Our Story – PR Wire

PR Wire SL offers consultation and services to meet every marketing communications need in a rapidly changing media landscape, from reaching mainstream media to engaging with new media, from non-profit communications to small business communications. We are a fully-fledged Corporate Marketing Strategy partner for both startups and well-established business entities in Sri Lanka. We are ready to offer our consultation to make businesses go that extra mile.

PR Wire SL works hard, thinks big, and delivers successful and timely results. We are best known for our needle-moving public relations programs, novel approaches, and a team of innovative individuals who disrupt the industry norms, deliver measurable and insight based results.

We believe there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. Each client’s needs are assessed individually and followed by an exclusive brainstorming session, a smart and proactive public relations / digital media / influencer campaign will be executed that exceeds expectations. PR wire SL empowers clients to navigate ever-changing media, business, and consumer landscapes effectively.

We specialize in a number of practice areas including

B2C - Consumer Brands, Financial Services, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Health and Wellness, Technology, Travel & Hospitality

B2B - Corporate Communications, Reputation Management, Sustainability Communications

Digital Media - Social Media, Influencer Marketing

Stakeholder Relations

Public Affairs and Government Relations

Crisis Communications

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT

Background / Experience

Our versatile, passionate and experienced team use an integrated approach to Public Relations, backed by a diversified experience in the field, to ensure it complements the entire business environment delivering exponential return.

Best Practice / Thinking

We have successfully positioned and helped build brands and reputations for a number of Sri Lankan and Global companies and individuals through our best-practice thinking.

High Impact / Strategy

We are driven by a team who ignites companies, brands and individuals through high-impact communication strategies and campaigns.

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AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

PR Wire SL, have developed and continues to develop high-impact award-winning work for 12 years and counting.

PR Wire Sri Lanka emerges on top, as the best ASIA-PACIFIC AGENCY TO WORK FOR!

PR Wire Sri Lanka clinched the 1st place in the BEST ASIA-PACIFIC AGENCY TO WORK FOR, (Small <15-44> category) 2022 edition, thanks to our work culture that prioritizes a culture of belonging, respect and innovation. PR Wire Sri Lanka were the runners-up in this award category in both 2021 and 2021. Such recognition in the international limelight is solely based on the honest feedback of our valued team members, especially on our diversity and empowerment initiatives and the flexible work policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our WFH approach and the flexibility models have stood out in this year’s survey and also the initiatives that address female and inter-generational empowerment.

Note: PRovoke Media determines the rankings based on a comprehensive employee survey that examines 14 areas of agency life: engagement, management, client service, empowerment, people, culture, diversity, work, communication, professional development, ethics, compensation, work quality and open-ended questions on a range of qualitative issues. The survey is strictly controlled by the organizers and the employers have no influence over the process.

PR Wire Sri Lanka was recognized at the 14th Annual 2022 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards in the ‘Company Rethinking’ category with a SILVER award, for our dedication towards offering innovative solutions to our valued clientele.

PR Wire Sri Lanka was ranked as the 3rd fastest-growing PR Agency in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa regions, as per the PRovoke Global PR Agency Rankings - Fast Movers 2021.

PR Wire recognized at The Digital Excellence Awards 2021

PR Wire is honoured to be recognized with a Certificate of Commendation at The Digital Excellence Awards organized and hosted by the Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS).

PR Wire clinched two SILVER awards at the 8th Annual 2021 International Best in Business Awards

PR Wire Sri Lanka was recognized in the Communications / PR Campaign of the Year category and the Company Work-From-Home Implementation of the Year category. The International Best in Business Awards is a part of the Globee® Awards - the organizer of world’s premier business awards programs and business ranking lists.

“Best Agency to Work For” – Asia Pacific 2021 by Provoke

PR Wire bagged the runners up award at ‘The Best Agency to Work For 2021’, for the second consecutive year. This achievement is considered the ultimate benchmark of PR firm culture and workplace performance, in an industry whose primary asset remains its people.
Our local work culture and values backed by the numerous Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity initiatives carried out in order to enhance the team experience took center stage on this global platform.
PRovoke Media was founded as the Holmes Report in 2000 by Paul Holmes, founder and chair, who has more than three decades of experience writing about and evaluating the public relations business and consulting with both public relations firms and their clients.

PR Wire clinched the SILVER award in the ‘Company Rethinking of the Year’ category at the 13th Annual 2021 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards

The Golden Bridge Awards® is the world’s premier business awards program aimed at honoring achievements in every industry around the world.
“With the COVID-19 outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2020, we firmly believed in the importance of changing the way we think and operate – not only as a Group but also as a consultant to our valued clientele. We are humbled to have been recognized on this global platform taking Sri Lanka to the global limelight on its road to recovery” - Ashan Kumar

Public Relations Agency of the Year

Continuing the winning streak, PR Wire bagged the SILVER award at the recently concluded PR World Awards 2020 in the “Public Relations Agency of the Year” category

PR Wire wins BRONZE at the Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards 2020

Topping off the long list of awards bagged in the year 2020, PR Wire has been awarded the bronze in the category of 'Company Response of the Year - Creative Ways Companies are Giving Back During COVID-19'. A well-deserved win, courtesy to our resilient and creative approach to weather the economic drought and keeping our dynamic team members productively working, remunerated and safe at all times.

PR Wire clinched the BRONZE award in the ‘Diversity Team of The Year’ category at the Pillar World Awards 2020

The coveted annual Pillar® World Awards is the world's premier awards program honoring best employers, employees and HR achievements especially their diversity and inclusion initiatives and COVID implementation. Our company initiatives were instrumental to keep our team intact including continued expansions, new members and team strengthening, staff facilities increased including incentives, evaluations and increments despite financial challenges.

2020 Best Asia-Pacific Agency to Work For, Midsize (20-100), by PRovoke

PR Wire bagged the runners up award at ‘The Best Agency to Work For’ 2020. This achievement is considered the ultimate benchmark of PR firm culture and workplace performance, in an industry whose primary asset remains its people.
The Holmes Report is now rebranded as PRovoke - building on the success of the Global Public Relations Summit, which adopted the PRovoke brand three years ago. The top ranked agencies are recognised at the 2020

2017 and 2019 proud winners of ‘World’s Best PR Agency

We were the most-honored PR Agency of the year among hundreds of other global PR agencies at the world’s premier PR and corporate marketing awards program which honors and recognizes industry-wide and peer achievements.
The Annual PR World Awards is part of the SVUS Awards Recognition Program from Silicon Valley in the United States of America.