The Holmes Report considered C&C as �the best consultancy to work for� in Portugal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) March 14, 2006 -- The Portuguese communications and PR consultancy C&C � Consultores de Comunica��o, Lda has been considered by The Holmes Report as �the best consultancy to work for� in Portugal, European Consultancy Report Card, that lists 157 companies spread through 45 European countries.

Almost 50 consultancies have participated in this research �The best consultancy to work for�, and slightly more than 30 qualified for the designation.

�This designation speaks for itself and underlines and recognizes the stability that characterizes the human team of the consultancy�, states his founder and President, Alexandre Cordeiro. �And it is not a surprise for our clients; in fact, our consultants work for C&C for an average of 10 years, a record level certainly very hard to equal in Portugal to which it is not strange the high client retention rate we are very proud of�.

When making public this information C&C congratulates with the fact that the great majority of the listed companies in Portugal are members of the national association APECOM, which C&C actually presides.

The Portuguese consultancy is listed together with 9 other national competitors, only one of them (Cunha Vaz & Associados) being also an independent consultancy and fully Portuguese owned. All the other ones operate in several markets and/or are owned by foreign capital: Citigate, Hill&Knowlton, Inforpress Group, Ogilvy PR, Porter Novelli, Tinkle, Ulled Asociados and Weber Shandwick.

Established in 1979, C&C - Consultores de Comunica��o, Lda is one of the main and oldest communication and PR consultancies operating in the Portuguese market. Presently with a staff of 18 consultants and a client�s portfolio of more that Portuguese and international clients, the global turnover of the company in the fiscal year of 2004 was slightly higher than 2 million Euros. Beyond its strong position and experience in the high technology area, particularly in the Its, the consultancy services several clients in other industries � consumer, tourism, manufacturing, chemical and pharmaceutical as well as national industry associations.
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