PubAffairs targets public affairs freelancers with new membership grouping

Phil Murphy

Building on the monthly PubAffairs networking events in Westminster, which have been running for 10 years, January 2012 will see the first informal gathering of the ‘PubAffairs Freelance Network’ in Westminster.
The PubAffairs Freelance Network is free for people to join and will enable people to network with their peers; share experiences on working practices; and forge new business relationships and seek out business opportunities. The network will also aim to discuss the ‘practical aspects of freelancing and setting up a consultancy business’.
PubAffairs founder and director Phil Murphy said: “The number of freelancers offering public affairs services have steadily increased in recent years. Whether commissioned for short-term interim or on an ongoing basis for increasing organisational capacity, freelancers form a flexible and integral part of the public affairs industry: setting up the PubAffairs Freelance Network reflects this importance.
“Having worked freelance myself for a number of years, it can be an exciting, but daunting, challenge. The PubAffairs Freelance Network will put a broad range of people together to share experiences and encourage building individual contact networks: the group’s creation is an active and positive development for the public affairs industry.”
PubAffairs has more than 3,500 members from organisations including corporates, trade associations, representative bodies, consultancies, NGOs and charities, think-tanks, the civil service, Houses of Parliament, local government, recruitment, law firms, political monitoring, the media and students.

16th November 2011 by PAN staff