EUK Consulting Ltd
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EUK Consulting Ltd is a Westminster-based consultancy specialising in lobbying and public affairs. Its sister organisation, EUK Consulting SA, is based in Brussels.
Contents
Background
EUK Consulting Ltd is a member of the APPC. The stated aim of the firm is:
- to close the knowledge gap between clients and the regulatory and political establishment in both the UK and the EU and to help its clients achieve outcomes favourable to their business by assisting them to engage proactively with these institutions.[1]
People
- Tom Thorpe Founder
- John Roberts Founder and Director
- David Bertram Director
- Sean Murray Director
- Tom Murray Account Executive
- Jenny Papworth
- Tom Nolan
- Rebecca Barnett
- Scott Brodie
- Ask Eirik Storsve
Clients
Current clients[2]
- Emergent BioSolutions Inc
- McCain Foods (GB) Ltd
- Colgate Palmolive SARL
- British American Tobacco
- SC Johnson EURAFNE
Past clients
- European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA)
- Allied Domecq Plc
- BBC
- BBC Worldwide
- Consejo Regulador del Tequila
- The European Information & Communications Technology Association (EICTA)
- Expedia UK
- Harley Street Direct
- Health Media
- Kraft Foods International
- Limpopo Tourism
- McDonalds Europe
- Proximus
- Quinn Gillespie
- Roche Products
- SMA Wyeth
Activities
Political donations
- In 2009, EUK Consulting Ltd made a donation of £3,000 to Liberal Democrat MP Nick Clegg, received on the 12th August and registered on the 3rd September 2009.[3]
- On the 1st February 2010, the lobbyists donated £750 to Conservative MP Christopher Chope; a payment in kind to cover hospitality fees for Chope and his wife at a Conservative Party function in Battersea Park. The donation was registered on the 3rd of February 2010.[4]
Food lobbying
In May 2010, McCain Foods (GB) Ltd put out to tender its £250,000 consumer and corporate PR account previously held by Fleishman-Hillard. The winner of the contract will be appointed to work on consumer, corporate, trade and crisis PR alongside EUK Consulting Ltd who retain primary responsibility for persuading MPs and opinion-formers that McCain are "making nutritional improvements".[5]
Contact, Resources, Notes
Contact
Address: EUK London
1-2 Emery Hill Street
London SW1P 1PE
Website: http://www.eukconsulting.com/
Resources
Notes
- ↑ EUK Consulting Ltd, "Introducing EUK", accessed 26.08.10
- ↑ EUK Consulting Ltd, "Our clients", accessed 26.08.10
- ↑ Staff writers, "Nicholas Clegg: Member's interests", The Guardian, accessed 26.08.10
- ↑ Staff writers, "Christopher Chope: Member's interests", The Guardian, accessed 26.08.10
- ↑ Matt Cartmell, "McCain Foods reviews consumer and corporate PR accounts", PR Week UK, 20.05.10
