THE NCS Group started in 1986 when Chris Codrington established NCS Communications to provide a range of public relations and marketing services to the business community, both nationally and in Western Australia. In 2000, former Channel Seven Perth news director David Christison came on board as a director. Today, the NCS Group comprises 10 staff, including six consultants, with more than 100 years’ combined media, public relations, publishing and design experience. The group is ranked as the seventh largest public relations firm in WA, according to the 2007 WA Business News Book of Lists.