Market House International
Market House International (2003-2006), was a Public Relations (PR) consultancy created to run the Stockholm Network of neoliberal think tanks. The Stockholm Network had been operating since it was set up by Helen Disney in 1997 and was closely connected to Swedish think tank Timbro. Helen Disney set up Market House International in 2003 and the company operated until 2006 when it was renamed as the Stockholm Network Ltd[1][2].
On the incorporation of Market House on 5 November 2003, Helen Disney was appointed as its director and former Times journalist, and director of Populus Rick Nye was appointed as the company's secretary[3][4]. The company's original website published staff profiles of Disney alongside those of Nicole Gray Conchar and Sacha Kumaria[5].
People
Helen Disney, Director | Nicole Gray Conchar | Sacha Kumaria | Rick Nye, Company Secretary
Criticism
Paul Staines describes the relationship between Market House International and Stockholm Network in a 2005 article for The Times:
- The Stockholm Network, which presents itself as a pan-European think-tank co-ordinating body, turns out to be in fact the public face of Market House International, a PR consultancy that tells corporate clients that the network gives it "local capacity to deliver both local messages and locally tailored global messages in a wide range of countries"[6].
Corporate Watch describe how funders like Pfizer and Exxon Mobil are directing "increasing sums to fund more US-style pro-corporate think tanks", they argue that Market House International facilitate this relationship between think-tanks and corporate funding:
- Sensing a lucrative business opportunity, PR consultancy Market House International (MHI) have recruited around 130 free-market European think tanks, including the Adam Smith Institute, into a coalition: the Stockholm Network. It offeres 'both local messages and locally-tailored global messages', backed by 'Europe's brightest policymakers and thinkers.' Many members of the network do not understand just how commercial it is. Sacha Kumaria, the network's director of programmes, admitted that it does take corporate funding, from Pfizer and others, but declined to say how much[7].
Affiliations
Stockholm Network | Populus | The Times
Resources
- Internet Archive http://www.market-house.co.uk/
- Internet Archive Staff Profiles Stockholm Network page on Market House International staff
- 288a Appointment of Rick Nye as Secretary, Stockholm Network Secretary Appointed 05-12-2003, Companies House, 05-November-2003
- Market House international Changes its name to The Stockholm Network, Certificate of Incorporation on Change of Name, Companies House, 06-February-2006
- Market House International, Certificate of Incorporation of a Private Limited Company, Companies House, 05-November-2003
- 288a Appointment of Helen Disney as Director, Stockholm Network New Director 05-12-03, Companies House, 05-12-2003
Contact information
- 35 Britannia Row
- London, N1 8QH
- United Kingdom
- Email: info@market-house.co.uk
- Phone: +44 (0)20 7354 8888
- Fax: +44 (0)20 7359 8888
Notes
- ↑ Market House International, Certificate of Incorporation of a Private Limited Company, Companies House, 05-November-2003
- ↑ Market House international Changes its name to The Stockholm Network, Certificate of Incorporation on Change of Name, Companies House, 06-February-2006
- ↑ 288a Appointment of Helen Disney as Director, Stockholm Network New Director 05-November-03, Companies House, 05-12-2003
- ↑ 288a Appointment of Rick Nye as Secretary, Stockholm Network Secretary Appointed 05-12-2003, Companies House, 05-November-2003
- ↑ Staff Profiles, Nicole Gray Conchar & Sacha Kumaria, Market House International, Accessed via Web Archive 23-April-2010
- ↑ Paul Staines, You want policy? In cash?, The Times, 20-December-2005, Accessed 24-April-2010
- ↑ Corporate Europe, Pfthink Tank Pfonies, Corporate Watch, Newsletter 27, 3, Accessed 24-April-2010
