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| − | [[British Bankers Association]] | [[AB-InBev]] | [[Apple]] | [[Association of British Bookmakers] | [[Basic Element]] | [[BTA Bank]] | [[Cable and Wireless]] | [[Coca-Cola Enterprises]] | [[Coca-Cola Great Britain]] | [[Falcon and Associates]] | [[GazProm]] | [[Google]] | [[Halite Energy Group]] | [[McDonald’s]] | [[NetJets]] | [[NSPCC]] | [[Plan UK]] | [[SAB Miller]] | [[Tesco]] | [[The Government of Russia]] | [[The Scout Association]] | [[The Woodland Trust]] | [[Tullow Oil]] | [[UK Broadband]] | [[Virgin Media]] | + | [[British Bankers Association]] | [[AB-InBev]] | [[Apple]] | [[Association of British Bookmakers] | [[Basic Element]] | [[BTA Bank]] | [[Cable and Wireless]] | [[Coca-Cola Enterprises]] | [[Coca-Cola Great Britain]] | [[Falcon and Associates]] | [[GazProm]] | [[Google]] | [[Halite Energy Group]] | [[McDonald’s]] | [[NetJets]] | [[NSPCC]] | [[Plan UK]] | [[SAB Miller]] | [[Tesco]] | [[The Government of Russia]] | [[The Scout Association]] | [[The Woodland Trust]] | [[Tullow Oil]] | [[UK Broadband]] | [[Virgin Media]] <ref> APPC Register Entry for 1 Jun 2011 to 31 Aug 2011 </re> |
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Revision as of 11:00, 14 December 2011
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Portland is a PR firm founded in 2001 by Tim Allan, a former adviser to Tony Blair and director of corporate communications at BSkyB.[1]
Contents
People
In September 2009 Conservative Party heavyweight Michael Portillo joined Portland as the agency sets up a new high-level 'advisory council'.[2]
A month later, in another coup for the agency, it also signed up the Sun's political editor George Pascoe-Watson, further strengthening its Tory credentials.[3]
Former staff
- Henry de Zoete - now a special adviser to Education Secretary Michael Gove
- James Frayne - now Director of Communications at the UK Department for Education
Clients
In 2011 lobbying clients listed on the APPC register included:
British Bankers Association | AB-InBev | Apple | [[Association of British Bookmakers] | Basic Element | BTA Bank | Cable and Wireless | Coca-Cola Enterprises | Coca-Cola Great Britain | Falcon and Associates | GazProm | Google | Halite Energy Group | McDonald’s | NetJets | NSPCC | Plan UK | SAB Miller | Tesco | The Government of Russia | The Scout Association | The Woodland Trust | Tullow Oil | UK Broadband | Virgin Media Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Notes
- ↑ About Portland, Portland PR website, accessed 11 Nov 2009
- ↑ David Singleton, Portland signs up Conservative Party heavyweight Michael Portillo, PR Week, 24 September 2009
- ↑ Kate Magee, The Sun's political editor George Pascoe-Watson to join Portland PR, PR Week, 16 October 2009
