Pagefield

This article is part of the Lobbying Portal, a sunlight project from Spinwatch.

Part of the Powerbase Brexit Portal.

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.

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.

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'.

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

Building the case for new nuclear after Fukushima

This article is part of the Nuclear Spin project of Spinwatch.

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.

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

People

Key Staff

As of January 2018, Pagefield staff included:

• Mark Gallagher senior partner /founder. Described as a 'courteous Oxford PPE graduate and ardent Conservative'.
• Liam Parker, former adviser to foreign secretary Boris Johnson
• Christopher Meyer, former British Ambassador to the United States and Germany and former Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission. He is a non-executive director of the Arbuthnot Banking Group and a member of the international advisory board of BritishAmerican Business, Inc..
• Oliver Foster, CEO
• Sara Price- partner/ chief of staff
• Gráinne Warner, finance director

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

Former staff

• Stephen Abell - partner, former director of Press Complaints Commission. Now managing editor of The Sun
• Anthony Frieze - partner. Now partner and head of UK and manager, Scandinavia at Balfour Capital
• Simon Redfern - partner . Now director of corporate affairs, EMEA at Starbucks
• Lucy Goodwin -- associate partner
• David Radestock - executive, worked with clients such as Asda, Construction Skills, CH2M Hill and Peverel. Now works at Open Road
• Dylan Sharpe -consultant, worked with clients such as EDF Energy, Motability and ASDA. Now head of PR at The Sun News UK.

Advisory board

As of January 2018:

• Sir Christopher Meyer, chair of the advisory board
• Lady Catherine Meyer
• Sian Jarvis
• Michael Lockett
• Gerard Lyons
• Peter Middleton
• Nikki Page
• Alan Pascoe
• Debbie Wosskow
• Teresa Graham
• Dianne Thompson
• James Ashton
• Alison Hastings
• Dame Sue Tinson

Former Members

• Mark Bolland
• Kevin Duncan
• Penelope Cobham

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Clients

UK Government Register of consultant lobbyists

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

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

January - March 2016

Discovery Communications FirstPort | Kellogg's

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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