Public Affairs

The business world is affected by both national and international political decisions. Within the area of Public Affairs we can safeguard the client’s interests in the political decision-making process. We can place stakeholders in the spotlight, and communicate facts which would otherwise be difficult to get out to the decision-makers. We also have experience of the processes surrounding public procurements.

The company in society

Successful companies maintain close relations with various bodies in society. H&H can help to establish, safeguard and develop our clients’ relations with society.

Stakeholder analysis and monitoring

A stakeholder analysis involves surveying the client’s key stakeholders and describing their roles. Establishing a monitoring function to flag up changes then makes it possible to react in good time.

Political risk analysis and strategy

It can be difficult to identify the reasons behind a political change; different forces may be driving it forward or opposing it. We can analyse the impact the changes will have on a company’s market, employees and services, and devise strategies to deal with this.

Direct contact with decision-makers

We can identify the decision-makers you need to be able to influence, and provide them with information. There are many different ways of doing this, for example face-to-face meetings or sending material.  

Influencing public opinion

There are a number of effective methods for influencing people’s views, and we have both the knowledge and the experience to determine which will work in a given situation. We consider a long-term approach to be more important than big campaign budgets.

Training

We produce customised training packages to bring about understanding and increase insight into how public opinion can be influenced and how society’s decision-making mechanisms work. Armed with greater knowledge, the corporate management team or project group can function better and bring in help more effectively when required.