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Fleishman-Hillard ((http://www.fleishmaneurope.com/Cities/Edinburgh.html)) is one of the biggest PR companies in the world with over 80 offices worldwide.  Its parent company is the [[Omnicom]] group Inc [http://www.omnicomgroup.com/], which is a huge conglomerate that describes itself as a "global leader in Marketing and Global Communications". It has absorbed the group of firms formerly trading under the name [[GPC International]]
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[[Image:F-H.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Fleishman Hillard London office above Covent Garden tube station]]
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[[File:Fleishman-Hillard.png|300px|right|thumb|Fleishman-Hillard Brussels office, Square de Meeûs 35, Brussels]]
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'''Fleishman-Hillard''' is one of the biggest PR companies in the world.  Its parent company is the [[Omnicom]] group Inc, which is a huge conglomerate that describes itself as a "global leader in Marketing and Global Communications". It has absorbed the group of firms formerly trading under the name [[GPC International]].
  
 
==Global operation==
 
==Global operation==
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Headquartered in St. Louis, Fleishman-Hillard has over 80 offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, South Africa, and Latin America. It operates through a variety of networks:
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*[[Allyn & Company]]
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*[[Fleishman-Hillard Government Relations]]
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*[[GPC Public Affairs]]
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*[[GMMB]]
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*[[Mercury Public Affairs]]
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*[[Strat@comm]]
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*[[VOX Global Mandate]]
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*On 4 November 2015, it was confirmed that [[John Saunders]] would be succeeding [[Dave Senay]] as President and CEO of [[Fleishman-Hillard]]. He served as EMEA president for the company for the fours year leading up to the appointment. He will be moving to Fleishman's global HQ in St Louis.<ref>[http://www.holmesreport.com/latest/article/john-saunders-named-president-and-ceo-of-fleishmanhillard Arun Sudhaman, 'John Saunders Succeeds Dave Senay As FleishmanHillard CEO'], ''Holmes Report'', accessed 5 November 2015</ref>
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==UK operation==
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Fleishman-Hillard has three offices in the UK and Ireland: London, [[Fleishman-Hillard (Edinburgh)]] and Dublin.
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Services include 'keeping clients up to speed on all things political'. For example, in 2005 F-H distributed a glossy brochure to their clients sketching the likely changes that could be expected under a [[Labour]] government led by [[Gordon Brown]]. [[Kevin Maguire]] wrote in the ''New Statesman'' in April 2005: 'Warning multinational bosses that the next Labour premier's philosophy is built on - wait for it - equity, the booklet predicts Brown will centralise power around himself'.<ref>Kevin Maguire, 'US corporates prepare for Brown's rise, Marr upsets Howard, and Patricia Hewitt in trouble', [http://www.newstatesman.com/200504180015 ''New Statesman''], 18 April, 2005.</ref>
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*Fleishman-Hillard can be found in Powerbase's [[Westminster lobbying map]]
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On 2 November 2015, it was confirmed that '''Fleishman-Hillard''' and [[Fishburn Hedges]] would be merging their UK operations, taking on the name Fleishman-Hillard Fishburn and merging their offices into Omnicom's Bamkside premises. It will now have more than 200 employees and is likely to gross between £25-£30 million annually. <ref>[http://www.prweek.com/article/1370964/fleishmanhillard-fishburn-merge-uk-operations-form-fleishmanhillard-fishburn John Harrington, 'Fleishman-Hillard and Fishburn merge UK operations'],www.PRweek.com, accessed 2 November 2015</ref>
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==People==
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*[[Jim Donaldson]], UK managing director. Worked at a number of PR and lobbyists including [[Burson-Marsteller]], [[KBH Communications]], [[The Communication Group]] plc, [[Hill and Knowlton]] and [[Weber Shandwick]]<ref> Linkedin [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jimdonaldson Jim Donaldson], accessed 10 June 2015.</ref>
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===Revolving door===
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*[[Simon Benson]], lobbyist. Benson was a special adviser to Home Secretary [[Jacqui Smith]] while she was chief whip from May 2006 to June 2007. Before that, Benson was a special adviser to the previous chief whip [[Hilary Armstrong]].<ref>Fleishman-Hillard nets ex-Home Secretary aide, PR Week UK, 22 August 2007</ref>
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*[[Paul Borge]], head of digital. F-H was bought in to support [[David Davis]]' by-election fight following his resignation in summer 2008 from the [[Conservative Party]] front bench over the government's plans to extend detention to 42 days. Kevin Bell said the agency's digital team had been involved in the design of Davis' website, adding that he has known Davis for 20 years. Bell said he would not rule out providing further PR support should Davis need it.<ref>[http://www.prweek.com/uk/home/article/817651/Fleishman-Hillard-behind-David-Davis-civil-liberties-campaign/ PR Week], 17 June, 2008.</ref>
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*[[James Dowling]], FH Public Affairs and Corporate Communications team. Dowling is a former senior [[HM Treasury]] official who was Head of Insurance Sector Policy, Insurance and Risk, and before that was Head of the Finance Bill team, Budget Strategy and Tax (2007 – 09) with overall responsibility for delivering the Finance Bill. He initially joined the Treasury in 2006. Prior to the Treasury, he worked in [[DCMS]] (2003-06) including in the Olympic Games Unit. <ref> Nick Williams, [http://london.fleishmanhillard.com/2011/10/07/treasury-official-joins-fleishman-hillard-pacorp/ Treasury official joins Fleishman-Hillard PACorp] Fleishman-Hillard London website, 7 October 2011 </ref>
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*[[Sarah Jenkins]], account director, public affairs and corporate communications at Fleishman-Hillard since November 2012. Jenkins is a former private secretary to the UK commercial secretary [[Lord Sassoon]] at [[HM Treasury]] (October 2009 – April 2012) and was a team member of the Lord Heseltine Review Team at the [[Department for Business, Innovation and Skills]] from April-November 2012. Before that she was parliamentary and public affairs manager at the [[Office of Government Commerce]] (now [[Cabinet Office]] (2007-09) and a parliamentary research assistant to [[Liz Lynne]] MEP. <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/sarah-jenkins/2/a32/75?trk=pub-pbmap  Sarah Jenkins, Director, Public Affairs (EMEA) at CPP Investment Board], ''LinkedIn'' profile, undated, acc 10 October 2014 </ref>
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*[[Steve Race]], account director since 2011. Former senior researcher to Rt Hon [[Ben Bradshaw]] MP between 2007 and 2011.<ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/stephen-race/18/21b/896 Stephen Race] ''Linkedin'', accessed 13 October 2014 </ref>Stood in 2015 General Election as the [[Labour]] candidate for East Devon, taking 10.2% of the vote and coming 4th. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000678 East Devon General Election Results 2015], ''BBC.co.uk'', accessed 23 February 2016</ref>
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*[[Tomos Davies]], former special adviser Wales office
  
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Fleishman-Hillard operates around the globe through a variety of networks:
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===Others===
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*[[Allyn & Company]]
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*[[Steph Bailey]], director. Former managing director at [[Red Consultancy]].<ref> Anna Reynolds [http://www.prweek.com/article/1345117/red-consultancy-hires-nick-edell-h+k-strategies-steph-bailey-pops-fleishman Red Consultancy hires Nick Edell from H+K Strategies while Steph Bailey pops up at Fleishman] ''PR Week'', 30 April 2015, accessed 30 April 2015.</ref>
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*[[Matthew Orman]] - associate director since 2012, worked previously for [[Nestle]], [[Hume Brophy]] and [[Interel]]
  
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*[[Fleishman-Hillard Government Relations]]
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===APPC Register===
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====September 2015-November 2015====
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[[Simon Benson]] | [[Jennifer Brindisi]] | [[Michelle Di Leo]] | [[James Dowling]] | [[Paulina Jakubec]] | [[Elaine Lau]] | [[Liam McCloy]] | [[Steve Race]] | [[Simon Richards]] | [[William Thavenot]] | [[Caroline Winters]]<ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=FleishmanHillard Fleishman-Hillard client list Sep-Nov15], ''APPC.org'', accessed 22 February 2016</ref>
  
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*[[GPC Public Affairs]]
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====June 2015-August 2015====
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[[Simon Benson]] |  [[Jennifer Brindisi]] | [[James Dowling]] |  [[Robert Hanvik]] | [[Tatiana Hulko]] | [[Paulina Jakubec]] | [[Dan Kent]] | [[Elaine Lau]] | [[Julie Masters]] | [[Liam McCloy]] | [[Lauren Packer]] | [[Steve Race]] | [[Simon Richards]] | [[Charlotte Shyllon]] | [[Kamile Stankute]] | [[William Thavenot]] | [[Nick Williams]] | [[Caroline Winters]]<ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/APPC-Register-August-2015.pdf Fleishman-Hillard staff list Jun-Aug15], ''APPC.org'', accessed 22 February 2016</ref>
  
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*[[GMMB]]
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====March 2015-May 2015====
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[[Gioconda Beekman]] | [[Simon Benson]] | [[James Dowling]] | [[Nick Gaff]] | [[Betsy Haglage]] | [[Callum Haire]] | [[Robert Hanvik]] | [[Angus Hill]] | [[Tatiana Hulko]] | [[Paulina Jakubec]] [[Dan Kent]] | [[Immaculate Koigi]] | [[Elaine Lau]] | [[Kirsty Mair]] | [[Julie Masters]] | [[Liam McCloy]] | [[Lauren Packer]] | [[Steve Race]] | [[Simon Richards]] | [[Charlotte Shyllon]] | [[Alexander Stafford]] | [[Kamile Stankute]] | [[William Thavenot]] | [[Nick Williams]] | [[Caroline Winters]]<ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/MAY-2015-REGISTER-FINAL.pdf Fleishman-Hillard staff list Mar-May15], ''APPC.org'', accessed 22 February 2016</ref>
  
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*[[Mercury Public Affairs]]
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====December 2014-February 2015====
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[[Simon Anderson]] | [[Gioconda Beekman]] | [[Simon Benson]] | [[Sarah Connolly]] | [[James Dowling]] | [[Lydia Eades]] | [[Emma Jane Edwards]] | [[Nick Gaff]] | [[Katherine Haggett]] | [[Betsy Haglage]] | [[Callum Haire]] | [[Robert Hanvik]] | [[Angus Hill]] | [[Tatiana Hulko]] | [[Dan Kent]] | [[Immaculate Koigi]] | [[Kirsty Mair]] | [[Julie Masters]] | [[Liam McCloy]] | [[Matthew Orman]] | [[Lauren Packer]] | [[Laura Perry]] | [[Steve Race]] | [[Simon Richards]] | [[Charlotte Shyllon]] | [[Alexander Stafford]] | [[Kamile Stankute]] | [[Nick Williams]] | [[Caroline Winters]]<ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/FEB-2015-REGISTER-27.5.15-final.pdf Fleishman-Hillard staff list Dec14-Feb15], ''APPC.org'', accessed 22 February 2016</ref>
  
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*[[Strat@comm]]
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====September 2014-November 2014====
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[[Simon Anderson]] | [[Gioconda Beekman]] | [[Simon Benson]] | [[Jeremy Day]] | [[James Dowling]] | [[Emma Jane Edwards]] | [[Betsy Haglage]] | [[Callum Haire]] | [[Robert Hanvik]] | [[Angus Hill]] | [[Katherine Hoggett]] | [[Dan Kent]] | [[Kirsty Mair]] | [[Liam McCloy]] | [[Matthew Orman]] | [[Lauren Packer]] | [[Laura Perry]] | [[Steve Race]] | [[Simon Richards]] | [[Charlotte Shyllon]] | [[Alexander Stafford]] | [[Kamile Stankute]] | [[Nick Williams]] | [[Caroline Winters]]<ref name="sept14"> [http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=Fleishman-Hillard Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014] ''APPC'', accessed 20 January 2015 </ref>
  
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*[[VOX Global Mandate]]
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====June 2014-August 2014====
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[[Gioconda Beekman]] | [[Simon Benson]] | [[Briana Cacuci]] | [[Jeremy Day]] | [[James Dowling]] | [[Emma Jane Edwards]] | [[Betsy Haglage]] | [[Jack Hands]] | [[Robert Hanvik]] | [[Angus Hill]] | [[Katherine Hoggett]] | [[Sarah Jenkins]] | [[Dan Kent]] | [[Weston Macklem]] | [[Liam McCloy]] | [[Matthew Orman]] | [[Lauren Packer]] | [[Laura Perry]] | [[Sophie Pim]] | [[Steve Race]] | [[Andy Reed]] | [[Simon Richards]] | [[Josh Rule]] | [[Charlotte Shyllon]] | [[Nick Williams]]<ref name="June"> [http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=Fleishman-Hillard Register 1st June 2014 - 31st August 2014] ''APPC'', accessed 16 October 2014 </ref>
  
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====March 2014-May 2014====
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[[Ben Baruch]] | [[Gioconda Beekman]] | [[Simon Benson]] | [[James Dowling]] | [[Emma Jane Edwards]] | [[Betsy Haglage]] | [[Callum Haire]] | [[Patricia Hamzahee]] | [[Jack Hands]] | [[Angus Hill]] | [[Sarah Jenkins]] | [[Weston Macklem]] | [[Liam McCloy]] | [[Matthew Orman]] | [[Laura Perry]] | [[Sophie Pim]] | [[Steve Race]] | [[Andy Reed]] | [[Simon Richards]] | [[Nick Williams]] | [[Hugo Winn]]
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<ref name="MP"> [http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/MAY-14-REGISTER-1.9.14.pdf Register for 1st March 2014 - 31st May 2014] ''APPC'', accessed September 2014 </ref>
  
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==History: GPC International==
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====December 2013-February 2014====
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Involved in the Drapergate / Cronygate 'Cash - for-Access scandal. Now seen as a minor blip in the growth and expansion of this lobbying outfit.  
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[[Amna Ahmad]] | [[Ben Baruch]] | [[Gioconda Beekman]] | [[Simon Benson]] | [[James Dowling]] | [[Emma Jane Edwards]] | [[Betsy Haglage]] | [[Callum Haire]] | [[Patricia Hamzahee]] | [[Jack Hands]] | [[Angus Hill]] | [[Sarah Jenkins]] | [[Liam McCloy]] | [[Paul Noonan]] | [[Matthew Orman]] | [[Laura Perry]] | [[Sophie Pim]] | [[Steve Race]] | [[Andy Reed]] | [[Simon Richards]] | [[Ian Tennant]] | [[John Thompson (Lobbying)|John Thompson]] | [[Nick Williams]] | [[Hugo Winn]] <ref name="MQ"> [http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/FEB-14-REG-7.3.1411.pdf Register for 1st December 2013 - 28th February 2014] ''APPC'', accessed 13 October 2014 </ref>
  
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Cash-for-access: Promised access to key ministers, as well as a seat on a government task force – allows for political networking and direct influence on government policy
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====September 2013-November 2013====
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[[Amna Ahmad]] | [[Rajmeena Aujla]] | [[Ben Baruch]] | [[Gioconda Beekman]] | [[Simon Benson]] | [[Charlotte Black]] | [[James Dowling]] | [[Daniel Ferreira]] | [[Betsy Haglage]] | [[Patricia Hamzahee]] | [[Angus Hill]] | [[Sarah Jenkins]] | [[Rebecca Lury]] | [[Liam McCloy]] | [[Paul Noonan]] | [[Matthew Orman]] | [[Laura Perry]] | [[Sophie Pim]] | [[Steve Race]] | [[Andy Reed]] | [[Ian Tennant]] | [[John Thompson (Lobbying)|John Thompson]] | [[Nick Williams]] | [[Julian Winkworth]] | [[Hugo Winn]]<ref name="MR"> [http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/13-NOV-REGISTER-26.2.1411.pdf Register for 1st September 2013 - 30th November 2013] ''APPC'', accessed 13 October 2014 </ref>
  
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‘Then there is the case of British Gas. [[Derek Draper]], the disgraced lobbyist and former aide to [[Peter Mandelson]], claimed his firm GPC got [[British Gas]] chief executive [[David Varney]] on to the welfare-to-work task force. Draper called this one of his 'biggest' achievements. British Gas insists that Varney wanted only to contribute to the debate about getting young people off the dole and into work. However, a GPC client brochure carries an interview with Varney in which he admits the appointment gives him 'the opportunity to communicate your assessments of a particular situation clear and undiluted to senior Ministers. The insights into government . . . are valuable in a wider business context.' (Observer 1998)
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====June 2013-August 2013====
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[[Amna Ahmad]] | [[Rajmeena Aujla]] | [[Anshul Bakhda]] | [[Ben Baruch]] | [[Gioconda Beekman]] | [[Simon Benson]] | [[Charlotte Black]] | [[David Carter (Lobbying)|David Carter]] | [[Charukie Dharmaratne]] | [[James Dowling]] | [[Daniel Ferreira]] | [[Betsy Haglage]] | [[Patricia Hamzahee]] | [[Angus Hill]] | [[Sarah Jenkins]] | [[Rebecca Lury]] | [[Liam McCloy]] | [[Matthew Orman]] | [[Laura Perry]] | [[Sophie Pim]] | [[Steve Race]] | [[Andy Reed]] | [[Ian Tennant]] | [[Nick Williams]] | [[Hugo Winn]] | [[Caroline Winters]]<ref name="MS"> [http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Register-August-2014-FINAL11.pdf Register for 1st June 2013 - 31st August 2013] ''APPC'', accessed 13 October 2014 </ref>
  
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CLOSE WATCHERS of the lobbying saga will recall that Draper told The Observer's man that he had passed on remarkably accurate predictions of public spending plans to Salomon Smith Barney. Salomon has consistently refused to comment on the story. But we can give a couple of further insights. Draper and other GPC colleagues held regular meetings with Salomon managing director [[Costas Kaplanis]].  
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====March 2013-May 2013====
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[[Amna Ahmad]] | [[Anshul Bakhda]] | [[Ben Baruch]] | [[Simon Benson]] | [[Charlotte Black]] | [[Fraser Carlisle]] | [[David Carter (Lobbying)|David Carter]] | [[Charukie Dharmaratne]] | [[James Dowling]] | [[Daniel Ferreira]] | [[Ben Furnival]] | [[Betsy Haglage]] | [[Patricia Hamzahee]] | [[Angus Hill]] | [[Sarah Jenkins]] | [[Rebecca Lury]] | [[Liam McCloy]] | [[Matthew Orman]] | [[Laura Perry]] | [[Sophie Pim]] | [[Steve Race]] | [[Andy Reed]] | [[Ian Tennant]] | [[Nick Williams]] | [[Caroline Winters]] <ref name="MT"> [http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/13-MAY-REGISTER-FINAL-FINAL11.pdf Register for 1st March 2013 - 31st May 2013] ''APPC'', accessed 13 October 2014 </ref>
  
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Outcome: APPC  inquiry found that Draper was a "rogue elephant" and that his conduct "was to be attributed not to defects in management systems or procedures but to human failure", it said. The firm had tightened procedures and the APPC said they were being readmitted to the association. They had withdrawn while their management systems were "audited".
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====December 2012-February 2013====
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[[Amna Ahmad]] | [[Anshul Bakhda]] | [[Ben Baruch]] | [[Simon Benson]] | [[Charlotte Black]] | [[Fraser Carlisle]] | [[David Carter (Lobbying)|David Carter]] | [[James Dowling]] | [[Daniel Ferreira]] | [[Ben Furnival]] | [[Betsy Haglage]] | [[Angus Hill]] | [[Sarah Jenkins]] | [[Andy Johnson]] | [[Rebecca Lury]] | [[Liam McCloy]] | [[Frances Mullaney]] | [[Laura Perry]] | [[Sophie Pim]] | [[Steve Race]] | [[Ian Tennant]] | [[Nick Williams]] | [[Caroline Winters]]<ref name="MU"> [http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/latest-register_1Dec2012_28Feb2013.pdf Register for 1st December 2012 - 28th February 2013] ''APPC'', accessed 13 October 2014 </ref>
  
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===Former staff===
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*[[Kevin Bell]], Is now global practice chair for public affairs at [[Burson-Marsteller]]. Former executive Vice President and Senior Partner (UK and South Africa), joined [[Maitland Political]] as executive chairman after leaving FH. Bell is described as one of the "great and the good” in the PR industry. He is a former adviser to [[Margaret Thatcher]] "Managing a team of 150-plus consultants in Fleishman-Hillard's London, Edinburgh and Johannesburg offices, Kevin specialises in advising senior executives of leading blue-chip companies, as well as senior politicians on their communications strategies."<ref>[http://www.fleishman-hillard.co.uk/index.php?pid=39 F-H website], accessed February, 2009</ref> He is the ex-Founding Director of [[Westminster Strategy]], established [[Lowe Bell Political]] (later [[Bell Pottinger Public Affairs]]) in 1994, and joined [[GPC]] International UK in 2000. He is a trustee of the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] (IEA).<ref>Kevin Bell quits Bell Pottinger to join GPC, PR Week UK, 7 July, 2000</ref>
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*[[Sophie Pim]], now Sophie Hearn. Is currently undergoing Teacher training and PGCE with Wandsworth SCITT (Schools-Centred Initial Teacher Training)<ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/in/sophiepim Sophie Pim] ''Linkedin'', accessed 13 October 2014 </ref>. Was an associate director at Fleishman-Hillard between September 2006 and August 2014. Pim was [[David Cameron]]'s former operations manager, who is described as bringing “first hand experience of the inner workings of the Cameron team.”<ref>Sally Dawson, Cameron aide joins Fleishman-Hillard, Public Affairs News, February, 2007.</ref>
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*[[Alex Bigg]] - Group MD Corporate and Financial at [[Edelman]] (2010-2011), previously MD Public Affairs (2008-2010) <ref> [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alex-bigg/5/4a1/93b Alex Bigg],LinkedIn acc November 2011 </ref>
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*[[Henry Featherstone]], current director of public affairs at [[Genzyme Therapeutics]]. Was senior policy advisor at FH between October 2010 and February 2012, head of health & social care unit at [[Policy Exchange]] between November 2008 and October 2010, chief of staff and parliamentary researcher at the [[House of Commons]].<ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/henry-featherstone/21/77a/b2b Henry Featherstone] ''Linkedin'', accessed 13 October 2014 </ref>
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*[[Andy Reed]], former senior counsel on sport policy and public affairs at FH, 2013 until August 2014 and Labour MP 1997-2010.
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*[[Claire Ashbridge-Thomlinson]], is the director and founding partner of East London Brewing Company. Former director of strategy and business development in healthcare at [[Fleishman-Hillard]] and  senior associate in health practice at [[APCO]].
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*[[Nick Williams]], former head of public affairs and senior vice president. Williams was an advisor to the [[Labour Party]] from 1993-97, and part of [[Tony Blair]]'s team during the 2001 and 2005 general elections.
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*[[Richard Kanareck]], former managing director, London. Former director at The [[Red Consultancy]], head of PR and communications at [[eBay]] UK and EU communications director at [[Ebay]]. Now chief comms officer at [[Ovo Energy]].
  
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[[Roger Liddle]] and his associates paid £1 for [[Prima Euope]] only months before last year's election transformed its prospects. But by May this year, with Labour having been in power for a year, Prima was valued at up to £1.8 million when it was sold to rivals [[GPC Market Access]]. Liddle, Draper and three associates invested £200 in Prima shares after the business was acquired in January last year from its American former owners. The deal was a management buy-out for a nominal £1; on top of this, they agreed to pay up to £250,000 dependent on future profits.
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==UK lobbying clients==
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===Registrar of consultant lobbyists===
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====January-March 2016====
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[[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Britvic]] | [[Danone Nutricia]] | [[EE]] | [[Lendlease]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[Virgin Trains East Coast]] | [[Virgin Trains West Coast]]<ref>[https://registerofconsultantlobbyists.force.com/CLR_Public_Profile?id=0012400000UhLmSAAV Fleishman-Hillard profile 2016], ''Registrar of consultant lobbyists'', accessed 28 April 2016</ref>
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====October - December 2015====
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[[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Danone Nutricia]] | [[Omidyar Network]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[SAP]] <ref>[https://registerofconsultantlobbyists.force.com/CLR_Public_Profile?id=00124000005zruRAAQ Fleishman-Hillard profile 2015], ''Registrar of consultant lobbyists'', accessed 5 February 2016</ref>
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====July - September 2015====
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[[Addison Lee]] | [[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Canada Pension Plan Investment Board]] | [[Candu Energy]] | [[Danone Nutricia]] | [[Omidyar Network]] | [[Phillips 66]] | [[Qualcomm]]
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====April - June 2015====
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[[Addison Lee]] | [[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Canada Pension Plan Investment Board]] | [[Candu Energy]] | [[Danone Nutricia]] | [[Omidyar Network]] | [[Phillips 66]] | [[Qualcomm]]
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====January - March 2015====
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[[Addison Lee]] | [[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Candu Energy]] | [[Danone Nutricia]] | [[Licensed Private Hire Car Association]] | [[Omidyar Network]] | [[PepsiCo UK]] | [[Phillips 66]] | [[Qualcomm]]
  
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Liddle, through a 'blind trust', received pounds 260,000 cash. Downing Street has been eager to emphasise that Liddle did not participate in the 'earn-out' arrangements: these mean that ex-Prima owners can boost the amount they receive by up to £1m, bringing to £1.8m the total they receive for the takeover. The£1m is dependent on profits over the next three years.
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===APPC lobbying register===
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====September 2015-November 2015====
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[[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board]] | [[Candu Energy]] | [[Carlyle Group]] | [[Danone Nutricia]] | [[JP Morgan]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Omidyar Network]] | [[PepsiCo UK]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[SAP]]<ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=FleishmanHillard Fleishman-Hillard client list Sep-Nov15], ''APPC.org'', accessed 22 February 2016</ref>
  
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Liddle founded Prima with former Labour Minister Lord [[Dick Taverne]] in 1987. It was later sold to US advertising agency [[Young & Rubicam]]. Prima continued to be run by Liddle, Taverne, former Labour MP turned Lib-Dem Sir [[Ian Wrigglesworth]] and [[John Dickie]]. They bought the Prima business back in January last year. With Draper on board and Labour in power, business boomed. In 1997, the company's revenues rose to £1m and profits to £173,000. The directors paid themselves £300,000 plus dividends of £104,000.
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====June 2015-August 2015====
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[[Abbott Diagnostics]] |  [[Addison Lee]] | [[Alzheimer's Society]] | [[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board]] | [[Candu Energy]] | [[Carlyle Group]] | [[Danone Nutricia]] | [[JP Morgan]] | [[Licensed Private Hire Car Assocation]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Omidyar Network]] | [[PepsiCo UK]] | [[Philips 66]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[SAP]] | [[Sorenson]] | [[Tata Consultancy Services]]<ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/APPC-Register-August-2015.pdf Fleishman-Hillard client list Jun-Aug15], ''APPC.org'', accessed 22 February 2016</ref>
  
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====March 2015-May 2015====
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[[Abbott Diagnostics]] | [[Addison Lee]] | [[Alzheimer's Society]] | [[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Carlyle Group]] | [[Danone Nutricia]] | [[JP Morgan]] | [[Licensed Private Hire Car Assocation]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Omidyar Network]] | [[PepsiCo UK]] | [Philips 66] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[Royal London Group]] | [[SAP]] |  [[Sorenson]] | [[Tata Consultancy Services]]<ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/MAY-2015-REGISTER-FINAL.pdf Fleishman-Hillard client list Mar-May15], ''APPC.org'', accessed 22 February 2016</ref>
  
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GPC is a very Pro-EU lobbying outfit. Links across the political spectrum, many from SDP, Lib Dems. New Labour complement boosted by acquisition of Prima Europe in 1997 (though this precipitated the exit of many senior staff - including many to [[APCO]] and [[Mike Craven]], who went on gardening leave and then on to set up [[Lexington Communications]])
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====December 2014-February 2015====
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[[Abbott Diagnostics]] |  [[Addison Lee]] | [[Alzheimer's Society]] |  [[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board]] |  [[Candu Energy]] | [[Carlyle Group]] | [[Convergys]][[Danone Nutricia]] | [[Dow Seeds]] | [[Industry Government Forum on Access to Medicines]] |  [[Institute for Legal Reform]] | [[JP Morgan]] |  [[Licensed Private Hire Car Assocation]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Omidyar Network]] | [[PepsiCo UK]] | [[Philips 66]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[Royal London Group]] | [[Sorenson]] | [[Tata Consultancy Services]]<ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/FEB-2015-REGISTER-27.5.15-final.pdf Fleishman-Hillard client list Dec14-Feb15], ''APPC.org'', accessed 22 February 2016</ref>
  
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==UK activities==
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===September 2014-November 2014===
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[[ABP Food Group]] | [[Addison Lee]] | [[Alzheimer's Society]] | [[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board]] | [[Candu Energy]] | [[Carlyle Group]] | [[Groupe Danone| Danone Nutricia]] | [[Dow Seeds]] | [[IGFAM]] | [[Institute for Legal Reform]] | [[JP Morgan]] | [[Licensed Private Hire Car Assocation]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Northrop Grumman]] | [[Omidyar Network]] | [[PepsiCo UK]] | [[Philips 66]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[Royal London Group]] | [[Royal Pharmaceutical Society]] | [[Tata Consultancy Services]]<ref name="sept14"/>
  
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In April 2005 Kevin Maguire wrote of F-H distributing a glossy brochure to their clients sketching the likely changes that could be expected under a Labour government led by Gordon Brown. "Warning multinational bosses that the next Labour premier's philosophy is built on - wait for it - equity, the booklet predicts Brown will centralise power around himself," Maguire wrote. [http://www.newstatesman.com/200504180015]
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===June 2014-August 2014===
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[[Addison Lee]] | [[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board]] | [[Candu Energy]] | [[Carlyle Group]] | [[Groupe Danone|Danone Nutricia]] | [[Dow Seeds]] | [[Huntsman Corporation]] | [[IGFAM]] | [[Institute for Legal Reform]] | [[IPIECA]] | [[JP Morgan]] | [[Licensed Private Hire Car Assocation]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Nike]] | [[Omidyar Network]] | [[PepsiCo UK]] | [[Philips 66]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[Royal London Group]] | [[Royal Pharmaceutical Society]] | [[Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation]]<ref name="June"/>
  
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In June 2005, [[Kevin Bell]] from the UK arm of Fleishman-Hillard spoke at a one-day conference in London called [[ID Cards: Towards Procurement and Implementation]]. The title of his talk was "Achieving public acceptance". [http://www.intellectuk.org/events/id_agenda160305.pdf]
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===March 2014-May 2014===
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[[Addison Lee]] | [[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board]] | [[Candu Energy]] | [[Carlyle Group]] | [[CFA Institute]] | [[Groupe Danone|Danone Nutricia]] | [[Dow Seeds]] | [[Institute for Legal Reform]] | [[JP Morgan]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Nike]] | [[Omidyar Network]] | [[PepsiCo UK]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[Sports Leaders]] | [[Standard & Poors]]<ref name="MP"/>
  
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==BBC==
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===December 2013-February 2014===
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GREG DYKE, former BBC Director-General hired outside consultants for strategic advice on how to thwart any government plan to partially privatise the BBC or abolish the licence fee. The contract with GPC, one of Westminster's leading political lobbyists, is worth about £175,000 and covers every aspect of the corporation's activities.The BBC has hired GPC not least because its managing director, [[Kevin Bell]], is a Tory party supporter with close connections to the leadership. Mr Bell was trained by Lord [[Tim Bell]], who masterminded the three Thatcher election victories.
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[[ABP Food Group]] | [[Addison Lee]] | [[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[British Insurance Brokers Association]] | [[Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board]] | [[Candu Energy]] | [[Carlyle Group]] | [[CFA Institute]] | [[Dow Seeds]] | [[Institute for Legal Reform]] | [[Intergen]] | [[IPIECA]] | [[JP Morgan]] | [[Markit]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Nike]] | [[Omidyar Network]] | [[PepsiCo]] UK | [[Phillips 66]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[Royal Pharmaceutical Society]] | [[Santander]] | [[sports coach]] UK | [[Sports Leaders]] | [[Standard & Poors]]<ref name="MQ"/>
  
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A senior BBC figure said: "This is not just about giving us advice on how to acquire the ammunition to fight off a privatisation of all or parts of the BBC or how to retain the licence fee at all costs."There are some people in very senior levels within the BBC who support an element of fee and who think the licence fee is out of date."
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===September 2013-November 2013===
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[[Abbvie]] | [[ABP Food Group]] | [[Arqiva]] | [[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Aviva]] | [[British Insurance Brokers Association]] | [[Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board]] | [[Candu Energy]] | [[Carlyle Group]] | [[CFA Institute]] | [[Dow Seeds]] | [[Home Instead]] | [[Institute for Legal Reform]] | [[JP Morgan]] | [[Markit]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[MSD]] | [[Nike]] | [[PepsiCo]] UK | [[Qualcomm]] | [[Royal Pharmaceutical Society]] (RPS) | [[Santander]] | [[sports coach UK]] | [[The Industry-Government Forum on Access to Medicines]] (IGFAM) | [[VAT Club]]<ref name="MR"/>
  
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Mr Bell, who declined to comment on the details of the contract, is working with a number of senior figures within the BBC, including [[Carolyn Fairbairn]], the strategy director. Both Ms Fairbairn and Mr Bell are trustees of the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]], the free market think-tank that enthusiastically supported the privatisations of the Thatcher years.
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===June 2013-August 2013===
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[[ABP Food Group]] | [[Arqiva]] | [[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Aviva]] | [[British Insurance Brokers Association]] | [[Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board]] | [[Candu Energy]] | [[Carlyle Group]] | [[CFA Institute]] | [[Dow Seeds]] | [[Institute for Legal Reform]] | [[JP Morgan]] | [[Markit]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[MSD]] | [[Nike]] | [[Phillips 66]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[Royal Pharmaceutical Society]] (RPS) | [[Santander]] | [[VAT Club]]<ref name="MS"/>
  
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Devolution has provided plenty of work for GPC Scotland, the Edinburgh arm of GPC, the lobbying group, which has seen sales rise by 422% in 2001/02 Business a.m. (Scotland) April 26, 2002
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===March 2013-May 2013===
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[[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Aviva]] | [[Baxter]] | [[British Insurance Brokers Association]] | [[Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board]] | [[Candu Energy]] | [[Carlyle Group]] | [[Dow Seeds]] | [[Exxon Mobil]] | [[Institute for Legal Reform]] | [[Insulation Industry Forum]] | [[International Alliance of Patients' Organizations]] | [[JP Morgan]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Nike]] | [[Phillips 66]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[Royal Pharmaceutical Society]] (RPS) | [[Santander]] | [[The Industry-Government Forum on Access to Medicines]] (IGFAM) <ref name="MT"/>
  
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Links with [[John Elkington]] and [[Sustainability]]
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===December 2012-February 2013===
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[[Annington Homes]] | [[Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers]] | [[Aviva]] | [[Baxter]] | [[Bayer]] | [[British Insurance Brokers Association]] | [[Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board]] | [[Candu Energy]] | [[Carlyle Group]] | [[Dow Seeds]] | [[Exxon Mobil]] | [[Humberside Oil Terminal Trustees]] | [[Institute for Legal Reform]] | [[Insulation Industry Forum]] | [[International Alliance of Patients' Organizations]] | [[Jansen]] | [[JP Morgan]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[NATS]] | [[Phillips 66]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[Royal Pharmaceutical Society]] (RPS) | [[Sandoz]] | [[Santander]] | [[The Industry-Government Forum on Access to Medicines]] (IGFAM) | [[Towers Watson]]<ref name="MU"/>
  
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:The customer is king. The customer is always right, even when wrong! Such market mantras are ubiquitous these days. All are true, up to a point, but it depends on what business you are in. Furthermore, many of us have little idea of what we will need, want or demand a year or two hence. Things we turn our noses up at today often turn into tomorrow's must-haves. So any company relying solely on its customer base to dictate future market trends potentially runs huge risks.
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===2011===
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[[3M]] | [[Abbott Nutrition]] | [[American Pharmaceutical Group]] | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Aviva]] | [[British Insurance Brokers Association]] | [[Brookfield Residential Property Services]] | [[Coloplast]] | [[Dollar Financial]] | [[E2V]] | [[Equifax]] | [[GALVmed]] | [[Global Marine Systems]] | [[Institute for Legal Reform]] | [[InterGen]] | [[JP Morgan]] | [[Marks & Spencer]] | [[Mundipharma]] | [[NATS]] | [[Nexen]] | [[NLCommunications]] | [[Ofqual]] | [[PepsiCo]] | [[Pfizer]] | [[Qualcomm]] | [[Queen Elizabeth Foundation]] | [[Royal Pharmaceutical Society]] | [[ScottishPower]] | [[Sorenson Communications]] | [[TCS]] | [[World Hepatitis Alliance]]<ref>[appc.org.uk APPC register], to November 2011</ref>
  
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:At least, that's how I comfort myself when weighing early business reactions to a new initiative focusing on corporate political influence. Working with government policy experts GPC, and with groups as diverse as the CBI and the European Commission, we are looking at how leading companies shape government thinking and action. (Guardian 120501)
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===2008===
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[[Abbott UK]] | [[Alliance of Sector Skills Councils]] | [[Annington Homes]] | [[American Pharmaceutical Group]] | [[ASH Scotland]] | [[AT&T]] | [[British Insurance Brokers Association]] | [[Brookfield Real Estate Services]] | [[Cayman Islands Government]] | [[Coloplast]] | [[Crucell]] | [[DHL]] | [[Dollar Financial]] | [[Edinburgh Military Tattoo]] | [[Emerson]] | [[Genzyme]] | [[HBOS]] | [[InBev]] | [[InterGen]] | [[International Paper]] | [[Ixion]] | [[Marks & Spencer plc]] | [[Merck Schering Plough]] | [[National Air Traffic Services]] | [[News International]] | [[NHS Supply Chain]] | [[Omnicom]] | [[Oxford Nanopore]] | [[Provident Financial]] | [[Research In Motion]] | [[Rio Tinto Alcan]] | [[RPSGB]] | [[Scottish Development International]] | [[ScottishPower]] | [[Scottish Water]] | [[TalentScotland]] | [[TCS]] | [[United Utilities]] | [[UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair]] | [[VAT Liaison]] | [[World Hepatitis Alliance]] | [[Wyeth]] | [[Equifax]] | [[Fellowes]] | [[Flybe]] | [[Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland]]<ref>[appc.org.uk APPC register], to November 2008</ref>
  
 
==Scottish operation==
 
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:"Our team is drawn from a range of career backgrounds, bringing together political experience, policy development insight, strategic communications, event management, and research skills. The common factors among the team are our commitment to our clients and assurance that we will keep their needs at the top of our agenda".  
 
:"Our team is drawn from a range of career backgrounds, bringing together political experience, policy development insight, strategic communications, event management, and research skills. The common factors among the team are our commitment to our clients and assurance that we will keep their needs at the top of our agenda".  
  
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And finally: "To make ourselves as valuable to our clients as they are to us."® [http://www.fleishmaneurope.com/Cities/Edinburgh.html]
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And finally: "To make ourselves as valuable to our clients as they are to us." <ref>'Fleishman-Hillard's Global Communications Network Delivers Targeted Reach', [http://www.fleishmaneurope.com/Cities/Edinburgh.html Fleishman-Hillard website]</ref>
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One service they provide for their clients is to attend Scottish parliament cross-party group meetings that may affect their clients.  For example, the cross-party Food group was attended by two employees, [[Jenni Wilkie]] and [[Ben Bosely Walker]], in February of 2005.  This may have something to do with [[Tesco]] being a client of theirs. 
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See <ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/registers/APPC_register_Dec04-May05.pdf APPC website]</ref>
  
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One way that they may make themselves valuable to their clients, in Scotland, and keep their needs at the top of their agenda, is by attending Scottish parliament cross-party group meetings that  may affect their clients.  For example, the cross-party food group was attended by two employees, [[Jenni Wilkie]] and [[Ben Bosely Walker]], in February of 2005.  This may have something to do with [[Tesco]] being a client of theirs.
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Another client is Pfizer and therefore it comes as no surprise that Rachel Roberston (see below) is on the Cross Party Group for Diabetes, although she is listed as working for GPC, rather than [[Fleishman-Hillard]].  
  
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An employee of GPC, [[Ben Collins]] is also listed as being a member of the Oil group, with still no update ackowledging the change of name and ownership to [[Fleishman-Hillard]]. While finally [[Jenni Wilkie]] is listed  as being a member of the Tackling Debt group, but yet again as being an employee of [[GPC]] and not of [[Fleishman Hillard]].
  
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They also have a presence on the Civil Nuclear Group, in the form of [[Rachael Robertson]]. She has joined though saying that she is from the Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive, [[Nirex]], and not as an employee from [[Fleishman-Hillard]]. She is also on the cross party group for Diabetes. This time she is listed as working for GPC, rather than [[Fleishman-Hillard]]. Their involvement in this group is unsurprising given them having Pfizer as a client. Who, according to them, are now, amongst MSPs, "the most favoured pharmaceutical company operating in Scotland today", due in no small part to the efforts of Fleishman-Hillard of course. An employee of GPC, [[Ben Collins]] is also listed as being a member of the Oil group, with still no update ackowledging the change of name and ownership to [[Fleishman-Hillard]].  While finally [[Jenni Wilkie]] is listed  as being a member of the Tackling Debt group, but yet again as being an employee of [[GPC]] and not of [[Fleishman Hillard]].
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==Europe operation==
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===People===
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*[[Nickolas Reinhardt]] - Chair International Financial and Regulatory Affairs. He is regarded as one of the best European financial services sector lobbyists. Clients include London Mayor [[Boris Johnson]] and former UK City Minister [[Paul Myners]]<ref name="lobbyists">[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qYi7pP-Q2J4J:www.efinancialnews.com/story/2010-02-08/some-of-the-top-banking-industry-lobbyists+%22Lisa+Rabbe%22+adviser+to+the+UK+Government+banking+policy+Corporate+europe&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&client=firefox-a&source=www.google.co.uk Some of the top banking industry lobbyists], ''Financial News'', 08 Feb 2010 </ref>
  
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As can be seen therefore it is clear that [[Fleishman-Hillard]] are busy gleaning valuable information and building important contacts in areas of strategic importance to their clients. Though they have not updated the change in company name from [[GPC]] TO [[Fleishman-Hillard]], while their involvement in the Civil Nuclear group is declared as them being the client themselves ([[Nirex]]) rather than a representative of the client
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==Specific lobbying campaigns==
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===Education industry===
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Fleishman-Hillard provides PR and lobbying services to clients in the education industry. It claims to understand the 'staggering range of challenges' facing education institutions today, such as 'dramatic shifts' and changing public perceptions. Services offered to its education sector clients include strategic communications (to support, for example, fundraising, or alumni membership growth); digital grassroots campaigning( to build community engagement and support); and crisis response programmes.<ref>[http://fleishman.co.uk/capabilities/education/ Education sector expertise], Fleishman-Hillard website, accessed August 2015</ref>
  
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Fleishman-Hillard's education sector lobbying clients include:
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* In the EU: [[Pearson]]; [[Apple]]; [[McGraw-Hill]]
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* In the UK: [[Omidyar Network]]; the Network is an investor in [[Bridge International Academies]]
  
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==Clients==
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===Nuclear===
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Fleishman-Hillard has for several years handled the bulk of [[Nirex]]’s (Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive) monitoring service.  One service the PR company provides is to attend Scottish parliament cross-party group meetings that may affect their clients. One of the PR company’s Scottish employees, Rachel Robertson, used to be on the Cross Party Group on the Civil Nuclear Industry. She attended these meetings listed as being from Nirex, and not as an employee from Fleishman-Hillard. Robertson has since been replaced by Ian Price who was also listed as being from Nirex. Coincidentally there was also an Ian Price listed as working at Fleishman-Hillard's Edinburgh office.<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Civil_Nuclear_Industry_Scottish_CPG Sourcewatch]</ref>
  
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===Biotech===
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[[Nirex]]
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In 2003, it was reported that “Fleishman-Hillard has been getting more and more deeply involved in the biotechnology sector, helping the Biotechnology Industry Organisation and the Council of Biotechnology Information communicate the benefits of the technology to consumers and opinion leaders.”  In April 2006, US biotechnology firm Genzyme appointed Fleishman-Hillard to boost its profile among British policymakers and lobby the UK Government to commit more funding to biotech.<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Fleishman-Hillard Holmes Report]</ref>;<ref>PR Week, “F-H Wins UK Job for Biotech Genzyme”, 14 April, 2006, p. 7.</ref>
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[[Pfizer]]
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===Turkey===
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On 10 October 2007, the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs passed Resolution 106, which accuses the Turkish rulers in 1915 of genocide.  There was an intensive on behalf of the Turkish government to sway the committee, described by Ali H. Aslan as follows:
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:Both the Turkish and the US governments strongly opposed the resolution and were joined by DLA Piper, the Livingstone Group, public relations company '''Fleishman-Hillard''' and other companies that officially conducted lobbying activities on behalf of Turkey as well as by big corporations that have sizable commercial deals with Turkey such as Boeing and BP.<ref>Ali H. Aslan, [http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=print&link=124570&yazarAd= How did last-minute hopes turn into disappointment?], Zaman, 10 October, 2007.</ref>
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===ID cards===
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In June 2005, [[Kevin Bell]] from the UK arm of Fleishman-Hillard spoke at a one-day conference in London called [[ID Cards: Towards Procurement and Implementation]]. The title of his talk was "Achieving public acceptance".<ref>[http://www.intellectuk.org/events/id_agenda160305.pdf Intellect Technology Association website]</ref>
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===Controversy in the US===
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In May 2006, two senior Fleishman-Hillard executives Doug Dowie and John Stodder were found guilty in a fraud trial that had gripped the US PR industry for two years. The jury found Dowie guilty on 14 counts of 'wire fraud' and one count of conspiracy - in a scheme to overbill city tax-payers for PR services. Stodder, the agency's one-time SV-P of PA, was convicted on 11 counts of wire fraud and one on conspiracy. The two had been charged with conspiracy and wire fraud in an alleged 2003 scam to defraud the Department of Water and Power out of more than dollars 300,000.<ref>Randi Schmelzer, Former F-H Executives Found Guilty Of Fraud In US, PR Week, 26 May, 2006, p. 2.</ref>
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===Private healthcare lobbying===
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Lobbying clients of Fleishman-Hillard from the private healthcare sector in 2010 include: [[Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry]], [[American Pharmaceutical Group]], [[Aviva]] Health UK, [[Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain]] and [[Serco]].<ref> APPC register to 2010</ref>
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==Contacts==
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40 Long Acre, London, WC2E 9LG<br>
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Global website<br>
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==External Links==
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*[[GPC International UK Staff and Clients 1.12.03 to 31.5.04]]
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*[[Fleishman-Hillard UK Staff and Clients  31.11.04 to 31.5.05]]
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*[[Fleishman-Hillard, PRCA Yearbook 2004]]
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*[[Fleishman-Hillard UK Staff and Clients 1 June 2005 to 30 Nov 2005]]
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*[[Fleishman-Hillard UK Staff and Clients 1 December 2007 to 29 February 2008]]
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Fleishman Hillard London office above Covent Garden tube station
Fleishman-Hillard Brussels office, Square de Meeûs 35, Brussels

Fleishman-Hillard is one of the biggest PR companies in the world. Its parent company is the Omnicom group Inc, which is a huge conglomerate that describes itself as a "global leader in Marketing and Global Communications". It has absorbed the group of firms formerly trading under the name GPC International.

Global operation

Headquartered in St. Louis, Fleishman-Hillard has over 80 offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, South Africa, and Latin America. It operates through a variety of networks:

  • On 4 November 2015, it was confirmed that John Saunders would be succeeding Dave Senay as President and CEO of Fleishman-Hillard. He served as EMEA president for the company for the fours year leading up to the appointment. He will be moving to Fleishman's global HQ in St Louis.[1]

UK operation

Fleishman-Hillard has three offices in the UK and Ireland: London, Fleishman-Hillard (Edinburgh) and Dublin. Services include 'keeping clients up to speed on all things political'. For example, in 2005 F-H distributed a glossy brochure to their clients sketching the likely changes that could be expected under a Labour government led by Gordon Brown. Kevin Maguire wrote in the New Statesman in April 2005: 'Warning multinational bosses that the next Labour premier's philosophy is built on - wait for it - equity, the booklet predicts Brown will centralise power around himself'.[2]

On 2 November 2015, it was confirmed that Fleishman-Hillard and Fishburn Hedges would be merging their UK operations, taking on the name Fleishman-Hillard Fishburn and merging their offices into Omnicom's Bamkside premises. It will now have more than 200 employees and is likely to gross between £25-£30 million annually. [3]

People

Revolving door

  • Simon Benson, lobbyist. Benson was a special adviser to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith while she was chief whip from May 2006 to June 2007. Before that, Benson was a special adviser to the previous chief whip Hilary Armstrong.[5]
  • Paul Borge, head of digital. F-H was bought in to support David Davis' by-election fight following his resignation in summer 2008 from the Conservative Party front bench over the government's plans to extend detention to 42 days. Kevin Bell said the agency's digital team had been involved in the design of Davis' website, adding that he has known Davis for 20 years. Bell said he would not rule out providing further PR support should Davis need it.[6]
  • James Dowling, FH Public Affairs and Corporate Communications team. Dowling is a former senior HM Treasury official who was Head of Insurance Sector Policy, Insurance and Risk, and before that was Head of the Finance Bill team, Budget Strategy and Tax (2007 – 09) with overall responsibility for delivering the Finance Bill. He initially joined the Treasury in 2006. Prior to the Treasury, he worked in DCMS (2003-06) including in the Olympic Games Unit. [7]
  • Sarah Jenkins, account director, public affairs and corporate communications at Fleishman-Hillard since November 2012. Jenkins is a former private secretary to the UK commercial secretary Lord Sassoon at HM Treasury (October 2009 – April 2012) and was a team member of the Lord Heseltine Review Team at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills from April-November 2012. Before that she was parliamentary and public affairs manager at the Office of Government Commerce (now Cabinet Office (2007-09) and a parliamentary research assistant to Liz Lynne MEP. [8]
  • Steve Race, account director since 2011. Former senior researcher to Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw MP between 2007 and 2011.[9]Stood in 2015 General Election as the Labour candidate for East Devon, taking 10.2% of the vote and coming 4th. [10]
  • Tomos Davies, former special adviser Wales office

Others

APPC Register

September 2015-November 2015

Simon Benson | Jennifer Brindisi | Michelle Di Leo | James Dowling | Paulina Jakubec | Elaine Lau | Liam McCloy | Steve Race | Simon Richards | William Thavenot | Caroline Winters[12]

June 2015-August 2015

Simon Benson | Jennifer Brindisi | James Dowling | Robert Hanvik | Tatiana Hulko | Paulina Jakubec | Dan Kent | Elaine Lau | Julie Masters | Liam McCloy | Lauren Packer | Steve Race | Simon Richards | Charlotte Shyllon | Kamile Stankute | William Thavenot | Nick Williams | Caroline Winters[13]

March 2015-May 2015

Gioconda Beekman | Simon Benson | James Dowling | Nick Gaff | Betsy Haglage | Callum Haire | Robert Hanvik | Angus Hill | Tatiana Hulko | Paulina Jakubec Dan Kent | Immaculate Koigi | Elaine Lau | Kirsty Mair | Julie Masters | Liam McCloy | Lauren Packer | Steve Race | Simon Richards | Charlotte Shyllon | Alexander Stafford | Kamile Stankute | William Thavenot | Nick Williams | Caroline Winters[14]

December 2014-February 2015

Simon Anderson | Gioconda Beekman | Simon Benson | Sarah Connolly | James Dowling | Lydia Eades | Emma Jane Edwards | Nick Gaff | Katherine Haggett | Betsy Haglage | Callum Haire | Robert Hanvik | Angus Hill | Tatiana Hulko | Dan Kent | Immaculate Koigi | Kirsty Mair | Julie Masters | Liam McCloy | Matthew Orman | Lauren Packer | Laura Perry | Steve Race | Simon Richards | Charlotte Shyllon | Alexander Stafford | Kamile Stankute | Nick Williams | Caroline Winters[15]

September 2014-November 2014

Simon Anderson | Gioconda Beekman | Simon Benson | Jeremy Day | James Dowling | Emma Jane Edwards | Betsy Haglage | Callum Haire | Robert Hanvik | Angus Hill | Katherine Hoggett | Dan Kent | Kirsty Mair | Liam McCloy | Matthew Orman | Lauren Packer | Laura Perry | Steve Race | Simon Richards | Charlotte Shyllon | Alexander Stafford | Kamile Stankute | Nick Williams | Caroline Winters[16]

June 2014-August 2014

Gioconda Beekman | Simon Benson | Briana Cacuci | Jeremy Day | James Dowling | Emma Jane Edwards | Betsy Haglage | Jack Hands | Robert Hanvik | Angus Hill | Katherine Hoggett | Sarah Jenkins | Dan Kent | Weston Macklem | Liam McCloy | Matthew Orman | Lauren Packer | Laura Perry | Sophie Pim | Steve Race | Andy Reed | Simon Richards | Josh Rule | Charlotte Shyllon | Nick Williams[17]

March 2014-May 2014

Ben Baruch | Gioconda Beekman | Simon Benson | James Dowling | Emma Jane Edwards | Betsy Haglage | Callum Haire | Patricia Hamzahee | Jack Hands | Angus Hill | Sarah Jenkins | Weston Macklem | Liam McCloy | Matthew Orman | Laura Perry | Sophie Pim | Steve Race | Andy Reed | Simon Richards | Nick Williams | Hugo Winn [18]

December 2013-February 2014

Amna Ahmad | Ben Baruch | Gioconda Beekman | Simon Benson | James Dowling | Emma Jane Edwards | Betsy Haglage | Callum Haire | Patricia Hamzahee | Jack Hands | Angus Hill | Sarah Jenkins | Liam McCloy | Paul Noonan | Matthew Orman | Laura Perry | Sophie Pim | Steve Race | Andy Reed | Simon Richards | Ian Tennant | John Thompson | Nick Williams | Hugo Winn [19]

September 2013-November 2013

Amna Ahmad | Rajmeena Aujla | Ben Baruch | Gioconda Beekman | Simon Benson | Charlotte Black | James Dowling | Daniel Ferreira | Betsy Haglage | Patricia Hamzahee | Angus Hill | Sarah Jenkins | Rebecca Lury | Liam McCloy | Paul Noonan | Matthew Orman | Laura Perry | Sophie Pim | Steve Race | Andy Reed | Ian Tennant | John Thompson | Nick Williams | Julian Winkworth | Hugo Winn[20]

June 2013-August 2013

Amna Ahmad | Rajmeena Aujla | Anshul Bakhda | Ben Baruch | Gioconda Beekman | Simon Benson | Charlotte Black | David Carter | Charukie Dharmaratne | James Dowling | Daniel Ferreira | Betsy Haglage | Patricia Hamzahee | Angus Hill | Sarah Jenkins | Rebecca Lury | Liam McCloy | Matthew Orman | Laura Perry | Sophie Pim | Steve Race | Andy Reed | Ian Tennant | Nick Williams | Hugo Winn | Caroline Winters[21]

March 2013-May 2013

Amna Ahmad | Anshul Bakhda | Ben Baruch | Simon Benson | Charlotte Black | Fraser Carlisle | David Carter | Charukie Dharmaratne | James Dowling | Daniel Ferreira | Ben Furnival | Betsy Haglage | Patricia Hamzahee | Angus Hill | Sarah Jenkins | Rebecca Lury | Liam McCloy | Matthew Orman | Laura Perry | Sophie Pim | Steve Race | Andy Reed | Ian Tennant | Nick Williams | Caroline Winters [22]

December 2012-February 2013

Amna Ahmad | Anshul Bakhda | Ben Baruch | Simon Benson | Charlotte Black | Fraser Carlisle | David Carter | James Dowling | Daniel Ferreira | Ben Furnival | Betsy Haglage | Angus Hill | Sarah Jenkins | Andy Johnson | Rebecca Lury | Liam McCloy | Frances Mullaney | Laura Perry | Sophie Pim | Steve Race | Ian Tennant | Nick Williams | Caroline Winters[23]

Former staff

  • Kevin Bell, Is now global practice chair for public affairs at Burson-Marsteller. Former executive Vice President and Senior Partner (UK and South Africa), joined Maitland Political as executive chairman after leaving FH. Bell is described as one of the "great and the good” in the PR industry. He is a former adviser to Margaret Thatcher "Managing a team of 150-plus consultants in Fleishman-Hillard's London, Edinburgh and Johannesburg offices, Kevin specialises in advising senior executives of leading blue-chip companies, as well as senior politicians on their communications strategies."[24] He is the ex-Founding Director of Westminster Strategy, established Lowe Bell Political (later Bell Pottinger Public Affairs) in 1994, and joined GPC International UK in 2000. He is a trustee of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA).[25]
  • Sophie Pim, now Sophie Hearn. Is currently undergoing Teacher training and PGCE with Wandsworth SCITT (Schools-Centred Initial Teacher Training)[26]. Was an associate director at Fleishman-Hillard between September 2006 and August 2014. Pim was David Cameron's former operations manager, who is described as bringing “first hand experience of the inner workings of the Cameron team.”[27]
  • Alex Bigg - Group MD Corporate and Financial at Edelman (2010-2011), previously MD Public Affairs (2008-2010) [28]
  • Henry Featherstone, current director of public affairs at Genzyme Therapeutics. Was senior policy advisor at FH between October 2010 and February 2012, head of health & social care unit at Policy Exchange between November 2008 and October 2010, chief of staff and parliamentary researcher at the House of Commons.[29]
  • Andy Reed, former senior counsel on sport policy and public affairs at FH, 2013 until August 2014 and Labour MP 1997-2010.
  • Claire Ashbridge-Thomlinson, is the director and founding partner of East London Brewing Company. Former director of strategy and business development in healthcare at Fleishman-Hillard and senior associate in health practice at APCO.
  • Nick Williams, former head of public affairs and senior vice president. Williams was an advisor to the Labour Party from 1993-97, and part of Tony Blair's team during the 2001 and 2005 general elections.
  • Richard Kanareck, former managing director, London. Former director at The Red Consultancy, head of PR and communications at eBay UK and EU communications director at Ebay. Now chief comms officer at Ovo Energy.

UK lobbying clients

Registrar of consultant lobbyists

January-March 2016

Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Britvic | Danone Nutricia | EE | Lendlease | Qualcomm | Virgin Trains East Coast | Virgin Trains West Coast[30]

October - December 2015

Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Danone Nutricia | Omidyar Network | Qualcomm | SAP [31]

July - September 2015

Addison Lee | Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | Candu Energy | Danone Nutricia | Omidyar Network | Phillips 66 | Qualcomm

April - June 2015

Addison Lee | Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | Candu Energy | Danone Nutricia | Omidyar Network | Phillips 66 | Qualcomm

January - March 2015

Addison Lee | Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Candu Energy | Danone Nutricia | Licensed Private Hire Car Association | Omidyar Network | PepsiCo UK | Phillips 66 | Qualcomm

APPC lobbying register

September 2015-November 2015

Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board | Candu Energy | Carlyle Group | Danone Nutricia | JP Morgan | Marks & Spencer | Omidyar Network | PepsiCo UK | Qualcomm | SAP[32]

June 2015-August 2015

Abbott Diagnostics | Addison Lee | Alzheimer's Society | Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board | Candu Energy | Carlyle Group | Danone Nutricia | JP Morgan | Licensed Private Hire Car Assocation | Marks & Spencer | Omidyar Network | PepsiCo UK | Philips 66 | Qualcomm | SAP | Sorenson | Tata Consultancy Services[33]

March 2015-May 2015

Abbott Diagnostics | Addison Lee | Alzheimer's Society | Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Carlyle Group | Danone Nutricia | JP Morgan | Licensed Private Hire Car Assocation | Marks & Spencer | Omidyar Network | PepsiCo UK | [Philips 66] | Qualcomm | Royal London Group | SAP | Sorenson | Tata Consultancy Services[34]

December 2014-February 2015

Abbott Diagnostics | Addison Lee | Alzheimer's Society | Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board | Candu Energy | Carlyle Group | ConvergysDanone Nutricia | Dow Seeds | Industry Government Forum on Access to Medicines | Institute for Legal Reform | JP Morgan | Licensed Private Hire Car Assocation | Marks & Spencer | Omidyar Network | PepsiCo UK | Philips 66 | Qualcomm | Royal London Group | Sorenson | Tata Consultancy Services[35]

September 2014-November 2014

ABP Food Group | Addison Lee | Alzheimer's Society | Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board | Candu Energy | Carlyle Group | Danone Nutricia | Dow Seeds | IGFAM | Institute for Legal Reform | JP Morgan | Licensed Private Hire Car Assocation | Marks & Spencer | Northrop Grumman | Omidyar Network | PepsiCo UK | Philips 66 | Qualcomm | Royal London Group | Royal Pharmaceutical Society | Tata Consultancy Services[16]

June 2014-August 2014

Addison Lee | Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board | Candu Energy | Carlyle Group | Danone Nutricia | Dow Seeds | Huntsman Corporation | IGFAM | Institute for Legal Reform | IPIECA | JP Morgan | Licensed Private Hire Car Assocation | Marks & Spencer | Nike | Omidyar Network | PepsiCo UK | Philips 66 | Qualcomm | Royal London Group | Royal Pharmaceutical Society | Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation[17]

March 2014-May 2014

Addison Lee | Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board | Candu Energy | Carlyle Group | CFA Institute | Danone Nutricia | Dow Seeds | Institute for Legal Reform | JP Morgan | Marks & Spencer | Nike | Omidyar Network | PepsiCo UK | Qualcomm | Sports Leaders | Standard & Poors[18]

December 2013-February 2014

ABP Food Group | Addison Lee | Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | British Insurance Brokers Association | Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board | Candu Energy | Carlyle Group | CFA Institute | Dow Seeds | Institute for Legal Reform | Intergen | IPIECA | JP Morgan | Markit | Marks & Spencer | Nike | Omidyar Network | PepsiCo UK | Phillips 66 | Qualcomm | Royal Pharmaceutical Society | Santander | sports coach UK | Sports Leaders | Standard & Poors[19]

September 2013-November 2013

Abbvie | ABP Food Group | Arqiva | Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Aviva | British Insurance Brokers Association | Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board | Candu Energy | Carlyle Group | CFA Institute | Dow Seeds | Home Instead | Institute for Legal Reform | JP Morgan | Markit | Marks & Spencer | MSD | Nike | PepsiCo UK | Qualcomm | Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) | Santander | sports coach UK | The Industry-Government Forum on Access to Medicines (IGFAM) | VAT Club[20]

June 2013-August 2013

ABP Food Group | Arqiva | Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Aviva | British Insurance Brokers Association | Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board | Candu Energy | Carlyle Group | CFA Institute | Dow Seeds | Institute for Legal Reform | JP Morgan | Markit | Marks & Spencer | MSD | Nike | Phillips 66 | Qualcomm | Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) | Santander | VAT Club[21]

March 2013-May 2013

Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Aviva | Baxter | British Insurance Brokers Association | Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board | Candu Energy | Carlyle Group | Dow Seeds | Exxon Mobil | Institute for Legal Reform | Insulation Industry Forum | International Alliance of Patients' Organizations | JP Morgan | Marks & Spencer | Nike | Phillips 66 | Qualcomm | Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) | Santander | The Industry-Government Forum on Access to Medicines (IGFAM) [22]

December 2012-February 2013

Annington Homes | Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers | Aviva | Baxter | Bayer | British Insurance Brokers Association | Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board | Candu Energy | Carlyle Group | Dow Seeds | Exxon Mobil | Humberside Oil Terminal Trustees | Institute for Legal Reform | Insulation Industry Forum | International Alliance of Patients' Organizations | Jansen | JP Morgan | Marks & Spencer | NATS | Phillips 66 | Qualcomm | Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) | Sandoz | Santander | The Industry-Government Forum on Access to Medicines (IGFAM) | Towers Watson[23]

2011

3M | Abbott Nutrition | American Pharmaceutical Group | Annington Homes | Aviva | British Insurance Brokers Association | Brookfield Residential Property Services | Coloplast | Dollar Financial | E2V | Equifax | GALVmed | Global Marine Systems | Institute for Legal Reform | InterGen | JP Morgan | Marks & Spencer | Mundipharma | NATS | Nexen | NLCommunications | Ofqual | PepsiCo | Pfizer | Qualcomm | Queen Elizabeth Foundation | Royal Pharmaceutical Society | ScottishPower | Sorenson Communications | TCS | World Hepatitis Alliance[36]

2008

Abbott UK | Alliance of Sector Skills Councils | Annington Homes | American Pharmaceutical Group | ASH Scotland | AT&T | British Insurance Brokers Association | Brookfield Real Estate Services | Cayman Islands Government | Coloplast | Crucell | DHL | Dollar Financial | Edinburgh Military Tattoo | Emerson | Genzyme | HBOS | InBev | InterGen | International Paper | Ixion | Marks & Spencer plc | Merck Schering Plough | National Air Traffic Services | News International | NHS Supply Chain | Omnicom | Oxford Nanopore | Provident Financial | Research In Motion | Rio Tinto Alcan | RPSGB | Scottish Development International | ScottishPower | Scottish Water | TalentScotland | TCS | United Utilities | UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair | VAT Liaison | World Hepatitis Alliance | Wyeth | Equifax | Fellowes | Flybe | Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland[37]

Scottish operation

The Fleishman-Hillard office in Edinburgh was originally set up as GPC in 1996 ahead of the establishment of a Scottish Parliament in 1999.

They boast that "Within Scotland, we are unrivalled in the depth and breadth of our knowledge on the detail of devolution and how the Scottish Parliament really operates in practice". They go on to say:

"We pride ourselves on our understanding of how the Scottish political, policy, and media agendas impacts the rest of the United Kingdom and companies and organisations and their businesses. We can make a difference to our clients' business objectives by combining the right resources, people, and skills with a clear perspective and an innovative approach to any communications challenge".

They conclude by stating:

"Our team is drawn from a range of career backgrounds, bringing together political experience, policy development insight, strategic communications, event management, and research skills. The common factors among the team are our commitment to our clients and assurance that we will keep their needs at the top of our agenda".

And finally: "To make ourselves as valuable to our clients as they are to us." [38]

One service they provide for their clients is to attend Scottish parliament cross-party group meetings that may affect their clients. For example, the cross-party Food group was attended by two employees, Jenni Wilkie and Ben Bosely Walker, in February of 2005. This may have something to do with Tesco being a client of theirs.

See [39]

Another client is Pfizer and therefore it comes as no surprise that Rachel Roberston (see below) is on the Cross Party Group for Diabetes, although she is listed as working for GPC, rather than Fleishman-Hillard.

An employee of GPC, Ben Collins is also listed as being a member of the Oil group, with still no update ackowledging the change of name and ownership to Fleishman-Hillard. While finally Jenni Wilkie is listed as being a member of the Tackling Debt group, but yet again as being an employee of GPC and not of Fleishman Hillard.

Europe operation

People

  • Nickolas Reinhardt - Chair International Financial and Regulatory Affairs. He is regarded as one of the best European financial services sector lobbyists. Clients include London Mayor Boris Johnson and former UK City Minister Paul Myners[40]

Specific lobbying campaigns

Education industry

Fleishman-Hillard provides PR and lobbying services to clients in the education industry. It claims to understand the 'staggering range of challenges' facing education institutions today, such as 'dramatic shifts' and changing public perceptions. Services offered to its education sector clients include strategic communications (to support, for example, fundraising, or alumni membership growth); digital grassroots campaigning( to build community engagement and support); and crisis response programmes.[41]

Fleishman-Hillard's education sector lobbying clients include:

Nuclear

Fleishman-Hillard has for several years handled the bulk of Nirex’s (Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste Executive) monitoring service. One service the PR company provides is to attend Scottish parliament cross-party group meetings that may affect their clients. One of the PR company’s Scottish employees, Rachel Robertson, used to be on the Cross Party Group on the Civil Nuclear Industry. She attended these meetings listed as being from Nirex, and not as an employee from Fleishman-Hillard. Robertson has since been replaced by Ian Price who was also listed as being from Nirex. Coincidentally there was also an Ian Price listed as working at Fleishman-Hillard's Edinburgh office.[42]

Biotech

In 2003, it was reported that “Fleishman-Hillard has been getting more and more deeply involved in the biotechnology sector, helping the Biotechnology Industry Organisation and the Council of Biotechnology Information communicate the benefits of the technology to consumers and opinion leaders.” In April 2006, US biotechnology firm Genzyme appointed Fleishman-Hillard to boost its profile among British policymakers and lobby the UK Government to commit more funding to biotech.[43];[44]

Turkey

On 10 October 2007, the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs passed Resolution 106, which accuses the Turkish rulers in 1915 of genocide. There was an intensive on behalf of the Turkish government to sway the committee, described by Ali H. Aslan as follows:

Both the Turkish and the US governments strongly opposed the resolution and were joined by DLA Piper, the Livingstone Group, public relations company Fleishman-Hillard and other companies that officially conducted lobbying activities on behalf of Turkey as well as by big corporations that have sizable commercial deals with Turkey such as Boeing and BP.[45]

ID cards

In June 2005, Kevin Bell from the UK arm of Fleishman-Hillard spoke at a one-day conference in London called ID Cards: Towards Procurement and Implementation. The title of his talk was "Achieving public acceptance".[46]

Controversy in the US

In May 2006, two senior Fleishman-Hillard executives Doug Dowie and John Stodder were found guilty in a fraud trial that had gripped the US PR industry for two years. The jury found Dowie guilty on 14 counts of 'wire fraud' and one count of conspiracy - in a scheme to overbill city tax-payers for PR services. Stodder, the agency's one-time SV-P of PA, was convicted on 11 counts of wire fraud and one on conspiracy. The two had been charged with conspiracy and wire fraud in an alleged 2003 scam to defraud the Department of Water and Power out of more than dollars 300,000.[47]

Private healthcare lobbying

Lobbying clients of Fleishman-Hillard from the private healthcare sector in 2010 include: Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, American Pharmaceutical Group, Aviva Health UK, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and Serco.[48]

Contacts

UK 40 Long Acre, London, WC2E 9LG
http://www.fleishman-hillard.co.uk

Global website
http://www.fleishman.com

External Links

Notes

  1. ↑ Arun Sudhaman, 'John Saunders Succeeds Dave Senay As FleishmanHillard CEO', Holmes Report, accessed 5 November 2015
  2. ↑ Kevin Maguire, 'US corporates prepare for Brown's rise, Marr upsets Howard, and Patricia Hewitt in trouble', New Statesman, 18 April, 2005.
  3. ↑ John Harrington, 'Fleishman-Hillard and Fishburn merge UK operations',www.PRweek.com, accessed 2 November 2015
  4. ↑ Linkedin Jim Donaldson, accessed 10 June 2015.
  5. ↑ Fleishman-Hillard nets ex-Home Secretary aide, PR Week UK, 22 August 2007
  6. ↑ PR Week, 17 June, 2008.
  7. ↑ Nick Williams, Treasury official joins Fleishman-Hillard PACorp Fleishman-Hillard London website, 7 October 2011
  8. ↑ Sarah Jenkins, Director, Public Affairs (EMEA) at CPP Investment Board, LinkedIn profile, undated, acc 10 October 2014
  9. ↑ Stephen Race Linkedin, accessed 13 October 2014
  10. ↑ East Devon General Election Results 2015, BBC.co.uk, accessed 23 February 2016
  11. ↑ Anna Reynolds Red Consultancy hires Nick Edell from H+K Strategies while Steph Bailey pops up at Fleishman PR Week, 30 April 2015, accessed 30 April 2015.
  12. ↑ Fleishman-Hillard client list Sep-Nov15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
  13. ↑ Fleishman-Hillard staff list Jun-Aug15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
  14. ↑ Fleishman-Hillard staff list Mar-May15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
  15. ↑ Fleishman-Hillard staff list Dec14-Feb15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014 APPC, accessed 20 January 2015
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Register 1st June 2014 - 31st August 2014 APPC, accessed 16 October 2014
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Register for 1st March 2014 - 31st May 2014 APPC, accessed September 2014
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Register for 1st December 2013 - 28th February 2014 APPC, accessed 13 October 2014
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Register for 1st September 2013 - 30th November 2013 APPC, accessed 13 October 2014
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Register for 1st June 2013 - 31st August 2013 APPC, accessed 13 October 2014
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Register for 1st March 2013 - 31st May 2013 APPC, accessed 13 October 2014
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Register for 1st December 2012 - 28th February 2013 APPC, accessed 13 October 2014
  24. ↑ F-H website, accessed February, 2009
  25. ↑ Kevin Bell quits Bell Pottinger to join GPC, PR Week UK, 7 July, 2000
  26. ↑ Sophie Pim Linkedin, accessed 13 October 2014
  27. ↑ Sally Dawson, Cameron aide joins Fleishman-Hillard, Public Affairs News, February, 2007.
  28. ↑ Alex Bigg,LinkedIn acc November 2011
  29. ↑ Henry Featherstone Linkedin, accessed 13 October 2014
  30. ↑ Fleishman-Hillard profile 2016, Registrar of consultant lobbyists, accessed 28 April 2016
  31. ↑ Fleishman-Hillard profile 2015, Registrar of consultant lobbyists, accessed 5 February 2016
  32. ↑ Fleishman-Hillard client list Sep-Nov15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
  33. ↑ Fleishman-Hillard client list Jun-Aug15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
  34. ↑ Fleishman-Hillard client list Mar-May15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
  35. ↑ Fleishman-Hillard client list Dec14-Feb15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
  36. ↑ [appc.org.uk APPC register], to November 2011
  37. ↑ [appc.org.uk APPC register], to November 2008
  38. ↑ 'Fleishman-Hillard's Global Communications Network Delivers Targeted Reach', Fleishman-Hillard website
  39. ↑ APPC website
  40. ↑ Some of the top banking industry lobbyists, Financial News, 08 Feb 2010
  41. ↑ Education sector expertise, Fleishman-Hillard website, accessed August 2015
  42. ↑ Sourcewatch
  43. ↑ Holmes Report
  44. ↑ PR Week, “F-H Wins UK Job for Biotech Genzyme”, 14 April, 2006, p. 7.
  45. ↑ Ali H. Aslan, How did last-minute hopes turn into disappointment?, Zaman, 10 October, 2007.
  46. ↑ Intellect Technology Association website
  47. ↑ Randi Schmelzer, Former F-H Executives Found Guilty Of Fraud In US, PR Week, 26 May, 2006, p. 2.
  48. ↑ APPC register to 2010

Resources

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