It's relatively early days but the emergency budget will no doubt take its toll on public sector communications budgets and we're doing some research to see what sort of impact, if any, there has been on the PR agency world.
If you're from a PR agency please take part in the survey - it takes just a minute to complete (just five questions) and no personal or contact information is taken. Please take part even if the public sector is not an important part of your business.
We ask that the survey is completed only once per agency.
The survey will close on Friday 27 August 2010 and results will be shared here in early September.
Please note this survey is for PR agencies only.
I wanted to contribute, Daryl, but I couldn't (your survey didn't seem to allow for my particular challenge).
Let me explain.... My clients work mainly in the construction sector, and - as you may know - the government (central and local) is the construction industry's biggest single source of clients, providing about 40% of the industry's workload. While I no longer work directly for any public sector clients, the public sector spending cuts are likely to have an impact on my construction industry clients - and I fear there will then be a corresponding knock-on impact on specialist PR consultancies such as mine.
Posted by: EEPaul | August 22, 2010 at 19:40
Thanks for your comments - this is a very valid contribution. I would imagine there are PR professionals specialising in other vertical sectors, in addition to construction, that will also be impacted indirectly through public sector cuts. Our survey didn't really cater for this unfortunatley. But at least it may give a snapshot of what is happening so far.
Posted by: Daryl Willcox | August 23, 2010 at 10:35