PRCA Public Affairs Board responds to CTF Partners investigation

Following reports that CTF Partners is under investigation by The Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists, George McGregor MPRCA and Emma Petela MPRCA, PRCA Public Affairs Board Co-Chairs, said: “We welcome the Registrar’s proactivity in ensuring compliance with the ORCL regime. We would like to reiterate that CTF Partners are not PRCA Public Affairs Board members. If they were, they would be bound by the Public Affairs code, which demands the highest standards of transparency and ethical standards. Unethical activity brings the industry into disrepute and damages public trust in lobbying. The…

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Public Affairs Board responds to CTF Partners propaganda network

Following The Guardian’s investigation into lobbying firm CTF Partners running a Facebook propaganda network, the Public Affairs Board have issued an official statement. George McGregor CMPRCA, Managing Partner, Interel Group, and Co-Chair, Public Affairs Board, said: “If the alleged activities of CTF Partners are confirmed as fact we would condemn such behaviour unreservedly. “Such alleged activity is a million miles from the professional public affairs industry in the UK which operates with the highest ethical standards. “If CTF were a Public Affairs Board member it would be bound by a…

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Public Affairs Board announces new Executive Committee leadership team​

The Public Affairs Board has announced a five-strong leadership team for its executive committee, pointing to ethics, diversity, and the devolved nations as issues they will focus on. George McGregor CMPRCA, Managing Partner,  Interel, and Emma Petela CMPRCA, Director, GK Strategy have been appointed as Co-chairs, following the resignation of Paul Bristow MPRCA, Managing Director, PB Consulting, as Public Affairs Board Chair. In addition, Cathy Owens MPRCA, Director, Deryn Consulting and Paul Church CMPRCA, Associate Director, The Whitehouse Consultancy, have been appointed as Vice-chairs, filling the vacant roles left by…

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Public Affairs Board responds to ACOBA and Tony Blair disclosure

Following The Sunday Telegraph’s investigation into the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) and former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, Paul Bristow CMPRCA, Chair, Public Affairs Board, said: “Each and every story like this raises the same issue: transparency rules need to be reformed because – as the public perceive it – there is a very little openness in politics. “Ethics is a two-way street: non-disclosure is against the regulated public affairs and lobbying industry’s own rules. The fact that Tony Blair Associates acted in accordance with the ACOBA guidelines puts…

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