Company of Public Relations Practitioners

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The Company of Public Relations Practitioners is a company without livery in the City of London, and was granted this status in 2013. [1] The Company was formed in 2000 as the Guild of Public Relations Practitioners to represent the public relations profession and for charitable purposes. [2]

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The Company aims to achieve a grant of livery to become a livery company.

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References

  1. "PR Guild - the Guild of Public Relations Practitioners". www.prguild.org. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. "PR Guild - the Guild of Public Relations Practitioners". www.prguild.org. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2022.