Edelman triumph at awards

Back-slaps and champagne all round at Edelman after their triumph of being named as UK Consultancy of the Year at the 2008 Public Affairs News awards.

The ceremony, held this year at the swanky Cafe Royal in London, is an annual celebration of talent of the lobbying industry. Other winners included GPlus Europe, who took the European Consultancy of the Year title and Open Road as New Consultancy of the Year.

Vince Cable was the rather left-field choice as Politcian of the Year - presumably on the strength of his description of Gordon Brown as Mr Bean...