The Communication Group plc
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The Communication Group is a London based PR and lobbying firm.
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History
The Communication Group bought Forth Public Relations in 1995. A new firm 3X1 was created from within on 1 January 2001.[1] At some point after late 2001 The Communication Group Scotland office closed and the Communication Group retrenched to one office in London. this remains the case in 2008.[2] PR Week reported in 1995:
- One of the main beneficiaries of the problems at Westminster Strategy, The Communication Group's government relations division has been transformed over the past year with the arrival of Peter Bingle and Marianne Yarwood, both former directors of Westminster Strategy. The division now has around 12 employees and an estimated fee income of more than pounds 1 million and is building a reputation at the public relations/crisis management end of the business with a strong Brussels offering, via the Entente network. Major clients: Police Federation, British Nuclear Fuels Ltd, Newspaper Federation, Scotch Whisky Association, Vickers, Rolls Royce Motors.[3]
People
- Maureen Sutherland Smith, chairman
- Peter Hamilton, deputy chairman
- Emma Johnson, group managing director
- Michael Holmes, non-executive director
- Sally Hawkins, creative director
- Tony Thornton, finance director
- Tom Nutt, director
- Chris Martin, director, public affairs
- Anna Martin, head of HR & operations[4]
Former people
- Michael Hayman, chief executive 2005-2009. Former board director of Hill & Knowlton, non-executive director of Westco. Currently chairman of entrepreneurs at Coutts, founder of Seven Hills and co-founder of StartUp Britain.[5]
September 2014-November 2014
Jennifer Ball | Lara Buckle | Bea Bishop | Rachel Bowen | Bethan Halls | Sally Hawkins | Emma Johnson | Clarissa Knox | Louisa Levison | Catherine Lowe | Chris Martin | Tom Nutt | Shula Pannick | Charlie Smith | Beth Thoms | Maureen Sutherland-Smith[6]
June 2014-August 2014
Jennifer Ball | Lara Buckle | Bea Bishop | Rachel Bowen | Bethan Halls | Sally Hawkins | Emma Johnson | Clarissa Knox | Louisa Levison | Catherine Lowe | Chris Martin | Tom Nutt | Shula Pannick | Charlie Smith | Beth Thoms | Maureen Sutherland-Smith[7]
Clients
September 2014-November 2014
Advanced Plasma Power | Aggregate Industries | Alula Leisure | Baillie Ewart | Ballymore | BHP Billiton | Canary Wharf Group | Capio Nightingale | De Beers Group | Delancey | Fulton | Howick Place | Jumeirah Group | Kebony | Land Securities | Metalysis | Morpheus | Nine Elms Partnership | Orion Land & Leisure Ltd | Pegasus Life | Rio Tinto | Skills Active | The Knightsbridge Estate | Willmott Dixon | YMCA London South West[6]
June 2014-August 2014
Advanced Plasma Power | Aggregate Industries | Alula Leisure | Baillie Ewart | Ballymore | BHP Billiton | Canary Wharf Group | Capio Nightingale | De Beers Group | Delancey | Fulton | Howick Place | Jumeirah Group | Kebony | Land Securities | Metalysis | Morpheus | Nine Elms Partnership | Orion Land & Leisure Ltd | Pegasus Life | Rio Tinto | Skills Active | The Knightsbridge Estate | Willmott Dixon | YMCA London South West[7]
2011
[8] Clients include:
- West Cumbria Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership
- Advanced Plasma Power
- Ascot Underwriting
- Delancey
- BHP Billiton
- Collabrium Capital
- Corinthia Hotel London
- De Beers Group
- Development Securities plc
- Kajima Kinetic Partners
- One Housing Group
- Rio Tinto
2009
- Scotch Whisky Association. The Communications Group claims it "achieved the first reduction in duty on spirits by any Chancellor in 100 years" for the trade body, the Scotch Whisky Association.
- UBS Warburg. The Communications Group only says it provided UBS with "advocacy in the government view of company law."
- McDonalds
- ICI
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
Contact
The Communication Group plc
19 Buckingham Gate
London
SW1E 6LB
Tel: 020 7630 1411
Fax: 020 7931 8010
E-mail:enquiries@thecommunicationgroup.co.uk
http://www.thecommunicationgroup.co.uk
Resources
Associated
Notes
- ↑ PR Week May 3, 2002 TOP CITIES AROUND THE UK - PRWEEK SHOWCASES REGIONAL HUBS AND LISTS THEIR TOP AGENCIES BYLINE: By MARY COWLETT SECTION: REGIONAL LEAGUE TABLES 2002, Pg. 12
- ↑ Source: 'I am afraid we only have one office nowadays and it it based in London.' Email from Ylva B Blom Operations Executive The Communication Group, to David Miller, 17.33, 6 May 2008
- ↑ PR Week September 29, 1995 Correction Appended Political Lobbying: Gearing up for major change - The political landscape in Britain is changing. The actions of public figures are coming under greater scrutiny and the lobbying world has had to adapt fast BYLINE: By STEVE BEVAN and AMANDA HALL
- ↑ The Communication Group Our people, accessed 25 March 2015
- ↑ Linkedin Michael Hayman, accessed 25 March 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Agency Register September to November 2014 PRCA, accessed 25 March 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Agency Register June to August 2014 PRCA, accessed 25 March 2015
- ↑ PRCA Public Affairs Register – Agencies - September to November 2011
- ↑ TCG website, accessed Feb 2009
