26 Apr 2013
to the Start' is a good moment to pause for reflection and remind ourselves of the purpose of public services ...
is largely dominated with whether the UK can avoid a 'triple-dip' recession and more cuts to the public sector, local public services must work harder to connect with their communities.
This is as much ...
15 Apr 2013
| by Julia Corkey
From the start of April responsibility for public health and some health services transferred from ...
and planning.
It is in fact returning public health to where it was before 1974 and builds on the much ...
of the work we do as communicators is about changing or enhancing perceptions, and in public health the aim ...
12 Apr 2013
| by Richard Jukes
director, Grayling Public Affairs ...
they be elected, if not to shine?
Greater publicity has also meant that select committees are conducting ever ...
instant judgements and solutions.
Greater publicity can mean greater pressure to land the killer blow ...
14 Mar 2013
| by Michael Burrell
of our membership said public affairs agencies should be covered by a statutory lobbying register: a ...
they described their profession as lobbying (more than those who said public affairs or political engagement ...
to the lobbying process crucially increasing public confidence in the relationships between policy makers ...
26 Feb 2013
| by Alex Deane
We are witnessing a game-changing rise in UKIP's standing. It does not take a crystal ball to visualise that the party will be vying with Labour to win next year's elections for Britain's seats in the European Parliament.
01 Feb 2013
| by Laura Chisholm
So we now know what the Prime Minister believes the UK's relationship should be with Europe and thus what he believes the EU is for.
16 Jan 2013
| by Alex Aiken
Effective public service comms can help keep children safe, help companies grow and reinforce...but also unprecedented scrutiny: every penny of public spending has to demonstrate value for money ...
strong base working to promote public services and the best that the UK can offer the world.
Alex ...
29 Nov 2012
| by Ian Monk
of absence from Parliament to fly out to I'm A Celebrity.
Her pre-show publicity rationale for joining ...
in the seat she abandoned mid-term has done nothing to curb her passion for publicity.
Hilariously, a ...
05 Oct 2012
| by Polly Cziok
, the sector has been on a mission to make the Great British Public appreciate their local authorities....charges. And having fleeced the Great British Public of their hard earned cash, what do we do ...
tweetathon last month was a fresh effort to illustrate to said British Public, the many and important roles ...
feel valued. At a time when staff morale is a serious issue for all local public services, exercises ...
01 Oct 2012
| by Alex Aiken
serve as the cue for public service PROs to redouble their efforts in bridging the digital divide....to think more clearly about cost-effective public relations. Part of the answer has to be digital, and how ...
% increase in customer satisfaction once they closed their public counters and boosted their online services ...
to the public. This in turn supports the reputation of the authority as a whole Fourth, beware of the Apple ...