> Spinning the Wheels: A guide to the PR and lobbying industry in the UK
> is a new publication by SpinWatch.
>
> The booklet provides a snapshot of an industry that prefers to stay
> out of the limelight. It documents the tactics used by leading PR and
> public affairs companies on issues such as nuclear power, science,
> food and local government. It then takes you on a tour of leading PR
> companies, think tanks and corporate funded science organizations in
> the UK.
>
> Spinning the Wheels also gives an insight into lobbying, a sub-sector
> of the PR industry. It argues that while lobbying is a legitimate
> activity, the majority is undertaken by or on behalf of industry. By
> examining the links between personnel in commercial lobbying
> consultancies and politics in the UK, it reveals the enormous
> disparity in access and influence between the business interests able
> to afford their services and those lobbying in the not-for-profit sector.
>
> The booklet was launched on Monday 22nd September at a fringe event at
> the Labour Party conference. The event, called Will Lobbyists Come
> Clean? was a debate on transparency in lobbying and whether rules
> should be introduced to open up lobbying activity to more public
> scrutiny. It was organised by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency
> (ALT), of which SpinWatch is a member.
>
> You can either download a copy for free or order a hard copy from the
> SpinWatch bookshop.
>
> More information:
> http://www.spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/40-pr-industry/5176-spinning-the-wheels-a-guide-to-the-pr-and-lobbying-industry
>
> Bookshop:
> http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5174:spinning-the-wheels&catid=314:books&Itemid=120
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