Blue Rubicon
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Blue Rubicon is a PR and lobbying consultancy, established in 1999 by Fraser Hardie and Chris Jones. Bought and then merged with Open Road in 2014. [1]
People
- Matthew Burchell. Former special adviser to Peter Hain MP.[2]
Members of Bellenden according to APPC Register for 1st March 2014 - 31st May 2014: [3]
Amna Ahmad | Matthew Burchell | Nick de Luca | Hayley Fussell | Fraser Hardie | Emma Haselhurst | Anna Hatfield | Annie Huddart | Chris Isaac | Sean Kemp | Alexa Knight | India Knight | Martin Le Jeune | Ben Lewis | Patrick Loughran | Sonia Malhotra | Hannah Marwood | Andrew May | Graham McMillan | Emily McQueen | Shirin Merola | Anamaria Missouri | Chris Norton | Mark Pack | Vanessa Pine | Alex Rawle | Rebecca Reilly | Simon Ruse | Alex Savage | Gemma Scotcher | Charles Stewart-Smith | Simon Taylor | Gordon Tempest-Hay | Don Wallace
Former Staff
- Spencer Livermore, Gordon Brown's former director of political strategy, joined Blue Rubicon as head of strategy and planning in January 2009. Livermore was one of the first senior figures to leave Brown’s inner circle, departing in early 2008 after Brown attracted heavy criticism for pulling the plug on an early election. Livermore had previously helped the Prime Minister to plan the strategy for the first 100 days of his premiership. He also worked closely with Brown throughout his time as chancellor after being appointed a special adviser in 1998.[4]
Livermore announced he would be leaving his role as director of strategy in 2013 to rejoin the Labour Party as campaign director for Douglas Alexander and Michael Dugher in the build up to the 2015 general election. [5]
Clients
2014:[3]
Airwave | Aldridge Foundation | Allergan | Amazon EU | Asda | AstraZeneca | AstraZeneca / Bristol-Myers Squibb Alliance in Diabetes BDO | BioIndustry Association | Bristol-Myers Squibb | British Metals Recycling Association | Co-operative Bank | Coca-Cola Engineering UK | Eurostar | Facebook | Gala Coral | Genting | Gilead | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition | Global Strategy Group | Heathrow Airport | Institute for Family Business | Investment Management Association | Lloyds Banking Group | National Grid | Newspaper Licensing Agency | Pearson | Prudential | Royal Mail | Sanofi Pasteur MSD | Skills for Care | Vodafone
2010
- Blue Rubicon has also previously handled Barclays' public affairs.[6]
Clients at the end of 2008 include:[7]
British Gas | City & Guilds | Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association | Cycling England | Diageo UK | eBay | GlaxoSmithKline Nutritional Healthcare | Heritage Lottery Fund | Peter Jones National Skills Academy for Enterprise | Royal Mail | Shell | The Lowry | Unilever UK & Ireland
Contact
5 Floor, 6 More London Place, London, SE1 2DA
Website: http://www.bluerubicon.com
References
- ↑ [1], accessed Sept 2014
- ↑ Progress Magazine Oct 2008
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 APPC Register for 1st March 2014 - 31st May 2014, accessed September 2014
- ↑ Brown strategist to join Blue Rubicon PR Week, 09 Jan 2009
- ↑ [2], accessed Sept 2014
- ↑ APPC Register Entry for 1 September 2010 to 30 November 2010
- ↑ APPC register to November 2008