Practices & Specialities
Public Affairs
Public policy decisions and legislation have a profound impact on virtually every public and private institution. Each day, elected and regulatory officials make decisions that could influence, directly or indirectly, a company’s competitiveness, licence to operate and all other aspects of its business activities. Key public affairs audiences include:
- Government
- Westminster
- Whitehall
- Regional Government
- Local Government
- The Political Parties
- NGOs
- Think Tanks
Burson-Marsteller’s Public Affairs Practice in London assists clients in achieving their bottom-line public policy and business objectives by facilitating their interaction with these key public affairs audiences.
Many of our senior public affairs executives have served in Government or at high-levels in political parties and NGOs. Our people are well versed in all aspects of the policy making and legislative process and additionally work very closely with colleagues around the world on issues which have an international aspect.
Our highly experienced team of public affairs professionals are able to make maximum use of the latest public affairs and communications tools and techniques, including the sophisticated use of polling, research and the internet.
In 2010 we won the Public Affairs Campaign of the Year – Hebrides Range Task Force with Burson-Marsteller, UK at the PR Week awards and the SABRE awards 2009/10. Burson-Marsteller EMEA named Public Affairs Consultancy of the Year by the Holmes Report 2009
- B-M London’s public affairs practice provide a different and entertaining perspective on
politics, economics and public policy on our blog: Policy Periscope. You can also follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/policyperiscope#.
Contact
George Hutchinson
Managing Director and Chair of the Public Affairs practice
Office: London, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7300 6173
Email:
George Hutchinson is Managing Director and Chair of the Public Affairs practice at Burson-Marsteller UK. Read extended profile
George Hutchinson is Managing Director and Chair of the Public Affairs practice at Burson-Marsteller UK. A specialist in public affairs, campaigning and issues and crisis communications, George advises a number of organisations that require complex political issues management. Much of his work builds upon an understanding of how to communicate across audiences to create compelling campaigns and manage reputations that enable clients to meet their commercial goals.
Amongst the awards George and his team have won in recent years are Public Affairs Campaign of the Year for the Hebrides Range Task Force, PR Week awards 2010 and SABRE awards 2009/10 and
Public Affairs Consultancy Award for the campaign to stop the world’s largest congestion charge scheme in Manchester, CIPR PRide Awards, 2009, North West and PRCA 2009
George currently leads a number of flagship client relationships and is a regular author on the public affairs blog – www.policyperiscope.com
George was previously Director of External Affairs at Tube Lines, the private company rebuilding the London Underground's busiest lines. He managed Tube Lines communications through two major crises, the 7/7 bombings on the Underground and the derailment of a Northern line train at Camden Town. Over the course of his time at Tube Lines he transformed perceptions of the company delivering a strong, positive, well defined reputation. His responsibilities included media relations, community relations, crisis communications, public affairs and electronic media.
Before joining Tube Lines, George had spent more than 10 years in public relations consultancies where he specialised in public affairs and corporate communications.
