United Government Affairs (UGA) network of independent public affairs agencies announce new USA member

United Government Affairs (UGA), the network of independently owned Public Affairs agencies launched in September 2023, now has a member agency based in the United States - the Washington based Prism Group.

Maurits Bruggink, speaking on behalf of UGA said, ‘There couldn’t be a more relevant time for our network to secure the benefit of a member agency based in the United States.  The recent US election result will deliver challenges on an unprecedented scale in terms of trade and wider relations with the United States.  With the addition of Prism, we look forward to being able to deliver ever higher quality intelligence and advocacy for clients on both sides of the Atlantic’.

Prism Group is a bipartisan Public Affairs agency managed by Ed Stewart and John Stanford. The firm works with U.S. and global clients on developing stakeholder coalitions, C-suite advisory, political and policy information gathering, and direct advocacy with Congress, the Executive Branch and state governments.

Ed Stewart said, ‘Businesses and other organisations both here in the US and around the world are going to need to both adapt and react to the priorities of the new administration at speed and, in many fields, to an unprecedented degree. We’re delighted to join the UGA network. The ethos of the network is very similar to our own.  Like the existing members, we are independently owned and pride ourselves in having deep level knowledge of our national markets. Being part of the UGA offers us significantly increased reach across Europe.  And in turn, we can add considerable value to the UGA members’ client base’.