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| − | [[Mark Linder]] is director of sector reputation at [[Bell Pottinger | + | [[Mark Linder]] is director of sector reputation at lobbyists [[Bell Pottinger]] (GeoPolitical). He has also been responsible for corporate development at UK fracking firm [[Cuadrilla Resources]] since June 2012, despite Bell having lost the account after February 2014. |
| − | Before joining Bell in 2008, Linder worked for [[WPP]], [[Ogilvy & Mather]] and [[KPMG]].<ref> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-linder Mark Linder], ''LinkedIn'' profile, last accessed March 2016 </ref><ref> Tom Bawden, [http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/cuadrilla-pr-man-admits-george-osbornes-shale-gas-revolution-wont-cut-energy-bills-8656246.html Cuadrilla PR man admits George Osborne's shale gas revolution won’t cut energy bills], 20 August 2013 </ref>. | + | Before joining Bell in 2008, Linder worked for [[WPP]], [[Ogilvy & Mather]] and [[KPMG]].<ref> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-linder Mark Linder], ''LinkedIn'' profile, last accessed March 2016 </ref><ref> Tom Bawden, [http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/cuadrilla-pr-man-admits-george-osbornes-shale-gas-revolution-wont-cut-energy-bills-8656246.html Cuadrilla PR man admits George Osborne's shale gas revolution won’t cut energy bills], 20 August 2013 </ref>. |
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| + | ==Admits shale won't bring down energy prices for consumers== | ||
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| + | :At a meeting for concerned residents at a potential fracking site in West Sussex, a Cuadrilla | ||
| + | representative was asked to comment on whether shale gas could drive down customers’ energy | ||
| + | bills. Mark Linder, who is responsible for Cuadrilla’s corporate development, said | ||
| + | :'We’ve done an analysis and it’s a very small…at the most it’s a very small percentage…basically | ||
| + | insignificant'. | ||
| + | :In the article to which I am referring, a company spokesperson is reported to have said: | ||
| + | “Cuadrilla’s never said it… will bring down prices… We don’t think it will bring down prices, | ||
| + | although it does have the potential to.” | ||
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| + | The spokesman went on to stress that shale gas exploitation was about security of supply, rather | ||
| + | than price... | ||
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Revision as of 07:39, 22 March 2016
Mark Linder is director of sector reputation at lobbyists Bell Pottinger (GeoPolitical). He has also been responsible for corporate development at UK fracking firm Cuadrilla Resources since June 2012, despite Bell having lost the account after February 2014.
Before joining Bell in 2008, Linder worked for WPP, Ogilvy & Mather and KPMG.[1][2].
Admits shale won't bring down energy prices for consumers
- At a meeting for concerned residents at a potential fracking site in West Sussex, a Cuadrilla
representative was asked to comment on whether shale gas could drive down customers’ energy bills. Mark Linder, who is responsible for Cuadrilla’s corporate development, said
- 'We’ve done an analysis and it’s a very small…at the most it’s a very small percentage…basically
insignificant'.
- In the article to which I am referring, a company spokesperson is reported to have said:
“Cuadrilla’s never said it… will bring down prices… We don’t think it will bring down prices, although it does have the potential to.”
The spokesman went on to stress that shale gas exploitation was about security of supply, rather than price...
- ↑ Mark Linder, LinkedIn profile, last accessed March 2016
- ↑ Tom Bawden, Cuadrilla PR man admits George Osborne's shale gas revolution won’t cut energy bills, 20 August 2013
