Public Relations The MCA Public Relations Office has two main functions, one as a Press Office liasing with the media. Maritime incident media work is carried out, when required, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, as one press officer is always on call. Any media journalist wishing to contact the out of hours press officer can call the MCA PR office on 023 80329 401 where an answer machine will indicate the relevant contact details. PR endeavours to post press releases on the web as soon as possible after issue, these can be found on www.mcga.gov.uk/news The second function of the MCA Public Relations Office is one of marketing, which focuses on communicating safety and prevention information to the varied groups and individuals that use the sea and UK coastline for pleasure or for work. This involves managing creative campaigns, literature production, pro-active media liaison, distribution and much more.
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