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We help organisations understand and influence public opinion through research and targeted communications campaigns. And we help businesses craft policy ideas that Governments can realistically apply to difficult issues.

Our Approach

Our Experience

Since our launch we have worked with a number of the world’s biggest businesses, for Government departments and agencies, and for trade associations, think tanks and charities.

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Our People

Our staff have been recruited from the highest levels of Government, the media, think tanks, campaigns, Parliament and agencies. They all recognise the power of the public in creating and shaping public policy.

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Businesses must understand their customers’ political attitudes

Writing in the Sunday Telegraph yesterday, Public First Founding Partner James Frayne wrote about corporate purpose – and the need for businesses to understand the political and social attitudes of their customers. He argued that too many businesses unthinkingly create political initiatives that please their own internal teams, but that fall flat with their primary target – their customers....

UPP Civic University Comission report launched

Public First ran the UPP Civic University Commission and wrote the report that was launched in Parliament earlier this month. Our research – which included a touring ‘select committee’ process with experts, polling and focus groups across the country - demonstrated how vital universities are to the success of their places, and how much more the sector and government can do to support the prosperity and wellbeing of people across the country. In her launch speech Angela Rayner called the report a “blueprint”. ...

PR Week names Public First as “one to watch” in 2019

Industry magazine PR Week has named Public First as one of its “agencies to watch” in 2019. According to the feature: “Public First is a corporate and public affairs agency with a big difference because it does not just provide counsel, but researches and designs policy before testing it with the public and other audiences to create integrated campaigns....

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