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{{Template:Scotland badge}}'''Michael Kelly''' is a Scottish politician, businessman and Public Relations consultant. He held the position of [[Lord Provost of Glasgow]] from 1980 to 1984<ref> | {{Template:Scotland badge}}'''Michael Kelly''' is a Scottish politician, businessman and Public Relations consultant. He held the position of [[Lord Provost of Glasgow]] from 1980 to 1984<ref> | ||
Glasgow City Council [http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/AboutGlasgow/LordProvostsmessage/Provosts+of+Glasgow.htm Provosts of Glasgow] | Glasgow City Council [http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/AboutGlasgow/LordProvostsmessage/Provosts+of+Glasgow.htm Provosts of Glasgow] | ||
| − | Accessed 17 September 2010</ref>, and was [[Rector of the University of Glasgow]] from 1984 to 1987<ref name="uni">University of Glasgow [http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH1065&type=P Biography of Michael Kelly, accessed 17 September 2010</ref>. As Lord Provost, he was instrumental in the city's adoption of the ''[[Glasgow's miles better]]'' campaign and slogan, which is credited with an important role in Glasgow's cultural renaissance during the 1980s.<ref name="uni"/> A member of one of the families that had controlled [[Celtic F.C.]] since its foundation, he sat on the club's board of directors until 1994, when the club reached the verge of bankruptcy and the much-criticised old regime was ousted by [[Fergus McCann]]'s takeover. | + | Accessed 17 September 2010</ref>, and was [[Rector of the University of Glasgow]] from 1984 to 1987<ref name="uni">University of Glasgow [http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH1065&type=P Biography of Michael Kelly], accessed 17 September 2010</ref>. As Lord Provost, he was instrumental in the city's adoption of the ''[[Glasgow's miles better]]'' campaign and slogan, which is credited with an important role in Glasgow's cultural renaissance during the 1980s.<ref name="uni"/> A member of one of the families that had controlled [[Celtic F.C.]] since its foundation, he sat on the club's board of directors until 1994, when the club reached the verge of bankruptcy and the much-criticised old regime was ousted by [[Fergus McCann]]'s takeover. |
Kelly is now a journalist and [[Public relations|PR consultant]], having set up his PR firm [[Michael Kelly Associates]] in 1984.<ref name="uni"/> | Kelly is now a journalist and [[Public relations|PR consultant]], having set up his PR firm [[Michael Kelly Associates]] in 1984.<ref name="uni"/> | ||
| − | + | ==Contact== | |
| + | *LinkedIn [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/michael-kelly/1a/689/967 Michael Kelly] | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:Scotland|Kelly, Michael]][[Category:Scottish PR people|Kelly, Michael]] | [[Category:Scotland|Kelly, Michael]][[Category:Scottish PR people|Kelly, Michael]] | ||
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Michael Kelly is a Scottish politician, businessman and Public Relations consultant. He held the position of Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1980 to 1984[1], and was Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1984 to 1987[2]. As Lord Provost, he was instrumental in the city's adoption of the Glasgow's miles better campaign and slogan, which is credited with an important role in Glasgow's cultural renaissance during the 1980s.[2] A member of one of the families that had controlled Celtic F.C. since its foundation, he sat on the club's board of directors until 1994, when the club reached the verge of bankruptcy and the much-criticised old regime was ousted by Fergus McCann's takeover.
Kelly is now a journalist and PR consultant, having set up his PR firm Michael Kelly Associates in 1984.[2]
Contact
- LinkedIn Michael Kelly
Notes
- ↑ Glasgow City Council Provosts of Glasgow Accessed 17 September 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 University of Glasgow Biography of Michael Kelly, accessed 17 September 2010
