… the growth of the PR industry in Britain since 1979. It sets out the major reasons for its growth
… impacts of the expansion on the PR consultancy sector in Britain. In particular it focuses on …

… These three reports form the bedrock for the analysis of the public relations industry in the
UK which follows. They are complemented and supplemented by six other empirical research …

… rise of New Labour in the 1990s. It reviews the history of British political public relations (PR),
and traces the … —council house sales, for example, or the privatisation of key industries like …

… insights about the development of the public relations industry in Britain. The approach taken
… The rise of the PR industry in Britain, 1979-98', European Journal of Communication, 15 (1) …

… Abstract This paper reviews the history of public relations (PR) education in the UK in the …
Stephens (publicity officer of the Federation of British Industry) commented, ‘we all agree that a …

… the rising influence of professional public relations on the process of national news production
in Britain … in the sudden growth of the professional public relations sector and changes to …

… PR being a modern category, we assume that the British as well as the German and the
American PR historiography mark the beginning of PR … the sector‐specific establishment of PR in …

… , by the creation of in-house lobbying and PR capacities in the biggest enterprises, and by
the use of the industry of lobbying, corporate PR and brand management, to which both big …

… Given the trend towards RSPs in the principal trade journal of the industry, PR Week, our
study suggests that UK PR professionals may have increasingly developed specialised self-…

… The PR industry in Britain had quadrupled in size, yet increased feminisation and …
agencies in the industry, the 1990s offered a lad's mag culture and an AbFab image of PR. …