Defence

Our client, a leader in the defence sector, sought to enter the UK defence procurement market. We organised a series of private dinners and roundtables with senior UK government officials, Parliamentarians, and think tank leaders, enabling our client to influence draft policy and advance its business interests.

  • Facilitated meaningful engagement with over 25 MPs advocating changes to the UK’s defence procurement policies.

  • Set up meaningful engagement opportunities with Chairs and members of all relevant select committees.

  • Engagement with senior officials, politicians, and special advisors in formal and informal settings

3 Select Committee Chairs

3+ Senior politicians

5+ Senior civil servants

Satellite Communications

Our client, a global leader in satellite communications, sought to strengthen its institutional positioning following a major acquisition and rising geopolitical scrutiny.

  • Delivered a multi-country perception audit across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, providing strategic intelligence on how governments, defence institutions, and regulators viewed the business.

  • Secured engagement with senior officials, defence advisers, and procurement stakeholders to map expectations on sovereignty, resilience, and supplier trust.

  • Developed a credible positioning strategy, enabling a unified narrative on data handling, local delivery, and interoperability across NATO-aligned markets.

  • Crafted a messaging framework to support high-level engagement with industry and government leaders, strengthening the client’s commercial position.

25+ Government officials

5+ Ambassadors

5+ MoDs

Vaping

A specialist vaping retailer client had been hit by the single-use vaping ban announced in January 2024.

Working with Overton, we were able to feed in to the legislative process and influence public opinion.

  • Facilitated meaningful engagement with over 20 MPs advocating its preferred policy outcomes.

  • Direct press releases shared with over 250 journalists and TV producers resulting in over 50 press appearances for our client and its CEO.

  • Press appearances with national media outlets resulted in hundreds
    of thousands of page views by the general public and policymakers.

20+ MPs

50+ Press hits

250,000+ Impressions