AWARD-winning conservation and restoration company, Wm Anelay Ltd, of York has appointed Harrogate-based PR consultancy, Mike Clarke Communications, to provide marketing services support.

Activity for Wm Anelay, which has been trading continuously since 1747, will include a regional and national media relations campaign and production of a newsletter to support the company's offices in Osbaldwick, York, and in Manchester.

The 80 staff at Wm Anelay combines centuries-old craftsmanship skills with long-standing traditional building expertise to conserve, repair and restore heritage properties. The firm has won dozens of awards from civic trusts, the Royal Institute of British Architects, English Heritage, building guilds and conservation bodies.

Mike Clarke Communications' clients include Thirsk-based design build and development company, Severfield-Reeve Projects and property consultants, Lightly & Lightly.

Updated: 10:42 Wednesday, June 29, 2005