Your reputation
is our business

SERVICES

PUBLIC
AFFAIRS

Our experience and contacts in every area of government – local, national and international – ensures you present the arguments and solutions that resonate with decision makers at the most relevant level and gain a deep insight into the processes required to help your business thrive in a highly competitive world.

REPUTATION MANAGEMENT

You live or die in business according to your actual or perceived reputation. We can assist in building, protecting and enhancing that reputation – both corporate or personal – in whatever space you operate, with your internal and external stakeholders.

LEADERSHIP, COACHING AND MENTORING

We can provide the skills, experience and practical know how to become a truly great leader with the skills necessary to take your people with you. Our associates also offer clear and valuable mentoring to help you overcome the potential obstacles you and your business may face. Our panel of experts can also provide bespoke executive coaching – either one-to-one or for whole teams – to ensure you grow your business in exactly the right direction and fit in with your specific goals and vision.

MEDIA CONSULTANCY

With more than 50 years of experience at the highest level across the media landscape, our associates can help you navigate your way through a myriad of challenges and platforms – from TV, newspapers and social media and beyond – to ensure you know how to handle all areas of media and exploit it to your own advantage.

BUSINESS STRATEGY AND TRANSFORMATION

Businesses and their people have never been under more pressure. Do you have the right strategy, vision and goals to succeed? Do your people understand and buy into them, too? We can help ensure you have the right people, processes and networks to achieve your goals.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

The digital landscape is changing at an ever-increasing rate both for business and wider society. Our experts can ensure your business is at the cutting edge of change, providing you with the knowledge, competencies and technology to exploit the digital environment.

ABOUT US

Abraitis & Co. is a full-service consultancy, focused on reputation management, public affairs, media, and business strategy and transformation.

Our firm is built to help you navigate the waters of international business. After all, business life is all about your reputation, the value you can provide clients and who you know.

Who you currently know may be a finite universe. Making connections and introductions to who you want to know and who you should know is one of our key offerings.

We know that your reputation means everything to you and we’re here to ensure it remains that way.

At a time when authentic, focused communication – internally, to customers, and the wider world – has never been more important, we can ensure you stay ahead of the game, and provide deliverable, measurable results.

Utilising decades of experience in media, public affairs and having worked with some of the biggest names on the planet, Abraitis & Company is committed to listening to and helping adapt your narrative–ensuring your story remains a positive one when the rest of the world may be shifting around you.

While others may talk a good game, we have the evidence, experience, and expertise to deliver you real results, each time, every time.

See above in our services section for more particulars on the services Abraitis & Company provides.

Let us help you and your business thrive.

MEET OUR FOUNDER

Damian Bates is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years in media – ten as a senior editor and business leader – dealing with significant and structural business change, digital transformation and reputation management as well as producing ground-breaking, highly successful and profitable newspapers, digital platforms, and associated products.

Damian is a published and award-winning author, seasoned commentator, and accomplished public speaker. He is a former chairman of the Scottish Newspaper Society’s editors’ committee—including serving recently as a member of the Editors’ Code Committee, which produces the rules UK journalists abide by.

He is an advisor to the Independent Press Standards Organisation, former visiting Professor at Robert Gordon University and Chairman of Fifth Ring, an international B2B marketing company.

Damian works with a network of team members specialising in technology, social media, data analytics and marketing and has created a fluid team, dynamic and bespoke to suit each client’s needs.

TESTIMONIALS

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Mark Patterson

Founder of Well-Safe Solutions

"We're very excited that Damian's first client - just a few weeks since stepping down from one of the UK's most prestigious media roles - is Well-Safe Solutions.Damian brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of the political sphere in Scotland, the UK and beyond and will help us navigate our way through what can be a very challenging environment."

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Hunting PLC

"Abraitis & Co provide unparalleled professional and reputation management support that is incredibly helpful to the business and its long-term goals. We thoroughly enjoying working alongside Damian and his team."

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Russell Borthwick, Chief Executive

Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce

"Vanguard is an initiative led by Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, Shell and other partners. We were delighted when Damian agreed to work with the 'Vanguardees' as a mentor on making Aberdeen a 'cool' place for residents, students and visitors."