Cardew Group is a leading independent strategic communications agency, based in London and acting for some of the largest international companies, in both public and private markets. We work with corporates operating in some of today’s most scrutinised, complex and regulated situations to communicate effectively with the global financial community, politicians, regulators, and wider stakeholders.
For more than 30 years, Cardew has delivered communications advice and today does so across media relations, transaction support, public affairs, crisis communications, and digital advice and content.
Our approach is to provide integrated, insight-and-data-driven senior level advice and counsel, coupled with hands-on support to help our clients achieve great results. Our team comprises the very best sector and practice area experts drawn from in-house, agency, media, investment, political and digital backgrounds.
Services we offer
We help our clients communicate more effectively with the global financial community, stakeholders, politicians and regulators through the media and digital channels.
Corporate Comms
Businesses and organisations now operate under a level of scrutiny barely imaginable even a decade ago, from media, regulators, politicians, pressure groups, customers and staff.
Transaction Support
Cardew advises leading public and private organisations on some of the largest and most high-profile UK and international M&A transactions, IPOs and corporate events.
Public Affairs
Geopolitics, political polarisation at home, and the UK Government’s growth and clean energy missions are impacting the environment in which businesses operate and transact like never before.
Digital
A company’s owned voice is a vital part of its communications, and its website and wider online footprint are critical to how investors, regulators, journalists and stakeholders view it.
Financial Communications
Working with Cardew
High-profile takeover communication with multiple commercial, political and stakeholder dimensions.
Cardew advised Fortress on all stages of its bids for Morrisons, navigating media hostility to private equity, union concerns, supply-chain questions and broader reputational scrutiny.
Team
Meet the Cardew Group team and find out more about them and their roles in the company.
The team includes senior practitioners from in-house, agency, media, political and digital backgrounds.
Insights
Public Affairs
Clean Energy After Starmer: Burnham's First Big Test
As Andy Burnham becomes Prime Minister, he faces the challenge of delivering on clean energy commitments while managing external pressures and fiscal constraints.
Insights
A new dawn for UK mining?
Critical minerals from British soil are becoming increasingly urgent in a fractured world. The UK Mining Conference in Cornwall showcased substantial mining projects advancing toward completion.
Insights
Fighting LinkedIn AI slop
AI-generated content dominates LinkedIn feeds with repetitive structures and depersonalized messaging, prompting a backlash as platforms and users seek authentic human communication.



