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| − | In February 2006, the PR magazine O'Dwyer's reported that Weber Shandwick was promoting [[BNFL]]'s move to sell Westinghouse Electric to Japan's Toshiba for $5.4 billion. U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez had lobbied UK officials in favour of General Electric's bid for Westinghouse. {{ref|ws}} | + | Documents released under FOI, show that Weber Shandwick worked for BNFL in 2004 and 2005. In February 2006, the PR magazine O'Dwyer's also reported that Weber Shandwick was promoting [[BNFL]]'s move to sell Westinghouse Electric to Japan's Toshiba for $5.4 billion. U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez had lobbied UK officials in favour of General Electric's bid for Westinghouse. {{ref|ws}} |
==Principals== | ==Principals== | ||
Revision as of 10:27, 12 June 2006
Weber Shandwick Worldwide Offices, Central Edinburgh taken on the Spinwatch G8 Spinwalk, 1 July 2005
The UK subsidiary of Weber Shandwick Worldwide
Pro-Nuclear Activity
Documents released under FOI, show that Weber Shandwick worked for BNFL in 2004 and 2005. In February 2006, the PR magazine O'Dwyer's also reported that Weber Shandwick was promoting BNFL's move to sell Westinghouse Electric to Japan's Toshiba for $5.4 billion. U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez had lobbied UK officials in favour of General Electric's bid for Westinghouse. [1]
Principals
- Colin Byrne Chief Executive Officer, Weber Shandwick - UK - clients include BNFL
- David Yelland Senior Vice Chairman, Weber Shandwick - UK
clients
- Adobe
- Anglian Water
- BNFL
- Coca-Cola
- COLT Telccom
- Corporation of London
- Dixons
- Eli Lilly
- Euronext
- General Council of the Bar
- Intel
- Meat & Livestock Commission
- Merrill Lynch
- Nestle
- Panasonic
- Peugot
- Pfizer
- Scotts
- Siemens
- Unilever
- Visa
- Woolworths
Contact
- Weber Shandwick
- Fox Court
- 14 Gray's Inn Road
- London, WC1X 8WS
- United Kingdom
- T: 44 20 7067 0000
External Resources
- ^ O'Dwyers PR Daily, "Weber Shandwick Gudes Nuke Deal", February 6, 2006. - requires subscription
- Antony Barnett, Ned Temko and Gaby Hinsliff, "Lobbying firm linked to academies row", The Observer, April 23, 2006
- ^ P. Simpson (2002)WSW Picks Up BNFL Public Affairs Work, PR Week, 22 April
