Following calls to stop people buying water in plastic bottles, Harrogate Spring Water, the UK’s oldest bottled water company, engaged us to help shape this narrative...
We have worked with the NRLA and its predecessor, the RLA, for over 15 years helping it to become established as the leading voice for the private rented sector...
Rentplus are the market leaders in a new home ownership scheme. We have worked with the Company to promote the model to national and local politicians and encourage its inclusion in new housing developments….
FDM Group Plc had no profile with government. We supported the Company to raise its profile through submitting detailed policy submissions, securing meetings with key MPs, MSPs and officials and organising Parliamentary roundtables…
This was their first time engaging in public affairs. We secured a meeting with the Prime Minister’s Policy Adviser at No.10 and organised a call with the Environment Minister. Over the course of just a few months there was a notable shift in the language coming from government and it published a series of pragmatic proposals which were all in line with Harrogate Spring Water’s position.
We organised for a group of Treasury and Defra officials to visit a recycling facility and the departments took into account the concerns raised in their future policymaking.
"The Public Affairs Company showed an impressive understanding of our business and our challenges. They delivered results whilst expertly navigating us through a complicated landscape. Their dedicated team have successfully delivered a campaign which has raised our profile in government and beyond. Thank you."
It is now regularly consulted on all issues related to the sector and has frequent meetings with Ministers, Shadow Ministers, MPs, Peers and officials, as well as Special Advisers in DLUHC, the Treasury and No.10. It has secured changes to legislation and is contacted pro-actively by departments for its input to new policy development, with them often taking on board many of its suggestions.
We have worked with the NRLA to link its public affairs activity to its media strategy and it gets regular publicity for its work.
"The Public Affairs Company has made a significant difference to NRLA recognition by politicians and government departments, enabling us to work effectively towards our objectives."
We have worked with the Company to promote the model to national and local politicians and encourage its inclusion in new housing developments. This has supported the roll out of Rentplus schemes across the country.
The Company has gone from a position of no political awareness at all to gaining significant levels of cross-party support including from recent Housing Ministers who have praised the model. We have secured meetings with the Special Advisers at No.10 and Rentplus was on the agenda of a meeting of MPs discussing housing with the then Prime Minister.
“PAC has been an enormous help offering both guidance and support enabling us to influence government decision making and policy.”
We supported the Company to raise its profile through submitting detailed policy submissions, securing meetings with key MPs, MSPs and officials and organising Parliamentary roundtables. Having established its credibility as a major player in this sector, it was invited to give oral evidence to a select committee inquiry and is now recognised as a leading voice on digital skills as well as for its work in supporting women in tech.
It is regularly invited to join Government skills policy working groups including at No.10. Its work has been highlighted as an example of best practice in both UK and Scottish Government policy documents.
“We've got some fantastic results and huge movement on brand awareness.”
