PLMR
PLMR is a political lobbying and media relations company with specialist public affairs, monitoring and crisis management expertise. It works internationally including in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Europe and Australia.
Activities
In May 2011 it was reported that PLMR's managing director Kevin Craig was the Vice Chair of Governors of Durand Academy, one of his firm's fee paying clients. The school - funded largely from the public purse - has admitted paying over £199,000 to PLMR between April 2009 and December 2010.
Durand Academy is currently funding a libel action brought by current and former employees over three emails sent by the Chief Auditor of Lambeth Council. According to Index on Censorship, the school has ignored a freedom of information request for details of how much it is spending on the court action — but it is believed the costs may already have run into six figures. It concluded:
- The case of Durand Academy raises serious questions both about the chilling effect of UK libel law, and the creeping encroachment of the “reputation management” industry into public life.[1]
People
Leadership
- Kevin Craig - Managing Director
- Kathrine Bancroft - Associate Director and a former press secretary to Vince Cable, MP, played a key role in the 2010 election campaign [2]
- Chivonne Preston - Company Secretary and Head of Finance
Staff
- David Madden - Account director
- Chris Calland - Account director
- Elin Twigge - Senior account manager
- Jon Ware -Account Manager
- Ros Trinick
- Rebecca Newsom
- Sara Kelly
- Alexis Darby
- Tim Knight
- Julian Winkworth
- Will Davies
- Teddy Ryan
Clients
- Care UK
- Durand Academy
- Priory
- St Luke's Healthcare
- Tuke Institute
- Westward Care
- Casecadecare
- carebase
- Caring Homes Group
- Hartford Care Retirement Homes
- English Community Care Association
- Peterborough Renewable Energy
- The Chief Fire Officers Association
- Political Studies Association
- Lifetime Recycling Village
- Understanding Animal Research
- BIA
- Brookdale
- British Horseracing Authority
- British Horse Industry Confederation
- Cancer Research UK
- craegmoor
- interxion
- ReNeuron
- greenenergyparks
- EarlyBird Diabetes
- Combat Stress
According to PRWeek, PLMR's longest-held clients as of May 2012 were:
- BioIndustry Association, British Horseracing Authority, Caring Homes, Care Management Group, Combat Stress, Durand Academy, Green Energy Parks, Ministry of Sound, Interxion Inc, HC-One [5]
Contact
- Address: Unit 1C The Plough Brewery, 516 Wandsworth Road, London, SW8 3JX
- Tel:0207 6229529
- Email: kevin.craig@plmr.co.uk
- Website:www.plmr.co.uk
Notes
- ↑ Richard Wilson, Libel in the Schoolyard, IndexonCensorship, 31 May 2011, accessed 8 June 2011
- ↑ Kathrine Bancroft, PLMR website, accessed 9 June 2011
- ↑ Team, PLMR, accessed 9 June 2011
- ↑ PLMR, Clients, website accessed 9 June 2011
- ↑ PLMR Promotional feature prweek.com, Tuesday, 01 May 2012, 11:07am,acc 26 April 2013
