Pressure groups

The impact of pressure groups on business activity
How little has changed!


56% of major UK companies think that pressure group activity significantly affects the conditions under which they operate
58% believe they operate under regulations which are the direct result of pressure group activity
11% say that pressure group activity has affected their overall financial performance
44% of companies confronting/co-operating with pressure groups report specific improvements to their activities
61% think that effective public relations activity can wholly or partly contain the effects of pressure group challenges
75% believe that the most effective, safest approach to pressure groups is dialogue and mutual engagement
81% believe that pressure groups are here to stay

Source: Entente International Communications SA survey, April 1997