PRCA signs up raft of new members

Edited by the Marketingservicestalk editorial team Apr 7, 2008

The PRCA (Public Relations Consultants Association) has already signed up 15 new members this year, increasing its membership by 13 per cent in the first three months of 2008.

Francis Ingham, director general of the PRCA, said: "Our recent growth reflects the recognition in the PR industry of the need for standards.

"Currently we are representing the interests of our membership with the Financial Services Authority, the Public Affairs Select Committee and with government.

"There are still a lot of excellent consultancies out there who would benefit from the services the PRCA offers, and we look forward to welcoming increasing numbers of them on board.

"The PRCA is surging ahead".

Nick Porter of iris PR, the most recent member to join, said: "PRCA members must undergo the Consultancy Management Standard (CMS), a combination of ISO9000 and Investors in People adapted for the PR industry to ensure they are operating to best practice.

"CMS has a crucial role to play raising the standards of PR consultancy and we look forward to joining this group of elite consultancies".

The new members are: MandN Communications, Mistral Group Limited, Paver Smith and Co, Gong Communications, Phil Hall Associates, Connect Public Affairs, Westgate Communications, Westminster City Council, DTW Vavasour, Voice It Consultancy, Van Communications, bennettcaroe partnership, Madano Partnership, Ascendant Communications, iris PR.

The PRCA is the representative body for public relations consultancies in the UK.

It has over 130 members and represents consultancies who account for more than 70 per cent of the consultancy fee income generated in the UK.

The association provides support to PR consultancies to enable them to become better businesses and helps to demonstrate the value of public relations consultancy to clients.