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Front Street offers a complete range of services backed by industry-leading expertise to achieve your objectives, no matter how challenging or complex. We specialise in delivering effective results within extremely tight timeframes.

Services

Our services include:

Public Affairs

  • High-speed policy issue response capability

  • Strategic counsel

  • Public policy risk analysis and management

  • Campaigns

  • Stakeholder engagement

Sustainability - Environmental, Social, Governance (‘ESG’)

  • Fast-track strategy development and delivery

  • Industry-leading sustainability communications

  • Sustainability reports

Communications

  • Corporate reporting and media

  • Brand communications

  • Media relations

  • Employee communications

  • Crisis communications

LeadERSHIP

Front Street’s founder and director, David Leighton, has worked with businesses and organisations across automotive, aviation, logistics and maritime to help them achieve award-winning sustainability performance, manage complex reputational challenges and achieve challenging public policy goals.

As Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Marketing at Associated British Ports, David transformed the company’s brand, reputation and influence. A worldwide survey of 280 leading real asset businesses ranked ABP as the number one transport company in Europe and eighth globally for environmental, governance and social performance, achieving a score of 90% for stakeholder engagement compared to an average industry score of 50% (www.gresb.com). More recently, David developed Aston Martin Lagonda’s sustainability strategy, ‘Racing Green’, and has helped deliver the company’s award-winning sustainability reports.

David has also advised UK Government on trade policy, using his extensive experience as a former member of the Executive Leadership Team at Associated British Ports.

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In the last 29 years at or near the top of the UK ports industry, I believe that David Leighton has done more than any other single individual to increase the image of the industry and its importance with so many who for years ignored the vital part played by the industry in our nation’s trading prosperity.
— Nicholas Finney OBE