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==Political schmoozing==
 
==Political schmoozing==
 
As well as being very well connected to Scottish politics, Charlotte Street Partners also enjoys social relationships with the political class in Holyrood. Hospitality recently provided by the firm includes:  
 
As well as being very well connected to Scottish politics, Charlotte Street Partners also enjoys social relationships with the political class in Holyrood. Hospitality recently provided by the firm includes:  
*[[Alex Salmond]] attended a reception hosted by Charlotte Street Partners on 19 June 2014.<ref>[http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0046/00461430.pdf June], Ministerial Engagements 2014-15<ref> It is not known who else attended, including any of the firm's clients.
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*[[Alex Salmond]] attended a reception hosted by Charlotte Street Partners on 19 June 2014.<ref>[http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0046/00461430.pdf June], Ministerial Engagements 2014-15</ref> It is not known who else attended, including any of the firm's clients.
 
*Dinner with [[Alexander Anderson]] special adviser to the Scottish government for 'Infrastructure, Investment and the Cities and for Rural Affairs, Food & Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform'. The dinner with Charlotte Street Partners, which was registered in March 2015, took place at Contini Restorante on George Street in Edinburgh.
 
*Dinner with [[Alexander Anderson]] special adviser to the Scottish government for 'Infrastructure, Investment and the Cities and for Rural Affairs, Food & Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform'. The dinner with Charlotte Street Partners, which was registered in March 2015, took place at Contini Restorante on George Street in Edinburgh.
 
*It also treated [[Malcolm Fleming]], senior special adviser to the Scottish government for Energy, Enterprise & Tourism and for Fair Work, Skills & Training, to dinner at the 'Press & Journal' Energy Awards in Aberdeen (also registered in March 2015).
 
*It also treated [[Malcolm Fleming]], senior special adviser to the Scottish government for Energy, Enterprise & Tourism and for Fair Work, Skills & Training, to dinner at the 'Press & Journal' Energy Awards in Aberdeen (also registered in March 2015).

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Charlotte Street Partners is a strategy and communications consultancy based in London and Edinburgh. It was launched in January 2014.

Political schmoozing

As well as being very well connected to Scottish politics, Charlotte Street Partners also enjoys social relationships with the political class in Holyrood. Hospitality recently provided by the firm includes:

  • Alex Salmond attended a reception hosted by Charlotte Street Partners on 19 June 2014.[1] It is not known who else attended, including any of the firm's clients.
  • Dinner with Alexander Anderson special adviser to the Scottish government for 'Infrastructure, Investment and the Cities and for Rural Affairs, Food & Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform'. The dinner with Charlotte Street Partners, which was registered in March 2015, took place at Contini Restorante on George Street in Edinburgh.
  • It also treated Malcolm Fleming, senior special adviser to the Scottish government for Energy, Enterprise & Tourism and for Fair Work, Skills & Training, to dinner at the 'Press & Journal' Energy Awards in Aberdeen (also registered in March 2015).
  • Colin McAllister, Head of Policy and Special Adviser to the Deputy First Minister and Senior Special Adviser for 'Finance and for Local Government, FMQs, and the Programme for Government', also had dinner on Charlotte Street Partners (in partnership with Edinburgh Airport). The occasion was a speech by Michael O'Leary on 'Ryanair's New Direction' at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh (registered October 2014).[2]
  • Derek Mackay, Minister for Transport and Islands also met with Malcolm Robertson of Charlotte Street Partners on 23 March 2015.[3]

Work

According to their website, Charlotte Street offer five services:

  • Financial communications,
  • Political and regulatory affairs,
  • Crisis communications,
  • Governance,
  • Integrated corporate communications strategies.[4]

People

Board

Staff

Clients

Charlotte Street do not currently (as of July 2015) declare their clients or staff on the registers of the Association of Professional Political Consultants, Public Relations Consultants Association, UK Public Affairs Council or the Government's new Register of Consultant Lobbyists.

  • FirstGroup plc - in July 2014 Charlotte Street issued a press release of a study on the tourism industry in Scotland on behalf of First Group.[13]
  • Havelock Europa; Charlotte Street provide financial PR services to Havelock Europa.

Scottish referendum

  • Scottish referendum - it was thought that Charlotte Street, Weber Shandwick and Grayling were among the front runners to handle the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. The six-month contract was expected to be worth up to £10,000 a month.[14] In March 2014 it was announced Golley Slater had won the contract, worth between £25,000 and £50,000 over six months.[15]

Events

In April 2015, Charlotte Street organised an event in Edinburgh with Lord Ashcroft as the guest speaker. Ashcroft criticised the repeated attacks on Ed Miliband and the reputation they had given David Cameron and he rejected Labour and Liberal Democrat criticism of his constituency polling. Ashcroft said that despite public opinion viewing Cameron as the better Prime Minister and the Conservative's as the better party for the economy, the party are also seen as nasty and the personal attacks at Miliband have not helped this opinion.

At the event Ashcroft, through information obtained by his polling company, predicted defeats for big names including Lib Dem Treasury secretary Danny Alexander, former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy, Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander - all of which came true.[16]

Affiliations

Frame Creative

In October 2014, Charlotte Street joined forces with Glasgow-based Frame and experienced PR man Stephen McCranor to form Frame Creative, a consumer PR firm. The firm will be run by McCranor and came about from discussions after Frame were employed to create and run the Charlotte Street website. McCranor, who worked alongside Charlotte Street co-founder Malcolm Robertson at Beattie Media in the 1990s, was invited to join the discussions and said 'it was a no-brainer for me - when people like this ask you to a party, believe me, you party with them'.

At the launch, the agency announced two major clients, Greaves Sports and Finsbury Foods. They began working on Greaves' Christmas campaign and work with Finsbury started early in 2015.[17]

Contact

Email: info@charlottestpartners.co.uk
Website: http://www.charlottestpartners.co.uk/index.html
Twitter: @cstreetpartners

Edinburgh

Address: 16 Alva Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4QG
Telephone: 0131 516 5310

London

Address: 15 Rathbone Street
London
W1T 1NB
Telephone: 0207 079 3921

Notes

  1. June, Ministerial Engagements 2014-15
  2. Special Advisers - Gifts and Hospitality - Received, 1 October 2014 - 31 December 2014
  3. April, Ministerial engagements
  4. Charlotte Street Partners Services, accessed 13 July 2015.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Charlotte Street Partners People, accessed 13 July 2015.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Terry Murden PR heavyweights unite to launch media consultancy Scotsman, 1 December 2013, accessed 13 July 2015.
  7. Linkedin Malcolm Robertson, accessed 13 July 2015.
  8. Finsbury James Murhatroyd, accessed 13 July 2015.
  9. Linkedin Johnny Hornby, accessed 13 July 2015.
  10. Scott McCulloch SNP communications director to join PR firm Charlotte Street Partners Daily Record, 22 June 2015, accessed 13 July 2015.
  11. Linkedin Chris Deerin, accessed 13 July 2015.
  12. Linkedin Sharon Ward, accessed 13 July 2015.
  13. First Group plc New study reveals impact of ScotRail on the tourist industry, 2 July 2014, accessed 13 July 2015.
  14. Terry Murden PR firms to pitch for referendum contract Scotsman, 10 February 2014, accessed 21 July 2015.
  15. Terry Murden Golley Slater wins battle to handle referendum PR Scotsman, 25 March 2014, accessed 21 July 2015.
  16. Magnus Gardham Lord Ashcroft: Tories are still the 'nasty party' Herald Scotland, 30 April 2015, accessed 21 July 2015.
  17. Scott Wright Consumer services in the Frame for new PR venture Herald Scotland, 27 October 2014, accessed 21 July 2015.