Features
Is the 'lobbying' agency DEAD?
Public affairs agencies are increasingly expanding into other areas of communications. So are we seeing the death of the ‘pure’ lobbying consultancy? Adam Hill investigates
‘We should stop demonising lobbyists’
Roger Helmer MEP, who has been a Conservative MEP for the East Midlands since 1999, explains why he engages with lobbyists
The road to 'UKPAC'
The PASC inquiry into lobbying may have issued its recommendations 13 months ago, but its ramifications rumble on as the UK Public Affairs Council nears reality. Ian Hall sees Cabinet Office minister Angela E Smith MP and her Tory shadow Nick Hurd MP discuss the progress towards ‘UKPAC’ in a sparsel...
EVENT REPORT: 'The City under the Conservatives'
Ian Hall reports from an event at which the shadow minister for the City, Mark Hoban MP, explained the Conservatives’ plans for the Square Mile
PAN heads to Wembley (football lobbyists reunited)
Gavin Megaw and Robert Sullivan worked next to each other for the Conservatives a decade ago. Both went into consultancy before moving to the Football League and the Football Association, respectively. Ian Hall reunited them at Wembley Stadium to ask whether their lobbying strategies are hitting the...
The lawbbyists’ impasse
In Brussels and Westminster law firms insist that they cannot declare who they lobby for. Adam Hill asks if their hand could soon be forced by law
Stormont specialists... PA advisers in Northern Ireland
Public Affairs News maps out the agency scene in Belfast, where international agency Weber Shandwick mixes it up with local names such as Chambré, Cherton and Strategem
Senedd strategists... PA advisers in Wales
Public Affairs News maps out the agency scene in Cardiff, where multi-territory brands such as Grayling and Good Relations co-exist with local agencies such as Positif Politics, The Bay and Strata Matrix
“If they arrest me, bring it on” - Lembit Opik MP
A public affairs firm campaigning to get Segways approved for use on Britain’s public highways invited PAN’s Sam Macrory to a demonstration of the device in Westminster
