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Travis Perkins has appointed Democracy to handle all PR for their merchant brand as they roll out their 'your local Timber and Builders Merchant positioning.

The Manchester agency was appointed following a competitive pitch and the move is an extension of Democracys existing relationship with the nationwide builders merchant group.

The PR agency has already been working on a series of eight branch openings across the UK for Travis Perkins, engaging local communities with their On Home Turf proposition, driving footfall to branch and growing their initial proposition.

Now Democracy will handle press relations, supporting all parts of the business with a series of integrated campaigns to boost key trading periods and drive customer engagement.

Lucy Miller, marketing manager at Travis Perkins, said: "Democracy demonstrated creative ways to engage a challenging to reach audience. They also place great focus on measuring their performance.

"This, coupled with the work they have already done with us, gives us full confidence in building a successful partnership.

Democracy has also carried out store opening campaigns for Sayers the Baker, Poundbakery and TJ Hughes in addition to working with Hammerson International on the opening of The Rock retail and leisure destination in Bury.

Jennifer OGrady, founder of Democracy, added: "The building industry is on the up after several tough years and its a challenging and exciting time to take audience engagement to the next level.

"Our work with the Travis Perkins group to date has given us an understanding of the business that we will now look to extend into results-driven activity.

Travis Perkins has been supplying the trade for more than 200 years and with 650 branches nationwide, it is one of the largest suppliers in the UK building and construction industry.

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The majority of the country begins to endorse same-sex marriage, but Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas are committed to denying the LGBT community equality at every turn.

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Congo will expel the African activists arrested over the weekend following a U.S.-sponsored event to encourage greater participation in politics, the government announced Wednesday.

The activists from Senegal and Burkina Faso are members of movements that have led large-scale protests in their countries in recent years against presidents attempting to extend their time in office. Journalists and an American diplomat were also briefly detained in the sweep, which followed a news conference about the event. The U.S. embassy described the activists as non-partisan and said the event was meant to encourage greater youth engagement in politics.

But Congo government spokesman Lambert Mende told reporters Wednesday that the event had nothing to do with democracy and that the activists' goal was to "drive out the president of the republic." He said the charges against them will be dropped but they have been declared "personae non grata" and will be expelled as soon as possible.

Tension is rising in Congo ahead of next year's presidential election. Pro-democracy activists protesting the weekend's arrests were themselves detained on Tuesday in Goma, in the country's east, according to Omar Kavota, a representative of civil society groups in the region. They were later released, according to U.N.-backed Radio Okapi.

One reporter covering protests of the detentions was reportedly beaten, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists which urged Congo to respect the rights of journalists.

In January, mass protests erupted in Congo against proposed changes to the electoral law, widely seen as a ploy to delay next year's elections and allow President Joseph Kabila to prolong his time in power. Human Rights Watch reported that at least 40 people were killed in the unrest.

Kabila has been president since 2001 and under current law is barred from seeking another term.

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