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| − | GPC Market Access was a lobbying firm | + | '''GPC Market Access Group Ltd''' was a Brussels-based PR and government lobbying firm and the centre of the 'cash-for-access' [[LobbyGate]] scandal. Its employee, [[Derek Draper]], hit the headlines in 1998 for allegedly offering companies access to high-level cabinet ministers. |
| + | At the time, GPC was owned by [[Countrywide Porter Novelli]] (part of the [[Omnicom Group]]). GPC's parent company, [[GPC International]], merged with [[Omnicom]]'s [[Fleishman-Hillard International Communications]] in 2001, and now operates as the [[Fleishman-Hillard]] public affairs brand outside the United States. | ||
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| + | ==Subsidiaries== | ||
It had a Scottish office known as [[GPC Market Access Scotland]], subsequently [[GPC Scotland]]. | It had a Scottish office known as [[GPC Market Access Scotland]], subsequently [[GPC Scotland]]. | ||
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| − | *[[ | + | ==Clients== |
| + | *[[SmithKline Beecham]] | ||
| + | *[[Pfizer]] | ||
| + | *[[Novartis]] | ||
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| + | ==Former Staff== | ||
*[[Derek Draper]] | *[[Derek Draper]] | ||
| + | *[[Michael Craven]] | ||
| + | *[[David Earnshaw]] | ||
| + | *[[Louise Harvey]] | ||
| + | ==Resources, Notes== | ||
| + | ===External Resources== | ||
| − | + | *"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/129975.stm Fresh questions in lobbyist row ]", ''BBC'', July 11, 1998. | |
| − | + | *HM Government, [http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo980713/debtext/80713-08.htm Answers to Questions], ''Hansard'', 13 July 1998. | |
| + | *Fleishman-Hillard International Communications, [http://www.fleishman.com/news/pr012301.html GPC International joins Fleishman-Hillard family of companies] (news release), January 23, 2001 | ||
| + | ===Notes=== | ||
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| + | [[category:Public relations firms]][[category:Europe]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Lobbying]][[category:Lobbying firms]]] | ||
[[Category: Nuclear Spin]] | [[Category: Nuclear Spin]] | ||
[[Category: Pro-nuclear companies]] | [[Category: Pro-nuclear companies]] | ||
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GPC Market Access Group Ltd was a Brussels-based PR and government lobbying firm and the centre of the 'cash-for-access' LobbyGate scandal. Its employee, Derek Draper, hit the headlines in 1998 for allegedly offering companies access to high-level cabinet ministers.
At the time, GPC was owned by Countrywide Porter Novelli (part of the Omnicom Group). GPC's parent company, GPC International, merged with Omnicom's Fleishman-Hillard International Communications in 2001, and now operates as the Fleishman-Hillard public affairs brand outside the United States.
Subsidiaries
It had a Scottish office known as GPC Market Access Scotland, subsequently GPC Scotland.
Clients
Former Staff
Resources, Notes
=External Resources
- "Fresh questions in lobbyist row ", BBC, July 11, 1998.
- HM Government, Answers to Questions, Hansard, 13 July 1998.
- Fleishman-Hillard International Communications, GPC International joins Fleishman-Hillard family of companies (news release), January 23, 2001
Notes
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