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HMC Seswa partners with UK PR agency

HMC Seswa Corporate Communications, a provider of PR and marketing services, has announced the successful conclusion of a working partnership agreement with UK-based InfernoPR. Under the agreement, the two will collaborate on various levels, including the exchange of best practices in business, media and client management techniques.

"Ultimately, this is a win-win agreement and will certainly help both companies to bolster client services solutions. For HMC Seswa, this is an opportunity to compare techniques with the best in the world. On the other hand, InfernoPR can learn a lot from our 23-year track record, especially when it comes to launching and developing brand profiles in new markets," explains Michele Turner, account director at HMC Seswa.

Adds Turner, "InfernoPR has an admirable reputation for providing advanced services to leading multinational companies in the ICT, B2B and consumer spaces. We are therefore thrilled by this partnership as it puts HMC Seswa right at the cutting edge of best practices in the world."

Turner further states that the two companies operate in identical markets and in some cases represent the same client - business transformation company Capgemini being one of them.

Staff exchange programme

The partnership also provides for the training and development of personnel through a staff exchange programme. The deal is effective immediately and will see the first batch of staff exchange taking place in August this year.

Comments Grant Currie, MD of InfernoPR, "My staff see this as a brilliant opportunity to gain experience in another country and equally we are looking forward to exposing members of HMC Seswa to the UK media. I am sure that for both parties it will be time very well spent and an excellent way to reward our 'star' performers."

InfernoPR is one of the five subsidiary PR agency brands within the Next Fifteen Communications Group, a listed company on the London Stock Exchange. Formed more than two decades ago, HMC Seswa is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mazole Holdings and offers a spectrum of PR and marketing services.

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