Our services

Monitoring

Politics International's information unit monitors the output from all UK Government departments, both Houses of Parliament, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh, Northern Ireland and London Assemblies, European institutions, political parties, pressure groups, think tanks, non-governmental bodies and industry regulators. We offer all clients a monitoring service tailored to their individual requirements.

Our Monitoring Plus service adds a telephone-based advisory service, offering clients strategic advice on the possible significance for them of developments flagged up in their monitoring. PI also publishes regular newsletters and digests for clients who prefer to receive information on parliamentary and public policy developments analysed and distilled into a suitable format.

Research and analysis

Politics International consultants undertake detailed research into policy development and legislative and regulatory changes. We provide clients with thorough, tailored analysis of how developments will impact on them and their business sector, and offer strategies for managing the issues.

Client research is supplemented with a programme of continuous, pro-active intelligence gathering, making PI well-positioned to fulfil research and analysis projects within the public policy and political arena.

Political and policy audits

We carry out political perceptions audits to discover how clients are perceived by key opinion formers. This process provides invaluable information to determine what message and strategic changes should be made to help organisations maximise the opportunities presented to it by the political environment.

Select committee and general political training

Politics International has developed specific training modules covering Whitehall, Westminster, local and regional government, and the European Union. These can be tailored to suit individual clients' needs and delivered by means of half-day, one-day or two-day seminars.

The company also provides more specialist training to address specific political events in which clients may be asked to participate, including parliamentary select committees. We support clients through the entire process including monitoring and researching relevant issues, helping clients with written submissions and preparing our clients to give oral evidence. This includes running full-scale mock hearings to enable clients to acclimatise to this unique parliamentary experience.

Message development and presentation

Politics International advises clients on how best to control external messages. We help clients to select the most appropriate form, content, timing and style of approach for different identified audiences.

We also assist in the drafting and preparation of written materials, as well as preparing our clients to give oral briefings.

Strategic planning and advice

Politics International can help clients to develop and implement pro-active and defensive strategies designed to secure pre-determined commercial outcomes. We help to ensure that clients are positioned to convey the right messages, to the right people, at the right time. We advise on the commercial implications of regulatory and policy change, including assisting in securing changes in policy to accommodate particular commercial objectives.

Contact management

Politics International provides full support for a contact management programme. We make sure that our clients are targeting the right people at the right time with the right message. We can advise on the best approach to make in any given circumstance. We can help to arrange meetings and can assist with written material including drafting letters and briefing materials. We also attend meetings with clients to provide feedback and develop follow-up strategies where necessary.

Campaign management

Often clients will want to run distinct campaigns on a specific area of public policy. We can advise on drawing up campaign programmes and related media programmes and will assist in implementing an action plan.

Public procurement support

Politics International has worked on some of the most high profile procurement campaigns in recent years in the United Kingdom. Projects we have advised on range from major transport infrastructure projects to government IT procurement and NHS hospital schemes. High profile campaigns require a carefully planned and highly professional approach to strategy. Politics International can act as an integral part of a campaign or bid team, ensuring that bids are sensitive to the political dynamics and sensitivities involved and that the correct messages are conveyed to the most appropriate audiences at the most effective time.

Competition policy positioning and development

The company has particular expertise in competition policy. We have direct and first hand experience of working on high level strategic projects. We work closely with a number of companies operating in heavily regulated sectors. This work involves advising on competition authority inquiries into affected sectors. In addition, we provide our clients with intelligence on the development of UK and EU policy regulation.

Mergers & acquisitions support

Politics International has worked on a range of mergers and acquisitions, both representing parties to a bid as well as competitors affected by it. This gives us a unique understanding of the dynamics of the entire process and the public policy implications of it.

Politics International advises clients on their public affairs strategy in respect of proposed merger or bid scenarios. This work includes helping our clients to secure a favourable outcome, as well as day-to-day liaison with relevant opinion formers and regulators in UK and Brussels.

Legislative advice and drafting

Politics International employees have a thorough knowledge and understanding of the legislative process, and staff have enormous experience of tracking and amending bills through Parliament. Our in-house expertise can be deployed to draft new amendments and to direct these to where they are most likely to be tabled successfully.

Alliance building

The more a message is repeated, the more that message is likely to be listened to and respected. Building alliances is therefore a crucial part of any public campaign. Politics International can help to identify campaign allies, and will devise comprehensive strategies to secure widespread support.

Liaison with think tanks and non-governmental organisations

Think tanks and non-governmental organisations are important government partners in helping to develop policy ideas. It is likely that at some time or another most clients will wish to liaise with these bodies as a way of influencing government policy.

We monitor the output of all the major think tanks and NGOs, and work closely with clients to develop appropriate programmes to educate their work

Speech and article writing

Ensuring that client speeches and articles do not detract from public affairs work is an important part of selling a message. We can advise on whether an invitation to give a speech or write an article should be accepted, help identify the best person in the organisation to respond, and assist with the writing. Politics International also runs training sessions to ensure that the speech is delivered for maximum benefit.

Party conference support

Politics International provides full support for clients who wish to attend the main party conferences. In addition to providing administrative back-up including making travel arrangements, booking accommodation and applying for conference passes, our consultants can advise on, and organise, fringe meetings, receptions and dinners.

We also provide briefings in advance on the context of each party conference, and de-briefings after the conferences on the main themes that emerged.

Community involvement and consultation

Politics International provides strategic advice on community involvement and consultation and can devise and deliver specific programmes to support client requirements, for examples in the planning process. Politics International's team gives strategic advice on involving and consulting the public, and building awareness and consensus. The team has considerable experience in consensus building between the public, private and NGO sectors.

Specialist events organisation

Most clients at some point will need help with organising a specialist event. Politics International can advise clients on the most appropriate format, and can provide support on all aspects of the event. This includes organising venues, accommodation, catering and invitation lists as well as finding speakers and handling the PR.

The range of events we have organised includes conference stands, specialist seminars, public meetings and receptions.

Media relations

We have extensive knowledge of the political media, and have a network of contacts with political and specialist journalists. We can advise on media handling, whether in support of reputation management or in support of a campaign. We will assist in producing briefing materials for the media, including press releases.

Political risk assessment

Politics International has extensive and wide-ranging experience of predicting political behaviour and trends. This has enabled us to provide our clients with clear and detailed advice about both the opportunities and problems that future political changes could bring. By plotting the different processes of government policy making, and identifying key positions within these structures, we can offer our clients a unique insight. We have been particularly successful at identifying new business markets as policy makers redefine public sector provision.

Crisis management

Politics International advises on the political aspects of contingency planning in support of companies' own more sophisticated crisis management plans

Submission writing

Politics International can assist in the writing of submissions or evidence to Government consultations, Select Committees enquiries and Monopolies & Mergers Commission or other regulatory enquiries. We also manage all political enquiry processes.

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