"Working with the team at Carr Consulting & Communications is a pleasure. They bring a wealth of knowledge to all conversations and ideas and always provide honest feedback. Energy for all topics remains high and it’s helped by the fact they are all thoroughly nice people!"

"Kevin and the team at CCC are quite simply experts within their field. Knowledgeable, connected, creative - they consistently craft and place comms that deliver impactful messages. CCC are our trusted partner for PR and beyond, into events curation & management, highly recommended."

"Since we began working with Carr Consulting and Communications back in early 2021, they have provided a seamless extension to the in-house team. They have brought knowledge and creative input that we would otherwise be without, delivering nothing other than high quality and engaging work."

"Matt and the team at Carr Consulting have supported Focus Solutions PR and marketing activities over the past couple of years. Their industry insight and media expertise have been essential in building up the company profile as it has evolved its proposition in a rapidly evolving industry."

"We worked with CCC to carry out extensive market research into consumer and adviser views on mortgages & protection. The findings were presented in a report launched during a live event, which was all handled with ease by Kevin and the team. It was a great success and our report has continued to generate a lot of debate and engagement, which has surpassed all our expectations."

"Kevin and the team are a shining example of a best in class consultancy. Experts in their field, agile in their thinking and unsurpassed in their media contacts - it’s an impressive trifecta and one that leads to excellent counsel and media activity that truly supports the commercial imperative of the business."

"This protection champion has taken PR to a new level in our market and through his work with the Income Protection Task Force has been crucial in raising the profile of income protection. A passionate industry spokesperson as CEO of Protection Review."

"Carr Consulting are quick, reliable and easy to work with. They have some of the most knowledgeable people in financial services and put simply they just get it."

"The industry is blessed to have Kevin and his team. I don't know another communications specialist like him in the personal finance sector. This isn't just a job for Kevin, it's a vocation. Personable, knowledgeable and above all, enthusiastic. That's not just a rare combination, it's almost unknown. Great taste in music, too."

"Kevin and the team take real personal responsibility for protecting and promoting our reputation. They have unparalleled connections and respect amongst the personal finance and trade press and their creativity and influence ensures both high volume and high-quality media coverage."

"Their knowledge of the industry and range of contacts are second to none. Their advice is always honest, relevant and insightful and, importantly, they get great results."

"As I move towards retirement, I sit back and think how so few in our industry have had a profound effect on millions of clients, through thousands of financial advisers. Kevin was, and still is, one of those leading influencers and mouthpieces for the industry, constantly educating the newbies, and indeed the oldies too."

"We have used larger agencies in the past, however, generally speaking, we get better value for money from Carr Consulting and significantly more press coverage"

"Since working with Matt and the team, we have been very impressed with the depth of knowledge and the range of contacts they have, which is helping us to develop and grow our business really well."

"Kevin and his team provide high level, pro-active and strategic marketing support services to Health Shield, bringing their wealth of market knowledge and industry expertise to the table across PR, marketing, distribution and product development. Always straight talking and willing to provide an opinion and insight in supporting his client base across the health and protection landscape."

"Seven Families has been the financial campaign of this year. On so many levels. And by many a country mile."

"I may have worked for longer and more closely with Kevin than has anyone else. His intellect, energy and commitment to any issue he sees as ethical and important varies between impressive and awesome. He never fails to add value and has a take on almost any point that improves conventional thinking. If you can afford him then hire him."

"I worked with Matthew at Quilter during a period when the investment management firm was looking to raise its public profile. He has strong contacts and expertise in the media, as well as across financial services, and is focused on achieving business-oriented results."

"As a reporter specialising in financial journalism, I’ve always found Matt to be highly engaging, knowledgeable about his sector and able to give insightful answers to questions rather than the usual blandishments fired our way. Matt is always willing to lead and push the industry in the directions that it should be taking."

"When you work with Kevin it quickly becomes clear why he's held in such high regard throughout the industry. He's a sharp thinker with excellent judgement, he's also affable and highly efficient. Kevin's expertise in protection and public relations make him the obvious choice for financial services PR."

"Linda is one of those rare people in the financial services industry who has an extremely broad base of knowledge and experience, including manufacturing, distribution, PR and marketing. This means her insight is well-informed and accurate. As an IFA who works closely with the media, and PR departments of various companies, I have always found Linda’s influence to have a highly positive impact on the perception of the brand she is representing."

"I attended the protection training course in Leeds and have to say it was well worth the day out of the office. The content was very well produced and delivered and the impartiality means that session was not product or provider bias. No matter what your knowledge of Protection is, I would highly recommend the session – great for inexperienced advisers and a really useful refresher for all those experienced advisers."

"When we started Clarity Financial we knew we needed guidance from industry experts with a proven track record of product understanding and distribution. Our search started and ended with Kevin. He is been invaluable to us and a key factor in our continued development. I can’t imagine a scenario where a protection business wouldn’t benefit from Kevin’s involvement."

"Kevin has made a real difference to our business. When we launched BFS protect the industry knowledge, insight and communications skills he brought to the table were invaluable and contributed greatly to our development. There is no messing around with Kevin, he calls it as he sees it, which is very refreshing."

"The Income Protection training delivered by Kevin Carr and Stuart Johnson was the best protection training I’ve had in 10 years of being in the financial services industry."

"No.43: Kevin Carr is committed to bringing to the fore the best of financial services from every aspect. In his 16 years in the industry he has reinvented himself from high-street mortgage adviser, to protection specialist at LifeSearch and head of protection strategy, to director of protection development at PruProtect. This year Carr launched his own consultancy firm, which provides public relations, marketing and training services to the protection and wider financial services industry. At the same time, in an example of his commitment to every angle of the industry, in January Carr took up the role of CEO of the Protection Review. Working with the firm ‘s co-founders he pushes forward debate on key industry issues like Solvency II and adviser awareness of how to avoid mis-selling."

"I have known Kevin for a long time. He has proven to be a trusted and loyal confidant, professional, diligent, unafraid of challenging the status quo and arguably the best media commentator in the protection industry today - helping raise the need for financial protection like no other."

"Having worked at both the coal face and senior management level within adviser and provider businesses, Kevin probably has an unequalled understanding of the practical, commercial operations and communications issues in the Protection market today. He thoroughly deserves his position as one of the key influencers in the UK financial services industry."

"The 'Seven Families' campaign is the most impressively delivered, organised and sequenced protection press campaign one could imagine."

"Kevin has a number of virtually unique talents. The first is that, apart from one other, he is the only person I know in this industry who is liked by everybody. The second is that he has an intuitive grasp of issues and impacts which enables him to decode them quicker than anybody else."

"No.24: Through his consultancy firm Carr provides public relations and marketing services to a wide range of businesses in the industry but he maintains the importance of advice."

"No.2: Kevin has breathed new life into this industry and has raised the profile for protection in the pages of the personal finance press like no one has done before. He tackles every issue with the customer first and foremost in mind, which in itself is a rare treat in this industry. His knowledge of the market is exhaustive and he uses his considerable ‘clout’ to improve the way we all work. You may not agree with him all the time, but you cannot question his commitment and drive. A true consumer champion – doing more for the promotion of protection than most."

"Kevin Carr has made protection insurance his own. When he first came on to the PR scene a few years back journalists were sometimes marginally overwhelmed by his boundless enthusiasm for all things critical. But Carr is no longer a PR puppy. A typical comment is: “Kevin is very pro-active, thinking several steps ahead of his competitors, and he has a really thorough grasp of his subject. He is more helpful, knowledgeable and quotable than anyone else in the protection field.” That is perhaps not surprising bearing in mind that PR is only part of Carr’s remit. He heads up LifeSearch’s technical department and also manages the company’s sales relationships with each product provider."