The top of the table remains familiar, while just two agencies in the top ten post positive revenue growth. Our listing of agencies with their HQ outside London reveals all...
BECG has stormed to the top of our list, while two top-five agencies record double-digit negative growth. Our public affairs breakout table reveals all...
There's a new name at the top of the table and some big revenue rises in a sector bucking the trend. Our healthcare communications breakout table reveals all...
Brunswick leapfrogs Edelman for top spot, while Real Chemistry is a strong new entrant into the top 10. Our table of independent agencies reveals all...
The gender balance across UK PR agencies was almost unchanged in 2020, with women accounting for c.50 per cent of board members and just under two thirds of the overall workforce, research by PRWeek suggests.
Almost two thirds of UK PR agency bosses think clients were more demanding in 2020, says new research that also shows why some agencies ditched their clients last year.
2020 was a mixed picture for specialist tech PR agencies and tech practices, with several - including some of the biggest - seeing falling revenue while others experienced decent growth. Four key players share their views.
Most UK PR agencies increased the proportion of their revenue derived from retained accounts in 2020, with many saying project work was harder to come by amid the downturn, new research suggests.
Several major B2B specialist PR agencies experienced strong growth in 2020 as the demands of the pandemic brought new challenges for businesses. Four key players in the UK market discuss the year gone by and look to the future.
As part of the Top 150 Consultancies Report, PRWeek finds out what the biggest challenges for agencies are, as they look ahead to the rest of the year.
Ashfield Health – which includes Mind+Matter, Galliard and Incisive Health – shot to the top of this year’s healthcare rankings with nearly 10 per cent growth, putting clear blue water between itself and second-placed Weber Shandwick.
There have been some big changes in the public affairs agency rankings since last year’s table was published: Cicero, now owned by Havas PR, retains the top spot but Portland returns to the rankings for the first time since 2018 to take second place.
If 2019 was a ‘golden age’ of consumer PR, 2020 was a sobering correction with the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on the revenues of consumer PR agencies.
There was no let up in pitching activity in 2020 for most UK PR agencies, with more than half taking part in more or the same number of pitches compared to 2019, new research shows.
By John Harrington and Danny Rogers,
April 20, 2021
The Information
The 2021 incarnation of PRWeek’s annual Top 150 UK Consultancies table reveals the impact on the comms sector of the tumultuous events of 2020; a year that will be forever remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Four Communications continued its dominance and retained poll position, opening an even wider lead against its nearest rivals in PRWeek's public sector rankings.
One in five UK PR agencies employ no non-white staff at all, with the average agency workforce 11.5 per cent non-white in 2020, new research from PRWeek suggests.
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