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Acceleris boosts ranking in UK top 25 public sector PR agencies

Acceleris, the Harrogate integrated communications agency, has shot up the league table of the UK’s top 25 public sector PR consultancies. The agency, which has a division operating for clients around the country in the social housing, health and education sectors, was placed at number 11, up six places on last year’s position.

The annual league table is published by leading industry magazine, PR Week and ranks agencies from across the country based on fee income generated from work with public sector organisations.

Acceleris Marketing Communications has 14 staff. Among its public sector portfolio are the National Federation of ALMOs, whose 50 member organisations around England manage more than 700,000 council houses, individual social housing organisations, Tong High School in Bradford, police and crime commissioners and healthcare sector clients.

The agency also works for a number of leading suppliers to the public sector, including Kier Group’s housing maintenance division and Rixonway, the UK’s leading kitchen manufacturer for the social and affordable housing sector.

Acceleris managing director, Peter Davenport, said: “By finding innovative and cost effective ways to maximise the impact of our campaigns for clients in the public sector, we have been able to grow our work in this sector over the past year despite cutbacks in government spending. To have improved our ranking among some of the biggest specialist consultancies in the country is testament to the hard work and dedication of our team.”

As well as publicly funded clients, Acceleris also represents major commercial and third sector clients, including construction, maritime, professional services, automotive and a number of national charities.

It has won multiple awards and currently holds two ‘Large Agency of the Year’ titles, one in the public sector and one in the private sector, and is also a finalist in the ‘Most Outstanding Consultancy of the Year’ category in the 2013 CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) PRide Awards.

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