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The Newspaper Society
USEFUL ADDRESSES, British Market Research Bureau
Hadley House Bloomsbury House
COURSES AND 79-81 Uxbridge Road 74-77 Great Russell Street
Ealing London WC1B 3DA
WEB LINKS London W5 5SU Tel: 020 7636 7014
Tel: 020 8567 3060 Web: www.newspapersoc.org.uk
Here are some useful addresses, lists of Web: www.bmrb.co.uk
courses and web links which should PR Week
further help your research into the Campaign 174 Hammersmith Road
industry: 174 Hammersmith Road
London W6 7JP
London W6 7JP
Tel: 020 7413 4429
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Tel: 020 7413 4570
Web: www.campaignlive.com Web: www.prweek.com
Public Relations Consultants Association Periodical Publishers Association
Chartered Institute of Marketing
Willow House Queen’s House
Moor Hall
Willow Place 28 Kingsway
Cookham
Victoria Maidenhead London WC2B 6JR
London SW1P 1JH Berks SL6 9QH Tel: 020 7404 4166
Tel: 020 7233 6026 Tel: 01628 427500 Web: www.ppa.co.uk
Web: www.prca.org.uk or Web: www.cim.co.uk
www.prcafrontline.org.uk Press Complaints Commission
Hollis Press and PR Annual 1 Salisbury Square
IPRA ** International Public Relations Harlequin House London EC4Y 8JB
Association 7 High Street, Teddington Tel: 020 7353 1248
Cardinal House Middlesex TW11 8EL Web: www.pcc.org.uk
7 Wolsey Road Tel: 020 8977 7711
East Molesey Web: www.hollis-pr.co.uk UK Press Gazette
Surrey 19 Scarbrook Road
KT8 9EL Incorporated Society of British
Croydon
UK Advertisers
Surrey CR9 1LX
Tel: +44 20 8481 7634 44 Hertford Street
Tel: 020 8565 4200
Web: www.ipranet.org London W1J 7AE
Tel: 020 7499 7502 Web: www.pressgazette.co.uk
Web: www.isba.org.uk
CERP: STUDENTS (European Association Willings Press Guide
of Public Relations Students) Chess House
Institute of Practitioners in Advertising
C/o Gentsesteenweg 443, bus 4 44 Belgrave Square 34 Germain St
1080 Brussels London SW1X 8QS Chesham
Belgium Tel: 020 7235 7020 Bucks HP5 1ZT
Tel. +32 414 0414 Web: www.ipa.co.uk Tel: 0870 736 0015
Web: www.waymaker.co.uk
ICCO ** International Communications Institute of Public Relations
Consultancy Organisation The Old Trading House PR COURSES AND TRAINING
Willow House 15 Northburgh Street
Willow Place London EC1V 0PR Colleges and universities listed here offer
London SW1P 1JH Tel: 020 7253 5151
IPR-accredited public relations courses
UK Web: www.ipr.org.uk
Tel: +44 20 7233 6026 Bournemouth University
Web: www.iccopr.com The Market Research Society
15 Northburgh Street Poole House, Talbot Campus
London EC1V 0JR Fern Barrow, Poole
Association of Professional Political Dorset BH12 5BB
Consultants Tel: 020 7490 4911
Web: www.mrs.org.uk Tel: 01202 595105
26 Grosvenor Gardens Web: www.bournemouth.ac.uk
London
Marketing
SW1W 0GT College of St Mark and St John
174 Hammersmith Road
Tel: 020 7838 4883 London W6 7JP Derriford Road
www.appc.org.uk Tel: 020 7413 4567 Plymouth PL6 8BH
Web: www.marketing.haynet.com Tel: 01752 636700
ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND PUBLIC Web: www.marjon.ac.uk
RELATIONS The Marketing Society
St George’s House The Communication Advertising &
Association of Media Evaluation 3-5 Pepys Road Marketing Education Foundation Ltd
Companies London SW20 8NJ (CAM)
52 Lyford Road Tel: 020 8879 3464 Moor Hall
London SW18 3LS Web: www.marketing-society.org.uk
Cookham
Tel: 020 8874 5981 Maidenhead
Marketing Week
Web: www.amec.org.uk Berks SL6 9QH
St Giles House
49-50 Poland Street Tel: 01628 427180
Audit Bureau of Circulations Ltd London W1V 4AX Web: www.camfoundation.com
and ABC ELECTRONIC Tel: 020 7970 4000
Saxon House Web: www.marketing-week.co.uk Cardiff University
211 High Street Centre for Journalism, Media and
Berkhamsted Newspaper Publishers Association Cultural studies
Herts HP4 1AD 34 Southwark Bridge Road Cardiff CF10 3XQ
Tel: 01442 870800 London SE1 9EU Tel: 029 2087 4000
Web: www.abc.org.uk Tel: 020 7928 6928 Web: www.cf.ac.uk/uwc/jomec
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Department for Education and University of Stirling PR Newswire (www.prnewswire.co.uk).
Employment Department of Film and Media Studies Web site for the European press release
Sanctuary Buildings Stirling FK9 4LA distribution service, allowing you to
Great Smith Street Tel: 01786 466220 review recently issued press releases.
London SW1P 3BT Web: www.stir.ac.uk US sister site can be found at
Tel: 0870 0002285 (www.prnewswire.com).
Web: www.dfee.gov.uk University of Ulster at Jordanstown
Shore Road AFP (www.afp.com). European press
Dublin Institute of Technology Newtownabbey and photo agency.
Fitzwilliam House Co Antrim BT37 0QB
30 Upper Pembroke St Tel: 028 9036 8853 FeaturesExec (www.featuresexec.com).
Dublin 2 Web: www.ulst.ac.uk Subscription service from The Source,
Ireland allowing you to search UK and European
Tel: (+353) 1 402 3098 West Herts College media for details of planned articles on
Web: www.dit.ie Watford Campus hi-tech topics.
Hempstead Road
Lancashire Business School Watford, Herts PRNET (www.prnet.co.uk). Web-based
Department of Journalism WD1 3EZ newswire service for press releases.
University of Central Lancashire Tel: 01923 812000
Preston PR1 2HE Web: www.westherts.ac.uk Hollis (www.hollis-pr.co.uk). The web
Tel: 01772 894753 version of the Hollis Press & PR Annual
Web: www.uclan.ac.uk which provides media sources, in-house
WEB LINKS
news contacts, national information
Leeds Business School sources, UK PR consultancies with client
Leeds Metropolitan University Frontline (www.prcafrontline.org.uk).
listings & specialisations, regional PR
Beckett Park Campus A forum for the emerging leaders of the guide, world PR contacts, sponsorship
Headingley public relations industry that enables specialists, government advisors, and
Leeds LS6 3QS them to discuss issues, learn more about service providers.
Tel: 0113 283 2600 the industry, promote career
Web: www.lmu.ac.uk/lbs development, get involved in industry Sponsorship Online
events, and network. (www.sponsorshiponline.com).
London School of Public Relations A sponsorship matching service with a
David Game House Public Relations Consultants Association global reach.
69 Notting Hill Gate (www.prca.org.uk). Represents over 70%
London W11 3JS of the UK’s public relations consultancy The Council of Public Relations Firms
Tel: 020 7221 3399 sector with over 150 firms. (www.prfirms.org). The association for
Web: www.pr-school-london.com PR consultancies in the US.
Institute of Public Relations
Manchester Metropolitan University (www.ipr.org.uk). Europe’s largest body The Public Relations Society Of America
Department of Retailing and Marketing for public relations practitioners. (www.prsa.org). The US body for public
Aytoun Building relations practitioners.
Manchester M1 3GH Thesefourwalls
Tel: 0161 247 6050/6063 (www.t4w.co.uk). A social and The Communications White Paper
Web: www.man- knowledge sharing group for those in and (www.communicationswhitepaper.gov.
bus.mmu.ac.uk/retmark looking to get into the communications uk). Essential reading for those working
industry (PR, marketing, design, new in the UK communications industry.
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority media etc). This outlines the impact and role of
83 Piccadilly Ofcom, the new governing body for the
London W1J 8QA Foresight (www.fifi.co.uk). UK communications industry.
Tel: 020 7509 5555 subscription service allowing PR
Web: www.qca.org.uk professionals to search for opportunities About.com
based around future events. (www.publicrelations.about.com).
Queen Margaret University College US news and views on the public
Edinburgh PR Source (www.prsource.co.uk). Basic, relations industry.
Media and Communications Department yet useful index of resources and sites for
Corstorphine Campus the UK PR industry. Online PR (www.online-pr.com).
Clerwood Terrace An index of hundreds of links to sites
Edinburgh EH12 8TS Agencyworld (www.agencyworld.co.uk). “dedicated to helping you deliver better,
Tel: 0131 317 3782 UK-centric resource for “in-house and faster and less-expensive online PR”.
Web: www.qmuc.ac.uk agency PR and marketing technology
decision-makers” with features on PR UK Press (www.ukpress.org). Online
Recruitment and Employment agency life and daily technology news. forum for members of the press and PR
Confederation people who wish to discuss topics of
36-38 Mortimer Street UK Business Net interest and make useful contacts.
London W1N 7RG (www.ukbusinessnet.com). UK-focused
Tel: 020 7462 3260 links site to trade media titles, events, The Internet Public Relations Discussion
Web: www.rec.uk.com company information and press archives. List (www.audettemedia.com). Home of
the I-PR discussion list, an American list
Trinity and All Saints University College Power Reporting about the impact of the internet on the
University of Leeds (www.powerreporting.com). US site PR industry.
Brownberrie Lane dedicated to providing research resources
Horsforth for journalists, updated daily and MediaUK (www.mediauk.com).
Leeds LS18 5HD allowing them to find people and A comprehensive index of UK print,
Tel: 0113 283 7166 companies, check facts, subscribe to news broadcast and online media, with ‘deep
Web: www.tasc.ac.uk alerts and plan training. links’ to their web sites.
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