Newgate Communications
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Newgate Communications is a PR and lobbying agency based in the United Kingdom, owned by Porta Communications and David Wright.
Contents
- 1 Background
- 2 People
- 2.1 September 2016-November 2016
- 2.2 June 2016-August 2016
- 2.3 March 2016-May 2016
- 2.4 December 2015-February 2016
- 2.5 September 2015-November 2015
- 2.6 June 2015-August 2015
- 2.7 March 2015-May 2015
- 2.8 December 2014-February 2015
- 2.9 September 2014-November 2014
- 2.10 June 2014-August 2014
- 2.11 March 2014-May 2014
- 2.12 December 2013-February 2014
- 2.13 September 2013-November 2013
- 2.14 June 2013-August 2013
- 2.15 March 2013-May 2013
- 2.16 December 2012-February 2013
- 2.17 Former Staff
- 3 Clients
- 3.1 APPC lobbying register
- 3.2 September 2016-November 2016
- 3.3 June 2016-August 2016
- 3.4 March 2016-May 2016
- 3.5 December 2015-February 2016
- 3.6 September 2015-November 2015
- 3.7 June 2015-August 2015
- 3.8 March 2015-May 2015
- 3.9 December 2014-February 2015
- 3.10 September 2014-November 2014
- 3.11 June 2014-August 2014
- 3.12 March 2014-May 2014
- 3.13 December 2013-February 2014
- 3.14 September 2013-November 2013
- 3.15 June 2013-August 2013
- 3.16 March 2013-May 2013
- 3.17 December 2012-February 2013
- 3.18 Registrar of consultant lobbyists
- 4 Contact, Resources and Notes
Background
The agency was founded by David Wright, an ex-founding director of Citigate, in 2011.
Newgate Communications is part of the Porta Communications group, also set up by David Wright in 2010.
The name of the communications group seems to link with the many staff who have swapped Citigate for Newgate including Jonathan Clare (another ex-founding director of Citigate and Deborah Saw). [1] [2]
In November 2014 Porta Communications bought PPS Group for £6.2million, paid for in a combination of cash and shares in Porta Communications and merged it with Newgate. The deal meant Stephen Byfield, the managing director of PPS Group, is the new head of Newgate's London and Brussels practices.[3]
People
- Stephen Byfield - Head of Newgate's public affairs practice in London and Brussels[3]
- Eben Black - Partner
- Jason Nisse - Partner
- Andrew Adie - Partner
- Habib Bacha - Partner
- Richard Barton - Managing Partner, Newgate Hong Kong
- James Benjamin - Partner
- Jonathan Clare - Chairman
- Terence Foo - Managing Partner, Newgate Communications Singapore
- Alistair Kellie - Partner
- Byron Ousey - Partner
- Deborah Saw - Managing Partner
- Samantha Seewoosurrun - Partner and Head of Newgate Brussels
- Brian Tyson - Managing Partner Australia
- Constanze Ullmann - Partner and Head of Newgate Germany
- Grace Zhang - Partner[4]
September 2016-November 2016
Daniel Costen | Tomos Davies | Gavin Devine | Simon Gentry | Ryan Henson | Gareth Jones | Tashi Warr | Charlie Withey
June 2016-August 2016
Daniel Costen | Gavin Devine | Ryan Henson | Gareth Jones | Mark Kerr | Simon Marlow [5]
March 2016-May 2016
Gareth Jones | Mark Kerr | Simon Marlow [6]
December 2015-February 2016
Gareth Jones | Mark Kerr | Simon Marlow [7]
September 2015-November 2015
Gareth Jones | Mark Kerr | Simon Marlow [8]
June 2015-August 2015
Eben Black | Gareth Jones | Kiran Nagendran[9]
March 2015-May 2015
Eben Black | Gareth Jones | Kiran Nagendran | Alex Wrigh [10]
December 2014-February 2015
Eben Black | Patrick Dougherty | Gareth Jones | Kiran Nagendran | Simon Nayyar | Alex Wright[11]
September 2014-November 2014
Eben Black | Patrick Dougherty | Gareth Jones | Kiran Nagendran | Simon Nayyar[12]
June 2014-August 2014
Eben Black | Michael Dowsett | Gareth Jones | Edward McLaughlin | Kiran Nagendran | Simon Nayyar | Charlie Toyne-Sewell | Joanna Vijaykumar[13]
March 2014-May 2014
Eben Black | Michael Dowsett | Gareth Jones | Simon Nayyar[14]
December 2013-February 2014
Eben Black | Michael Dowsett | Gareth Jones | Simon Nayyar | Gemma Ricketts [15]
September 2013-November 2013
Eben Black | Michael Dowsett | Tom Gatzen | Gareth Jones | Simon Nayyar | Gemma Ricketts [16]
June 2013-August 2013
Michael Dowsett | Andrew Dyce | Gareth Jones | John Mullin | Simon Nayyar | Gemma Ricketts [17]
March 2013-May 2013
Michael Dowsett | Andrew Dyce | Henry Ground-Peace | Gareth Jones | Alex Lancaster | John Mullin | Simon Nayyar | Gemma Ricketts | Ben Slater [18]
December 2012-February 2013
Tim Cook | Andrew Dyce | Catriona Foyle | Henry Ground-Peace | Gareth Jones | Alex Lancaster | John Mullin | Simon Nayyar [19]
Former Staff
- Andrew Robinson - Partner. Now a director at Edelman.[20]
- Simon Nayyar - Managing Partner. Candidate in the 2015 General Election in Feltham and Heston, also stood in the 2010 General Election.
Clients
APPC lobbying register
September 2016-November 2016
Alexander Cummings | ATMIA | British Steel Pension Scheme | Euroclear | High Speed Two (HS2) Limited | Link UK | MBI Group | StubHub | Third Energy | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG)
June 2016-August 2016
2 Sisters Food Group | British Steel Pension Scheme | Euroclear | High Speed Two (HS2) Limited | Third Energy | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group [5]
March 2016-May 2016
2 Sisters Food Group | British Steel Pension Scheme | Third Energy | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG) [6]
December 2015-February 2016
2 Sisters Food Group | Third Energy | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG) [7]
September 2015-November 2015
2 Sisters Food Group | Homeserve | Third Energy | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG) [21]
June 2015-August 2015
2 Sisters Food Group | Homeserve | Third Energy | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG) | Yorkshire Building Society [9]
March 2015-May 2015
Board of Investment Mauritius | C&C Alpha Group | Homserve | Porton Group | Third Energy | TISA | UK Municipal Bonds Agency | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group | Yorkshire Building Society [22]
December 2014-February 2015
Board of Investment Mauritius | C&C Alpha Group | Homeserve | Porton Group | Third Energy | TISA | UK Municipal Bonds Agency | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG) | Yorkshire Building Society[11]
September 2014-November 2014
Aitch Care Homes | Big Society Capital | Board of Investment Mauritius | C&C Alpha Group | Homeserve | Porton Group | SCM Private | Third Energy | TISA | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG) | Yorkshire Building Society[12]
June 2014-August 2014
Aitch Care Homes | Big Society Capital | Board of Investment Mauritius | C&C Alpha Group | Homeserve | New Age Exploration Limited | Porton Group | SCM Private | Third Energy | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group (UKOOG) | Yorkshire Building Society[13]
March 2014-May 2014
Big Society Capital | C&C Alpha Group | Continental Wind Partners | Homeserve | New Age Exploration Limited | SCM Private | Third Energy | Onshore Operators Group | Yorkshire Building Society [14]
December 2013-February 2014
Big Society Capital | C&C Alpha Group | Continental Wind Partners | Homeserve | Investec | Kensington Mortgages | New Age Exploration Limited | Rockwool | SCM Private | Third Energy | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group | Waitrose | Yorkshire Building Society [15]
September 2013-November 2013
Big Society Capital | C&C Alpha Group | Homeserve | Investec | Just Retirement | Kensington Mortgages | Rockwool | SCM Private | Third Energy | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group | Waitrose | Yorkshire Building Society [16]
June 2013-August 2013
Advertising Association | Big Society Capital | Freight Transport Association | Investec | Just Retirement | Kensington Mortgages | Renovo | Rockwool | SCM Private | Ultimate Finance Group | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group | Urica | Waitrose | Yorkshire Building Society | Youngs Seafood [17]
March 2013-May 2013
Advertising Association | Big Society Capital | Freight Transport Association | Investec | Just Retirement | Kensington Mortgages | Rockwool | SCM Private | United Kingdom Onshore Operators Group | Urica | Yorkshire Building Society | Youngs Seafood [18]
December 2012-February 2013
Advertising Association | Babcock | Big Society Capital | Freight Transport Association | Investec | Just Retirement | Kensington Mortgages | Rockwool | SCM Private | The Cheque Centre | Volunteer Development Scotland | Willowind | Yorkshire Building Society | Youngs Seafood [19]
Registrar of consultant lobbyists
Newgate Communications has been registered since January 2016. The register shows all those clients for whom lobbying agencies have met with ministers. Newgates 2015/2016 listings are as follows:
January - March 2015
Board of Investment Mauritius | C&C Alpha Group | Homeserve | Porton Group | Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) | Third Energy | UK Municipal Bonds Agency | United Kingdom Onshore Operators’ Group | Yorkshire Building Society
April - June 2015
Board of Investment Mauritius | C&C Alpha Group | Homeserve | Porton Group | Third Energy | TISA | UK Municipal Bonds Agency | United Kingdom Onshore Operators’ Group | Yorkshire Building Society
July - September 2015
2 Sisters Food Group | United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG)
October - December 2015
2 Sisters Food Group | United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) [23]
January - March 2016
2 Sisters Food Group | UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) [24]
April - June 2016
2 Sisters Food Group | UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) [25]
July 2016-September 2016
UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) [26]
Contact, Resources and Notes
Contact
- Address: Sky Light City Tower
- 50 Basinghall Street,
- London,
- EC2V 5DE
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7680 6550
- Website: http://www.newgatecomms.com/
Resources
- Melissa Jones and Andy Rowell, Access all areas: Westminster's (vast) fracking lobby exposed, 29 April 2015.
Notes
- ↑ Alec Mattinson Citigate's Jonathan Clare and David Wright reunite to build comms practice PR week, 28 September 2011, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ David Singleton Sharp suits and plans to blaze a trail in lobbying Public Affairs News, 1 March 2013, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daniel Farey-Jones Porta buys PPS for £6.2m to strengthen Newgate operation PR Week, 11 November 2014, accessed 14 November 2014
- ↑ Our people Newgatecomms, undated, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Newsgate Communications Register], APPC accessed on 10 October 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Register for 1st March 2016 - 31st May 2016, APPC, accessed 24 November 2016.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Newgate Communications Staff list Dec15-Feb16, APPC, accessed 7 April 2016
- ↑ Newgate Communications staff, Sep-Nov15, APPC.org, accessed 3 February 2016
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Register 1st June 2015-31st August 2015APPC, accessed 28 September 2015
- ↑ Register of members May 2015APPC.org, accessed 7 October 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Register 1st December 2014 - 28th February 2015 APPC, accessed 10 March 2015
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014 APPC, accessed 16 January 2015
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Register 1st June 2014 - 31st August 2014 APPC, accessed 17 October 2014
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Register for 1st March 2014 - 31st May 2014 APPC, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Register for 1st December 2013 - 28th February 2014 APPC, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Register for 1st September 2013 - 30th November 2013 APPC, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Register for 1st June 2013 - 31st August 2013 APPC, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Register for 1st March 2013 - 31st May 2013 APPC, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Register for 1st December 2012 - 28th February 2013 APPC, accessed 1 October 2014
- ↑ Andrew Robinson Linkedin, accessed 16 January 2015
- ↑ Newgate Communications, Register Sep-Nov 2015, APPC.org, accessed 2 February 2016
- ↑ Register of members May 2015APPC.org, accessed 7 October 2015
- ↑ Newgate Communications profile 2015, Register of consultant lobbyists, accessed 4 February 2016
- ↑ Newgate Communications profile 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 29 April 2016
- ↑ 'Newgate communications profile 2016', Register of consultant lobbyists, accessed 18 July 2016
- ↑ 'Newgate communications profile 2016', Register of consultant lobbyists, accessed 24 November 2016