The Communication Group plc - Revision history

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	{{Template:NuclearSpin}}'''The Communication Group''' is a London based PR and lobbying firm.		{{Template:NuclearSpin}}'''The Communication Group''' is a London based PR and lobbying firm.
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	==History==		==History==

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 ==People==
-*[[Maureen Smith]], Chairman
+*[[Maureen Sutherland Smith]], chairman
-*[[Michael Hayman]], Chief Executive
+*[[Peter Hamilton PR| Peter Hamilton]], deputy chairman
 ==Clients==
 ===2011===
 <ref> PRCA Public Affairs Register – Agencies - September to November 2011 </ref>

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-'''The Communication Group''' is a London based PR and lobbying firm.
+{{Template:NuclearSpin}}'''The Communication Group''' is a London based PR and lobbying firm.
 ==History==
 The Communication Group bought [[Forth Public Relations]] in 1995.  A new firm [[3X1]] was created from within on 1 January 2001.<ref>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</ref>   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.<ref>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</ref>
-PR Week reported in 1995:
+''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.<ref>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 </ref>
+: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.<ref>''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 </ref>
 ==People==
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 ==Clients==
 ===2011===
-{{Template:NuclearSpin}}<ref> PRCA Public Affairs Register – Agencies - September to November 2011 </ref>
+<ref> PRCA Public Affairs Register – Agencies - September to November 2011 </ref>
 Clients include:
 *[[West Cumbria Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership]]
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 *[[One Housing Group]]
 *[[Rio Tinto]]
 ===2009===
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 ==Notes==
 <references/>
-[[Category:Public relations firms]][[Category:Lobbying firms]]
+[[Category:Public relations firms]][[Category:Lobbying firms]][[Category:Nuclear PR, lobbying and consultancy firms]]

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 ==Clients==
 ===2011===
-<ref> PRCA Public Affairs Register – Agencies - September to November 2011 </ref>
+{{Template:NuclearSpin}}<ref> PRCA Public Affairs Register – Agencies - September to November 2011 </ref>
 Clients include:
 *[[West Cumbria Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership]]

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 ==Clients==
 ===2011===
 *[[West Cumbria Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership]]
 *[[Advanced Plasma Power]]
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 *[[One Housing Group]]
 *[[Rio Tinto]]
-<ref> PRCA Public Affairs Register – Agencies - September to November 2011 </ref>
 ===2009===
-Clients include:<ref>[http://www.thecommunicationgroup.co.uk/experience/what.asp TCG website], accessed Feb 2009</ref>
+<ref>[http://www.thecommunicationgroup.co.uk/experience/what.asp TCG website], accessed Feb 2009</ref>
 *[[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."

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 *[[De Beers Group]]
 *[[Development Securities]] plc
-*[[Kajima Kinetic Partners One Housing Group
+*[[Kajima Kinetic Partners]]
 *[[Rio Tinto]]
 <ref> PRCA Public Affairs Register – Agencies - September to November 2011 </ref>

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 *[[ICI]]
 *[[PricewaterhouseCoopers]]
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+===2011===
 *[[West Cumbria Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership]]
 *[[Advanced Plasma Power]]