Nick King

This article is part of the Lobbying Portal, a sunlight project from Spinwatch.

This article is part of the Revolving Door project of Spinwatch.

Nick King is special adviser to Sajid Javid, the UK Conservative government's communities secretary and former business secretary. This role combines a mix of policy development and advice, communications handling and political support. King was originally hired by Britain's culture secretary Maria Miller in 2012. King’s experience in the different sectors is extensive, having worked as a policy adviser, a political and communications consultant and a sponsorship and marketing consultant in the past.

Background

King previously worked at Conservative Central Office between 2009 and 2010, where he worked in the research department, covering culture, media and sport issues.

During this period he advised Jeremy Hunt MP, with a focus on policy development and political campaigning. He also worked on publications including the Conservative Party's sports manifesto for the 2010 general election.

King used to work at the lobbying firm Hanover as an senior account director (2012).

Controversially King is believed to have been briefed on details of BSkyB's lobbying operation.

King previously worked for lobbying firm Heathcroft Communications (2010-12)

King has worked with Javid since 2012 at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, BIS and now his current role. In 2014 King was paid an annual salary of £66,000.