Cathy Watson Associates
Cathy Watson's background is within journalism.
Before launching her PR business she clocked up 25 years experience within weekly and bi-weekly newspapers in Suffolk, Norfolk and Sussex.
She held positions across the newsroom from reporter to news editor, sub-editor, deputy editor and acting editor.
She spent the six years before setting up Cathy Watson Associates, in April 2007, as a freelance reporter for the Sussex Express covering a wide range of issues from planning and council to business, arts and human interest.
If you think you have a story to tell, but don't know whether the media will be interested, Cathy is the person to advise you on its news value and how to proceed ... or complete the task for you.
If you have a controversial issue to tackle but don't know where to start Cathy Watson Associates is equipped to help.
We believe in an open, straightforward and honest approach to consultation which will leave everybody feeling, at the end of the process, that they were fairly consulted and their views taken seriously into account.
We can analyse detailed reports, translate jargon, compile press releases and draw up briefing notes for different sections of the community.
We can carry out consultation exercises, organise public meetings and mount exhibitions.
Cathy Watson Associates is a member of Uckfield & District Chamber of Commerce.
We promote Uckfield on our Uckfield News website which is updated every working day with news and carries monthly shopping and business features. The Uckfield Directory, within the site, includes listings for town businesses and organisations.