Public Relations and Communications Association

[1] It is the largest PR association in Europe, with more than 12,000 members including agencies, in-house communications teams and individual media professionals.

[2] It was founded in 1969 (as the Public Relations Consultants Association), and was originally an organisation for PR agencies; its membership includes 400 agency members, including most of the top 100 UK consultancies; over 100 in-house communications teams from multinationals, UK charities and public sector organisations.

[7] The PRCA expelled Bell Pottinger in September 2017 after a disciplinary hearing found that a secret campaign by the company to spread racial hatred in South Africa was the worst-ever breach of ethics by a member company.

[8][9] In April 2022, a leading member of the PRCA - John Brown, founder of agency Don’t Cry Wolf - formally raised concerns about Ingham's "increasingly erratic" behaviour, actions and comments, particularly in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[14] Ingham believed he might have to resign as director-general, but intended to pursue legal action against the PRCA's board if he was forced out.