Expanding PR agency Richard Swancott Associates has moved to new premises and added to their workforce to help satisfy demand for their PR workshops.

The success of the Be Your Own PR Person seminars and coaching programme has prompted the company's switch to Lymedale Business Centre, Newcastle-under-Lyme, and the arrival of Staffordshire University graduate Ellen Argile.

Owner Richard Swancott believes the increased manpower, organised through the West Midlands Graduate Internship Scheme, will help the firm build on events held at Leek College and Lymedale this year.

It will also enable them to expand their social media campaigns and offer more services, including podcasting, to their clients.

Richard Swancott said: "The recession has encouraged small business owners to consider their marketing spend more carefully, and do as much as they can in-house.

"This has made our PR workshops and coaching programme very popular, because it allows them to make better use of their marketing budgets.

"Ellen's arrival will allow us to take them further afield and run them more often, which should enable us to add more new recruits later in the year."

They have organised more workshops for Lymedale (29th March), Cranage Hall near Holmes Chapel (29th April) and Holiday Inn Clayton (2nd May).

The next session of their coaching programme takes place on 22nd March, also at Lymedale, and features a presentation from Beacon 4 Business' Karen Cotton on how businesses can generate more leads through Twitter.