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| − | Finsbury is a PR company owned by [[WPP]] with clients that include [[Cable & Wireless]], the [[HMV Media Group]], [[Abbey National]], [[Trinity Mirror]] and [[Lloyds TSB]]. They have 28 clients in the FTSE 100/Euro 300 list of top UK/Euro companies and they provide PR for more than 10% of the top 200 UK companies. They paid more than | + | Finsbury is a PR company owned by [[WPP]] with clients that include [[Cable & Wireless]], the [[HMV Media Group]], [[Abbey National]], [[Trinity Mirror]] and [[Lloyds TSB]]. They have 28 clients in the FTSE 100/Euro 300 list of top UK/Euro companies and they provide PR for more than 10% of the top 200 UK companies. They paid more than ,000 to the Labour Party for 'tickets for dinners' in 1999-2000. Finsbury is 75% owned by Roland Rudd, who made million by selling the company to [[WPP]] in May 2001. Another two Directors, [[Rupert Younger]] and [[James Murgatroyd]], will share another million between them from the sale. |
| − | [[Roland Rudd]] is the son of a Stockbroker. He was President of the Union at Oxford University and a former journalist with the Independent, Sunday Correspondent and the Financial Times. He is a friend of [[Peter | + | [[Roland Rudd]] is the son of a Stockbroker. He was President of the Union at Oxford University and a former journalist with the Independent, Sunday Correspondent and the Financial Times. He is a friend of [[Peter Mandelson]], spending time during the 2001 election campaign to help him at his Hartlepool constituency. [[Rupert Younger]] is the nephew of Viscount [[George Younger]] (Chairman of the [[Bank of Scotland]]). James Murgatroyd is a former banker with [[Dean Witter]]. |
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