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In November 2014 it was announced that [[Porta Communications]], run by [[David Wright (PR)| David Wright]] and includes [[Newgate Communications]], [[Redleaf Polhill]] and [[Thirteen Communications]], was buying PPS for £6.2million paid for in a combination of cash and shares in [[Porta Communications]]. PPS would be merging with [[Newgate Communications]] with [[Stephen Byfield]] becoming head of [[Newgate Communications| Newgate]]'s public affairs practice. On the takeover Byfield said: "PPS has been independent for nearly 25 years. We have achieved great things in that time but an injection of fresh capital and thinking is just what we need to foster our growth and innovation."<ref> Daniel Farey-Jones [http://www.prweek.com/article/1321267/porta-buys-pps-62m-strengthen-newgate-operation Porta buys PPS for £6.2m to strengthen Newgate operation] ''PR Week'', 11 November 2014, accessed 14 November 2014 </ref> | In November 2014 it was announced that [[Porta Communications]], run by [[David Wright (PR)| David Wright]] and includes [[Newgate Communications]], [[Redleaf Polhill]] and [[Thirteen Communications]], was buying PPS for £6.2million paid for in a combination of cash and shares in [[Porta Communications]]. PPS would be merging with [[Newgate Communications]] with [[Stephen Byfield]] becoming head of [[Newgate Communications| Newgate]]'s public affairs practice. On the takeover Byfield said: "PPS has been independent for nearly 25 years. We have achieved great things in that time but an injection of fresh capital and thinking is just what we need to foster our growth and innovation."<ref> Daniel Farey-Jones [http://www.prweek.com/article/1321267/porta-buys-pps-62m-strengthen-newgate-operation Porta buys PPS for £6.2m to strengthen Newgate operation] ''PR Week'', 11 November 2014, accessed 14 November 2014 </ref> | ||
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+ | The firm is now known as 'Newgate Engage'. | ||
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
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===Fracking=== | ===Fracking=== | ||
===Shale gas clients=== | ===Shale gas clients=== | ||
− | {{Template:Fracking badge}}PPS has worked for a number of fracking industry operators, most notably [[Cuadrilla Resources]]. However from August 2013 the APPC lobbying register showed PPS as handling the account for [[Cuadrilla Balcombe]] rather than Cuadrilla as a group - [[Hanover Communications]] is listed as the agency responsible. <ref> APPC Register quarter March to May 2014 </ref> | + | {{Template:Fracking badge}}PPS has worked for a number of fracking industry operators, most notably [[Cuadrilla Resources]] since around late 2010. However from August 2013 the APPC lobbying register showed PPS as handling the account for [[Cuadrilla Balcombe]] rather than Cuadrilla as a group - [[Hanover Communications]] is listed as the agency responsible. <ref> APPC Register quarter March to May 2014 </ref> |
− | PPS also | + | PPS also handled public affairs for [[Celtique Energy]]. |
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:Other speakers included DECC’s head of unconventional gas and oil, [[Duarte Figueira]], [[Environment Agency]]’s head of community, [[Tony Grayling]] and [[Tim Yeo]] MP.<ref>Stephen Byfield, [ PPS address Shale Gas conference on community engagement], PPS website, 11 October 2014 originally accessed 17 Feb 2014 </ref> | :Other speakers included DECC’s head of unconventional gas and oil, [[Duarte Figueira]], [[Environment Agency]]’s head of community, [[Tony Grayling]] and [[Tim Yeo]] MP.<ref>Stephen Byfield, [ PPS address Shale Gas conference on community engagement], PPS website, 11 October 2014 originally accessed 17 Feb 2014 </ref> | ||
− | ==Edinburgh Council link== | + | ==Lobbying in Scotland== |
+ | In a new report on lobbying in Scotland, '''Holyrood Exposed: A Guide to Lobbying in Scotland''' <ref> [http://static1.squarespace.com/static/56057a6fe4b0ba7911a449d6/t/561982a6e4b01839b1bbc5a3/1444512422921/Scottish_Lobbying_Guide.pdf Holyrood Exposed: A Guide to Lobbying in Scotland]squarespace.com, 12 October 2015, accessed 12 October 2015 </ref>, the [[PPS Group]] has established itself as a leader in the field of securing planning permission for clients from local planning committees, boasting work within the 'tougher areas' <ref> [http://static1.squarespace.com/static/56057a6fe4b0ba7911a449d6/t/561982a6e4b01839b1bbc5a3/1444512422921/Scottish_Lobbying_Guide.pdf Holyrood Exposed: A Guide to Lobbying in Scotland]squarespace.com, 12 October 2015, accessed 12 October 2015 </ref> of planning PR. Their current crop of over 100 UK lobbying clients contains energy giants such as [[EDF]] or [[E.ON]], as well as big development players like [[Land Securities]] and [[Barratt]]. | ||
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In October 2007, PPS hired [[Donald Anderson]] as director of the PPS Group’s Scotland office. Anderson was leader of Edinburgh City Council from 1999 to 2006. During this time, Anderson supported an unpopular new development by [[Mountgrange Capital]], the massive Caltongate scheme, that will see parts of the Old City overhauled to build luxury flats (listed and sound un-listed buildings demolished). It has been heavily critised for the scale and quality of the proposed new buildings, the impact on views and inadequate public consultation.<ref>http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1689642007</ref> Mountgrange Capital is a client of PPS although it insists that Anderson will not be working on the account. Anderson insisted his current employment at PPS was not linked to his support of Mountgrange’s plans while he was council leader. ‘It’s a laughable notion,’ he said. ‘I didn’t carry undue influence.<ref>http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/article/757645/former-council-head-lead-pps-scotland/</ref> | In October 2007, PPS hired [[Donald Anderson]] as director of the PPS Group’s Scotland office. Anderson was leader of Edinburgh City Council from 1999 to 2006. During this time, Anderson supported an unpopular new development by [[Mountgrange Capital]], the massive Caltongate scheme, that will see parts of the Old City overhauled to build luxury flats (listed and sound un-listed buildings demolished). It has been heavily critised for the scale and quality of the proposed new buildings, the impact on views and inadequate public consultation.<ref>http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1689642007</ref> Mountgrange Capital is a client of PPS although it insists that Anderson will not be working on the account. Anderson insisted his current employment at PPS was not linked to his support of Mountgrange’s plans while he was council leader. ‘It’s a laughable notion,’ he said. ‘I didn’t carry undue influence.<ref>http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/article/757645/former-council-head-lead-pps-scotland/</ref> | ||
==Clients== | ==Clients== | ||
− | ===December 2014-February 2015=== | + | ===APPC lobbying register=== |
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+ | ===September 2016-November 2016=== | ||
+ | [[104]] Ltd | [[AMA]] | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Arup]] | [[Atlas Partners]] Ltd | [[baker Estates]] | [[Batched On Site Association]] | [[Bewley Homes]] | [[Blackrock Investment Management Uk]] Ltd | [[Bourne Leisure]] Ltd | [[Carrington Power]] Ltd | [[Castlemore Securities]] | [[Catalyst Housing]] | [[Christ Church]] | [[City and Country Homes]] Ltd | [[Countryside Properties]] | [[Dandara]] Ltd | [[EDF Energy]] | [[Edward VII Estates]] | [[Electricity North West]] Ltd | [[Emcor]] | [[Environmental Services Association]] | [[Gatton Manor Hotel and Golf Course]] | [[Gazeley UK]] | [[Gerald Eve]] LLP | [[Goodman Logistics]] | [[GVA Bilfinger]] | [[Hargreaves Services]] Ltd | [[Henderson Global Investors]] | [[Himor Group]] | [[Hudsons Property]] | [[La Salle Investments]] | [[Langham Homes]] | [[Langtree]] | [[LDA Design]] | [[Leaway Manchester]] Ltd | [[Linden Homes]] | [[London Resort Company Holdings]] | [[Lynxvale]] Ltd | [[Marlborough College]] | [[MHP Communications]] | [[Mott MacDonald]] | [[Murray Estates]] | [[MVV Environmental Services]] Ltd | [[National Grid]] | [[Palace Capital Northampton]] | [[Peel Environmental Holdings]] Ltd | [[PGMI]] Ltd | [[Plutus Estates]] Ltd | [[Premier Marinas]] | [[Procter & Gamble]] | [[Protos]] | [[PSP Facilitating]] Ltd | [[Radian Group]] | [[Red Kite Community Housing]] | [[Redrow Homes]] Ltd | [[Renaissance Retirement]] | [[Rugby Football Union]] | [[Saica Pack]] Ltd | [[Sainsburys Supermarket]] Ltd | [[Seashell Trust]] | [[Severn Trent Water]] | [[Shanks Waste Management]] | [[Southcott Estates]] | [[Stewert Milne Group]] | [[Tarmac Trading]] Ltd | [[Tatton Estates Management]] | [[Taylor Wimpey UK]] Ltd | [[Tellon Capital]] | [[The Hale Eruv Project Trust]] | [[Threadneedle Investments]] | [[Vapiano]] Ltd | [[Vital Energy]] | [[Wates Developments]] | [[Wind Prospect]] | ||
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+ | ===June 2016-August 2016=== | ||
+ | [[A2 Dominion]] | [[Altitude Ascot]] | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Arup]] | [[Axiom Land]] | [[baker Estates]] | [[Barratt Homes]] | [[Batched On Site Association]] | [[Berfield Ltd]] | [[Blackrock Investment Management Uk Ltd]] | [[Bourne Leisure Ltd]] | [[Cala Homes Carrington Power Ltd]] | [[Castlemore Securities]] | [[Celtique Energy]] | [[Chap Group (Aberdeen) Ltd]] | [[Chelstone Management Ltd]] | [[Christ Church]] | [[City and Country Homes Ltd]] | [[Coffey International Ltd]] | [[Coriolis Energy]] | [[Crossdean Ltd]] | [[CTP Ltd]] | [[Dandara Ltd]] | [[Drum Developments]] | [[EDF Energy]] | [[Edward VII Estates]] | [[Electricity North West Ltd]] | [[Emcor]] | [[Environmental Services Association]] | [[Eon Climate and Renewables]] | [[Force 9]] | [[Gatton Manor Hotel and Golf Course]] | [[Gatwick Airport]] | [[Gazeley UK]] | [[Gerald Eve LLP]] | [[Goodman Logistics]] | [[GVA Bilfinger]] | [[Haig Hamilton]] | [[Hammerson Properties]] | [[Hargreaves Services Ltd]] | [[Henderson Global Investors]] | [[Henry Boot Plc]] | [[High Speed Two Ltd]] | [[Himor Group]] | [[Hollamby Estates]] | [[House of Fraser]] | [[Hudsons Property]] | [[Ince Park LLP]] | [[Inovyn Enterprises Ltd]] | [[Intelligent Land]] | [[Jaguar Landrover]] | [[Jansons Property]] | [[JLL]] | [[Keepmoat]] | [[Kelda Water Services]] | [[King Group]] | [[Kirkwood Homes Ltd]] | [[Kisharon Day School]] | [[La Salle Investments]] | [[Langham Homes]] | [[Langtree]] | [[LDA Design]] | [[Linden Homes]] | [[London Resort Company Holdings]] | [[Lynxvale Ltd]] | [[MHP Communications]] | [[Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd]] | [[Mott MacDonald]] | [[Murray Estates]] | [[MVV Environmental Services Ltd]] | [[Nacropolis GOC]] | [[National Grid]] | [[New Quarter (Land) Ltd]] | [[Palace Capital Northampton]] | [[Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd]] | [[Pegasus Life]] | [[PGMI Ltd]] | [[Plutus Estates Ltd]] | [[Premier Marinas]] | [[Procter & Gamble]] | [[PSP Facilitating Ltd]] | [[Redrow Homes Ltd]] | [[Renaissance Retirement]] | [[Royal national Orthopaedic Hospital]] | [[Rugby Football Union]] | [[Saica Pack Ltd]] | [[Schroders]] | [[Seashell Trust]] | [[Severn Trent Water]] | [[Shanks Waste Management]] | [[Southcott Estates]] | [[Stewert Milne Group]] | [[Tarmac Trading Ltd]] | [[Tatton Estates Management]] | [[Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd]] | [[Telereal Trillium]] | [[Tellon Capital]] | [[The Hale Eruv Project Trust]] | [[Union Square Developments]] | [[Unite Students]] | [[University of Cambridge]] | [[Vapiano Ltd]] | [[Warmafloor]] | [[Wates Developments]] | [[West Coast Estates]] | [[Wind Prospect]] <ref name="Jun16"/> | ||
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+ | ===December 2015-February 2016=== | ||
+ | [[A2 Dominion]] | [[Abbeyfield Society]] | [[Altitude Ascot]]Ltd | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Armstrong Kent]] | [[Axiom Land]] | [[Balfour Beaty]] | [[Barratt Homes]] | [[Batched On Site Association]] | [[BDW Exeter]] | [[Berfield]] Ltd | [[Bewley Homes]] | [[British Alliance]] Ltd | [[British Solar Renewables]] | [[Cala Homes]] | [[Carrington Power]]Ltd | [[Castlemore Securities]] | [[Celtique Energy]] | [[Chap Group]](Aberdeen)Ltd [[City and Country Homes]]Ltd | [[Coffey International]]Ltd | [[Cross Lane Investments]] | [[Crossdean]]Ltd | [[Cuadrilla Bowland]]Ltd | [[Dandara]]Ltd | [[Drum Developments]] | [[EDF Energy]] | [[Edward VII Estates]] | [[Emcor]] | [[Environmental Services Association]] | [[Eon Climate and Renewables]] | [[ESRG Developments]] | [[Ewart Properties]] | [[FCC Environment]] | [[Force 9]] | [[Gazeley UK]] | [[Goodman Logistics]] | [[Haig Hamilton]] |[[Hammerson Properties]] | [[Hargreaves Services]]Ltd | [[Hawk Developments UK]]Ltd | [[Henderson Global Investors]] | [[Himor Group]] | [[Hollamby Estates]] | [[Hudsons Property]] | [[Huge Media]] | [[Ince Park]]LLP | [[Inovyn Enterprises]]Ltd | [[Jansons Property]] | [[Kelda Water Services]] | [[King Group]] | [[Kirkwood Homes]]Ltd | [[Lafarge Tarmac]] | [[Langham Homes]] | [[Langtree]] | [[Lazari Builders]] | [[Linden Homes]] | [[London Borough Of Camden]] | [[London Resort Company Holdings]] | [[Miller Argent (South Wales)]]Ltd | [[Murray Estates]] | [[Muse Developments]]Ltd | [[National Grid]] | [[Orchard Homes and Developments]]Ltd | [[Peel Environmental Holdings]]Ltd | [[Pegasus Life]] | [[Persimmon Homes]] | [[PGMI]]Ltd | [[Premier Inn]] | [[Procter & Gamble]]PSP | [[Facilitating]]Ltd | [[Redrow Homes]]Ltd [[Renaissance Retirement]] | [[Royal national Orthopaedic Hospital]] | [[Rugby Football Union]] | [[Saica Pack]]Ltd | [[Sainsburys Supermarket]]Ltd | [[Schroders]] | [[Severn Trent Water]] | [[Shanks Waste Management]] | [[Sita Sembcorp UK]]Ltd | [[Stewart Milne Group]] | [[Tarmac Trading]]Ltd | [[Tatton Estates Management]] | [[Taylor Wimpey]]UK Ltd | [[Telereal Trillium]] [[Tellon Capital]] | [[U+I]] plc | [[Ubiquitous]] | [[Union Square Developments]] | [[Intergrates Solutions]] | [[Unite Students]] | [[Vattenfall]] | [[VeriFone Media]] | [[Warmafloor]] | [[Wartsila]] | [[Wates Development]] | [[West Coast Estates]] | [[Wind Prospect]] <ref name="Dec15"/> | ||
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+ | ===September 2015-November 2015=== | ||
+ | [[Abbeyfield Society]] | [[Altitude Ascot Ltd]] | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Armstrong Kent]] | [[Axiom Land]] | [[Balfor Beaty]] | [[Barratt Homes]] | [[Batched on site Association]] | [[BDW EXeter]] | [[Berfield Ltd]] | [[British Alliance Ltd]] | [[British Solar Renewables]] | [[Buile Developments Ltd]] | [[Cab Micro Media]] | [[Carrington Power Ltd]] | [[Castlemore Securities]] | [[Celtique Energy]] | [[Chap Group (Aberdeen) Ltd]] | [[City and Country Homes Ltd]] | [[Coffey International Ltd]] | [[Cross Lane Investments]] | [[Crossdean Ltd]] | [[Cuadrilla Bowland]] Ltd | [[Dandara Ltd]] | [[Donald Insall Associates]] | [[dRum Developments]] | [[EDF Energy]] | [[Edward VII Estates]] | [[Emcor]] | [[Eon Climate and Renewables]] | [[Ewart Properties]] | [[FCC Environment]] | [[Force 9]] | [[Goodman Logistics]] | [[Hammerson Properties]] | [[Hargreaves Services Ltd]] | [[Hawk Developments UK Ltd]] | [[Henderson Global Investors]] | [[Himor Group]] | [[Hollamby Estates]] | [[Hudsons Property]] | [[Huge Media]] | [[Ince Park LLP]] | [[INEOS Enterprises Ltd]] | [[Inovyn Enterprises Ltd]] | [[Jackamax Ltd]] | [[jaguar Land Rover]] | [[Jansons Property]] | [[Kelda Water Services]] | [[Kent Enviropower LTd]] | [[King Group]] | [[Kirkwood Homes Ltd]] | [[Kisharaon Day School]] | [[Lafarge Tarmac]] | [[Langham Homes]] | [[Lazari Builders]] | [[Linden Homes]] | [[London Borough of Camden]] | [[London resort Company Holdings]] | [[Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd]] | [[Murray Estates]] | [[National Grid]] | [[Orchard Homes and Developments Ltd]] | [[Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd]] | [[Pegasus Life]] | [[Premier Inn]] | [[Redrow Homes Ltd]] | [[Renaissance Retirement]] | [[Saica Pack Ltd]] | [[Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd]] | [[Severn Trent Water]] | [[Shanks Waste Management]] | [[Sita Sembcorp Uk Ltd]] | [[Stewart Milne Group]] | [[Tarmac Trading Ltd]] | [[Tatton estates Management]] | [[Telereal Trilliun]] | [[Tellon Capital]] | [[Ubiquitous]] | [[Union Square Developments]] | [[Unite Intergrates Solutions]] | [[Verifone Media]] | [[Warmafloor]] | [[Wartsila]] | [[Wates Developments]] | [[West Coast Estates]] | [[Wind Respect]] <ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=PPS%20Group PPS Group APPC Register, Sep-Nov 15], ''APPC'', accessed 2 February 2016 </ref> | ||
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+ | ===June 2015-August 2015=== | ||
+ | [[Abbeyfield Society]] | [[Airvolution]] | [[Altitude Ascot Ltd]] | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Armstrong Kent]] | [[Balfour Beauty]] | [[Barratt Homes]] | [[Batched On Site Association]] | [[Bloor Homes]] | [[Bristol Alliance Ltd]] | [[British Solar Renewables]] | [[Buile Developments Ltd]] | [[Cab Micro Media]] | [[Cala Homes]] | [[Carrington Power Ltd]] | [[Castlemore Securities]] | [[Catesby Property Group]] | [[Celtique Energy]] | [[Chap Group (Aberdeen) Ltd]] | [[City and Country Homes Ltd]] | [[Cross Lane Investments]] | [[Crossdean Ltd]] | [[Cuadrilla Balcombe Limited]] | [[Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd]] | [[Dandara Ltd]] | [[Donald Insall Associates]] | [[Drum Developments]] | [[EDF Energy]] | [[Edward VII Estates]] |[[Emcor]] | [[Eon Climate and Renewables]] | [[Ewart Properties]] | [[FCC Environment]] | [[Force 9]] | [[Goodman Logistics]] | [[Hammerson Properties]] | [[Hargreaves Services Ltd]] | [[Hawk Developments UK Ltd]] | [[Henderson Global Investors]] | [[Himor Group]] | [[Hollamby Estates]] | [[Hudsons Property]] | [[Huge Media]] | [[Ince Park LLP]] | [[Ineos Enterprises Ltd]] | [[Jackamax Ltd]] | [[Jaguar Land Rover]] | [[Jansons Property]] | [[Kames Capital]] | [[Kelda Water Services]] | [[Kent Enviropower Ltd]] | [[King Group]] | [[Kirkwood Homes Ltd]] | [[Knightsbridge Capital]] | [[Lafarge Tarmac]] | [[Land Securities]] | [[Linden Homes]] | [[Line Planning]] | [[London Resort Company Holdings]] | [[LXB Properties]] | [[Marplace (number 480 Ltd)]] | [[Miller Argent (South Wales)Ltd]] | [[Miller Homes]] | [[MLN Land and Properties Ltd]] | [[Murray Estates]] | [[Muse Developments Ltd]] | [[National Grid]] | [[Newgate Communications]] | [[Northpoint Developments Ltd]] | [[Orchard Homes and Developments]] | [[Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd]] | [[Pegasus Life]] | [[Premier Inn]] | [[Redrow Homes Ltd]] | [[Saica Pack Ltd]] | [[Saica Paper UK Ltd]] | [[Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd]] | [[Seddon Homes]] | [[Severn Trent Water]] | [[Shanks Waste Management]] | [[Silus Investments]] | [[Tarmac Trading Ltd]] | [[Tatton Estates Management]] | [[Tellon Capital]] | [[Ubiquitous]] | [[Union Square Developments]] | [[Unite Integrates Solutions]] | [[United Group]] | [[Vattenfall]] | [[VeriFone Media]] | [[Warmafloor]] | [[Wartsila]] | [[Wates Developments]] | [[Wind Prospect]] | [[Zog Group]]<ref> [http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=PPSGroup Register 1st June-31st August 2015]''APPC'', accessed 28 September 2015 </ref> | ||
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+ | ===March 2015-May 2015=== | ||
+ | [[Abbeyfield Society]] | [[Altitude Ascot Ltd]] | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Armstrong Kent]] | [[Axion Land]] | [[Balfour Beaty]] | [[Barratt Homes]] | [[Batched on Site Association]] | [[Bloor Homes]] | [[Building Design Partnership]] | [[C.G. Fry and Sons]] | [[Cala Homes]] | [[Carrington Power Ltd]] | [[Catesby Property Group]] | [[Celtique Energy]] | [[Chap Group(Aberdeen)]] | [[City and Country Homes Ltd]] | [[Coffey International]] | [[Crest Nicholson]] | [[Crest Strategic Projects]] | [[Crossdean Ltd]] | [[Cuadrilla Balcombe Ltd]] | [[Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd]] | [[Dandara Ltd]] | [[Drum Developments]] | [[EF Energy]] | [[Edward VII Estates]] | [[Emcor]] | [[Eon Climate and Renewables]] | [[Ewart Properties]] | [[FCC Environment]] | [[Force 9]] | [[Gillespies LLP]] | [[Goodman Logistics]] | [[Hammerson Properties]] | [[Hargreaves Services Ltd]] | [[Hawk Developments UK Ltd]] | [[Henderson Global Investors]] | [[Hilmor Group]] | [[Hollamby Estates]] | [[Hudsons Property]] | [[Huge Media]] | [[Ice Park LLP]] | [[Ineos Enterprises Ltd]] | [[Jansons Property]] | [[Kames Capital]] | [[Kent Enviropower Ltd]] | [[King Group]] | [[Kirkwood Homes Ltd]] | [[Lafarge Tarmac]] | [[Land Securities]] | [[Linden Homes]] | [[Line Planning]] | [[London Borough of Camden]] | [[London Resort Company Holdings]] | [[LXB Properties]] | [[Marplace (number 480)Ltd]] | [[Miller Argent (South Wales)]] | [[Miller Homes]] | [[Murray Estates]] | [[Muse Developments Ltd]] | [[National Grid]] | [[Newgate Communications]] | [[Northpoint Developments Ltd]] | [[Oakhill Group]] | [[Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd]] | [[Pegasus Life]] | [[Premier Inn]] | [[Realm Ltd]] | [[Redrow Homes Ltd]] | [[Saica Pack Ltd]] | [[Saica Paper UK Ltd]] | [[Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd]] | [[Severn Trent Water]] | [[Shanks Waste Management]] | [[Silus Investments]] | [[Tatton Estates Management]] | [[Ubiquitous]] | [[Union Square Developments]] | [[Unite Integrates Solutions]] | [[United Group]] | [[Urban]] | [[Vattenfall]] | [[VeriFone Media]] | [[Warmafloor]] | [[Wartsila]] | [[Wisley Property Investments]] <ref name="Mar15"> [http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/MAY-2015-REGISTER-FINAL.pdf Register 1st March 2015-31st May 2015]''APPC'', accessed 29 September 2015 </ref> | ||
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+ | ===December 2014-February 2015=== | ||
[[Altitude Ascot]] Ltd | [[Amco Developments]] | [[Anchor Homes]] | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Armstrong Kent]] | [[Axion Land]] | [[Balfour Beaty]] | [[Barratt Homes]] | [[Batched on Site Association]] | [[Bellway Homes]] Ltd | [[British Solar Renewables]] | [[Butlins]] | [[C.G. Fry and Sons]] | [[Cala Homes]] | [[Carrington Power]] Ltd | [[Celtique Energy]] | [[Chap Group]] (Aberdeen) Ltd | [[Chelstone Management]] Ltd | [[City and Country Homes]] Ltd | [[Cleanpower]] | [[Coffey International]] | [[Crest Nicholson]] | [[Crest Strategic Projects]] | [[Crossdean]] Ltd | [[Cuadrilla Balcombe]] Limited | [[Cuadrilla Bowland]] Ltd | [[Dandara]] Ltd | [[Doric properties]] | [[EDF Energy]] | [[Edward VII Estates]] | [[Emcor]] | [[Eon Climate and Renewables]] | [[Ewart Properties]] | [[FCC Environment]] | [[Force 9]] | [[Galliford Try Partnership]] | [[Gerald Eve]] | [[Goodman Logistics]] | [[Goodman Logistics]] | [[Hallam Land]] | [[Hammerson Properties]] | [[Hargreaves Services]] Ltd | [[Hawk Developments]] UK Ltd | [[Henderson Global Investors]] | [[Hollamby Estates]] | [[Ineos Enterprises]] Ltd | [[Kames Capital]] | [[Kent Enviropower]] Ltd | [[Kingspan]] | [[Kirkwood Homes]] Ltd | [[Knightsbridge Capital]] | [[Lafarge Tarmac]] | [[Lester Aldridge]] LLP | [[Linden Homes]] | [[Line Planning]] | [[London Resort Company Holdings]] | [[LXB Properties]] | [[Marplace]] (number 480) Ltd | [[Miller Argent]] (South Wales) Ltd | [[Murray Estates]] | [[Muse Developments]] Ltd | [[National Grid]] | [[Northpoint Developments]] Ltd | [[Oakhill Group]] | [[Peel Environmental Holdings]] Ltd | [[Pegasus Life]] | [[Public Sector]] Plc | [[Realm]] Ltd | [[Redrow Homes]] Ltd | [[Saica Pack]] Ltd | [[Saica Paper]] Uk Ltd | [[Sainsburys Supermarket]] Ltd | [[Severn Trent Water]] | [[Tatton Estates Management]] | [[The Inglis Consortium]] LLP | [[Ubiquitous]] | [[Union Square Developments]] | [[Union Square Developments]] | [[United Group]] | [[Vattenfall]] | [[Warmafloor]] | [[Wartsila]] | [[Wisley Property Investments]] | [[Wyatt Homes]]<ref name="Dec14"> [http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=PPS%20Group Register 1st December 2014 - 28th February 2015] ''APPC'', accessed 9 March 2015 </ref> | [[Altitude Ascot]] Ltd | [[Amco Developments]] | [[Anchor Homes]] | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Armstrong Kent]] | [[Axion Land]] | [[Balfour Beaty]] | [[Barratt Homes]] | [[Batched on Site Association]] | [[Bellway Homes]] Ltd | [[British Solar Renewables]] | [[Butlins]] | [[C.G. Fry and Sons]] | [[Cala Homes]] | [[Carrington Power]] Ltd | [[Celtique Energy]] | [[Chap Group]] (Aberdeen) Ltd | [[Chelstone Management]] Ltd | [[City and Country Homes]] Ltd | [[Cleanpower]] | [[Coffey International]] | [[Crest Nicholson]] | [[Crest Strategic Projects]] | [[Crossdean]] Ltd | [[Cuadrilla Balcombe]] Limited | [[Cuadrilla Bowland]] Ltd | [[Dandara]] Ltd | [[Doric properties]] | [[EDF Energy]] | [[Edward VII Estates]] | [[Emcor]] | [[Eon Climate and Renewables]] | [[Ewart Properties]] | [[FCC Environment]] | [[Force 9]] | [[Galliford Try Partnership]] | [[Gerald Eve]] | [[Goodman Logistics]] | [[Goodman Logistics]] | [[Hallam Land]] | [[Hammerson Properties]] | [[Hargreaves Services]] Ltd | [[Hawk Developments]] UK Ltd | [[Henderson Global Investors]] | [[Hollamby Estates]] | [[Ineos Enterprises]] Ltd | [[Kames Capital]] | [[Kent Enviropower]] Ltd | [[Kingspan]] | [[Kirkwood Homes]] Ltd | [[Knightsbridge Capital]] | [[Lafarge Tarmac]] | [[Lester Aldridge]] LLP | [[Linden Homes]] | [[Line Planning]] | [[London Resort Company Holdings]] | [[LXB Properties]] | [[Marplace]] (number 480) Ltd | [[Miller Argent]] (South Wales) Ltd | [[Murray Estates]] | [[Muse Developments]] Ltd | [[National Grid]] | [[Northpoint Developments]] Ltd | [[Oakhill Group]] | [[Peel Environmental Holdings]] Ltd | [[Pegasus Life]] | [[Public Sector]] Plc | [[Realm]] Ltd | [[Redrow Homes]] Ltd | [[Saica Pack]] Ltd | [[Saica Paper]] Uk Ltd | [[Sainsburys Supermarket]] Ltd | [[Severn Trent Water]] | [[Tatton Estates Management]] | [[The Inglis Consortium]] LLP | [[Ubiquitous]] | [[Union Square Developments]] | [[Union Square Developments]] | [[United Group]] | [[Vattenfall]] | [[Warmafloor]] | [[Wartsila]] | [[Wisley Property Investments]] | [[Wyatt Homes]]<ref name="Dec14"> [http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=PPS%20Group Register 1st December 2014 - 28th February 2015] ''APPC'', accessed 9 March 2015 </ref> | ||
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PPS Group was hired by [[British Energy]] in 2003/4 and also was retained by [[Countryside Properties]]. | PPS Group was hired by [[British Energy]] in 2003/4 and also was retained by [[Countryside Properties]]. | ||
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+ | ===Registrar of consultant lobbyists=== | ||
+ | '''PPS Group''' has been registered since January 2016. The register documents those clients for whom lobbying agencies have met with ministers. PPS' listings for 2015/2016 are as follows. | ||
+ | ====April - June 2015==== | ||
+ | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Batched On Site Association]] | [[Coffey International]] | [[London Resort Company Holdings]] | [[Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd]] | ||
+ | ====July - September 2015==== | ||
+ | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Batched On Site Association]] | [[Coffey International]] | [[London Resort Company Holdings]] | [[Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd]] | ||
+ | ====October - December 2015==== | ||
+ | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Barratt Developments]] | [[Batched On Site Association]] | [[Coffey International]] | [[HIMOR]] | [[London Resort Company Holdings]] | [[Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd]] | [[SUEZ]] <ref>[https://registerofconsultantlobbyists.force.com/CLR_Public_Profile?id=001240000096r8EAAQ PPS Group profile 2015], ''Register of consultant lobbyists'', accessed 5 February 2016</ref> | ||
+ | ====January - March 2016==== | ||
+ | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Barratt Developments]] | [[Batched on Site Association]] | [[Coffey International]] | [[HIMOR Group]] | [[London Resort Company Holdings]] | [[Peel Environmental]] Ltd | [[SUEZ]] <ref>[https://registerofconsultantlobbyists.force.com/CLR_Public_Profile?id=001240000096r8EAAQ PPS Group profile 2016], ''Registrar of consultant lobbyists'', accessed 29 April 2016</ref> | ||
+ | ====April - June 2016==== | ||
+ | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Barratt Developments]] | [[Batched on Site Association]] | [[City and Country]] | [[Coffey International]] | [[HIMOR Group]] | [[London Resort Company Holdings]] | [[MVV Environment Limited]] | [[Peel Environmental Ltd]] <ref>[https://registerofconsultantlobbyists.force.com/CLR_Public_Profile?id=001240000096r8EAAQ 'PPS Group profile 2016'], ''Register of consultant lobbyists'', accessed 18 July 2016</ref> | ||
+ | ====July - September 2016==== | ||
+ | [[Annington Homes]] | [[Batched on Site Association]] | [[HIMOR Group]] | [[Peel Environment Limited]] <ref>[https://registerofconsultantlobbyists.force.com/CLR_Public_Profile?id=001240000096r8EAAQ 'PPS Group profile 2016'], ''Register of consultant lobbyists'', accessed 24 November 2016. </ref> | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
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*[[Steven Park]], Director (Head of PPS Aberdeen) | *[[Steven Park]], Director (Head of PPS Aberdeen) | ||
*[[Bobby Dean]] - Account Executive from PPS Group who was seconded to Communications Team at EDF Energy for four months in July 2011 – October 2011 (4 months) to assist in the coordination and delivery of the Hinkley Point C Consultation Report to the Infrastructure Planning Commission. <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/in/bobbywdean Bobby Dean], LinkedIn, accessed 19 May 2012 </ref> | *[[Bobby Dean]] - Account Executive from PPS Group who was seconded to Communications Team at EDF Energy for four months in July 2011 – October 2011 (4 months) to assist in the coordination and delivery of the Hinkley Point C Consultation Report to the Infrastructure Planning Commission. <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/in/bobbywdean Bobby Dean], LinkedIn, accessed 19 May 2012 </ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===September 2016-November 2016=== | ||
+ | [[Lisa Alexander]] | [[Donald Anderson]] | [[Constance Aziz]] | [[Rory Belcher]] | [[Stephen Byfield]] | [[Deborah Campbell]] | [[Isaac Casson]] | [[Tom Court]] | [[James Durham]] | [[Rebecca Eatwell]] | [[Zoe Ensor]] | [[George Gibson]] | [[Emma Guy]] | [[Tom Hammond]] | [[Douglas Johnson]] | [[Steve Jolly]] | [[Lewis Jones]] | [[Paul Kelly]] | [[Mark Kerr]] | [[Ben Lowndes]] | [[Andy Martin]] | [[Jennifer McHattie]] | [[Paul McLennan]] | [[Tom Mellor]] | [[Perry Miller]] | [[Gabriella Naismith]] | [[Steven Park]] | [[Ally Paterson]] | [[Nikhil Ramakrishnan]] | [[Alex ReidKai Stormer]] | [[Laura Taylor]] | [[Matthew Turpin]] | [[Anna Wrigglesworth]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===June 2016-August 2016=== | ||
+ | [[Lisa Alexander]] | [[Donald Anderson]] | [[Constance Aziz]] | [[Rory Belcher]] | [[Holly Bibby]] | [[Jennifer Buchanan]] | [[Stephen Byfield]] | [[Deborah Campbell]] | [[Isaac Casson]] | [[Alexis Darby]] | [[Andrew Dove]] | [[Rebecca Eatwell]] | [[Rhian Ellis]] | [[Zoe Ensor]] | [[Euan Glen]] | [[Simon Greenhalgh]] | [[Tom Hammond]] | [[Douglas Johnson]] | [[Steve Jolly]] | [[Lewis Jones]] | [[Paul Kelly]] | [[Mark Kerr]] | [[Ben Lowndes]] | [[Simon Marlow]] | [[Andy Martin]] | [[Jennifer McHattie]] | [[Tom Mellor]] | [[Perry Miller]] | [[Gabriella Naismith]] | [[Steven Park]] | [[Ally Paterson]] | [[Nikhil Ramakrishnan]] | [[Alex ReidKai Stormer]] | [[Laura Taylor]] | [[Andrew Thomson]] | [[Matthew Turpin]] | [[Anna Wrigglesworth]] <ref name="Jun16"> [http://www.appc.org.uk/register/profile/?company=PPS%20Group PPS Group Register], ''APPC'', accessed 10 October 2016.</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===December 2015-February 2016=== | ||
+ | [[Lisa Alexander]] | [[Donald Anderson]] | [[Constance Aziz]] | [[Rory Belcher]] | [[Declan Bennett]] | [[Holly Bibby]] | [[Alice Bramall]] | [[Stephen Byfield]] | [[Deborah Campbell]] | [[Alexis Darby]] | [[Rebecca Eatwell]] | [[Rhian Ellis]] | [[Alex Finney]] | [[Euan Glen]] | [[Simon Greenhalgh]] | [[Tom Hammond]] | [[Douglas Johnson]] | [[Steve Jolly]] | [[Lewis Jones]] | [[Paul Kelly]] | [[Mark Kerr]] | [[Simon Marlow]] | [[Andy Martin]] | [[Janis McCullock]] | [[Tom Mellor]] | [[Perry Miller]] | [[Huw Owen]] | [[Steven Park]] | [[Mark Price]] | [[Nikhil Ramakrishnan]] | [[Alex Reid]] | [[Kai Stormer]] | [[Laura Taylor]] | [[Andrew Thomson]] | [[Matthew Turpin]] | [[Amber Whitelaw]] <ref name="Dec15">[http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=PPS Group PPS Group staff, Register 1st December 2015-28th February 2016], ''APPC'', accessed 8 April 2016</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===September 2015-November 2015=== | ||
+ | [[Lisa Alexander]] | [[Donald Anderson]] | [[Constance Aziz]] | [[Holly Bibby]] | [[Alice Bramall]] | [[Nicola Brown]] | [[Stephen Byfield]] | [[Deborah Campbell]] | [[Alexis Darby]] | [[Rebecca Eatwell]] | [[Rhian Ellis]] | [[Alex Finney]] | [[James Flynn]] | [[Euan Glen]] | [[Simon Greenhalgh]] | [[Tom Hammond]] | [[Douglas Johnson]] | [[Lewis Jones]] | [[Paul Kelly]] | [[Mark Kerr]] | [[Simon Leonard]] | [[Simon Marlow]] | [[Andy Martin]] | [[Megan McCann]] | [[Janis McCullock]] | [[Tom Mellor]] | [[Perry Miller]] | [[Huw Owen]] | [[Steven Park]] | [[Mark Price]] | [[Alex Reid]] | [[Steven Singleton]] | [[Fraser Stewart]] | [[Kai Stormer]] | [[Laura Taylor]] | [[Jack Thomson]] | [[Matthew Turpin]] | [[Amber Whitelaw]] <ref>[http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=PPS%20Group PPS Group staff, Sep-Nov15], ''APPC.org'', accessed 3 February 2016</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===June 2015-August 2015=== | ||
+ | [[Lisa Alexander]] | [[Donald Anderson]] | [[Constance Aziz]] | [[Holly Bibby]] | [[Alice Bramall]] | [[Nicola Brown]] | [[Stephen Byfield]] | [[Deborah Campbell]] | [[Alexis Derby]] | [[Rebecca Eatwell]] | [[Rhian Ellis]] | [[James Flynn]] | [[Euan Glen]] | [[Simon Greenhalgh]] | [[Tom Hammond]] | [[Douglas Johnson]] | [[Lewis Jones]] | [[Paul Kelly]] | [[Mark Kerr]] | [[Simon Leonard]] | [[Simon Marlow]] | [[Andy Martin]] | [[Janis McCullock]] | [[Perry Miller]] | [[Laura Nutall]] | [[Huw Owen]] | [[Steven Park]] | [[George Parkinson]] | [[Mark Price]] | [[Alex Reid]] | [[Steven Singleton]] | [[Fraser Stewart]] | [[Kai Stormer]] | [[Laura Taylor]] | [[Jack Thomson]] | [[Matthew Turpin]] | [[Amber Whitelaw]]<ref name="Jun15"> [http://www.appc.org.uk/members/register/register-profile/?company=PPS Group Register 1st June-31st August 2015]''APPC'', accessed 28 September 2015 </ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===March 2015-May 2015=== | ||
+ | [[Lisa Alexander]] | [[Donald Anderson]] | [[Constance Aziz]] | [[Holly Bibby]] | [[Alice Bramall]] | [[Nicola Brown]] | [[Stephen Byfield]] | [[Deborah Campbell]] | [[Alexis Darby]] | [[Rebecca Eatwell]] | [[Rhian Ellis]] | [[Richard Fletcher]] | [[James Flynn]] | [[Euan Glen]] | [[Simon Greenhalgh]] | [[Tom Hammond]] | [[Rebecca Ireland]] | [[Douglas Johnson]] | [[Claire Jones]] | [[Lewis Jones]] | [[Paul Kelly]] | [[Mark Kerr]] | [[Simon Leonard]] | [[Simon Marlow]] | [[Andy Martin]] | [[Janis McCullock]] | [[Laura Nutall]] | [[Huw Owen]] | [[Steven Park]] | [[Tim Parker]] | [[George Parkinson]] | [[Mark Price]] | [[Alex Reid]] | [[Steven Singleton]] | [[Karl Smyth]] | [[Fraser Stewart]] | [[Kai Stormer]] | [[Laura Taylor]] | [[Jack Thomson]] | [[Amber Whitelaw]] <ref> [http://www.appc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/MAY-2015-REGISTER-FINAL.pdf Register of members May 2015]APPG.org, accessed 7 October 2015 </ref> | ||
===December 2014-February 2015=== | ===December 2014-February 2015=== | ||
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See: [[Fracking lobbying firms]] | See: [[Fracking lobbying firms]] | ||
*Melissa Jones and Andy Rowell, [http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/climate/item/5765-access-all-areas-frackers-lobbyists-and-the-revolving-door Access all areas: Westminster's (vast) fracking lobby exposed], 29 April 2015. | *Melissa Jones and Andy Rowell, [http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/climate/item/5765-access-all-areas-frackers-lobbyists-and-the-revolving-door Access all areas: Westminster's (vast) fracking lobby exposed], 29 April 2015. | ||
+ | *Spinwatch | YouTube, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toTLr2yIJ5E Meet the Frackers: a Spinwatch lobbying tour], 16 January 2017. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== |
Latest revision as of 05:35, 13 July 2018
This article is part of the Lobbying Portal, a sunlight project from Spinwatch. |
PPS is a multi-client lobbying firm specialising in the property and development industry.
Established in 1990 as Political Planning Services, PPS Group was formed in 1999 with two operating companies: PPS (Local & Regional) Ltd and PPS (Public Affairs) Ltd.[1] With a strapline of 'working in the tougher areas of communications', PPS has more than once been accused of employing unethical tactics.
In November 2014 it was announced that Porta Communications, run by David Wright and includes Newgate Communications, Redleaf Polhill and Thirteen Communications, was buying PPS for £6.2million paid for in a combination of cash and shares in Porta Communications. PPS would be merging with Newgate Communications with Stephen Byfield becoming head of Newgate's public affairs practice. On the takeover Byfield said: "PPS has been independent for nearly 25 years. We have achieved great things in that time but an injection of fresh capital and thinking is just what we need to foster our growth and innovation."[2]
The firm is now known as 'Newgate Engage'.
Contents
- 1 Criticism
- 2 Fake letter writing
- 3 Lobbying for energy firms
- 4 Lobbying in Scotland
- 5 Clients
- 5.1 APPC lobbying register
- 5.2 September 2016-November 2016
- 5.3 June 2016-August 2016
- 5.4 December 2015-February 2016
- 5.5 September 2015-November 2015
- 5.6 June 2015-August 2015
- 5.7 March 2015-May 2015
- 5.8 December 2014-February 2015
- 5.9 September 2014-November 2014
- 5.10 June 2014-August 2014
- 5.11 March 2014-May 2014
- 5.12 December 2013-February 2014
- 5.13 September 2013-November 2013
- 5.14 June 2013-August 2013
- 5.15 March 2013-May 2013
- 5.16 December 2012-February 2013
- 5.17 As of August 2012
- 5.18 Previous clients
- 5.19 Registrar of consultant lobbyists
- 6 People
- 6.1 September 2016-November 2016
- 6.2 June 2016-August 2016
- 6.3 December 2015-February 2016
- 6.4 September 2015-November 2015
- 6.5 June 2015-August 2015
- 6.6 March 2015-May 2015
- 6.7 December 2014-February 2015
- 6.8 September 2014-November 2014
- 6.9 June 2014-August 2014
- 6.10 March 2014-May 2014
- 6.11 December 2013-February 2014
- 6.12 September 2013-November 2013
- 6.13 June 2013-August 2013
- 6.14 March 2013-May 2013
- 6.15 December 2012-February 2013
- 6.16 Former Staff
- 7 Contact information
- 8 Affiliated pages
- 9 Resources
- 10 Notes
Criticism
Evening Standard journalist Andrew Gilligan wrote in July 2007:
- FROM its headquarters in Mayfair, PPS has become the key player in a little-known corner of the PR industry - the branch that specialises in winning developers planning permission for unpopular schemes. Local protesters, residents' groups and even council planners may never have heard of PPS but PPS knows all about them. Its 60 staff act as the public face of controversial developments, and run a sophisticated war machine to get those developments past the objectors.
- The company was founded 17 years ago by Stephen Byfield, a former staffer for a Labour MP, and Charles St George, an ex-Tory councillor. Its client list reads like a roll-call of the development industry: volume housebuilders, such as Barratt, Wimpey, and Taylor Woodrow; big retailers; quarry owners; and power stations. Mr St George, now the company's director of special projects, lives on a country estate in Somerset and is described by PPS as having 'expertise in just about everything'. Mr Byfield remains the managing director of PPS and is heavily involved in BAA's hugely controversial project to expand Stansted Airport.[3]
Fake letter writing
Imperial Wharf, London
On 30 July 2007, PPS was exposed by Channel 4’s Dispatches programme and the Evening Standard for using ‘trickery, deceit and manipulation’ to secure planning permission for certain developments. They were accused of bugging private council meetings, forging letters from residents in support of developers and disguising themselves as students to help builders, St George, obtain planning permission for more than 700 homes in Fulham [4] The Standard also received internal PPS documents, leaked by concerned staff, showing the then PPS director in charge of the Imperial Wharf account, Nick Keable, describing how the company had 'created a large number of letters for projects as diverse as power stations, quarries, and supermarkets.' This is all in breach of the APPC’s code of conduct, of which PPS is a member.
The [ES] report found that many of the supposedly favourable letters sent to the council backing a massive St George Developments scheme at Imperial Wharf, Fulham, came from people who could not be traced. Other, real, residents told ES that letters they had supposedly sent, backing the development, did not reflect their views, were not written by them and included signatures that had been faked. Internal PPS documents, leaked to ES by concerned staff, show the then PPS director in charge of the Imperial Wharf account, Nick Keable, describing how the company had 'created a large number of letters for projects as diverse as power stations, quarries, and supermarkets...'
- 'PPS has conducted a campaign of this kind for St George as part of their programme to secure planning permission for Imperial Wharf. A steady stream of positive letters, garnered by PPS, has helped to right the balance in St George's favour.'
The Standard also 'obtained a PPS document instructing a staff member to pose as a student in order to get information from councillors', and told of 'how the local councillor for Imperial Wharf, Brendan Bird, was visited by two people claiming to be students and asking detailed questions about the planning application.'
BAA and Stansted
A similar fake letter campaign took place regarding Stansted airport expansion, although the Evening Standard couldn’t prove that the letters came from PPS.[5]:
The Evening Standard reported:
- At an SSE [Stop Stansted Expansion] public meeting in January 2006, Carol Barbone, the group's chair, was approached by a young man, Phil Bartram, saying he was a journalism student and wondering if he could take... copies of SSE's research and slideshow presentations for his studies. Ms Barbone handed them over.
- Only several months later, when a supporter received a message from Mr Bartram with a BAA email address, did she realise that he was actually on a work placement with, and subsequently fully employed by, BAA.
- The lobbyists' trade body, the Association of Professional Political Consultants (APPC), held an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss possible action against PPS following our report. The report found that many of the supposedly favourable letters sent to the council backing a massive St George Developments scheme at Imperial Wharf, Fulham, came from people who could not be traced.
- Other, real, residents told us that letters they had supposedly sent, backing the development, did not reflect their views, were not written by them and included signatures that had been faked. Internal PPS documents, leaked to us by concerned staff, show the then PPS director in charge of the Imperial Wharf account, Nick Keable, describing how the company had "created a large number of letters for projects as diverse as power stations, quarries, and supermarkets....
- "PPS has conducted a campaign of this kind for St George as part of their programme to secure planning permission for Imperial Wharf. A steady stream of positive letters, garnered by PPS, has helped to right the balance in St George's favour."WE ALSO obtained a PPS document instructing a staff member to pose as a student in order to get information from councillors, and we told of how the local councillor for Imperial Wharf, Brendan Bird, was visited by two people claiming to be students and asking detailed questions about the planning application.
- BAA's director of communications for Stansted, Mark Pendlington, is a former managing director of PPS. And PPS, we can reveal, has also been retained by BAA at Stansted to help win its case. The PPS website says that the lobbyist's managing director, Stephen Byfield, is "currently working on the consultation programme for Stansted Airport's expansion". The latest APPC register lists BAA Lynton, the airport operator's property arm, as a PPS client.
- "Since Pendlington took over the atmosphere has changed," says Brian Ross, a senior officer with Stop Stansted Expansion. "It has started to get a lot more personal." The Standard has no direct evidence linking PPS to the fake letters sent to newspapers supporting the airport expansion. PPS specifically denies any such involvement. Mr Byfield told the Standard: "Our job at Stansted was to advise on the consultation programme. The last piece of work we did for them was about two months ago. We were not involved in support letter generation, and if you even seek to imply that we were, we will sue your arse." PPS and Mr Keable have also denied the allegations of forgery at Imperial Wharf, saying they would "never" forge letters.
- A spokesman for BAA initially claimed to the Standard that PPS's work at Stansted had ended "more than two years ago". Told about the entries in the APPC register and on PPS's own website, BAA amended its statement to clarify that PPS has worked for the airport operator as recently as May. BAA conceded that Philip Bartram had sought information from Stop Stansted Expansion, describing himself as a journalism student, in the way that campaigners have said.
- However, it said Mr Bartram was only on a work placement with BAA at the time, although he was subsequently employed by the company. It said it had not instructed him to represent himself as a student. BAA denied that either it or its contractors had used forgery and suggested the fake letters might be from real people who were too afraid to give their names.
APPC response
The APPC held an emergency meeting in July 2007.[6] APPC chair Gill Morris said PPS’ law firm Carter-Ruck was reviewing the coverage.
Lobbying for energy firms
PPS says that it 'has worked with most of the UK's big energy companies as well as many of the smaller players in the market'.
- Energy policy is rarely out of the headlines meaning that even local projects can become national news overnight. Our team blends stakeholder engagement, media relations and public affairs to help our clients meet the challenges facing the industry in the UK.
- Whether it's supporting a successful NSIP application for nuclear new build on behalf of EDF Energy or securing support from key politicians shale gas exploration for Cuadrilla, we understand the technologies, market and political issues which can affect your company.
- Our experience covers nuclear, on and offshore wind, gas, CCS, biomass, unconventional hydrocarbon, marine, and associated grid connections to name but a few. This gives us unprecedented market insight. [7]
Nuclear
This article is part of the Nuclear Spin project of Spinwatch. |
Among PPS Group's clients is EDF Energy, who the agency worked with for over three years on one of the "largest planning consultations ever held in the UK" for a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C project. This involved supporting EDF Energy New Nuclear Build "with the design, management and delivery of its statutory pre-application consultation process for the new power station". PPS's Stephen Byfield called it a "significant logistical challenge":
- During two years of formal, statutory consultation for the Hinkley Point C project, 34 public exhibitions were held, 67 local meetings took place, nearly 6,500 consultees were engaged and there were more than 100,000 visitors to the dedicated consultation website established by EDF Energy. In total, more than 2,000 consultation responses were received and 33,000 comments processed in a detailed consultation report submitted with the application.
PPS Group director, Charles St George, who led the project, argued that from PPS’s point of view,
- the value of the process was demonstrated by the fact that EDF Energy made changes to its plans in several key respects in response to the consultation. The final proposals for Hinkley Point C represent a better outcome for the affected local communities and that’s a direct result of the pre-application consultation". [8]
PPS states that it has 'already helped to establish EDF Energy’s status with the affected local communities as new owners and potential operators of the new power stations. We are now working with EDF Energy to implement extensive pre-application community consultation and communications activities to support forthcoming applications to the IPC for new nuclear build at both sites'. [9]
Fracking
Shale gas clients
This article is part of the Spinwatch Fracking Portal and project |
PPS has worked for a number of fracking industry operators, most notably Cuadrilla Resources since around late 2010. However from August 2013 the APPC lobbying register showed PPS as handling the account for Cuadrilla Balcombe rather than Cuadrilla as a group - Hanover Communications is listed as the agency responsible. [10]
PPS also handled public affairs for Celtique Energy.
Rapped for advertising code breaches
In 2012 PPS produced a brochure for fracking firm Cuadrilla, entitled "Summer 2012 Exploring For Natural Gas Cuadrilla Resources is exploring for natural gas in Lancashire" which the Advertising Standards Authority found contained claims partially breached CAP Code (Edition 12) rules 3.1 and 3.3 (Misleading advertising) and 3.11 (Exaggeration). [11] [12] Cuadrilla later appealed the ASA's decision, complaining that 'the ASA has not directly consulted some of the world’s leading scientists who have been studying the hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracing’ [sic] process in great detail, including experts who conducted scientific inquiries on behalf of UK Regulators. [13]
'Getting the facts across' on Shale gas and 'winning a social licence to operate'
In November 2012 PPS director Paul Kelly gave a talk at the SMI Shale Gas environmental summit on the subject of 'Effective Communication – Getting the facts across about the environmental impact of Shale Gas'.
- Paul spoke about the need to embrace the concept of winning a social license to operate and set out the key ground rules for effective communication in local communities. He explained how it was vital to fully understand the local community by listening to it while also securing the buy in from all levels of the company seeking the license to operate. Finally he gave some tips on how to present clear factual communication of the issues surrounding on shore energy exploration. [14]
Breakfasting with MPs
In December 2012 PPS hosted a roundtable shale gas breakfast at the UK House of Commons. This followed the publication of the British government’s gas strategy on 5 December. PPS reported that:
- Christopher Pincher MP, a member of the energy and climate change select committee, set out his views on the potential for shale gas and his thoughts on the energy bill. Over 25 guests from across the on-shore oil and gas sector attended the event. [15]
Community engagement
In October 2013 PPS director Paul Kelly addressed the UK Shale Gas Summit as part of a panel of industry experts discussing how to effectively engage with communities. The event also marked the publication of a recent PPS survey on public attitudes to community benefits and energy infrastructure.
- During a lively debate, Paul focused on his experience on the ground and stressed that while no two communities are the same, and some level of protest is inevitable, the key is to understand and address each communities specific concerns whilst ensuring the facts are clearly and consistently communicated, at both a local and national level.
- Other speakers included DECC’s head of unconventional gas and oil, Duarte Figueira, Environment Agency’s head of community, Tony Grayling and Tim Yeo MP.[16]
Lobbying in Scotland
In a new report on lobbying in Scotland, Holyrood Exposed: A Guide to Lobbying in Scotland [17], the PPS Group has established itself as a leader in the field of securing planning permission for clients from local planning committees, boasting work within the 'tougher areas' [18] of planning PR. Their current crop of over 100 UK lobbying clients contains energy giants such as EDF or E.ON, as well as big development players like Land Securities and Barratt.
Edinburgh Council link
In October 2007, PPS hired Donald Anderson as director of the PPS Group’s Scotland office. Anderson was leader of Edinburgh City Council from 1999 to 2006. During this time, Anderson supported an unpopular new development by Mountgrange Capital, the massive Caltongate scheme, that will see parts of the Old City overhauled to build luxury flats (listed and sound un-listed buildings demolished). It has been heavily critised for the scale and quality of the proposed new buildings, the impact on views and inadequate public consultation.[19] Mountgrange Capital is a client of PPS although it insists that Anderson will not be working on the account. Anderson insisted his current employment at PPS was not linked to his support of Mountgrange’s plans while he was council leader. ‘It’s a laughable notion,’ he said. ‘I didn’t carry undue influence.[20]
Clients
APPC lobbying register
September 2016-November 2016
104 Ltd | AMA | Annington Homes | Arup | Atlas Partners Ltd | baker Estates | Batched On Site Association | Bewley Homes | Blackrock Investment Management Uk Ltd | Bourne Leisure Ltd | Carrington Power Ltd | Castlemore Securities | Catalyst Housing | Christ Church | City and Country Homes Ltd | Countryside Properties | Dandara Ltd | EDF Energy | Edward VII Estates | Electricity North West Ltd | Emcor | Environmental Services Association | Gatton Manor Hotel and Golf Course | Gazeley UK | Gerald Eve LLP | Goodman Logistics | GVA Bilfinger | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Henderson Global Investors | Himor Group | Hudsons Property | La Salle Investments | Langham Homes | Langtree | LDA Design | Leaway Manchester Ltd | Linden Homes | London Resort Company Holdings | Lynxvale Ltd | Marlborough College | MHP Communications | Mott MacDonald | Murray Estates | MVV Environmental Services Ltd | National Grid | Palace Capital Northampton | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | PGMI Ltd | Plutus Estates Ltd | Premier Marinas | Procter & Gamble | Protos | PSP Facilitating Ltd | Radian Group | Red Kite Community Housing | Redrow Homes Ltd | Renaissance Retirement | Rugby Football Union | Saica Pack Ltd | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | Seashell Trust | Severn Trent Water | Shanks Waste Management | Southcott Estates | Stewert Milne Group | Tarmac Trading Ltd | Tatton Estates Management | Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd | Tellon Capital | The Hale Eruv Project Trust | Threadneedle Investments | Vapiano Ltd | Vital Energy | Wates Developments | Wind Prospect
June 2016-August 2016
A2 Dominion | Altitude Ascot | Annington Homes | Arup | Axiom Land | baker Estates | Barratt Homes | Batched On Site Association | Berfield Ltd | Blackrock Investment Management Uk Ltd | Bourne Leisure Ltd | Cala Homes Carrington Power Ltd | Castlemore Securities | Celtique Energy | Chap Group (Aberdeen) Ltd | Chelstone Management Ltd | Christ Church | City and Country Homes Ltd | Coffey International Ltd | Coriolis Energy | Crossdean Ltd | CTP Ltd | Dandara Ltd | Drum Developments | EDF Energy | Edward VII Estates | Electricity North West Ltd | Emcor | Environmental Services Association | Eon Climate and Renewables | Force 9 | Gatton Manor Hotel and Golf Course | Gatwick Airport | Gazeley UK | Gerald Eve LLP | Goodman Logistics | GVA Bilfinger | Haig Hamilton | Hammerson Properties | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Henderson Global Investors | Henry Boot Plc | High Speed Two Ltd | Himor Group | Hollamby Estates | House of Fraser | Hudsons Property | Ince Park LLP | Inovyn Enterprises Ltd | Intelligent Land | Jaguar Landrover | Jansons Property | JLL | Keepmoat | Kelda Water Services | King Group | Kirkwood Homes Ltd | Kisharon Day School | La Salle Investments | Langham Homes | Langtree | LDA Design | Linden Homes | London Resort Company Holdings | Lynxvale Ltd | MHP Communications | Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd | Mott MacDonald | Murray Estates | MVV Environmental Services Ltd | Nacropolis GOC | National Grid | New Quarter (Land) Ltd | Palace Capital Northampton | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | Pegasus Life | PGMI Ltd | Plutus Estates Ltd | Premier Marinas | Procter & Gamble | PSP Facilitating Ltd | Redrow Homes Ltd | Renaissance Retirement | Royal national Orthopaedic Hospital | Rugby Football Union | Saica Pack Ltd | Schroders | Seashell Trust | Severn Trent Water | Shanks Waste Management | Southcott Estates | Stewert Milne Group | Tarmac Trading Ltd | Tatton Estates Management | Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd | Telereal Trillium | Tellon Capital | The Hale Eruv Project Trust | Union Square Developments | Unite Students | University of Cambridge | Vapiano Ltd | Warmafloor | Wates Developments | West Coast Estates | Wind Prospect [21]
December 2015-February 2016
A2 Dominion | Abbeyfield Society | Altitude AscotLtd | Annington Homes | Armstrong Kent | Axiom Land | Balfour Beaty | Barratt Homes | Batched On Site Association | BDW Exeter | Berfield Ltd | Bewley Homes | British Alliance Ltd | British Solar Renewables | Cala Homes | Carrington PowerLtd | Castlemore Securities | Celtique Energy | Chap Group(Aberdeen)Ltd City and Country HomesLtd | Coffey InternationalLtd | Cross Lane Investments | CrossdeanLtd | Cuadrilla BowlandLtd | DandaraLtd | Drum Developments | EDF Energy | Edward VII Estates | Emcor | Environmental Services Association | Eon Climate and Renewables | ESRG Developments | Ewart Properties | FCC Environment | Force 9 | Gazeley UK | Goodman Logistics | Haig Hamilton |Hammerson Properties | Hargreaves ServicesLtd | Hawk Developments UKLtd | Henderson Global Investors | Himor Group | Hollamby Estates | Hudsons Property | Huge Media | Ince ParkLLP | Inovyn EnterprisesLtd | Jansons Property | Kelda Water Services | King Group | Kirkwood HomesLtd | Lafarge Tarmac | Langham Homes | Langtree | Lazari Builders | Linden Homes | London Borough Of Camden | London Resort Company Holdings | Miller Argent (South Wales)Ltd | Murray Estates | Muse DevelopmentsLtd | National Grid | Orchard Homes and DevelopmentsLtd | Peel Environmental HoldingsLtd | Pegasus Life | Persimmon Homes | PGMILtd | Premier Inn | Procter & GamblePSP | FacilitatingLtd | Redrow HomesLtd Renaissance Retirement | Royal national Orthopaedic Hospital | Rugby Football Union | Saica PackLtd | Sainsburys SupermarketLtd | Schroders | Severn Trent Water | Shanks Waste Management | Sita Sembcorp UKLtd | Stewart Milne Group | Tarmac TradingLtd | Tatton Estates Management | Taylor WimpeyUK Ltd | Telereal Trillium Tellon Capital | U+I plc | Ubiquitous | Union Square Developments | Intergrates Solutions | Unite Students | Vattenfall | VeriFone Media | Warmafloor | Wartsila | Wates Development | West Coast Estates | Wind Prospect [22]
September 2015-November 2015
Abbeyfield Society | Altitude Ascot Ltd | Annington Homes | Armstrong Kent | Axiom Land | Balfor Beaty | Barratt Homes | Batched on site Association | BDW EXeter | Berfield Ltd | British Alliance Ltd | British Solar Renewables | Buile Developments Ltd | Cab Micro Media | Carrington Power Ltd | Castlemore Securities | Celtique Energy | Chap Group (Aberdeen) Ltd | City and Country Homes Ltd | Coffey International Ltd | Cross Lane Investments | Crossdean Ltd | Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd | Dandara Ltd | Donald Insall Associates | dRum Developments | EDF Energy | Edward VII Estates | Emcor | Eon Climate and Renewables | Ewart Properties | FCC Environment | Force 9 | Goodman Logistics | Hammerson Properties | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Hawk Developments UK Ltd | Henderson Global Investors | Himor Group | Hollamby Estates | Hudsons Property | Huge Media | Ince Park LLP | INEOS Enterprises Ltd | Inovyn Enterprises Ltd | Jackamax Ltd | jaguar Land Rover | Jansons Property | Kelda Water Services | Kent Enviropower LTd | King Group | Kirkwood Homes Ltd | Kisharaon Day School | Lafarge Tarmac | Langham Homes | Lazari Builders | Linden Homes | London Borough of Camden | London resort Company Holdings | Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd | Murray Estates | National Grid | Orchard Homes and Developments Ltd | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | Pegasus Life | Premier Inn | Redrow Homes Ltd | Renaissance Retirement | Saica Pack Ltd | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | Severn Trent Water | Shanks Waste Management | Sita Sembcorp Uk Ltd | Stewart Milne Group | Tarmac Trading Ltd | Tatton estates Management | Telereal Trilliun | Tellon Capital | Ubiquitous | Union Square Developments | Unite Intergrates Solutions | Verifone Media | Warmafloor | Wartsila | Wates Developments | West Coast Estates | Wind Respect [23]
June 2015-August 2015
Abbeyfield Society | Airvolution | Altitude Ascot Ltd | Annington Homes | Armstrong Kent | Balfour Beauty | Barratt Homes | Batched On Site Association | Bloor Homes | Bristol Alliance Ltd | British Solar Renewables | Buile Developments Ltd | Cab Micro Media | Cala Homes | Carrington Power Ltd | Castlemore Securities | Catesby Property Group | Celtique Energy | Chap Group (Aberdeen) Ltd | City and Country Homes Ltd | Cross Lane Investments | Crossdean Ltd | Cuadrilla Balcombe Limited | Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd | Dandara Ltd | Donald Insall Associates | Drum Developments | EDF Energy | Edward VII Estates |Emcor | Eon Climate and Renewables | Ewart Properties | FCC Environment | Force 9 | Goodman Logistics | Hammerson Properties | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Hawk Developments UK Ltd | Henderson Global Investors | Himor Group | Hollamby Estates | Hudsons Property | Huge Media | Ince Park LLP | Ineos Enterprises Ltd | Jackamax Ltd | Jaguar Land Rover | Jansons Property | Kames Capital | Kelda Water Services | Kent Enviropower Ltd | King Group | Kirkwood Homes Ltd | Knightsbridge Capital | Lafarge Tarmac | Land Securities | Linden Homes | Line Planning | London Resort Company Holdings | LXB Properties | Marplace (number 480 Ltd) | Miller Argent (South Wales)Ltd | Miller Homes | MLN Land and Properties Ltd | Murray Estates | Muse Developments Ltd | National Grid | Newgate Communications | Northpoint Developments Ltd | Orchard Homes and Developments | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | Pegasus Life | Premier Inn | Redrow Homes Ltd | Saica Pack Ltd | Saica Paper UK Ltd | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | Seddon Homes | Severn Trent Water | Shanks Waste Management | Silus Investments | Tarmac Trading Ltd | Tatton Estates Management | Tellon Capital | Ubiquitous | Union Square Developments | Unite Integrates Solutions | United Group | Vattenfall | VeriFone Media | Warmafloor | Wartsila | Wates Developments | Wind Prospect | Zog Group[24]
March 2015-May 2015
Abbeyfield Society | Altitude Ascot Ltd | Annington Homes | Armstrong Kent | Axion Land | Balfour Beaty | Barratt Homes | Batched on Site Association | Bloor Homes | Building Design Partnership | C.G. Fry and Sons | Cala Homes | Carrington Power Ltd | Catesby Property Group | Celtique Energy | Chap Group(Aberdeen) | City and Country Homes Ltd | Coffey International | Crest Nicholson | Crest Strategic Projects | Crossdean Ltd | Cuadrilla Balcombe Ltd | Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd | Dandara Ltd | Drum Developments | EF Energy | Edward VII Estates | Emcor | Eon Climate and Renewables | Ewart Properties | FCC Environment | Force 9 | Gillespies LLP | Goodman Logistics | Hammerson Properties | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Hawk Developments UK Ltd | Henderson Global Investors | Hilmor Group | Hollamby Estates | Hudsons Property | Huge Media | Ice Park LLP | Ineos Enterprises Ltd | Jansons Property | Kames Capital | Kent Enviropower Ltd | King Group | Kirkwood Homes Ltd | Lafarge Tarmac | Land Securities | Linden Homes | Line Planning | London Borough of Camden | London Resort Company Holdings | LXB Properties | Marplace (number 480)Ltd | Miller Argent (South Wales) | Miller Homes | Murray Estates | Muse Developments Ltd | National Grid | Newgate Communications | Northpoint Developments Ltd | Oakhill Group | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | Pegasus Life | Premier Inn | Realm Ltd | Redrow Homes Ltd | Saica Pack Ltd | Saica Paper UK Ltd | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | Severn Trent Water | Shanks Waste Management | Silus Investments | Tatton Estates Management | Ubiquitous | Union Square Developments | Unite Integrates Solutions | United Group | Urban | Vattenfall | VeriFone Media | Warmafloor | Wartsila | Wisley Property Investments [25]
December 2014-February 2015
Altitude Ascot Ltd | Amco Developments | Anchor Homes | Annington Homes | Armstrong Kent | Axion Land | Balfour Beaty | Barratt Homes | Batched on Site Association | Bellway Homes Ltd | British Solar Renewables | Butlins | C.G. Fry and Sons | Cala Homes | Carrington Power Ltd | Celtique Energy | Chap Group (Aberdeen) Ltd | Chelstone Management Ltd | City and Country Homes Ltd | Cleanpower | Coffey International | Crest Nicholson | Crest Strategic Projects | Crossdean Ltd | Cuadrilla Balcombe Limited | Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd | Dandara Ltd | Doric properties | EDF Energy | Edward VII Estates | Emcor | Eon Climate and Renewables | Ewart Properties | FCC Environment | Force 9 | Galliford Try Partnership | Gerald Eve | Goodman Logistics | Goodman Logistics | Hallam Land | Hammerson Properties | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Hawk Developments UK Ltd | Henderson Global Investors | Hollamby Estates | Ineos Enterprises Ltd | Kames Capital | Kent Enviropower Ltd | Kingspan | Kirkwood Homes Ltd | Knightsbridge Capital | Lafarge Tarmac | Lester Aldridge LLP | Linden Homes | Line Planning | London Resort Company Holdings | LXB Properties | Marplace (number 480) Ltd | Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd | Murray Estates | Muse Developments Ltd | National Grid | Northpoint Developments Ltd | Oakhill Group | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | Pegasus Life | Public Sector Plc | Realm Ltd | Redrow Homes Ltd | Saica Pack Ltd | Saica Paper Uk Ltd | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | Severn Trent Water | Tatton Estates Management | The Inglis Consortium LLP | Ubiquitous | Union Square Developments | Union Square Developments | United Group | Vattenfall | Warmafloor | Wartsila | Wisley Property Investments | Wyatt Homes[26]
September 2014-November 2014
Airvolution | Altitude Ascot Ltd | Amco Developments | Anchor Homes | Annington Homes | Armstrong Kent | Axion Land | Barratt Homes | Batched on Site Association | Bellway Homes | Birmigham Oratory | C.G. Fry and Sons | Cala Homes | Camden Lock Markets Ltd | Capital & Provincial | Carrington Power Ltd | Cathelco Group | Celtique Energy | Chelstone Management Ltd | City and Country Homes Ltd | Cleanpower | Coffey International | Crest Nicholson | Crest Strategic Projects | Crossdean Ltd | Cuadrilla Balcombe Limited | Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd | Dandara Ltd | Doric properties | Drum Property Group | EDF Energy | Edward VII Estates | Eon Climate and Renewables | European Healthcare Group | Ewart Properties | FCC Environment | Force 9 | Galliford Try Partnership | Gatwick Airport Ltd | Gazeley Uk Ltd | General Motors | Goodman Logistics | Hallam Land | Hammerson Properties | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Hawk Developments UK Ltd | Henderson Global Investors | Hollamby Estates | Ineos Enterprises Ltd | Jackamax Ltd | Jewish Care Princess Alexandra Care Homes | Kames Capital | Kent Enviropower Ltd | Kirkwood Homes Ltd | Knightsbridge Capital | Koopmans Ltd | Lafarge Tarmac | Lambert Smith Hampton | Land Securities | Linden Homes | London Resort Company Holdings | LXB Properties | Marplace (number 480) Ltd | Metropolitan Realization | Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd | Morrish Builders | Murray Estates | National Grid | Northpoint Developments Ltd | Oakhill Group | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | Pegasus Life | Premier Inn | Realm Ltd | Redrow Homes Ltd | Saica Pack Ltd | Saica Paper Uk Ltd | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | Severn Trent Water | Tatton Estates Management | The Ashfield Estate | The Inglis Consortium LLP | Union Square Developments | United Group | Vattenfall | Warmafloor | Wartsila | West Coast Estates | Wisley Property Investments | Wyatt Homes | Wyvil Road Ltd[27]
June 2014-August 2014
Airvolution | Anchor Homes | Annington Homes | Armstrong Kent | Axion Land | Barratt Homes | Batched on Site Association | Birmigham Oratory | C.G. Fry and Sons | Cala Homes | Camden Lock Markets Ltd | Carrington Power Ltd | Cathelco Group | Celtic Array | Celtique Energy | Chelstone Management Ltd | City and Country Homes Ltd | Claremont Fan Court Foundation Ltd | Crest Nicholson | Cuadrilla Balcombe Limited | Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd | Dandara Ltd | Discovery Park | Doric properties | Drum Property Group | EDF Energy | Edward VII Estates | Eider Homes | Eon Climate and Renewables | Ewart Properties | Force 9 | Galliford Try Partnership | Gatwick Airport Ltd | Gazeley Uk Ltd | General Motors | Gerald Eve | Goodman Logistics | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Harrow Estates | Hawk Developments UK Ltd | Henderson Global Investors | Hollamby Estates | Ineos Enterprises Ltd | Jackamax Ltd | Kent Enviropower Ltd | Kirkwood Homes Ltd | Koopmans Ltd | Lafarge Tarmac | Lambert Smith Hampton | Land Securities | Linden Homes | London Resort Company Holdings | Lumicity Ltd | Marplace (number 480) Ltd | Merton properties | Mill Farm Verntures Ltd | Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd | Miller Homes | Morrish Builders | Murray Estates | National Grid | Northpoint Developments Ltd | Oakhill Group | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | Pegasus Life | Plasco Energy Group | Plastics 2020 | Princess Alexandra Care Home | Realm Ltd | Redrow Homes Ltd | Saica Pack Ltd | Saica Paper Uk Ltd | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | Severn Trent Water | St Christopers Fellowship | SVSM (NCGM) new Covent Garden | Tatton Estates Management | The Ashfield Estate | The Inglis Consortium LLP | Vattenfall | Warmafloor | Wartsila | West Coast Estates | Wisley Property Investments | Wyatt Homes | Wyvil Road Ltd[28]
March 2014-May 2014
Airvolution | Amco Developments | Anchor Homes | Annington Homes | Approved Cables Iniative | Armstrong Kent | ASC Renewables | Axion Land | Barratt Homes | Batched on Site Association | Birmigham Oratory | CACI Ltd | Cala Homes | Camden Lock Markets Ltd | Carrington Power Ltd | Celtic Array | Celtique Energy | Chelstone Management Ltd | City and Country Homes Ltd | City Wall Properties | Claremont Fan Court Foundation Ltd | CTP Ltd | Cuadrilla Balcombe Ltd | Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd | Dandara Ltd | Deveron Homes | Discovery Park | Doric properties | Drum Property Group | EDF Energy | Edward VII Estates | Eider Homes | Emcor Group Plc | Eon Climate and Renewables | Force 9 | Fred Olsen Lines | Gatwick Airport Ltd | Gazeley Uk Ltd | General Motors | Gerald Eve | Goodman Logistics | Hammerson Estates | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Hawk Developments UK Ltd | Henderson Global Investors | Hollamby Estates | Industrial Acoustics Company | Ineos Enterprises Ltd | Jackamax Ltd | Kent Enviropower Ltd | Kirkwood Homes Ltd | Koopmans Ltd | Lafarge Tarmac | Land Securities | Linden Homes | London Borough of Merton Council | London Resort Company Holdings | Lumicity Ltd | Marplace (number 480) Ltd | Merton Properties | Mill Farm Verntures Ltd | Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd | Miller Argent South Wales Ltd | Miller Homes | Mrs Jean M Powell | Murray Estates | National Grid | Northpoint Developments Ltd | Nova Loca | Oakhill Group | Oxted Residential | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | Pegasus Life | Plastics 2020 | Plymouth Estates | Redrow Homes Ltd | Renaissance | RLW Estates Ltd | Rory Young | Saica Pack Ltd | Saica Paper Uk Ltd | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | Scottish Government | SDS Ltd | Severn Trent Water | St Christopers Fellowship | SVSM (NCGM) new Covent Garden | Tata Steel | Taylor Wimpey Developments Ltd | The Inglis Consortium LLP | United Investments Portugal SA | Vattenfall | Warmafloor | Wartsila | West Coast Estates | Wheelabrator | Wisley Property Investments | Wyvil Road Ltd [29]
December 2013-February 2014
Air Link Systems Ltd | Airvolution | Allied Vehicles | Amco Developments | Anchor Homes | Annington Homes | Armstrong Kent | ASC Renewables | Barratt Homes | Birmingham Oratory | Black Lion Ventures LLP | Bowland Resources Ltd | Bristol Water | Brookhouse Group | Brookhouse Group | Butlins | C2 Capital LLP | CACI Ltd | Camden Lock Markets Ltd | Capital & Provincial | Carrington Power Ltd | Celtic Array | Celtique Energy Chelstone Management Ltd | City and Country Homes Ltd | Claremont Fan Court Foundation Ltd | Cleanpower Properties Ltd | Craven Property | CTP Ltd | Cuadrilla | Dandara Ltd | Deveron Homes | Discovery Park | Doric properties | Drum Property Group | EDF Energy | Edward VII Estates | Eider Homes | Emcor Group Plc | Eon Climate and Renewables | Falmouth Developments | Force 9 | Garden Centre Group Trading Ltd | Gatwick Airport Ltd | General Motors | Gerald Eve | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Harrow Estates | Henderson Global Investors | Hollamby Estates | Industrial Acoustics Company | Ineos Enterprises Ltd | Jackamax Ltd | Janson | Kensington & Edinburgh Estates | Kent Enviropower Ltd | Kirk Energy | Kirkwood Homes Ltd Lafarge Tarmac | Land Improvement Holdings | Land Securities | Linden Homes | Lioncourt Homes Ltd | London Borough of Merton Council | London Resort Company Holdings | Lumicity Ltd | Merryvale No 6 International Ltd | Merton properties | Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd | Miller Argent South Wales Ltd | Miller Homes | Mrs Jean M Powell | Murray Estates | National Grid | Noss Marina Ltd | Nova Loca | Ove Arup and Partners International Ltd | Oxted Residential | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | Pegasus Life | Plastics 2020 | Plymouth Estates | Premier Inn | Redrow Homes Ltd | RLW Estates Ltd | Rory Young | Saica Pack Ltd | Saica Paper Uk Ltd | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | Severn Trent Water | St Christopers Fellowship | SVSM | Tata Steel | Taylor Wimpey Developments Ltd | The Carlton Group | The Inglis Consortium LLP | Titan Investors | United Investments Portugal SA | Vattenfall | Warmafloor | Wartsila | Wheelabrator | Wisley Property Investments | Wyvil Road Ltd [30]
September 2013-November 2013
Airvolution | Anchor Homes | Annington | Homes Armstrong Kent | Barratt Homes | Black Lion Ventures LLP | Bowland Resources Ltd | Bristol Water | Brookhouse Group | Butlins | CACI Ltd | Camden Lock Markets Ltd | Capital & Provincial | Celtic Array | Celtique Energy | City and Country Homes Ltd | Claremont Fan Court Foundation Ltd | Craven Property | Cuadrilla Balcombe Limited | Dandara Ltd | Discovery Park | Doric properties | EDF Energy | Eider Homes | Emcor Group Plc | Eon Climate and Renewables | Ewart Properties | Falmouth Developments | Force 9 | General Motors | Gerald Eve | GMI Holdings Limited | Greensleaves Homes Trust | GS1 UK Ltd | Hammerson Estates | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Harrow Estates | haute Rive | Henderson Global Investors | Industrial Acoustics Company | Janson | Kensington & Edinburgh Estates | Kent Enviropower Ltd | Kirk Energy | Kirkwood Homes Ltd | Lafarge Tarmac Land Improvement Holdings | Land Securities | Linden Homes | Lioncourt Homes Ltd | Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd | Murray Estates Murrey Estates | National Grid Navitus Bay Development Ltd | Noss Marina Ltd Nova Loca | One Housing Group Ove Arup and Partners International Ltd | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd Pegasus Life | Plastics 2020 | Premier Inn | Raeburn Place Developments | Redrow Homes Ltd | RLW Estates Ltd | RWE Npower | Renewables Saica Pack Ltd | Saica Paper Uk Ltd | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | Sandlaw Farming Company | SDS Ltd | SevenTwenty Strategies | Severn Trent Water | Skanska | St Modwen | SVSM | Tata Steel | Taylor Wimpey Developments Ltd | Tenens The Carlton Group | The Inglis Consortium LLP | Titan Investors | Tonbridge and Malling Council | Ubiquitous United | Investments Portugal SA | Vattenfall | Warmafloor | Wartsila | West Coast Estates | Wheelabrator | Whitbread Group | Wilmott Dixon Regent Ltd [31]
June 2013-August 2013
Airvolution | Anchor Homes | Annington Homes | Armstrong Kent | Barratt Homes | Black Lion Ventures LLP | Bowland Resources Ltd | Bristol Water | CACI Ltd | Cala Homes | Camden Lock Markets Ltd | Celtic Array | Celtique Energy | Central Foundation Girl's School Trust | Chelstone Management Ltd | City and Country Homes Ltd | Claremont Fan Court Foundation Ltd | Craven Property | Cuadrilla Balcombe Limited | Dandara Ltd | Discovery Park | Doric properties | EDF Energy | Eider Homes | Emcor Group Plc | Eon Climate and Renewables | Ewart Properties | Falmouth Developments | Force 9 | General Motors | Gerald Eve | GMI Holdings Limited | Greensleaves Homes Trust | GS1 UK Ltd | Hammerson Estates | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Harrow Estates | haute Rive | Henderson Global Investors | Industrial Acoustics Company | Janson | Kensington & Edinburgh Estates | Kent Enviropower Ltd | Kirk Energy | Kirkwood Homes Ltd | Lafarge Tarmac | Land Improvement Holdings | Land Securities | Linden Homes | Lioncourt Homes Ltd | Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd | Murrey Estates | Navitus Bay Development Ltd | Noss Marina Ltd | Ove Arup and Partners International Ltd | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | Plastics 2020 | Premier Inn | Raeburn Place Developments | Redrow Homes Ltd | RLW Estates Ltd | RWE Npower Rewnewables | Saica Pack Ltd | Saica Paper Uk Ltd | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | Sandlaw Farming Company | SDS Ltd | SevenTwenty Strategies | Severn Trent Water | Skanska | St Modwen | Taylor Wimpey Developments Ltd | Tenens | The Carlton Group | The Inglis Consortium LLP | Titan Investors | Tonbridge and Malling Council | Ubiquitous | United Investments Portugal SA | Vattenfall | Warmafloor | Wartsila | West Coast Estates | Wheelabrator | Whitbread Group | Wilmott Dixon Regent Ltd [32]
March 2013-May 2013
Adelphi Distillery | Airvolution | Anchor Homes | Annington Homes | Armstrong Kent | ASC Renewables | Balfour Beatty Capital | Barratt Homes | Beaulieu Homes | Birmingham Oratory | Bouygues Travauz Publics S.A. | Bovis Homes | Bowland Resources Ltd | Bristol Water | Brookhouse Group | Butlins | C2 Capital LLP | CACI Ltd | Cala Homes | Camden Lock Markets Ltd | Cardiff City Council | Celtic Array | Celtique Energy | Central Foundation Girl's School Trust | Charlotte Ventures Ltd | Chelstone Management Ltd | City and Country Homes Ltd | City Cabs | Claremont Fan Court Foundation Ltd | Dandara Ltd | Devon wind Power | Discovery Park | Doric properties | EDF Energy | Eider Homes | Electro Motive Diesel Ltd | Emcor Group Plc | Eon Climate and Renewables | Ewart Properties | Force 9 | General Motors | Gerald Eve | Gerald Eve | Greensleaves Homes Trust | GS1 UK Ltd | Hammerson Estates | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Harrow Estates | haute Rive | Henderson Global Investors | Heron Land Developments | Hive Energy | Horseworld | Industrial Acoustics Company | James Retail | Janson | John Laing | Kent Enviropower Ltd | Kier and Cowder | Kirk Energy | Kirkwood Homes Ltd | Lafarge Tarmac | Land Improvement Holdings | Land Securities | Linden Homes | Lioncourt Homes Ltd | London LRG Hotel Ltd | Mariposa Investments | Martins Properties | Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd | Miller Homes | Murrey Estates | Navitus Bay Development Ltd | Nottinghamshire County Council Pension Fund | Onehousing Group | Ove Arup and Partners International Ltd | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | Plasco Energy Group | Plastics 2020 | Plymouth Estates | Porcelanosa | Premier Inn | Raeburn Place Developments | Redrow Homes Ltd | RLW Estates Ltd | RWE Npower Renewables | S.A. Industrias Celulosa Aragonesa | Saica Pack Ltd | Saica Paper Uk Ltd | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | Sandlaw Farming Company | Sandlaw Farming Company | SDS Ltd | Severn Trent Water | Skanska | St Modwen | Tenens | Terrace Hill | The Inglis Consortium LLP | Tonbridge and Malling Council | Ubiquitous | United Investments Portugal SA | Vattenfall | Veolia | Warmafloor | Wartsila | Wheelabrator | Whitbread Group | Wimott Dixon Regent Ltd | WRD Group | Yorkshire Water Services | Zyda Law [33]
December 2012-February 2013
Anchor Homes | Annington Homes | Armstrong Kent | ASC Renewables | Balfour Beatty Capital | Barratt Homes | Barrow Lands Co Ltd | Birmingham Oratory | Bouygues Travauz Publics S.A. | Bovis Homes | Bovis Homes Ltd | Bowland Resources Ltd | Bristol Water | Brookhouse Group | CACI Ltd | Cala Homes | Camden Lock Markets Ltd | Celtic Array | Celtique Energy | Central Foundation Girl's School Trust | Charlotte Ventures Ltd | City and Country Bicester Ltd | City and Country Homes Ltd | City and Country Residential Ltd | City and Country Warley Ltd | Dandara Ltd | Devon wind Power | Doric properties | EDF Energy | Eider Homes | Emcor Group Plc | Eon Climate and Renewables | Ewart Properties | Fichtner Consulting Engineers Ltd | Force 9 | General Motors | Gerald Eve | Greensleaves Homes Trust | GS1 UK Ltd | Hammerson Estates | Hargreaves Services Ltd | Harrow Estates | Henderson Global Investors | Hive Energy | Horseworld | Janson | John Laing | Kent Enviropower Ltd | Kier and Cowder | Kirk Energy | Land Securities | Linden Homes | Lioncourt Homes Ltd | London LRG Hotel Ltd | London Resort Company Holdings | Mariposa Investments | Martins Properties | Miller Argent (South Wales) Ltd | Miller Homes | Murrey Estates | Navitus Bay Development Ltd | Nottinghamshire County Council Pension Fund | Oakhurst property developments | Onehousing Group | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | Plastics 2020 | Plymouth Estates | Porcelanosa | Premier Inn | Raeburn Place Developments | RLW Estates Ltd RWE | Npower Rewnewables | Saica Pack Ltd | Saica Paper Uk Ltd | Sainsburys Supermarket Ltd | Sandlaw Farming Company | Severn Trent Water | Skanska | Tenens | Terrace Hill | The Inglis Consortium LLP | Tonbridge and Malling Council | Torrington Place | Warmafloor | Wartsila | Wheelabrator | Wind Prospect Developments | Zyda Law [34]
As of August 2012
clients included the following energy companies EDF Energy, Cuadrilla Resources and RWE npower renewables [35]Balfour Beatty Capital, Eon Climate and Renewables, Land Securities, Sainsburys, Taylor Wimpey, Tonbridge and Malling Council, Western Power Distribution, General Motors [36]
Previous clients
As of 2006: Anchor Developments | Anchor Trust | Ashfield Estate | B&Q | Ballymore Properties | Henry Boot | Hertfordshire County Council | Homes for Scotland | Iconshield Ltd | Ineos Fluor | Persimmon Homes | PPG Land Ltd | Premier Travel Inn | Princes Quay Trust | Prologis Developments Ltd | BCB Environmental | Bedell Corporation | Biffa Waste | Bristol City Council | British Film Institute | Cala Homes | Cardway Ltd | Catesby Estates Ltd | Cemex Uk | Chelsea Harbour Ltd | Chenil House | Chris Rokos | Circle Red Properties Ltd | CIT Developments | City of Bristol College | Claymoss Properties Limited | Cory Environmental | Countryside Properties | Crest/Galliford LLP | Darinian Limited | Develica | Edenlaw West | EDF Energy | Enodis Property Development | Ewart Properties | FBC Media | Grade Wand (Wescity Developers Ltd) | Guaranty Trust Bank | Gyle Shopping Centre | Ipswich School | JG Land Ltd | John Thompson and Partners | J Sainsbury | London Associated Properties | Legal and General | Lincolnshire County Council | Linden Homes | Linden/Dowland Graylingwell LLP | Local Government Challenge | London and Newcastle | M Baker | Mariposa Investments | Motor Accident Solicitors Society | Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority | Mimas Developments Ltd | Mouchel Parkman | MVV Environment | Nathanial Associates Ltd | National Grid | NHP Leisure Developments | NJW Developments | Thurleigh Estates Limited | N Power Renewables | O&H Properties | Olive Green Group | Parsons Brincherhoff | Peel Land Investments | Peel Holdings | Pelham Holdings | Redrow Homes Ltd | Riding Lane North | RLW Estates Ltd | RMJM Consortium | Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors | RREEF Ltd | Rugeley Power Ltd | Safestore Ltd | SAICA Packaging UK Limited | Salisbury District Council | Spring Urban Regeneration | St Modwen Properties Plc | Sussex Healthcare | Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd | The Catesby Property Group | The Junction Limited Partnership | The Mall | Tilbury Green Power Ltd | TQ9 LLP | UK Boxer Property Co Ltd | Viridor Waste Management | VT Group | Waste Recycling Group | Wheelabrator | Whitbread Group Plc | Whitekirk Golf and Country Club | Workspace Glebe | Zurich Assurance
PPS Group was hired by British Energy in 2003/4 and also was retained by Countryside Properties.
Registrar of consultant lobbyists
PPS Group has been registered since January 2016. The register documents those clients for whom lobbying agencies have met with ministers. PPS' listings for 2015/2016 are as follows.
April - June 2015
Annington Homes | Batched On Site Association | Coffey International | London Resort Company Holdings | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd
July - September 2015
Annington Homes | Batched On Site Association | Coffey International | London Resort Company Holdings | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd
October - December 2015
Annington Homes | Barratt Developments | Batched On Site Association | Coffey International | HIMOR | London Resort Company Holdings | Peel Environmental Holdings Ltd | SUEZ [37]
January - March 2016
Annington Homes | Barratt Developments | Batched on Site Association | Coffey International | HIMOR Group | London Resort Company Holdings | Peel Environmental Ltd | SUEZ [38]
April - June 2016
Annington Homes | Barratt Developments | Batched on Site Association | City and Country | Coffey International | HIMOR Group | London Resort Company Holdings | MVV Environment Limited | Peel Environmental Ltd [39]
July - September 2016
Annington Homes | Batched on Site Association | HIMOR Group | Peel Environment Limited [40]
People
- Stephen Byfield, Managing director. A former staffer for a Labour MP.
- Charles St George, Group Board Director. An ex-Tory councillor.
- Rebecca Eatwell, Director (Head of PPS North)
- Donald Anderson, Director (Head of PPS Edinburgh); former Leader of Edinburgh City Council.
- Lisa Alexander, Director
- Mark Kerr, Director
- Andy Martin, Director (Head of PPS London, South East and East)
- Clare Jones, Account Director (Head of PPS Cardiff)
- Paul Kelly, Director (Reputation Management)
- Christ Wotton, Director
- Leander Clarke, Director (Head of PPS West and Wales)
- Steven Park, Director (Head of PPS Aberdeen)
- Bobby Dean - Account Executive from PPS Group who was seconded to Communications Team at EDF Energy for four months in July 2011 – October 2011 (4 months) to assist in the coordination and delivery of the Hinkley Point C Consultation Report to the Infrastructure Planning Commission. [41]
September 2016-November 2016
Lisa Alexander | Donald Anderson | Constance Aziz | Rory Belcher | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Isaac Casson | Tom Court | James Durham | Rebecca Eatwell | Zoe Ensor | George Gibson | Emma Guy | Tom Hammond | Douglas Johnson | Steve Jolly | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Ben Lowndes | Andy Martin | Jennifer McHattie | Paul McLennan | Tom Mellor | Perry Miller | Gabriella Naismith | Steven Park | Ally Paterson | Nikhil Ramakrishnan | Alex ReidKai Stormer | Laura Taylor | Matthew Turpin | Anna Wrigglesworth
June 2016-August 2016
Lisa Alexander | Donald Anderson | Constance Aziz | Rory Belcher | Holly Bibby | Jennifer Buchanan | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Isaac Casson | Alexis Darby | Andrew Dove | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | Zoe Ensor | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Tom Hammond | Douglas Johnson | Steve Jolly | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Ben Lowndes | Simon Marlow | Andy Martin | Jennifer McHattie | Tom Mellor | Perry Miller | Gabriella Naismith | Steven Park | Ally Paterson | Nikhil Ramakrishnan | Alex ReidKai Stormer | Laura Taylor | Andrew Thomson | Matthew Turpin | Anna Wrigglesworth [21]
December 2015-February 2016
Lisa Alexander | Donald Anderson | Constance Aziz | Rory Belcher | Declan Bennett | Holly Bibby | Alice Bramall | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Alexis Darby | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | Alex Finney | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Tom Hammond | Douglas Johnson | Steve Jolly | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Simon Marlow | Andy Martin | Janis McCullock | Tom Mellor | Perry Miller | Huw Owen | Steven Park | Mark Price | Nikhil Ramakrishnan | Alex Reid | Kai Stormer | Laura Taylor | Andrew Thomson | Matthew Turpin | Amber Whitelaw [22]
September 2015-November 2015
Lisa Alexander | Donald Anderson | Constance Aziz | Holly Bibby | Alice Bramall | Nicola Brown | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Alexis Darby | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | Alex Finney | James Flynn | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Tom Hammond | Douglas Johnson | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Simon Leonard | Simon Marlow | Andy Martin | Megan McCann | Janis McCullock | Tom Mellor | Perry Miller | Huw Owen | Steven Park | Mark Price | Alex Reid | Steven Singleton | Fraser Stewart | Kai Stormer | Laura Taylor | Jack Thomson | Matthew Turpin | Amber Whitelaw [42]
June 2015-August 2015
Lisa Alexander | Donald Anderson | Constance Aziz | Holly Bibby | Alice Bramall | Nicola Brown | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Alexis Derby | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | James Flynn | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Tom Hammond | Douglas Johnson | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Simon Leonard | Simon Marlow | Andy Martin | Janis McCullock | Perry Miller | Laura Nutall | Huw Owen | Steven Park | George Parkinson | Mark Price | Alex Reid | Steven Singleton | Fraser Stewart | Kai Stormer | Laura Taylor | Jack Thomson | Matthew Turpin | Amber Whitelaw[43]
March 2015-May 2015
Lisa Alexander | Donald Anderson | Constance Aziz | Holly Bibby | Alice Bramall | Nicola Brown | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Alexis Darby | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | Richard Fletcher | James Flynn | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Tom Hammond | Rebecca Ireland | Douglas Johnson | Claire Jones | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Simon Leonard | Simon Marlow | Andy Martin | Janis McCullock | Laura Nutall | Huw Owen | Steven Park | Tim Parker | George Parkinson | Mark Price | Alex Reid | Steven Singleton | Karl Smyth | Fraser Stewart | Kai Stormer | Laura Taylor | Jack Thomson | Amber Whitelaw [44]
December 2014-February 2015
Lisa Alexander | Donald Anderson | Holly Bibby | Alice Bramall | Nicola Brown | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Leander Clarke | Ellis Cresswell | Alexis Darby | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | Richard Fletcher | James Flynn | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Tom Hammond | Rebecca Ireland | Douglas Johnson | Claire Jones | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Simon Leonard | Simon Marlow | Andy Martin | Janis McCullock | Laura Nuttall | Huw Owen | Steven Park | Tim Parker | George Parkinson | Mark Price | Alex Reid | Julian Seymour | Steven Singleton | Karl Smyth | Charles St George | Fraser Stewart | Kai Stormer | Laura Taylor | Jack Thomson | Amber Whitelaw | Chris Wotton[26]
September 2014-November 2014
Lisa Alexander | Donald Anderson | Holly Bibby | James Blanchard | Alice Bramall | Nicola Brown | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Leander Clarke | Ellis Cresswell | Alexis Darby | Bobby Dean | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | Richard Fletcher | James Flynn | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Tom Hammond | Douglas Johnson | Claire Jones | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Simon Leonard | Simon Marlow | Andy Martin | Janis McCullock | Laura Nuttall | Huw Owen | Steven Park | George Parkinson | Guy Pilbeam | Alex Reid | Julian Seymour | Steven Singleton | Karl Smyth | Charles St George | Fraser Stewart | Kai Stormer | Laura Taylor | Jack Thomson | Amber Whitelaw | Chris Wotton[27]
June 2014-August 2014
Lisa Alexander | Donald Anderson | Jodi Anderson - Smith | James Blanchard | Nicola Brown | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Leander Clarke | Ellis Cresswell | Bobby Dean | Ben Doble | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | Richard Fletcher | James Flynn | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Tom Hammond | Sara Henrikkson | Amy Hopkinson | Douglas Johnson | Claire Jones | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Simon Leonard | Henrietta Luchterhand | Kyal Mapara | Simon Marlow | Andy Martin | Janis McCullock | Will Morgan | Andrew Murray | Laura Nuttall | Huw Owen | Josh Owens | Steven Park | George Parkinson | Dipal Patel | Guy Pilbeam | Alex Reid | Julian Seymour | Steven Singleton | Karl Smyth | Charles St George | Fraser Stewart | Kai Stormer | Laura Taylor | Heather Thomson | Jack Thomson | Amber Whitelaw | Chris Wotton[28]
March 2014-May 2014
Lisa Alexander | Donald Anderson | Jodi Anderson - Smith | Tom Arnold | James Blanchard | Conor Brennan | Nicola Brown | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Leander Clarke | Ellis Cresswell | Bobby Dean | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | Richard Fletcher | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Tom Hammond | Sara Henrikkson | Amy Hopkinson | Douglas Johnson | Claire Jones | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Simon Leonard | Henrietta Luchterhand | Simon Marlow | Andy Martin | Janis McCullock | Will Morgan | Andrew Murray | Laura Nuttall | Huw Owen | Josh Owens | Steven Park | George Parkinson | Dipal Patel | Guy Pilbeam | Alex Reid | Julian Seymour | Steven Singleton | Karl Smyth | Charles St George | Kai Stormer | Laura Taylor | Heather Thomson | Jack Thomson | Amber Whitelaw | Chris Wotton [29]
December 2013-February 2014
Lisa Alexander | Donald Anderson | Jodi Anderson - Smith | Tom Arnold | Conor Brennan | Nicola Brown | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Leander Clarke | Ellis Cresswell | Bobby Dean | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Tom Hammond | Joanna Hatton-Jones | Sara Henrikkson | Amy Hopkinson | Douglas Johnson | Claire Jones | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Henrietta Luchterhand | Kirsty Mair | Simon Marlow | Andy Martin | Janis McCullock | Will Morgan | Andrew Murray | Josh Owens | Steven Park | George Parkinson | Sam Schofield | Julian Seymour | Steven Singleton | Karl Smyth | Charles St George | Kai Stormer | Heather Thomson | Rebecca Warden-Brown | Amber Whitelaw | Chris Wotton [30]
September 2013-November 2013
Donald Anderson | Jodi Anderson - Smith | James Barber | Zac Bingham Thaker | Conor Brennan | Nicola Brown | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Laura Carruthers | Lois Catterall | Leander Clarke | Sarah Coolican | Ellis Cresswell | Bobby Dean | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Tom Hammond | Joanna Hatton-Jones | Jack Hillcox | Jo Hoare | Amy Hopkinson | Douglas Johnson | Claire Jones | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Kirsty Mair | Simon Marlow | Andy Martin | Lindsey McCallum | Will Morgan | Andrew Murray | Josh Owens | Steven Park | Chanel Patterson | Sam Schofield | Julian Seymour | Steven Singleton | Karl Smyth | Charles St George | Heather Thomson | Rebecca Warden-Brown | Keiran Watkins | Kevin Whitmore | George Wilkinson | Henry Wilson [31]
June 2013-August 2013
Donald Anderson | Jodi Anderson - Smith | James Barber | Zac Bingham Thaker | Conor Brennan | Nicola Brown | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Laura Carruthers | Lois Catterall | Leander Clarke | Sarah Coolican | Ellis Cresswell | Bobby Dean | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Tom Hammond | Joanna Hatton-Jones | Jack Hillcox | Jo Hoare | Amy Hopkinson | Douglas Johnson | Claire Jones | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Kirsty Mair | Simon Marlow | Andy Martin | Lindsey McCallum | Will Morgan | Andrew Murray | Josh Owens | Steven Park | Chanel Patterson | Sam Schofield | Julian Seymour | Steven Singleton | Karl Smyth | Charles St George | Heather Thomson | Rebecca Warden-Brown | Keiran Watkins | Kevin Whitmore | George Wilkinson | Henry Wilson [32]
March 2013-May 2013
Donald Anderson | Jodi Anderson-Smith | Tom Bailey | Conor Brennan | Nicola Brown | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Leander Clarke | Bobby Dean | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | Isabelle Finn | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Joanna Hatton-Jones | Jo Hoare | Amy Hopkinson | Claire Jones | Lewis Jones | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Kirsty Mair | Simon Marlow | Andy Martin | Lindsey McCallum | Janis McCullock | Will Morgan | Andrew Murray | Josh Owens | Steven Park | Chloe Parrot | Chanel Patterson | Thomas Reynolds | Sam Schofield | Julian Seymour | Steven Singleton | Karl Smyth | Charles St George | Nick Sutcliffe | Heather Thomson | Rebecca Warden-Brown | Kevin Whitmore [33]
December 2012-February 2013
Donald Anderson | Jodi Anderson-Smith | Conor Brennan | Nicola Brown | Stephen Byfield | Deborah Campbell | Leander Clarke | Rowena Collins | Bobby Dean | Rebecca Eatwell | Rhian Ellis | Isabelle Finn | Euan Glen | Simon Greenhalgh | Daniel Griffiths | Joanna Hatton-Jones | Jo Hoare | Amy Hopkinson | Claire Jones | Lewis Jones | Emma Jordan | Paul Kelly | Mark Kerr | Kirsty Mair | Andy Martin | Lindsey McCallum | Janis McCullock | Emma Megaughin | Will Morgan | Josh Owens | Steven Park | Chloe Parrot | Chanel Patterson | Thomas Reynolds | Sam Schofield | Julian Seymour | Steven Singleton | Karl Smyth | Charles St George | Nick Sutcliffe | Heather Thomson | Rebecca Warden-Brown | Kevin Whitmore [34]
Former Staff
- Mike Dobson, former associate director (March 2008). Former corporate affairs manager at Ericsson Services.[45]
- Alison Payne September 2006-November 2007 [46]
- Andrew Cumpsty, former director (March 2008-2010). Leader of the Conservative Group at Reading Borough Council, having been a councillor since 2004. Former head of corporate affairs at Ericsson Services, which operates in the telecoms sector, including supporting the rollout of masts for client Hutchison 3G.[47] Is now senior counsel of JBP, director of Cumpsty Communications and chairman of Enterprise Forum.
Contact information
- Address:
- London: Sky Light City Tower, 50 Basinghall Street, London, EC2V 5DE
- Edinburgh: 27 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PA
- Aberdeen: 214 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1TL
- Telephone: 0203 757 6767
- Website: http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk
Former website on the Internet Archive: http://www.ppsgroup.info
Affiliated pages
- PPS Group UK Clients and Staff 1.12.03 - 31.05.04
- PPS Group, PRCA Yearbook 2004
- PPS Group UK Clients and Staff 1.12.07 - 29.02.08
Resources
- Melissa Jones and Andy Rowell, Access all areas: Westminster's (vast) fracking lobby exposed, 29 April 2015.
- Spinwatch | YouTube, Meet the Frackers: a Spinwatch lobbying tour, 16 January 2017.
Notes
- ↑ Political Wizard Databases >Public Affairs >Public Affairs Consultancies >PPS Group Ltd, accessed 13 November 2009
- ↑ Daniel Farey-Jones Porta buys PPS for £6.2m to strengthen Newgate operation PR Week, 11 November 2014, accessed 14 November 2014
- ↑ TRICKERY, DECEIT, MANIPULATION From The Evening Standard - 30/07/2007 (2358 words) Features Revealed: the story behind one of London's most controversial new developments BY ANDREW GILLIGAN
- ↑ It's a con-sultation, Private Eye 1192
- ↑ From ‘Another Whiff of Dirty Tricks and the Battle Over Stansted’ By ANDREW GILLIGAN / Evening Standard Posted on: Monday, 6 August 2007, 18:10 CDT http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1025052/another_whiff_of_dirty_tricks_and_the_battle_over_stansted/index.html
- ↑ APPC meet PPS crisis
- ↑ Energy, PPS website, accessed 9 September 2013
- ↑ Stephen Byfield, PPS Group wraps up nuclear power plant consultation, PPS Group website, 29 November 2011, accessed 19 May 2012
- ↑ PPS Group, Case study: EDF Energy - New Nuclear Power Stations, acc 9 September 2013
- ↑ APPC Register quarter March to May 2014
- ↑ Advertising Standards Authority, ASA Adjudication on Cuadrilla Resources Ltd, Rulings, 24 April 2013, acc 27 March 2014
- ↑ APPC Register Entry for 1 Dec 2011 to 29 Feb 2012
- ↑ Cuadrilla Resources, ASA RULING VALIDATES CUADRILLA’S SHALE GAS SAFETY & ECONOMIC CLAIMS BUT SHOULD HAVE CONSULTED SCIENTISTS ON TECHNICAL ADJUDICATIONS, [PRESS RELEASE EMBARGED UNTIL 00.01HRS, WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL 2013]
- ↑ Stephen Byfield, PPS addresses shale gas summit on effective communications, PPS website, 6 November 2012 acc 9 Sept 2013
- ↑ Nick Sutcliffe, PPS hosts shale gas breakfast at House of Commons, PPS Group website, December 7th, 2012
- ↑ Stephen Byfield, [ PPS address Shale Gas conference on community engagement], PPS website, 11 October 2014 originally accessed 17 Feb 2014
- ↑ Holyrood Exposed: A Guide to Lobbying in Scotlandsquarespace.com, 12 October 2015, accessed 12 October 2015
- ↑ Holyrood Exposed: A Guide to Lobbying in Scotlandsquarespace.com, 12 October 2015, accessed 12 October 2015
- ↑ http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1689642007
- ↑ http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/article/757645/former-council-head-lead-pps-scotland/
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 PPS Group Register, APPC, accessed 10 October 2016.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Group PPS Group staff, Register 1st December 2015-28th February 2016, APPC, accessed 8 April 2016
- ↑ PPS Group APPC Register, Sep-Nov 15, APPC, accessed 2 February 2016
- ↑ Register 1st June-31st August 2015APPC, accessed 28 September 2015
- ↑ Register 1st March 2015-31st May 2015APPC, accessed 29 September 2015
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Register 1st December 2014 - 28th February 2015 APPC, accessed 9 March 2015
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014 APPC, accessed 16 January 2015
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Register 1st June 2014 - 31st August 2014 APPC, accessed 19 October 2014
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Register for 1st March 2014 - 31st May 2014 APPC, accessed 9 September 2014
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Register for 1st December 2013 - 28th February 2014 APPC, accessed 30 September 2014
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Register for 1st September 2013 - 30th November 2013 APPC, accessed 30 September 2014
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Register for 1st June 2013 - 31st August 2013 APPC, accessed 30 September 2014
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Register for 1st March 2013 - 31st May 2013 APPC, accessed 30 September 2014
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Register for 1st December 2012 - 28th February 2013 APPC, accessed 30 September 2014
- ↑ APPC Register Entry for 1 Dec 2011 to 29 Feb 2012
- ↑ PPS Group, APPC Register Entry for 1 June 2012 to 31 August 2012,
- ↑ PPS Group profile 2015, Register of consultant lobbyists, accessed 5 February 2016
- ↑ PPS Group profile 2016, Registrar of consultant lobbyists, accessed 29 April 2016
- ↑ 'PPS Group profile 2016', Register of consultant lobbyists, accessed 18 July 2016
- ↑ 'PPS Group profile 2016', Register of consultant lobbyists, accessed 24 November 2016.
- ↑ Bobby Dean, LinkedIn, accessed 19 May 2012
- ↑ PPS Group staff, Sep-Nov15, APPC.org, accessed 3 February 2016
- ↑ Group Register 1st June-31st August 2015APPC, accessed 28 September 2015
- ↑ Register of members May 2015APPG.org, accessed 7 October 2015
- ↑ Ericsson Services duo Cumpsty and Dobson join PPS, Ian Hall, Public Affairs News, March 2008
- ↑ http://www.appc.org.uk/appc/filemanager/root/site_assets/pdfs/APPC_Register_Sep_06_-_Nov_06.pdf; http://www.appc.org.uk/appc/filemanager/root/recycle_bin/List_APPC_Jun.pdf
- ↑ Ericsson Services duo Cumpsty and Dobson join PPS, Ian Hall, Public Affairs News, March 2008