PARTNERS, the design and PR group based in York, has become the only agency in the North of England outside Leeds to gain membership of the Public Relations Consultancy Association.

The membership, made after independent assessment, means that The Partners Group in The Mount, York, has struck a blow for the York Professional Initiative, which campaigns to keep the city's professional services in the national spotlight.

Partners is now one of an elite 120 out of 2,000 public relations consultancies to have achieved the Consultancy Management Standard

Updated: 09:19 Tuesday, October 07, 2003