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Tony Redding
Amanda Taylor
Jo Josh
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Tony Redding MIPR, Director

Tony is a former journalist with over 20 years' public relations and crisis communications experience. He has handled a broad range of high-profile incidents across a variety of business sectors.

He founded TRS Reprise following a career as a journalist reporting on international trade, energy and environmental issues from London and Brussels. Today he is Corporate Communications Advisor to a number of global organisations, including large corporations in the chemicals, energy and shipping industries. He also advises governmental and inter-governmental agencies.

Tony has developed major publicity strategies, as well as advising and supporting clients confronted with significant challenges - such as fire, explosion, toxic emission, spills, sensitive financial decisions, prosecution by regulators and action by pressure groups, employees or other third parties. His forte is on-scene crisis communications response.

Tony has prepared crisis communications plans and manuals for many organisations and delivered hundreds of interactive media training workshops and crisis simulations worldwide.

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Amanda Taylor, Director

Mandy joined TRS in 1989 and is a communications professional with more than 15 years' experience. She is responsible for the organisation and co-ordination of the TRS Reprise team and is instrumental in planning and arranging client liaison.

Her role also embraces the production control and management of campaigns for the agency’s global client base. She oversees media handling, press release production, photography, distribution and event management.

Mandy is a respected training professional, who has organised crisis exercises and simulations involving some of the world’s largest ship owning and chemical manufacturing groups, as well as oil majors. She also directs the company’s conference and event management team.


Jo Josh, Senior Consultant, MIPR, IoD


Jo is a marketing and crisis communications specialist with experience across a broad spectrum of industries and disciplines. She has over 25 years' communications experience - as a journalist and broadcaster, as well as in mainstream public relations and marketing.

Jo works at a strategic level in the food, agriculture, chemicals, general fmcg, healthcare and business-to-business sectors, as well as handling reputation management and brand defence issues. Jo provides an integrated approach to crisis management, developing strategies which foster effective dialogue with key stakeholders. Particular strengths include issues analysis, media training and "hands-on" crisis containment and strategy.

In addition to creating and reviewing the effectiveness of crisis communications plans and security manuals, Jo has handled product recalls for many different business sectors. She also develops personalised media training courses, which combine message development with effective delivery and an insight into communications skills.

Her experience includes work with: Adidas, BOCM Pauls, Black & Decker, Boots, Crookes Healthcare, Elementis, GTS Telecoms, Kellogg, LRC Products, Levis, Little Chef, National Pig Association, Nestlé, Rank Xerox, Redrow, Reed Exhibitions, Sitel, SmithKline Beecham, Trafigura Beheer BV and Unilever Bestfoods.

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