Public Affairs: Soap Box
17 Dec 2010 | by Jon McLeod, public affairs & corp comms chairman, Weber Shandwick
The great thing about being in PR is that everyone knows how to do a better job than you.
Several Labour special advisers have held talks with public affairs agencies in the run ... Cluer is believed to be considering a move into public affairs, having recently stopped working ... is heading for a drubbing at the next general election. One public affairs industry insider said those ...
The great thing about being in PR is that everyone knows how to do a better job than you.
he persistence of unpaid internships in media, politics and comms is one of the greatest injustices for young graduates, who find themselves in unpaid work, offered only a paltry lunch or travel allowance.
As I write, Labour leader Ed Miliband has yet to unveil his new comms chief. The Westminster buzz is that when he does, that person will be from a broadcast background. This is a fascinating development that, for all the talk of a break from the ways of New Labour, has some serious but relevant echoes...
and unemployment, and cuts to public services, the Government's grid won't make comforting viewing for key....' The Tories have already been doing this well on the cuts and the polls suggest the public is backing them. They need to go further, consistently putting Labour on the wrong side of public opinion. And not just on the economy but on other issues the public care about, such as crime and justice, and schools. Tory ...
and Bellenden Public Affairs had expired in April 2010. We should have said contracts with Weber Shandwick
Public affairs is changing, with the value of good communications increasingly being recognised...The industry is beginning to reflect this by broadening its strategic comms offering with a convergence between public affairs, corporate communications and digital marketing. Agencies ... , rather than in a traditional communications role. The value clients are now taking from public affairs ...
Regardless of recent polls, the public affairs industry has been placing too great an emphasis
Guru-Murthy was spot-on, and I suspect the PR and public affairs professionals at our party will have woken up the next day wondering what the increased reality of a role for the Lib Dems means for them. Well, if a hung Parliament is en route, here are a few questions to test whether any lobbyist ...
The next six months are going to be frantic for the public affairs industry....to restore its self-respect. The public affairs industry has an important role in this process. I have ... Pottinger Public Affairs' decision to join the PRCA (prweek.com/uk,1 April) is, therefore, a huge boost ...