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Global Agency Business Report: Public Affairs table 2015

PPS Group generated the most income from public affairs PR during 2014 with £4.64m.

by PRWeek / May 06, 2015 The Information

Public affairs PR: Agencies reeled in a total of £40m in the last 12 months

Camargue Group ranked second but was someway behind in terms of revenue, posting just over £3m. Instinctif Partners rounded off the top three, banking £2.9m.

Overall there were five agencies in the top 20, which generated 100 per cent of their income from public affairs-related PR.

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Rank	In Top 150	Company	Public affairs fee income 2014 (£k)	Total fee income (£k)	% of total fee income	PR staff 2014	Location
1	48	PPS Group	4,636	4,636	100	47	London
2	40	Camargue Group	3,074	6,027	51	71	London
3	13	Instinctif Partners*	2,948	23,360	13	256	London
4	5	Bell Pottinger Private	2,932	32,900	9	221	London
5	1	Edelman	2,901	50,890	6	390	London
6	18	MHP Communications	2,720	16,509	15	168	London
7	59	Remarkable Group	2,532	3,507	72	52	Hampshire
8	86	Curtin&Co	2,374	2,374	100	24	London
9	88	Insight Consulting Group	2,255	2,255	100	20	London
10	36	Hanover Communications	2,227	6,886	32	49	London
11	21	Four Communications Group**	1,822	14,383	13	164	London
12	87	Interel UK	1,790	2,360	76	16	London
13	116	The Whitehouse Consultancy	1,514	1,514	100	20	London
14	118	Local Dialogue	1,504	1,504	100	19	London
15	84	Westbourne Communications	1,315	2,481	53	18	London
16	89	JBP Associates	715	2,254	37	20	Bristol
17	26	Lansons	700	11,733	6	86	London
18	46	Newgate	692	5,104	11	39	London
19	60	London Communications Agency	689	3,444	20	30	London
20	78	PLMR	628	2,660	24	29	London
Notes
* Formerly College Hill
**Four Communications Group includes Colman Getty and Kinross + Render