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*[[Peter Truscott]], ex Labour MEP and former Energy minister and peer listed that he was a consultant to Gavin Anderson. Truscott was suspended from the House of Lords in May 2009 after they were found guilty of offering to change the law in return for money.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/5357273/Lord-Truscott-and-Lord-Taylor-of-Blackburn-suspended-from-the-House-of-Lords.html], Telegraph, 20 May 2009</ref>
  
 
*[http://www.gavinanderson.com Gavin Anderson] was employed by [[BERR]] to help organise a Nuclear Investors Conference held on 12 June 2008.<ref>Email communication with BERR, 11 November 2008</ref>
 
*[http://www.gavinanderson.com Gavin Anderson] was employed by [[BERR]] to help organise a Nuclear Investors Conference held on 12 June 2008.<ref>Email communication with BERR, 11 November 2008</ref>

Revision as of 12:42, 23 July 2009

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Owned by the giant Omnicom Group [1], Kreab Gavin Anderson is a large public relations company with offices in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the US.[2] Merged with Kreab in February 2009.[3]

People

  • Peter Truscott, ex Labour MEP and former Energy minister and peer listed that he was a consultant to Gavin Anderson. Truscott was suspended from the House of Lords in May 2009 after they were found guilty of offering to change the law in return for money.[4]
  • Gavin Anderson was employed by BERR to help organise a Nuclear Investors Conference held on 12 June 2008.[5]
  • Its energy section is headed by Ken Cronin, former director of investor relations for British Energy.[6][7]

Former energy minister Lord Truscott also works for the firm.[8]

Clients

Nuclear clients include AMEC and British Energy while it was still Governmnent-owned.[9][10]


References

  1. See Omnicom website
  2. ‘Our network’, Gavin Anderson website, accessed November 2008.
  3. KGA website 'Our History', accessed July 2009.
  4. [1], Telegraph, 20 May 2009
  5. Email communication with BERR, 11 November 2008
  6. Ken Cronin’s biography can be read here (pdf file)
  7. ‘Gavin Anderson wins Novera task', PR Week, 13 February 2004.
  8. ‘Ex-ministers cash in on days of power’, Sunday Times, 24 February 2008.
  9. ‘Two city shops out at British Energy’, PR Week, 25 October 2002, unavailable online
  10. ‘AMEC appoints GA after its review of financial comms’, Brand Republic, 6 December 2002.