Brass Agency is an integrated marketing agency based in Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, which provides marketing

Marketing

Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

 and advertising

Advertising

Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...

 solutions both nationally and globally.

Company History

Brass Agency was known as Brahm Ltd. before it was rebranded as Brass in July 2010.

Brahm Limited was established in 1983 when it was known as Baxandall Rand Allen Handley McPhail Limited, taking its name from its five founding directors: Mike Baxandall, Clive Rand, Chris Allen, Tony Handley and Keith McPhail. In 2001, a management buy-out commenced within the company, to release the founding partners and pass the management of the business to a younger team who had already invested within it. This planned succession consisted of seven partners, which covered the full spectrum of the business, and was finalised in 2009.

In 2004, Brahm acquired York

York

York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...

-based foodservice specialists Teamwork Marketing.

In 2006 the company acquired Adworkshop, a design and marketing agency which based in Farsley

Farsley

Farsley is a commuter town in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England 6 miles to the west of Leeds city centre, and 4 miles east of Bradford. It was formerly in the municipal borough of nearby Pudsey....

, Leeds.

In late 2006, Brahm also acquired Leeds based digital marketing agency Swamp.

In July of 2010, Brahm and Swamp was completed and the combined agencies rebranded as Brass.

In December, 2010, due to the UK government's spending review and cut on the public sector, Brass Agency was forced to make between 10-20 redundancies from its workforce.

Company Building

Brass Agency is based in Moorfield House, Headingley

Moorfield House, Headingley

Moorfield House is a Victorian house in Headingley, Leeds, England built between 1855 and 1856 by William Glover Joy. It is now number 11 Alma Road, and is also referred to as Moorfield Court..-Architecture:...

, Leeds, which is a Grade II listed building in the Headingley

Headingley

Headingley is a suburb of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is approximately two miles out of the city centre, to the north west along the A660 road...

 Conservation Area

Conservation area

A conservation areas is a tract of land that has been awarded protected status in order to ensure that natural features, cultural heritage or biota are safeguarded...

. The listing describes the building as being “in Tudor Gothic Revival Style”.