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Pagefield is a London-based communications and lobbying firm, set up in 2010 by Mark Gallagher, an 'ardent Conservative' and Brexit supporter.

In 2017 it hired Liam Parker, former special adviser and communications director to foreign secretary Boris Johnson.

Pagefield lobbies for some controversial clients, including: British American Tobacco; the pesticides industry body, the Crop Protection Association and the Battle of Ideas, a project associated with libertarian and anti-environmental groups.

Contents

Reputation management sister company

In August 2017, Gallagher co-founded a second 'reputation management' agency Pagefield Global Counsel, focused on 'litigation, crisis and international affairs'. It was set up with Stuart Leach, formerly crisis and litigation chief at the scandal-hit and now defunct, Bell Pottinger. Seventeen of Bell Pottinger's 22-strong crisis comms team also joined Pagefield Global Counsel. A further six former Bell Pottinger employees were expected to join Pagefield itself.[1]

Activities

Brexit

In September 2016 Pagefield's founder Mark Gallagher was among the speakers at a day long meeting of 'hard Brexiters'. The day's discussions resulted in a blueprint for Britain’s total departure from the EU co-published by the Legatum Institute and the Centre for Social Justice.

Also attending the meeting at Oxford University's All Souls College were Ministers, senior officials from the Brexit departments, Number 10 and Cabinet Office and legal and trade experts, academics and former Cabinet Ministers, including: David Davis, the secretary of state for exiting the European Union; John Redwood who led the day's meeting; Peter Lilley; Iain Duncan Smith; Owen Paterson; Shanker Singham of the Legatum Institute; Sheila Lawlor, director of the think tank Politeia; James Arnell, Partner at Charterhouse Capital; Bernard Jenkin and William Cash.

A 'leading Brexiteer', Gallagher counts himself as a 'social and economic liberal' who campaigned 'to leave the EU cartel'.[2]

Brexit' Secretary David Davis registered a meeting with Pagefield in December 2016.

Building the case for new nuclear after Fukushima

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In August 2012 Pagefield was brought in to help strengthen EDF Energy's case for building a controversial proposed third nuclear power reactor at Sizewell in Suffolk, UK. It won the six-figure strategic comms account after a pitch process thought to have been initiated one year beforehand.

PR Week wrote that Pagefield "is expected to play a key role in the development of EDF’s narrative around the value of a new nuclear power reactor, liaising with the public, media and stakeholders such as the Environment Agency and local authorities. Partner Wendy Blair is handling the account. Mark Gallagher will provide senior-level strategic counsel. [3]

According to Pagefield's website in November 2012, Pagefield executive Rory Cronin is "spearheading EDF Energy’s new nuclear social media strategy". [4]

People

Key Staff

As of January 2018, Pagefield staff included:

(see Staff (APPC register) below for full list of lobbyists).

Former staff

Advisory board

As of January 2018:

Former Members

Staff (APPC register)

Staff lists according to the APPC register of lobbyists:

Sept-November 2017

James Baker | Sam Barnett | Mallika Basu | Kate Begg | Ed Brown | Paul Codd | Olivia Crawford | Philip Dennis | Geoff Duggan | George Duncan | Oliver Foster | Mark Gallagher | Alice Hawken | Lucy Holbrook | Alice Kennedy | Joshua Lambkin | David Leslie | Marie Lorimer | Nancy Martin | Leonie Martin | Christopher Meyer | Kieran O\'Connell | Philip Pank | Liam Parker | Sam Postlethwhaite | Sara Price | Eleanor Riddles | Chris Rogers | Ben Stetson | Hal Stevenson | Peter Turay | Benjamin Winter

December 2015-February 2016

Fred Azis-Laranjo | Mallika Basu | Geoff Duggan | Louise Fernley | Oliver Foster | Mark Gallagher | Lucy Holbrook | Nathan Jones | Joshua Lambkin | Katie Lockett | Marie Lorimer | Leonie Martin | Sir Christopher Meyer | Sam Oakley | Sara Price | Eleanor Riddles | Will Spratt | Kashif Taher | Craig Westwood | Benjamin Winter[12]

September 2015-November 2015

Fred Azis-Laranjo | Mallika Basu | Mallika Basu | Geoff Duggan | Louise Fernley | Oliver Foster | Mark Gallagher | Lucy Holbrook | Nathan Jones | Joshua Lambkin | Katie Lockett | Marie Lorimer | Leonie Martin | Sir Christopher Meyer | Sam Oakley | Sara Price | Poppy Rosenberg | Will Spratt | Craig Westwood | Benjamin Winter[13]

June 2015-August 2015

Fred Azis-Laranjo | Mallika Basu | Geoff Duggan | Oliver Foster | Mark Gallagher | Lucy Holbrook | Nathan Jones | Joshua Lambkin | Kate Levine | Katie Lockett | Marie Lorimer | Sir Christopher Meyer | Sam Oakley | Sara Price | Florence Quirici | Poppy Rosenberg | Will Spratt | Craig Westwood | Benjamin Winter [14]

March 2015-May 2015

Fred Azis-Laranjo | Tom Bage | Geoff Duggan | Oliver Foster | Mark Gallagher | Lucy Holbrook | Nathan Jones | Joshua Lambkin | Kate Levine | Katie Lockett | Sir Christopher Meyer | Sam Oakley | Sara Price | Florence Quirici | Poppy Rosenberg | Will Spratt | Craig Westwood | Benjamin Winter[15]

December 2014-February 2015

Fred Azis-Laranjo | Tom Bage | Lucy Burns | Rory Cronin | Geoff Duggan | Oliver Foster | Mark Gallagher | Lucy Holbrook | Nathan Jones | Joshua Lambkin | Kate Levine | Katie Lockett | Sir Christopher Meyer | Sam Oakley | Sara Price | Florence Quirici | Poppy Rosenberg | Will Spratt | Craig Westwood | Benjamin Winter[12]

September 2014-November 2014

Fred Azis-Laranjo | Tom Bage | Lucy Burns | Rory Cronin | Geoff Duggan | Oliver Foster | Mark Gallagher | Lucy Holbrook | Nathan Jones | Kate Levine | Katie Lockett |Sir Christopher Meyer | Sam Oakley | Sara Price | Florence Quirici | Poppy Rosenberg | Will Spratt | Craig Westwood | Benjamin Winter[16]

June 2014-August 2014

Fred Azis-Laranjo | Tom Bage | Lucy Burns | Rory Cronin | Geoff Duggan | Oliver Foster | Mark Gallagher | Nathan Jones | Kate Levine | Katie Lockett | Sir Christopher Meyer | Sam Oakley | Sara Price | Florence Quirici | David Radestock | Will Spratt | Samantha Vogts | Craig Westwood | Benjamin Winter[17]

March 2014-May 2014

Fred Azis-Laranjo | Tom Bage | Lucy Burns | Rory Cronin | Geoff Duggan | Oliver Foster | Mark Gallagher | Nathan Jones | Kate Levine | Katie Lockett | Sam Oakley | Sara Price | Florence Quirici | David Radestock | Will Spratt | Samantha Vogts | Craig Westwood | Benjamin Winter[18]

December 2013-February 2014

Fred Azis-Laranjo | Tom Bage | Lucy Burns | Rory Cronin | Oliver Foster | Mark Gallagher | Nathan Jones | Michelle Lavipour | Katie Lockett | Sam Oakley | Matthew Phillips | Sara Price | Florence Quirici | David Radestock | Samantha Vogts | Craig Westwood[19]

September 2013-November 2013

Fred Azis-Laranjo | Tom Bage | Wendy Blair | Lucy Burns | Rory Cronin | Rebecca Degiorgio | Oliver Foster | Mark Gallagher | Michelle Lavipour | Hoda Mahmoud | Sam Oakley | Matthew Phillips | Sara Price | Florence Quirici | David Radestock | Craig Westwood[20]

June 2013-August 2013

Stig Abell | Tom Bage | Wendy Blair | Lucy Burns | Rory Cronin | Rebecca Degiorgio | Oliver Foster | Anthony Frieze | Mark Gallagher | Michelle Lavipour | Hoda Mahmoud | Matthew Phillips | Sara Price | Florence Quirici | David Radestock | Craig Westwood[21]

March 2013-May 2013

Stigg Abel | Tom Bage | Wendy Blair | Rory Cronin | Rebecca Degiorgio | Oliver Foster | Anthony Frieze | Mark Gallagher | Michelle Lavipour | Hoda Mahmoud | Sara Price | David Radestock | Simon Redfern | Dylan Sharpe | Craig Westwood[22]

December 2012-February 2013

Stigg Abel | Tom Bage | Wendy Blair | Rory Cronin | Rebecca Degiorgio | Oliver Foster | Anthony Frieze | Mark Gallagher | Michelle Lavipour | Hoda Mahmoud | Sara Price | David Radestock | Simon Redfern | Dylan Sharpe | Craig Westwood[23]

Clients

UK Government Register of consultant lobbyists

Registered since March 2015. Their listings since joining are as follows:[24]

Jan - Mar 2017

AB InBev | Avon

October - December 2016

Airbnb | Discovery | Ebico | HS1 | Kellogg's | Northern Gas Networks | RBLI | Sime Darby

July - Sept 2016

Buttle UK | Discovery | Kellogg's | Warwick University

April - June 2016

Community Channel | Kellogg's | Then & Now Show[25]

January - March 2016

Discovery Communications FirstPort | Kellogg's [26]

October - December 2015

Airbnb | Kellogg's

July - September 2015

Airbnb | Kellogg's | The Advertising Association

April - June 2015

Airbnb | FirstPort

January - March 2015

Airbnb | Camelot | CH2M Hill | Discovery | ITN | Kellogg's | Viacom

APPC register

Sept 2017 - Nov 2017

AB-InBev | Advertising Association | Aggregate Industries | airbnb | Avon | Battle of Ideas | British American Tobacco | Business Growth Fund | Camelot | Cerealto | CitySprint | Civitas | COBA | Crop Protection Association | Ctrl-Shift | Discovery | EEF | Experian | FirstPort | Funding Affordable Homes | HS1 Limited | ITN | Kellogg's | Leidos | Long Harbour | Motability | Museum of London | Northern Gas Networks | Richmond Way Developments | Royal British Legion Industries | Royal Hospital Chelsea | Sime Darby | The Fundraising Regulator | Then & Now Show | Urban Champions | Variety (The Children's Charity)

June - August 2017

AB-InBev | Aggregate Industries | Avon | Business Growth Fund | Cerealto | City Sprint | Ctrl-Shift | Ebico | FirstPort | HS1 | Kellogg's | Leidos | Museum of London | Richmond Way Developments | Royal Hospital Chelsea | The Fundraising Regulator | Then & Now Show | Variety (The Children's Charity) | Advertising Association | airbnb | Battle of Ideas | Camelot | CH2M | Civitas | Discovery | Experian | Funding Affordable Homes | ITN | Land and Lakes | Motability | Northern Gas Networks | Royal British Legion Industries | Sime Darby | University of Warwick | Urban Champions

December 2016-Feb 2017

AB-InBev | airbnb | Battle of Ideas | Business Growth Fund | CH2M | Community Channel | Ebico | FirstPort | HS1 Limited | Kellogg's | Advertising Association | Avon | British Library | Camelot | Civitas | Discovery | Experian | Funding Affordable Homes | ITN | Land and Lakes | Leidos | Museum of London | Northern Gas Networks | Richmond Way Developments | Royal Hospital Chelsea | The Fundraising Regulator | Then & Now Show | Variety (The Children's Charity) | Motability | Neil Mitchell | Philip Morris | Royal British Legion Industries | Sime Darby | University of Warwick | Urban Champions

December 2015-February 2016

ABInbev | Advertising Association | airbnb | Battle of Ideas | British Library | Business Growth Fund | Camelot | CH2M | CPL Fuels | Dialogue International | Discovery | EDF Energy | FirstPort | Funding Affordable Homes | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HS1 Limited | ITN | Kellogg's | Leidos Inc. | Lunar Mission One | Motability | Philip Morris Limited | Richmond Way Developments | Roddick Foundation | Royal Hospital Chelsea | Sime Darby | Stonewall | Taurus Asset Management | Urban Champions | Variety, The Children's Charity[12]

September 2015-November 2015

ABInbev | Advertising Association | airbnb | Battle Of Ideas | Boehringer Ingelheim | British Library | Business Growth Fund | Camelot | CH2M | CPL Fuels | Dialogue International | Discovery | EDF Energy | Falkland Islands Government | FirstPort | Funding Affordable Homes | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HS1 Limited | ITN | Kellogg's | Leidos Inc. | Lunar Mission One | Motability | Philip Morris Limited | Richmond Way Developments | Royal Hospital Chelsea | Sime Darby | Stonewall | Taurus Asset Management [13]

June 2015-August 2015

ABInbev | Advertising Association | airbnb | Appello | BAE Systems | Battle of Ideas | Boehringer Ingelheim | British Library | Camelot | CH2M | Dialogue International | Discovery | EDF Energy | Falkland Islands Government | FirstPort | Hewlett Packard | HS1 Limited | ITN | Kellogg's | Leidos Inc. | Lunar Mission One | Motability | Philip Morris Limited | Richmond Way Developments | Royal Hospital Chelsea | Sime Darby [14]

March 2015-May 2015

Advertising Association | airbnb | Appello | Arqiva | BAE Systems | Battle of Ideas | Boehringer Ingelheim | British Library | Camelot | CH2M | Dialogue International | Discovery | EDF Energy | Falkland Islands Government | FirstPort | Hewlett Packard | HS1 Limited | ITN | Kellogg's | Leidos Inc. | Lunar Mission One | Motability | Philip Morris Limited | Richmond Way Developments | Royal Hospital Chelsea | Sime Darby | Viacom [15]

December 2014-February 2015

Advertising Association | airbnb | Appello | Arqiva | BAE Systems | Boehringer Ingelheim | Camelot | CH2M Hill | Dialogue International | Discovery | EDF Energy | Falkland Islands Government | FirstPort | Grant Thornton | Hewlett Packard | HS1 Limited | ITN Kellogg's | Leidos Inc. | Lunar Mission One | Motability | Philip Morris Limited | Resilient Networks plc | Richmond Way Developments | Royal Hospital Chelsea | Sime Darby | Viacom[12]

September 2014-November 2014

airbnb | Arqiva | BAE Systems | Boehringer Ingelheim | Camelot | CH2M Hill | Comux UK | Dialogue International | Discovery | EDF Energy | Falkland Islands Government | Grant Thornton | Hewlett Packard | HS1 Limited | ITN | Kellogg's | Leidos Inc. | Lunar Mission One | Motability | Peverel Group | Philip Morris Limited | Resilient Networks plc | Richmond Way Developments | Royal Hospital Chelsea | Sime Darby[16]

June 2014-August 2014

airbnb | Arqiva | BAE Systems | Boehringer Ingelheim | Camelot | CH2M Hill | Comux UK | Discovery | EDF Energy | Grant Thornton | Hewlett Packard | HS1 Limited | ITN | Kellogg's | Leidos Inc. | Motability | Peverel Group | Resilient Networks plc | Sime Darby [17]

March 2014-May 2014

21st Century Fox | Advertising Association | airbnb | Amee | Arqiva | BAE Systems | Boehringer Ingelheim | Camelot | CH2M Hill | CITB (formerly ConstructionSkills) | Comux UK | Discovery | EDF Energy | Food Advertising Unit | Gift Voucher Shop | Grant Thornton | Hewlett Packard | HS1 Limited | ITN | Kellogg's | Leidos Inc. | Motability | Peverel Group | Resilient Networks plc | Young Epilepsy[18]

December 2013-February 2014

21st Century Fox | Advertising Association | Amee | Arqiva | ASDA | BAE Systems | Boehringer Ingelheim | Camelot | CH2M Hill | CITB (formerly ConstructionSkills) | Comux UK | Discovery | EDF Energy | Food Advertising Unit | Gift Voucher Shop | Grant Thornton | Hewlett Packard | HS1 Limited | ITN | Kellogg's | Motability | Peverel Group | Resilient Networks plc | Young Epilepsy[19]

September 2013-November 2013

21st Century Fox | Advertising Association | Amee | Arqiva | ASDA | BAE Systems | Boehringer Ingelheim | Camelot | CH2M Hill | CITB (formerly ConstructionSkills) | Clear Channel | Comux UK | Discovery | EDF Energy | Gift Voucher Shop | Grant Thornton | Hewlett Packard | HS1 Limited | ITN | Kellogg's | Motability | Peverel Group | Resilient Networks plc | Tomorrow's People[20]

June 2013-August 2013

Advertising Association | Amee | Arqiva | ASDA | BAE Systems | Boehringer Ingelheim | Camelot | CH2M Hill | CITB (formerly ConstructionSkills) | Clear Channel | Discovery | EDF Energy | Freesat | Gift Voucher Shop | Grant Thornton | Hewlett Packard | HS1 Limited | ITN | Kellogg's | Latham & Watkins | Motability | Peverel Group | Resilient Networks plc | Tomorrow's People[21]

March 2013-May 2013

Advertising Association | ASDA | BAE Systems | Boehringer Ingelheim | Camelot | CH2M Hill | CITB (formerly ConstructionSkills) | Clear Channel | Discovery | EngineeringUK | Food Advertising Unit | Hewlett Packard | HS1 | ITN | Kellogg's | Motability | Peverel Group | Tomorrow's People[22]

December 2012-February 2013

Advertising Association | ASDA | BAE Systems | Boehringer Ingelheim | Camelot | CH2M Hill | Clear Channel | ConstructionSkills | Discovery | EngineeringUK | Food Advertising Unit | Hewlett Packard | ITN | Kellogg's | Motability | Peverel Group | Tomorrow's People[23]

2012

EDF Energy | Jersey Finance | Freesat | ITN | Peverel | Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant | Boehringer Ingelheim

Contact, Resources and Notes

Contact

Address: Pagefield, The Courtyard Studio
18 Marshall Street, London, W1F 7BE
Website: www.pagefield.co.uk

Resources

Notes

  1. Twenty three ex-Bell Pottinger staff to join Pagefield, PR week, 6 October 2017
  2. Look to the communications sector for how an open-facing UK can thrive outside the EU, City AM, 7 August 2017
  3. Matt Cartmell, EDF bolsters comms to underpin nuclear plans, , prweek.com, Wednesday, 15 August 2012, 9:24am, acc 15 August 2012
  4. Our people, Pagefield website, undated, acc November 2012
  5. Mark Gallagher: The backroom fixer, PR Week, 10 November 2015
  6. 6.0 6.1 UK Public Affairs Council Register, Period 1 September 2011 to 30 November 2011, acc 16 August 2011
  7. Stephen Abell appointed Managing Editor of The Sun News Commercial, 15 August, accessed 19 October 2014
  8. Anthony Frieze Linkedin, accessed 19 October 2014
  9. Simon Redfern Linkedin, accessed 19 October 2014
  10. David Radestock joins Open Road Public Affairs Networking, 24th June 2014, accessed 19 October 2014
  11. Dylan Sharpe Linkedin, accessed 19 October 2014
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Pagefield staff, Register Dec14-Feb15, APPC, accessed 13 April 2016 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Dec14" defined multiple times with different content
  13. 13.0 13.1 Pagefield staff, Register Sep-Nov15, APPC, accessed 13 April 2016
  14. 14.0 14.1 Pagefield staff, Jun-Aug15, APPC, accessed 13 April 2016
  15. 15.0 15.1 Pagefield staff, Register Mar15-May15, APPC, accessed 13 April 2016
  16. 16.0 16.1 Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014 APPC, accessed 21 January 2015
  17. 17.0 17.1 Register 1st June 2014 - 31st August 2014 APPC, accessed 19 October 2014
  18. 18.0 18.1 Register for 1st March 2014 - 31st May 2014 APPC, accessed 21 October 2014
  19. 19.0 19.1 Register for 1st December 2013 - 28th February 2014 APPC, accessed 21 October 2014
  20. 20.0 20.1 Register for 1st September 2013 - 30th November 2013 APPC, accessed 21 October 2014
  21. 21.0 21.1 Register for 1st June 2013 - 31st August 2013 APPC, accessed 21 October 2014
  22. 22.0 22.1 Register for 1st March 2013 - 31st May 2013 APPC, accessed 21 October 2014
  23. 23.0 23.1 Register for 1st December 2012 - 28th February 2013 APPC, accessed 21 October 2014
  24. Pagefield, Register of Consultant Lobbyists, accessed August 2017
  25. 'Pagefield profile 2016', Register of consultant lobbyists, accessed 21 July 2016
  26. Pagefield Communications profile 2016, Registrar of consultant lobbyists, accessed 3 May 2016