John Coyle - Revision history

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 ==Companies==
-*[[Barbican Corporate Communications]] - formed in August 1994 in partnership with [[John Emerson]], a one- time director of [[Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising]] <ref>Dominic Prince, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/bunhill-john-coyle-1379197.html Bunhill John Coyle]] The Independent, August 2004 </ref>
+*[[Barbican Corporate Communications]] - formed in August 1994 in partnership with [[John Emerson]], a one- time director of [[Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising]] <ref name="Prince">Dominic Prince, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/bunhill-john-coyle-1379197.html Bunhill John Coyle]] The Independent, 28 August 2004 </ref>
-*[[Square Mile Communications]] -formed after he left Broad Street Associates in 1988
+*[[Square Mile Communications]] -formed after he left Broad Street Associates in 1988<ref name="Prince"/>
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 '''John Coyle''' was a well-known City PR man and former journalist. He died in 2006.
-==Broad Street Associates==
+==Career==
 Coyle joined forces with [[Brian Basham]], founder of the PR firm [[Broad Street Group]] in 1976 and worked with him until 1988. According to ''PR Week'':

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-'''John Coyle''' was a well-known City PR man and former journalist.
+'''John Coyle''' was a well-known City PR man and former journalist. He died in 2006.
 ==Broad Street Associates==
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 :together they built Broad Street into a pounds 15 million public company with a reputation for high-profile and aggressive PR, together with an equally high-octane lifestyle. <ref> Steve Bevan, [http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/94469/  Profile: Brian Basham, Warwick Corporate: PR man who’s up for a fight - Brian Basham faces 1997 with expansion, instead of libel suits, on his mind], ''PR Week'', 10 January 1997, acc 27 January 2012 </ref>
-Another account summed up his life and career:
+Another account after his death summed up his 'colourful' life and career:
 :Johnny was a colossus who bestrode City PR in the 1980s. He built Broad Street Associates with Brian Basham and between them brought a new meaning to the contested takeover bids of that boom era. Johnny started half-a-dozen other PR companies, married and divorced many times, made two fortunes and lost them both, was declared bankrupt and probably made as many enemies as he did friends.<ref> [http://www.profile-extra.co.uk/articledetail.aspx?page=ECB0ED07-A810-4CC1-9B75-594D1A997545&article=DE9E34F3-7DFB-4BC7-8BD0-5B1CD949E01D Coyle a tough player in corporate world], Profile Extra, [[CIPR]] web journal Publication Date : 30 June 2006</ref>

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 Another account described him as:
-:Johnny was a colossus who bestrode City PR in the 1980s. He built Broad Street Associates with Brian Basham and between them brought a new meaning to the contested takeover bids of that boom era. Johnny started half-a-dozen other PR companies, married and divorced many times, made two fortunes and lost them both, was declared bankrupt and probably made as many enemies as he did friends.[http://www.profile-extra.co.uk/articledetail.aspx?page=ECB0ED07-A810-4CC1-9B75-594D1A997545&article=DE9E34F3-7DFB-4BC7-8BD0-5B1CD949E01D Coyle a tough player in corporate world], Profile Extra, [[CIPR]] web journal Publication Date : 30 June 2006 .
+:Johnny was a colossus who bestrode City PR in the 1980s. He built Broad Street Associates with Brian Basham and between them brought a new meaning to the contested takeover bids of that boom era. Johnny started half-a-dozen other PR companies, married and divorced many times, made two fortunes and lost them both, was declared bankrupt and probably made as many enemies as he did friends.<ref> [http://www.profile-extra.co.uk/articledetail.aspx?page=ECB0ED07-A810-4CC1-9B75-594D1A997545&article=DE9E34F3-7DFB-4BC7-8BD0-5B1CD949E01D Coyle a tough player in corporate world], Profile Extra, [[CIPR]] web journal Publication Date : 30 June 2006 . </ref>
 ==Companies==