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'''Bellenden Public Affairs''' is a UK lobbying firm with offices in London and Ayrshire (Scotland). It was set up in 2006 by lobbyist [[Mark Glover]], who had previously worked with [[Indigo Public Affairs]], [[Media Strategy]] and [[Chelgate]]. <ref>
 
'''Bellenden Public Affairs''' is a UK lobbying firm with offices in London and Ayrshire (Scotland). It was set up in 2006 by lobbyist [[Mark Glover]], who had previously worked with [[Indigo Public Affairs]], [[Media Strategy]] and [[Chelgate]]. <ref>
 
Hannah Marriott, ''PR Week'' UK, 02 February 2006. [http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/539015/ Glover leaves Indigo to launch start-up Bellenden] </ref>
 
Hannah Marriott, ''PR Week'' UK, 02 February 2006. [http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/539015/ Glover leaves Indigo to launch start-up Bellenden] </ref>
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==Activity==
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===Lobbying for education industry players===
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Bellenden has a dedicated education and skills sector team that has lobbied on 'all aspects of education and skills policy': assessment, accountability, training provision, leadership, funding and community engagement.<ref>[http://www.bellenden.co.uk/about-us/specialist-expertise/education Education sector], Bellenden Public Affairs website, accessed August 2014</ref>
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It says it not only know where education policy conversations will go, 'but also how to influence its direction of travel.'
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Its clients in the education sector comprise of: education and training providers; exam boards; education charities; and software developers. They have included: [[1994 Group]], the [[Academies Enterprise Trust]], the [[Access Project]], [[ASCL]], [[AQA]], the [[Bridge Group]], the [[Chartered Management Institute]] (CMI), [[City University]] London, [[Ellucian]], [[GKN]], the [[Manufacturing Technologies Association]] and the [[Sector Skills Council]].
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Bellenden Local also helps schools and universities with local planning issues.
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Bellenden associate, [[John Lakin]] is described as an 'education management expert', having worked in the education sector for over 30 years, including as an adviser to the UK government. He was the partner leading education consulting for [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]], where he also led its wider public policy, research and economics capability. He has also advised the UK government, national agencies, universities, colleges and local authorities. He has also worked for the [[World Bank]], the [[European Commission]] and the Hong Kong Government.
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Recent clients of Lakin's include [[Universities UK]] (for a review of shared services within universities), [[BIS]] (for national evaluation of RDAs), and the [[Department for Education]] (for a review of Academies and Building Schools for the Future.  He has also represented business interests on [[Business in the Community]] and on other education business partnership bodies.<ref>[http://www.bellenden.co.uk/about-us/people/associates Associates profiles], Bellenden website, accessed August 2015</ref>
  
 
==People==
 
==People==

Revision as of 08:50, 10 August 2015

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Bellenden Public Affairs is a UK lobbying firm with offices in London and Ayrshire (Scotland). It was set up in 2006 by lobbyist Mark Glover, who had previously worked with Indigo Public Affairs, Media Strategy and Chelgate. [1]

Activity

Lobbying for education industry players

Bellenden has a dedicated education and skills sector team that has lobbied on 'all aspects of education and skills policy': assessment, accountability, training provision, leadership, funding and community engagement.[2]

It says it not only know where education policy conversations will go, 'but also how to influence its direction of travel.'

Its clients in the education sector comprise of: education and training providers; exam boards; education charities; and software developers. They have included: 1994 Group, the Academies Enterprise Trust, the Access Project, ASCL, AQA, the Bridge Group, the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), City University London, Ellucian, GKN, the Manufacturing Technologies Association and the Sector Skills Council.

Bellenden Local also helps schools and universities with local planning issues.

Bellenden associate, John Lakin is described as an 'education management expert', having worked in the education sector for over 30 years, including as an adviser to the UK government. He was the partner leading education consulting for PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he also led its wider public policy, research and economics capability. He has also advised the UK government, national agencies, universities, colleges and local authorities. He has also worked for the World Bank, the European Commission and the Hong Kong Government. Recent clients of Lakin's include Universities UK (for a review of shared services within universities), BIS (for national evaluation of RDAs), and the Department for Education (for a review of Academies and Building Schools for the Future. He has also represented business interests on Business in the Community and on other education business partnership bodies.[3]

People

  • Mark Glover, Chief Executive. Mark's political experience has included spells on the Liberal Democrat Federal Executive and setting up the Reformer Magazine, chaired by Charles Kennedy MP. He joined the Labour Party in 1995 and has been a Labour councillor in Southwark since 2002. He is current Chair of the Labour Group and has been shadow spokesperson for performance and communications. Mark is also on the Board of Groundwork Southwark and is a member of the CIPR.[4]
  • Phil Briscoe, Managing Director. Has worked in politics and communications for more than 25 years, specialising in property, planning, energy and regeneration. He also served four years as a Conservative councillor in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, before stepping down in 2010, and has been a candidate for the Greater London Assembly. [5]
  • Nikki da Costa. A former Special Adviser and FTSE 100 Head of UK Government Relations, joined Bellenden in 2010. [5] In March 2015 it was announced da Costa would be departing her role as managing director to set up her own training and mentoring business, but will continue to provide consultancy services at Bellenden one day per week.[6]
  • Greg Rosen, Had spells working in government, as a senior strategist in Whitehall, and as Head of Media Strategy for the London Development Agency. Is a political columnist for the Scotsman and the Guardian, is a Consultant-Director at the Fabian Society and is Chair of the Labour History Group, a former Vice-Chair of the Fabian Society, media adviser to the Co-operative Party and Visiting Fellow in Politics at Goldsmiths, London 2008-2011. Has worked for Bellenden since 2006. [5]

In October 2011 PRWeek reported Bellenden had recruited the following six people:

December 2014-February 2015

Thomas Atkinson | Rowland Barran | Katharine Bramson | Phil Briscoe | Katherine Combes | Clementine Cowton | Louise Cramsie | Nikki da Costa | Alex Doel | Roy Donson | Sophie Fernandes | Soniya Ganvir | Joshua Gaw | Mark Glover | Rebecca Goshawk | Natasha Graham | Steven Grainger | Danny Hackett | Naomi Harris | Caroline Henderson | Alexander Holloway | Stephen Mann | Pavitar Mann | Emma Megaughin | William Mosseri-Marlio | Kevin O'Donnell | Ben O'Keeffe | Charles Ogilvie | Louise Page-Jennings | Allan Paltzer | Sam Pettit | Clare Phillips | Elizabeth Roberts | Greg Rosen | James Sachon | Billy Taylor | Sarah Ward | Andrew Williams | Abby Yolda[8]

September 2014-November 2014

Thomas Atkinson | Rowland Barran | Katharine Bramson | Phil Briscoe | Thomas Codrington | Katherine Combes | Louise Cramsie | Nikki da Costa | Alex Doel | Roy Donson | Elisa Elschner | Sophie Fernandes | Soniya Ganvir | Joshua Gaw | Mark Glover | Rebecca Goshawk | Natasha Graham | Naomi Harris | Caroline Henderson | Alexander Holloway | Stephen Mann | Pavitar Mann | Emma Megaughin | William Mosseri-Marlio | Kevin O'Donnell | Ben O'Keeffe | Charles Ogilvie | Louise Page-Jennings | Allan Paltzer | Sam Pettit | Clare Phillips | Elizabeth Roberts | Greg Rosen | James Sachon | Laura Sainsbury | Billy Taylor | Sarah Ward | Andrew Williams | Abby Yolda[9]

June 2014-August 2014

Thomas Atkinson | Katharine Bramson | Phil Briscoe | Ivor Caplin | Thomas Codrington | Katherine Combes | Louise Cramsie | Nikki da Costa | Rosemary Day | Alex Doel | Roy Donson | Elisa Elschner | Sophie Fernandes | Soniya Ganvir | Mark Glover | Rebecca Goshawk | Natasha Graham | Naomi Harris | Caroline Henderson | David Hendy | Pavitar Mann | Emma Megaughin | William Mosseri-Marlio | Kevin O'Donnell | Charles Ogilvie | Louise Page-Jennings | Allan Paltzer | Sam Pettit | Clare Phillips | Elizabeth Roberts | Greg Rosen | James Sachon | Laura Sainsbury | Billy Taylor | Sarah Ward | Andrew Williams | Abby Yolda[10]

March 2014-May 2014

Thomas Atkinson | Katharine Bramson | Phil Briscoe | Ivor Caplin | Thomas Codrington | Katherine Combes | Louise Cramsie | Nikki da Costa | Rosemary Day | Alex Doel | Roy Donson | Elisa Elschner | Sophie Fernandes | Soniya Ganvir | Mark Glover | Rebecca Goshawk | Natasha Graham | Naomi Harris | Caroline Henderson | David Hendy | Ayman Khokhar | Mihir Magudia | Emma Megaughin | William Mosseri-Marlio | Charles Ogilvie | Louise Page-Jennings | Allan Paltzer | Sam Pettit | Clare Phillips | Simon Rix | Greg Rosen | James Sachon | Laura Sainsbury | Billy Taylor | Sarah Ward | Andrew Williams | Abby Yolda [11]

Clients

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Lobbying clients listed include

December 2014-February 2015

Ablrate | Airvolution | AkzoNobel | All Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group - Arboricultural Association, BALI, The Landscape Show, Horticultural Trades Association, Royal Horticultural Society, Scotts | AQA | Association of School and College Leaders | Association of UK Payment Institutions | Banks Group | Barratt Developments plc | Blake Morgan LLP | Braeburn Estates Limited | Qatari Diar and Canary Wharf Group plc | British Land Property Management Limited | British Wind - Airvolution, Banks Group, Element Power, Fred.Olsen Renewables, Infinis, Infinergy, Good Energy, REG, RES | Broadview | Builders Merchants Federation | CALA Homes | Canary Wharf Group plc | Cano Ltd. | Chartered Management Institute | City University London | CKC Properties Ltd. | Countryside Properties | County Councils Network | Crisis Prevention Institute | Cystic Fibrosis Trust | David Wilson Homes | Dulwich Hamlet Football Club | East 7 - bpha, Circle, North Hertforshire Homes, Estuary Housing Association, Flagship Housing, Cross Keys Homes, High Praetorian & Churches Housing Association, Grand Union | easyHotel Plc. | Econaut | ELEBRO | Electrical Safety First | Element Power | Ellucian | Enforcement Regulatory Group - Coalition campaign of CIVEA and HCEOA | ESB | F&C REIT Asset Management | Far East Consortium International Ltd. | Good Energy | Gransden Avenue Limited | GS8 | Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership | Hither Green Development | Horticultural Trades Association | Independent Renewable Energy Generators Group - Airvolution, Banks Group, Element Power, Fred.Olsen Renewables, Infinis, Infinergy, REG, RES | Irwin Mitchell Solicitors | Landsvirkjun | Legal & General Ltd. | Liberata | Lightspace Homes | Martifer Solar | McCulloch Homes Ltd | Mentmore Gransden Ltd. | Mixed Economy Group | National Accident Helpline | North Wales Fire & Rescue Service | Osborne Clarke | Park Properties Development | Parkinson's UK | Parkstock Limited | Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies | Paul Killick | Provewell Estates | Pup Aid | REG Windpowe | RES | Royal Horticultural Society | Scottish Government, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources | Searfarms Ltd. | SIGOMA | Student Living Kingston Limited | Swan Housing Group | The EDI Group | Union Developments Ltd. | Vergnet SA | Villiers Road (Jersey) Ltd. | Visa Europe | Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. | Winchester Estate | Windfall Community Development Trust | Woodgate Homes Ltd.[8]

September 2014-November 2014

Airvolution | All Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group | Ansell Harman Enterprises Ltd. | AQA | Aspect Construction Ltd. | Association of School and College Leaders | Banks Group | Barratt Developments plc | Battersea Dogs Home | Box Inc. |Braeburn Estates Limited | British Land Property Management Limited | British Wind | Broadview | CALA Homes | Canary Wharf Group plc | Cano Ltd. | Chartered Management Institute | City University London | CKC Properties Ltd. | County Councils Network | Crisis Prevention Institute | Cystic Fibrosis Trust | David Wilson Homes | Dulwich Hamlet Football Club | East 7 | East Coast | Econaut | ELEBRO | Electrical Safety First | Element Power | Ellucian | Enforcement Regulatory Group | ESB | Far East Consortium International Ltd. | Findon Homes | Greene & Co. | Guildford College | Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership | Hither Green Development | Horticultural Trades Association | Independent Renewable Energy Generators Group | Irwin Mitchell Solicitors | Landsvirkjun | Legal & General Ltd. | Liberata | Martifer Solar | Mixed Economy Group | North Wales Fire & Rescue Service | Origin Housing | Park Properties Development | Parkinson's UK | Parkstock Limited | Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies | Paul Killick | Peaceline Limited | PEFC UK | Prospects | Provewell Estates | Pup Aid | REG Windpower | RES | Royal Horticultural Society | Sager Group | Scottish Government, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources | Searfarms Ltd. Serco | SIGOMA | St. Margaret's School | Stark Invest | Student Living Kingston Limited | Swan Housing Group | Tempus | The EDI Group | The University of Law | TransferWise | Vergnet SA | Villiers Road (Jersey) Ltd. | Visa Europe | Wheelabrator Technologies Inc. | Wildstone[9]

June 2014-August 2014

Airvolution | Aldwyck Housing Group | All Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group | Ansell Harman Enterprises Ltd. | AQA | Association of School and College Leaders | Banks Group | Barratt Developments plc | Berkeley First Ltd. | Blake Morgan LLP | Box Inc. | Braeburn Estates Limited | British Land | British Wind | Broadview | CALA Homes | Canary Wharf Group plc | Cano Ltd. | Chartered Management Institute | City University London | Cory Environmental Ltd | County Councils Network | Crisis Prevention Institute | Cystic Fibrosis Trust | East 7 | ELEBRO | Electrical Safety First | Element Power | Ellucian | Enforcement Regulatory Group | ESB | Far East Consortium International Ltd. | Greene & Co. | Guildford College | Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership | Hither Green Development | Horticultural Trades Association | Independent Renewable Energy Generators Group | Irwin Mitchell Solicitors | Landsvirkjun | Legal & General Ltd. | Liberata | Linnmont Ltd. | London Property Investments | LondonMedical | Mixed Economy Group | North Wales Fire & Rescue Service | Origin Housing | Park Properties Development | Parkstock Limited | Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies | Paul Killick | PEFC UK | Prospects | Pup Aid | Qatari Diar | REG Windpower | RES | Royal Horticultural Society | Sager Group | SIGOMA | Stark Invest | Student Living Kingston Limited | Swan Housing Group | Tempus | The EDI Group | TransferWise | UK Demand Response Association | Vergnet SA | Villiers Road (Jersey) Ltd. | Visa Europe | Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.[10]

March 2014-May 2014

Airvolution, Aldwyck Housing Group, All Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group (Scotts, Corporation of London, Royal Horticultural Society, Institute of Horticulture and Horticultural Trades Association), Ansell Harman Enterprises Ltd, AQA, Association of Independent Healthcare Organisations, Association of School and College Leaders, Banks Group, Barratt Developments plc, Berkeley First, Braeburn Estates Limited Partnership, British Land, CALA Homes, Canary Wharf Group plc, Cano Ltd, Care UK, Chartered Management Institute, City University London, Cory Environmental Ltd, County Councils Network, Crisis Prevention Institute, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, DSN Limited, East 7, EDI, Electrical Safety First, Element Power, Ellucian, Enforcement Regulatory Group, ESB, Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Horticultural Trades Association, Housing and Care 21, Independent Renewable Energy Generators Group (RES, Infinis, Fred Olsen, Banks Group, REG, Broadview Energy, Infinergy, Infinis, International Association of Horticultural Producers, Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, Landsvirkjun, Leeds and Partners, Legal & General Ltd, Liberata, Lightwood Strategic Limited, Miller Developments, North Wales Fire & Rescue Service, Ocean Outdoors, Park Properties Development, Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies, Peabody, PEFC International, PEFC UK, Pup Aid, Qatari Diar, REG Windpower, RES, Royal Horticultural Society, Sager Group, Serco, SIGOMA, Stark Invest, Student Costello, Student Living Kingston Limited, Swan Housing Group, Vergnet SA, Visa Europe, Wheelabrator Technologies Inc, Wildstone. [11]

2013

Independent Renewable Energy Generators Group (RES, Infinis, Fred Olsen, Banks Group, REG, Broadview Energy) | Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies - an Associate All Party Parliamentary Group. 2Co Energy Ltd; Alkane Energy plc; Alstom Power Systems; AMEC plc; APX-ENDEX; Babcock International Plc; Baringa Partners LLP; BG Group; Bosch Thermotechnology; BP plc; British Managment Data Foundation; British Sugar plc; Centrica plc; CMS Cameron McKenna; ConocoPhillips UK Ltd; Cornwall Energy Assocs; Corona Energy Ltd; Costain Group plc; Doosan Power Systems; Drax Power Ltd; E.ON UK; EDF Energy; Elexon Ltd; Enertek Int. Ltd; Ernst & Young LLP; ESBI Contracting Ltd; ExxonMobil Group (Esso); Fluor; GEI; Herbert Smith Solicitors; Hess Corporation; Hothouse Technologies Ltd; IBM Uk Ltd; Igas Energy plc; ITM Power plc; Jersey Electricity plc; KBR Energy & Chemicals; Lane Clark & Peacock LLP; Local Waste Solutions; NaREC; National Grid; Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd; Nuclear Liabilities Fund Ltd; Oliver Wyman; Power Efficiency Ltd; PwC LLP; Ravenheat Manufacturing Ltd; Red Solar Ltd; Rothschild; RWE npower plc; Scottish Power; Alfa Energy; Candu Energy[12] Serco Defence, Science and Nuclear |Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies | Scottish Power Renewables Canary Wharf plc | Timber Trade Federation | Horticultural Trades Association | | The Royal Parks | ‘Greening the Games’ | All Party Parliamentary China Group | All Party Parliamentary Vietnam Group

2011

Lobbying clients listed in 2011 include: Ash Contracting | All Party Parliamentary Vietnam Group | All Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group (consisting of Corporation of London, Horticultural Trades Association, Royal Horticultural Society, Horticulture Week, The Royal Parks - Bellenden provides secretariat [13]) | Allies and Morrison Urban Practitioners | Association of School and College Leaders | Ben Bailey Homes | Barratt Developments Plc | Canary Wharf Group Plc | Cambridge Assessment | Chartered Management Institute | Cory/Wheelabrator | The Bond Group | Construction Products Association | East 7 (Aldwyck, Circle Anglia, Flagship Housing Group, Bedfordshire Pilgrims, Borwell Housing) TheCityUK | Tribal Plc | Vestas Wind Systems A/S [14]

Lobbying clients listed in 2008 include:[15]
Canary Wharf plc | Infinergy | Home Builders Federation | British Wind Energy Association | Timber Trade Federation | Environment Agency | Horticultural Trades Association | City of London Corporation | The Royal Parks | ‘Greening the Games’ | All Party Parliamentary China Group | All Party Parliamentary Vietnam Group

2013-14

Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership

In January 2015, Nick Clegg criticised LEP's who turn to lobbying agencies, using Hertfordshire LEP hiring Bellenden on a year-long contract for £80,592.59 as an example. He said his door is 'always open to LEPs' and other ministers speak to LEPs all the time and questioned why they need to pay consultants to do what MPs offer for free. Conservative MP, Stephen McPartland, called for an investigation in to how taxpayers' money was spent, who it paid and the meeting that were held, adding that it should be in the public domain. A number of other LEPs are understood to be employing lobbying agencies.[18]

Contacts

Address: Level 4,
Lafone House,
The Leathermarket,
11/13 Weston Street,
London,
SE1 3ER
Telephone: 0207 234 3333
Website: www.bellenden.co.uk

References

  1. Hannah Marriott, PR Week UK, 02 February 2006. Glover leaves Indigo to launch start-up Bellenden
  2. Education sector, Bellenden Public Affairs website, accessed August 2014
  3. Associates profiles, Bellenden website, accessed August 2015
  4. Bellenden website, accessed Feb 2009
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 [1], accessed September 2014
  6. Rod Muir Bellenden public affairs chief quits Public Affairs News, 13 March 2015, accessed 15 April 2015.
  7. People Moves, October 2011
  8. 8.0 8.1 APPC Register for 1st December 2014 - 28th February 2015, accessed 3 June 2015.
  9. 9.0 9.1 APPC Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014, accessed 15 January 2015.
  10. 10.0 10.1 APPC Register 1st June 2014 - 31st August 2014, accessed 16 October 2014.
  11. 11.0 11.1 APPC APPC Register for 1st March 2014 - 31st May 2014, accessed September 2014.
  12. Register.... APPC, 4 October 2013
  13. House of Commons Register of All-Party Groups: as at 30 September 2010
  14. APPC Register 1 March to 31 May 2011
  15. Bellenden website, accessed Feb 2009
  16. APPC Register Entry for 1 Sep 2012 to 30 Nov 2012 - group is incorrectly listed by APPC as 'Energy Services'
  17. House of Commons Register Of All-Party Groups [as at 14 March 2013], Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies (an Associate Parliamentary Group), acc 1 May 2013
  18. David Singleton Clegg hits out at lobbying contract Public Affairs News, 30 January 2015, accessed 9 February 2015

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