Difference between revisions of "Nirex"
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[[Promise PR]] - To provide Professional Consultancy regarding a posssible change in company name - £45,000 | [[Promise PR]] - To provide Professional Consultancy regarding a posssible change in company name - £45,000 | ||
| − | [[Kingsmead Communications Limited]] - To provide | + | [[Kingsmead Communications Limited]] - To provide professional consultancy and support in the area of media relations and corporate communications - £25,000 |
[[Fleishman Hillard]] - (formerly GPC) - To provide corporate communications advice in relation to the Scottish Parliament - £129,900 | [[Fleishman Hillard]] - (formerly GPC) - To provide corporate communications advice in relation to the Scottish Parliament - £129,900 | ||
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[[Bell Pottinger]] - To provide commmunications advice related to the Nirex pension fund - £24,000 | [[Bell Pottinger]] - To provide commmunications advice related to the Nirex pension fund - £24,000 | ||
| − | [[International Future Forum - Praxis Limited]] - To provide Corporate Communications advice in relation to the Managing | + | [[International Future Forum - Praxis Limited]] - To provide Corporate Communications advice in relation to the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (MRWS) consultation programme - £32,000 |
[[ForthRoad Limited]] - To help facilitate external events - £29,000 | [[ForthRoad Limited]] - To help facilitate external events - £29,000 | ||
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[[MORI]] - To undertake a public opinion survey - £30,000 - due to be repeated in 2005/06 | [[MORI]] - To undertake a public opinion survey - £30,000 - due to be repeated in 2005/06 | ||
| − | [[Women's Insitute]] - To participate in a workshop to discuss | + | [[Women's Insitute]] - To participate in a workshop to discuss radioactive waste management - £5,000 |
[Ref: D. Wild (2005) Freedom of Information Request, Letter to Jean McSorley, Senior Advisor to Greenpeace UK, 15 July] | [Ref: D. Wild (2005) Freedom of Information Request, Letter to Jean McSorley, Senior Advisor to Greenpeace UK, 15 July] | ||
In addition, [[Good Relations]] list Nirex as a client on its website as well [http://www.goodrelations.co.uk/clients.asp?id=71]. According to Good Relations, "it has advised Nirex, the UK’s nuclear waste agency, during the last five years as it moved to become an independent body. This has been a highly sensitive project requiring a co-ordinated media, stakeholder and political communications strategy. It has involved working closely with a number of Government departments including the [[MoD]] (in particular on the ISOLUS nuclear submarine project); [[DTI]], [[Defra]] and [[No10]]. | In addition, [[Good Relations]] list Nirex as a client on its website as well [http://www.goodrelations.co.uk/clients.asp?id=71]. According to Good Relations, "it has advised Nirex, the UK’s nuclear waste agency, during the last five years as it moved to become an independent body. This has been a highly sensitive project requiring a co-ordinated media, stakeholder and political communications strategy. It has involved working closely with a number of Government departments including the [[MoD]] (in particular on the ISOLUS nuclear submarine project); [[DTI]], [[Defra]] and [[No10]]. | ||
Revision as of 19:44, 13 January 2006
Background
Sexing up Nukes
Nirex have been accused of "sexing up" a report on nuclear dumping, according to the Guardian, [1]. The paper had obtained a leaked copy of an Environment Agency document sent to Ministers that concluded "Nirex present an overly optimistic view," of dumping. Nirex presented arguments in which the agency says: "The positive arguments are given prominence and corresponding negative arguments are not examined." According to the Guardian "Chief among the concerns is that the proposed concrete and steel containers used to bury waste could leak within 500 years. Despite that, the agency says the report has not identified any 'major' issues that would scupper such an underground store and declares the concept 'viable'.
Nuclear Spinners Working for Nirex
The Following PR Companies have provided PR advice to Nirex since 2003:
Promise PR - To provide Professional Consultancy regarding a posssible change in company name - £45,000
Kingsmead Communications Limited - To provide professional consultancy and support in the area of media relations and corporate communications - £25,000
Fleishman Hillard - (formerly GPC) - To provide corporate communications advice in relation to the Scottish Parliament - £129,900
Fleishman Hillard - To provide corporate communications advice in relation to the European Parliament - £53,200
Connect - To provide corporate communications advice in relation to Westminster and the National Assembly for Wales - £72,200
Bell Pottinger - To provide commmunications advice related to the Nirex pension fund - £24,000
International Future Forum - Praxis Limited - To provide Corporate Communications advice in relation to the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (MRWS) consultation programme - £32,000
ForthRoad Limited - To help facilitate external events - £29,000
Facilitating Change Limited - To help facilitate external events - £14,800
The Future Foundation - To help facilitate external evetns and to help draft corporate communications materials - £31,500
ERM - To undertake an asssement of stakeholder views of Nirex - £32,600
MORI - To undertake a public opinion survey - £30,000 - due to be repeated in 2005/06
Women's Insitute - To participate in a workshop to discuss radioactive waste management - £5,000
[Ref: D. Wild (2005) Freedom of Information Request, Letter to Jean McSorley, Senior Advisor to Greenpeace UK, 15 July]
In addition, Good Relations list Nirex as a client on its website as well [2]. According to Good Relations, "it has advised Nirex, the UK’s nuclear waste agency, during the last five years as it moved to become an independent body. This has been a highly sensitive project requiring a co-ordinated media, stakeholder and political communications strategy. It has involved working closely with a number of Government departments including the MoD (in particular on the ISOLUS nuclear submarine project); DTI, Defra and No10.
