ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL POLITICAL CONSULTANTS (APCC)- UK

The  APPC is the self-regulatory body for UK public affairs practitioners. As well as its traditional membership base of consultancies, APPC membership is now available to trade associations, in-house PA teams and individuals.

The APPC has three main roles:

1. To ensure transparency and openness by maintaining a register of political practitioners
2. To enforce high standards by requiring members to adhere to a code of conduct
3. To promote understanding of the public affairs sector, and the contribution made by political practitioners to a properly functioning democracy, amongst politicians, the media and others

APPC’s members are individuals and firms that offers political consultancy services relating to the institutions of UK government (be they central, regional or local) and/or other public bodies. These services may be the principal business of the firm or ancillary to it, provided that they are undertaken for third parties on a commercial basis.

Members range in size from sole traders to firms employing over 100 public affairs consultants.APPC is a member of the UK Public Affairs Council.

Member Companies

• Access Partnership
• Advocate
• Airport Operators Association
• Apco Worldwide
• B2L Public Affairs
• Bell Pottinger
• Bellenden Limited
• Blue Rubicon
• Brevia Consulting
• Burkitt Communications Ltd.
• Burson Marsteller
• Butler Kelly
• Cavendish Communications
• Chambre Public Affairs LLP
• Champollion
• Cherton Enterprise
• Cicero Consulting
• Citigate Dewe Rogerson
• Cogitamus
• College Public Policy
• Connect Communications
• Costain McCade Illiam
• Deryn
• Ecuity Consulting
• Edelman
• EPPA UK Ltd.
• EUK Consulting
• Fishburn Hedges
• Fleishman-Hillard
• Four Communications
• Freshwater Public Affairs
• Grayling
• Green Issues Communique
• Greenhaus
• Grogan Rosemary
• Guide Consultancy, The
• Hanover Communications
• Helen Johnson Consulting Limited
• HK Strategies
• Hume Brophy
• iNHouse Communications
• Insight Public Affairs
• Interel
• JMC Partners LLP
• Just Health Communications
• Keene Communications
• Ketchum
• Lansons Public Affairs
• Lexington Communications
• Luther Pendragon
• Mac Thomais Political Consulting
• Maitland Political
• Meade Hall & Associates
• Message Matters
• MHP Communications
• Munro & Forster
• New Consensus Communications Limited
• Newgate Communications
• Nick Kemp Associates
• Pagefield
• PB Political Consulting
• Perspectiva Consultants
• Political Intelligence
• Political Lobbying & Media Relations
• Portland
• Positif
• PPS Group
• Public Affairs Company (The)
• Quiller Consultants
• Snapdragon Consulting
• Sovereign Strategy
• Stratagem (NI) Ltd.
• Teneo Strategy
• Tetra Strategy
• TLG Communications Ltd.
• Weber Shandwick
• Westbourne Communications
• Westminster PA
• Whitehouse Consultancy Ltd. The