PUBLIC SECTOR: Local Government Network hires Reputation

Pressure group the New Local Government Network has hired its first PR agency, Reputation, on a six-month consumer and corporate account following a three-way pitch last week. Funding for the Network, which has 500 members working in the public and private sectors, comes from conference income and private sponsors. Formed in 1996, the Network’s aim is to modernise local government, improve services and aid local decision-making. Reputation will handle media relations and promote the organisation’s publications.