Chester based PR and Marketing agency de Winter is celebrating prime position among national agencies as the results of the 2011 PR census are announced.

Dismissing attitudes that the capital city is the only hub for quality media and communications activity in the UK, de Winter's PR offering proves that Chester in fact houses the same skills and offers more services than many London and international agencies.

The census, launched by PR Week and PRCA, studied twenty-five roles within PR that are offered among UK agencies, twenty-two of which de Winter PR provides.  Following de Winter's acquisition last year of KM Creative, now relaunched as de Winter Design, the agency also ranks impressively with an in-house graphic design team providing clients with a one-stop shop of skills under one roof, and a role of which only 14% of UK PR companies offer.

Although a small agency of ten, de Winter is one of the North West's most creative and longest established PR agencies. Celebrating its twenty first anniversary, it is growing year on year, with three award wins just this year in recognition.

Chief Executive Hems de Winter said: "We strive to be among, if not ahead of national agencies and provide the highest level of skills to our clients.  Although we work on a national level we're particularly proud of our regional clients and relationships and hope to continue to keep Chester at the forefront of media relations."

De Winter is also breaking the mould with a female Managing Director, Kate Cox; the PR census found that at director and partner level, positions are largely dominated by males. Kate joined the agency in 2007 and leads all operational and strategic business developments.