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Emily Cheyne-Guess, Director of Public Affairs, Communication and Engagement, Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
“AI can’t read the room (!)… influence still depends on relationships, trust and understanding how decisions are made.”
Leader in UK Public Affairs: Jon Antoniazzi, Associate Director for Policy & Public Affairs, Marie Curie
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The Mace Questionnaire: Alex Sobel MP
The Labour MP on the cost of living crisis, the challenges in Ukraine and West Papua, and the best places in Leeds for a night out
Unspun: Private Equity and Public Affairs
Private equity investing in public affairs firms only makes sense if both sides know what they want
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Beginning in the film industry and moving over to working in social enterprise, Jacquie Bance de Vasquez talks The Mace through her work
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