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John Coyle was a PR operative who worked with [[Brian Basham]] at [[Broad Street]] PR.
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'''John Coyle''' was a well-known City PR man and former journalist. He died in 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|PR}}
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==Career==
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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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: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>
  
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Another account after his death summed up his 'colourful' life and career:
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: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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==Companies==
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*[[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>
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*[[Square Mile Communications]] -formed after he left Broad Street Associates in 1988<ref name="Prince"/>
 
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==Notes==
{{note|PR}} [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 .
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Latest revision as of 12:11, 22 February 2012

John Coyle was a well-known City PR man and former journalist. He died in 2006.

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:

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. [1]

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.[2]

Companies

Notes

  1. Steve Bevan, 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
  2. Coyle a tough player in corporate world, Profile Extra, CIPR web journal Publication Date : 30 June 2006
  3. 3.0 3.1 Dominic Prince, Bunhill John Coyle] The Independent, 28 August 2004