 'Chicago's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For’ [16] and was ranked tenth in the 'Leadership and Culture at Work: The CMI/Glassdoor Top 20' list. [17] In 2019, the organization was awarded a ‘Great Place to Work’ certification, [18] as well as being named as part of the European Business Awards 'Ones to Watch' list. [19]

In February 2020 PHMG was named in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For, ranking 49th in the list. [20] PHMG was also named one of Chicago's best places to work in 2022. [21]

Sustainability

PHMG has pledged to reduce emissions by 5% annually, as part of the Planet Mark certification and the company’s own environmental goals to minimise its carbon footprint. [22]

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  2. ↑ "25 Years of Creating Waves". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Complete caller experience". PHMG. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Audio branding agency PHMG to create 50 jobs with new Leeds office". Yorkshire Post.
  5. ↑ "PHMG staff raise over £28,000 for charity". HR News. 18 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Investec Mid-Market 100 2014" (PDF). Investec.
  7. ↑ "Investec Mid-Market 100 2015". Investec.
  8. ↑ "1000 Companies to Inspire Britain". London Stock Exchange.
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