We offer solutions

Schuttelaar & Partners provides full service communications solutions which rely on a combination of scientific knowledge and communications expertise of our writers, graphic designers and internet specialists. Our solutions range from strategic advice and the development and implementation of a communication or lobby plan, to a wide variety of creative materials – including CSR reports and sustainability brochures, films and websites.

Issue management is not just about protecting your brand or company image from pressure groups or mass media, but also about identifying new opportunities early on and using them to your advantage. However, as no organisation is immune to unexpected calamities which can cause serious financial or reputational damage, we can also help you in a more hands on approach. We are part of the Crisis Management Network, a network of nine well respected reputation and crisis management firms working across Europe.

We maintain close ties with our extensive network, which helps to keep us posted on developments that are relevant for you and your organisation. We also monitor a wide variety of media sources, including newspapers, trade journals and websites and blogs. We can keep you posted through a “monitor” that informs you in minutes, or with periodic meetings in which we also advise you on the best ways to respond.

Whether you work in the food (related) or agricultural sectors, your products need to comply with national and EU regulation on ingredients, biotechnology, packaging, labelling, claims and marketing. We can inform you in all of these areas, and help bolster your market position through a variety of methods, including lobbying. We can also put together scientific dossiers for your products, submit them to the relevant authorities and help you anticipate reactions from governments, NGOs and consumers – thereby enabling you to plan the best possible response.

Knowing and understanding your target group’s wishes and motives will bolster your plans and serve as a valuable starting point for communication. To help you in this endeavour, we employ a wide variety of research methods – including interviews, desk research, stakeholder dialogue sessions, consumer panels and internet forums. We cleverly link the results of this qualitative opinion research with external quantitative data, and offer advice on how best to respond to the outcomes that are found.

Schuttelaar & Partners facilitates and promotes dialogue between governments, industries, non-profit organisations and citizens looking for new solutions that will gather broad public support. We can help your organisation to fully engage with a multitude of stakeholders through a variety of creative methods that help ensure your success. We can implement anything from a “town hall” style debate, web-based opinion polls, consumer platform and civic panels, to a portfolio of ready-made solutions such as workshops, expert meetings, web logs and interviews.

When defining your mission, your market position or your long-term strategy, you not only need to know what issues are relevant for your market, but also those that are receiving attention in other areas of society. As we have up-to-date knowledge in all of our areas of expertise, we’re an excellent sounding board when discussing your strategic position, and can help you develop a profile that will form the basis of all your future communications.

Schuttelaar & Partners has taken up many projects involving a variety of partners and brought them to fruition. Thanks to our independent perspective, expert knowledge and extensive networks, we can help you to set up projects in such a way that all partners understand each other’s concerns and support the practical solutions that are offered. These solutions help these partners in timely decision making and execution.

We maintain close ties with an extensive network that provides us with early insight into new trends and developments. This enables us to quickly point out new opportunities and challenges, and to assist you in taking decisions that will better position your brand, product or organisation. We can help you implement strategies in up-to-date policy or marketing plans, and translate them into effective communication within your organisation or toward external stakeholders and the general public.