Maureen Ferrier
Maureen Ferrier is the founder of Maureen Ferrier Public Relations a now defunct PR firm. She was from 1994 Press Officer and then Public Affairs Officer for the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla).[1][2] In 1999 Ferrier was a member of the lobbyist lobby group the Association of Scottish Public Affairs, writing to the press on its behalf.[3]
In 2001 Ferrier took redundancy from Cosla in order to go freelance[4]. She then set up Maureen Ferrier Public Relations a short lived PR firm. By 2005 she was the spokesperson for the Scottish Funding Council[5] From 2008 she has been the editor of the magazine Public Service Scotland[6].
Teachers dispute 1999
Ferrier wrote to the Herald in 199 to deny reports that COSLA was to hire a PR firm inits dispute with the teachers:
- I SHOULD like to lay to rest the fears of your correspondents today who are perpetrating the myth that Cosla is employing the services of a public relations consultancy. This is certainly not the case nor do we have any plans to use a public relations consultancy in relation to the offer on pay and conditions of service for teachers currently on the table.
- Our wish in this matter is that teachers read the offer carefully and reach their own conclusions on its meaning for the future of their profession and the future of children in Scottish schools now and into the millennium. To that end we are in the process of issuing information which will be with teachers within days. In the meantime, teachers - and anyone else who is interested - will find details of the offer on Cosla's website at www.cosla.gov.uk.[7]
Affiliations
Maureen Ferrier Public Relations circa 2002-2005 | Convention of Scottish Local Authorities 1994-2001 | Public Service Scotland from 2008
Notes
- ↑ Thea Jourdan 'Punching Judy' Scotsman, December 12, 1994, Monday, SECTION: Pg. 14
- ↑ Parliamentary News Release, COSLA annual conference to be webcast in joint venture with Parliament, The Scottish Parliament, 20-March-2001, Accessed 20-October-2009
- ↑ 'Soundbites', The Sunday Herald June 6, 1999 SECTION: Pg. 4
- ↑ Simon Parker, Resignations rock Cosla, The Guardian, 31-August-2001, Accessed 20-October-2009
- ↑ Bob Burgess 'Campus plan hit by £8M funding blow' Southern Reporter, September 23, 2005
- ↑ Contacts, Editor: Maureen Ferrier, Public Service Scotland, Accessed 20-October-2009
- ↑ Maureen Ferrier, Letter: 'Cosla's offer' The Herald (United Kingdom), September 1, 1999, SECTION: Pg. 16
