Industry News
22nd November 2010
Inside Lobbying: Starting a Career in Lobbying (Evening Training Course)
Date & Time: Tuesday, 30 November 2010, 6.30pm-9.00pm (registration from 6.10pm)
Venue: Room NAB 1.14, New Academic Building, London School of Economics, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ
Inside Lobbying, in association with its sponsors PubAffairs, Peter Childs, DeHavilland and Insight Public Affairs, is running an introductory training course on starting a career in lobbying. This course is targeted at university students, graduates and parliamentary researchers who want to find out more about what a career in lobbying has to offer.
You will learn what lobbying is and what lobbyists do on a day-to-day basis. You will learn about career progression and salary structure within the industry, and discover what knowledge and attributes employers are looking for in new recruits.
We will examine key websites and information sources that lobbyists use to monitor Parliament, Government and the Devolved Assemblies and provide you with helpful tips on how to get the most out of them.
Finally, we will profile some prominent organisations operating within the sector and their approaches to lobbying, and will go on to examine the current regulatory landscape and its implications for practitioners.
Tickets cost £30 each. If you would like to attend, please email info@insidelobbying.co.uk and quote ‘PA10’ to obtain a special 10% discount. We have limited places on the course so please contact us in advance to make your booking.
For further information about the event please go to www.insidelobbying.co.uk/courses
12th November 2010
Personal and Professional Development Coaching Offer from Former Public Affairs Practitioner
PubAffairs member Jo Benfield has established Be: Coaching, a life coaching service for professionals in Central and South West London. Be: Coaching enables clients to achieve their full potential in both their personal and professional lives. Coaching helps clients to:
- Improve work-life balance
- Cultivate rewarding careers
- Increase self-esteem
- Improve personal relationships
- Find personal fulfilment.
Through a series of one-to-one coaching sessions which take place face-to-face, on the phone or via Skype, Be: Coaching works with clients to define and achieve their personal and professional goals. Using conversations, exercises and coaching techniques, the coach helps the client to overcome the obstacles preventing them from reaching their full potential.
In order to see whether coaching is for you, why not take advantage of our free 30 minute taster session? This will give you the opportunity to discuss your coaching needs and to experience the coaching process. We are also offering PubAffairs members a 10% discount on our current rates for all coaching sessions booked before 15 December 2010.
For further information, please contact Jo Benfield at info@swlondonlifecoach.co.uk or visit our website www.swlondonlifecoach.co.uk. Please ensure that you mention PubAffairs in order to claim your discount.
8th November 2010
Winners of the European Public Affairs Awards 2010
The Winners of the European Public Affairs Awards 2010 were announced on Thursday 4 November at a gala dinner in the Theatre du Vaudeville, Brussels and are:
- Campaign of the Year: European Obesity Day
- Consultancy of the Year: Cambre Associates
- Consultant of the Year: Catherine Stewart
- Digital Campaign of the Year: cafébabel.com
- European Trade Association of the Year: European Small Business Alliance (ESBA)
- NGO of the Year: British Heart Foundation
- Public Affairs Professional of the Year: Ruth Rawling
- Rising star of the Year: Mualla Cirakli
- Think-Tank of the Year: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
- Outstanding Contribution: John Houston.
Click here to view photos of the winners.
5th November 2010
Public Affairs Networking in Manchester
Jane Bennett, Head of Campaigns at the Forum of Private Business, based in the North West of England, would like to canvass Member interest in organising public affairs networking events in Manchester.
The first get-together will be informal, in a pub in the city centre, and is due to take place before the end of 2010.
If you are based in the North West and are interested in being kept up to date with developments please contact Jane directly at Jane_Bennett@live.co.uk or 07866001130.
5th November 2010
UK Public Affairs Council Register of Lobbyists Open for CIPR Member Sign-up
The UK Public Affairs Council (UKPAC) register of lobbyists is now open and for the first time, CIPR members engaged in public affairs will be able to register. This development is in response to the recommendations made by the Public Administration Select Committee following their inquiry into lobbying. CIPR believes the UKPAC register is an opportunity to promote ethics and transparency in the industry and encourages all its members who meet the definition to register now at http://www.publicaffairscouncil.org.uk/
The CIPR also welcomes enquiries from public affairs practitioners who are not currently CIPR members but would like to register with UKPAC (note that if you work for an organisation that is a member of APPC or PRCA you will be automatically added to the register by those bodies). The UKPAC definition, CIPR guidance, FAQs and contact details can all be found at http://www.cipr.co.uk/content/policy-resources/policy/ukpac or you can e-mail us at ciprukpac@cipr.co.uk
28th October 2010
Public Affairs News Awards: The Winners
The 6th Public Affairs News Awards took place last night at the Brewery in the City of London, presented by BBC chief political correspondent Laura Kuenssberg. The Winners of the 14 Award Categories were:
- Open Road - Consultancy of the Year
- Blue Rubicon - Best Use of Social Media in a Public Affairs Campaign
- PLMR - Best Agency to Work For.
- Keith McDowall - Outstanding Contribution
- Insight Public Affairs’ James Tyrrell - Consultant of the Year
- Prudential’s Timothy Fassam - Rising Star - Individual
- Curtin & Co - Rising Star - Consultancy
- British Heart Foundation - In-House Team of the Year
- Demos - Think-Tank of the Year
- Local Government Association - Trade Body of the Year
- PayPoint, working with Interel Consulting UK - Campaign of the Year - Private Sector
- Cancer Research UK - Campaign of the Year - Voluntary Sector
- Capability Scotland - Campaign of the Year - Devolved Administrations
- ComRes - Pollster of the Year.
21st October 2010
The European Azerbaijan Society: Brussels Office Launch Event
The European Azerbaijan Society
hereby cordially invites you to attend its
Brussels Office Launch Event
The keynote address will be given by
György Schöpflin MEP
- Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
Vytautas Landsbergis MEP
- Vice-Chair to the Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia
- Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
- Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
The evening will also showcase the photo exhibition: Azerbaijan – Land of Fire
18:30 to 21:00 Monday 8th November 2010
Venue: Bibliothèque Solvay - Parc Leopold, 137 Rue Belliard, 1040 Brussels
Please respond to eliza.pieter@teas.eu or call +32 2 550 34 31
20th October 2010
Spending Review Tightens Britain's Belts
George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has presented the Government’s Spending Review, announcing average 19% cuts to spending budgets across Government departments up to 2014-15. Osborne's "day of rebuilding when we set out a four-year plan to put our public services and welfare state on a sustainable footing – for the long term" includes: 490,000 public sector jobs likely to go; £7bn of additional welfare budget cuts; police spending falling by 4% a year; retirement age to rise for men and women from 65 to 66 by 2020, phased in from 2018; whilst health spending will rise each year over and above inflation, and a rise to the schools budget. Legislation to secure a permanent bank levy is to be introduced “to extract the maximum sustainable tax revenues from financial services”. The Spending Review documents are available to download here. Click to read the reactions of the CBI, FSB, TUC and the PCS.
14th October 2010
Public Affairs News Awards 2010: less than two weeks to go!
Just a few tickets now remain available for this year’s Public Affairs News Awards – the highlight of the public affairs industry’s calendar.
The awards are now in their sixth year and provide an invaluable networking opportunity.
This year’s event is on Wednesday 27 October and the venue is the Brewery in the City of London.
Fourteen awards will be handed out overall, with the ceremony presented by BBC chief political correspondent, Laura Kuenssberg.
The drinks reception starts at 6.30pm, with the awards ceremony and dinner from 7pm.
To see the shortlists across all the categories, click on the ‘PAN Awards’ tab at www.publicaffairsnews.com
For sponsorship packages and table/individual seat bookings/inquiries, please contact Public Affairs News’s head of advertising and sponsorship, Rob Ellis on 020 7091 7609. Or you can email rob.ellis@publicaffairsnews.com
14th October 2010
Inside Lobbying: Starting a Career in Lobbying (Evening Training Course)
Date & Time: 6pm-8.30pm Thursday 21 October 2010
Venue: Room NAB 2.08, New Academic Building, London School of Economics, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ
Inside Lobbying, in association with its sponsors PubAffairs, Peter Childs and DeHavilland, is running an introductory training course on starting a career in lobbying. This course is targeted at university students, graduates and parliamentary researchers who want to find out more about what a career in lobbying has to offer.
You will learn what lobbying is and what lobbyists do on a day-to-day basis. You will learn about career progression and salary structure within the industry, and discover what knowledge and attributes employers are looking for in new recruits.
The second part of the course will examine the key websites and information sources that lobbyists use to monitor Parliament, Government and the Devolved Assemblies, and will provide you with helpful tips on how to get the most out of them.
The final part will then profile some of the prominent agencies and in-house organisations operating within the sector and their approaches to lobbying, and will then go on to examine the current regulatory landscape and its implications for practitioners.
Tickets cost £30 each. If you would like to attend, please email info@insidelobbying.co.uk and quote ‘PA10’ to obtain a special 10% discount. We have limited places on the course so please contact us in advance to make your booking.
For further information about the event please go to www.insidelobbying.co.uk/courses
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