Public affairs

With our extensive experience working with politicians, we help clients build relationships with key stakeholders across the political spectrum and at a local, Holyrood and Westminster level.

Drawing on our in-depth knowledge from years working inside politics, as well as our unique network of contacts, we can help you monitor and shape legislative and regulatory decisions that impact your business, ensuring you stay ahead and are prepared for the future.

We can support you to develop relationships with local councillors, MSPs, MPs, and ministers. This can prove invaluable, especially during challenging times. We will also ensure your engagements with politicians and civil servants are professional and comply with lobbying legislation.

Our public affairs expertise has already successfully helped companies win support for challenging projects. One example is Lost Shore Surf Resort, where we helped secure planning permission. We did so by maximising community engagement to create a groundswell of positive support. We used integrated PR, public affairs and social media to talk about several key milestones in the journey. We also worked directly with a number of politicians to ensure they were kept up to date and informed about the project throughout.

“The Perceptive team have been instrumental in helping us to influence hard to reach key stakeholders and achieving overwhelmingly positive media coverage.” Andy Hadden, founder of Lost Shore Surf Resort

From engaging with the political process, developing relationships with key stakeholders, through to being granted planning permission and beyond, we provide a comprehensive package of support for our clients.

Get in touch with Perceptive today for expert advice and impact driven solutions. We can help you with: 

• Identifying key stakeholders for your organisation

• Engaging and building relationships with key players

• Monitor and help shape relevant legislation and regulation 

• Help you gain planning permission for your next key project

• Ensure you comply with all relevant lobbying regulation