Four Communications

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Four Communications is a PR and lobbying company that claims to have gone from "seven people to 140" in just seven years, and expanded from London to Liverpool, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. It covers public relations, politics, design, branding, advertising, media planning and buying, sports and arts sponsorship and digital communications.

People

• Chris O'Donoghue, non-executive chairman
• Nan Williams, group chief executive
• Ray Eglington, managing director - international
• Einir Williams, Managing Director, Four Communications. She has worked for, among others, Shell during the Brent Spar crisis; Mars Confectionery; Orange and Golden Wonder. Williams currently runs the Four Dubai office working across major real-estate, hospitality, financial services and other companies in the Gulf.
• Alun James, Chief executive UK
• Jeremy Fraser, non-executive director. "Fraser has worked with a wide range of organisations on sensitive parliamentary and regulatory issues, including industry associations and consortia, public authorities, airlines, major developers, galleries and museums". He served for four years as Leader of the London Borough of Southwark and was a Labour parliamentary candidate in 1997. In the London elections of 2000 Jeremy was campaign manager for Labour for the whole campaign. He worked in party HQ during the 2001 General election and was the agent in his local area in the 2002 council elections.
• Karen Alcock, managing director Four Public Affairs
• James Dickson, Director Politics. Dickson is a local councillor for Herne Hill in the London Borough of Lambeth, and at the 2001 General Election he was Labour's candidate in Old Bexley and Sidcup. Formerly of lobbying firm GJW, he was for the previous six years Leader of the Labour Group and Leader of the council at the London Borough of Lambeth. He was a Director of Team Lambeth, the borough's joint venture company, worked as senior policy officer at the London Housing Unit and was a visiting lecturer in Housing and Politics at the University of Westminster. He got his MBA from Westminster University.

September 2014-November 2014

Karen Alcock | Jim Dickson | Jennifer Edwards | Florence Eshalomi | Robert Foster | Jeremy Fraser | Nick Garland | Peter Graham | Tony Hutt | Dotti Irving | Alun James | Joanne Laban | Steve Lancashire | Conor McAuley | Darren Miller | Katherine Newcombe | Alexander Nicholson | Matthew Richards | Alex Russell | Ralph Scott | Liz Sich | Evie Soames | Sam Stopp

June 2014-August 2014

Karen Alcock | Jim Dickson | Jennifer Edwards | Florence Eshalomi | Robert Foster | Jeremy Fraser | Peter Graham | Tony Hutt | Dotti Irving | Alun James | Patrick Kinsella | Joanne Laban | Steve Lancashire | Conor McAuley | Darren Miller | Katherine Newcombe | Matthew Richards | Alex Russell | Ralph Scott | Liz Sich | Evie Soames | Sam Stopp

March 2014-May 2014

Karen Alcock | Jim Dickson | Jennifer Edwards | Robert Foster | Jeremy Fraser | Peter Graham | Tony Hutt | Patrick Kinsella | Joanne Laban | Steve Lancashire | Katherine Newcombe | Matthew Richards | Alex Russell | Ralph Scott | Evie Soames

Former Staff:

• Ivor Caplin, lobbyist. Former defence minister.

Clients

September 2014-November 2014

4C Hotel Group | Addaction | Alchemi Group | AlloyMtd (Jersey) Limited | Almacantar Ltd | Amazon Properties | Amwaj Property Limited | Association of Accounting Technicians | Association of Authors' Agents | Baker Street Quarter Partnership | Balsamy Properties | Berkeley Homes | Bow Street Hotel Limited | British Land | Buckingham Gate Estates Limited | Cambridge Airport | Caprice Holdings Ltd | Cargiant | Castle Trading Limited | Caudwell Properties | Central & Cecil | Centreland Ltd | Chartered Institute of Marketing | Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development | Cheval Residences Ltd | Circleplane | CNM Estates | Co-operative Estates | Covent Garden London | Crosstree Real Estate Partners | Dolphin Square Foundation | Dukelease Properties Ltd. | Edwardian Group | Ellerman Investments | Enova Financial | Enstar Capital | Estates & Agency Holdings | Exemplar Properties | Fifth Capital London | Galliard Homes Ltd. | Gilltown Ltd. | Goswell Properties Limited | Grainger plc | Great Portland Estates Plc | GSP Real Estate | Hadley Property Group | Halebourne Land and Planning Ltd | Harcourt Investments Ltd. | Heart of London Business Alliance | Hempel Holdings Limited | Henley Investments | Heron International | Hobhouse SA | Hyde New Homes | Linden Homes | London & Oriental | London & Regional Properties | London Arts Project Ltd. | London Biggin Hill Airport | London Square | Mandeville Hotel Ltd. | Maple Springfield Limited | March & White Masterworks Development | Mercer Real Estate Partners | Montrose Capital | Mosaic Properties Ltd. | Newman Asset Limited | NIACEO&H Properties Ltd. | One Aldwych Limited | PATROL | PCW Planning and Development Limited | Pegasus Life Ltd. | Periodical Publishers Association | Platform | Pocket Living Limited | Port of London Authority | Provewell | Qatar Airways | Redbus | Resolution Capital Limited | Ridgeford Development Ltd. | Romulus Construction Limited | Royal Academy of Arts | Royal Opera House | Serco | Shaftesbury PLC | Soho Data Holdings Ltd. | SRE Properties Limited | St Edward Homes Ltd. | St John's Wood Square Ltd. | Taylor Wimpey | The Crown Estate | The Portman Estate | Totally Thames | Transport for London | Tulliallan Burlington Limited | URB Group | Victoria Gardens Development Ltd. | Warbird | Westminster Abbey | Wildstone | World Agricultural Forum

June 2014-August 2014

4C Hotel Group | 65 New Cavendish Street | Ace Decade Development | Addaction | Alchemi Group | AlloyMtd (Jersey) Limited | Almacantar Ltd | Amazon Properties | Amwaj Property Limited | Association of Accounting Technicians | Association of Authors' Agents | Balsamy Properties | Base Green Limited | Berkeley Homes | Bouygues UK | Bow Street Hotel Limited | Brentford Football Club | British Land | Buckingham Gate Estates Limited | Calfordseaden LLP | Caprice Holdings Ltd | Castle Trading Limited | Caudwell Properties | Central & Cecil | Centreland Ltd | Chanel | Chartered Institute of Marketing | Chelsfield Advisers LLP | Circleplane | Co-operative Estates | Connected Digital Economy Catapult | Consolidated Developments | Covent Garden London | Crosstree Real Estate Partners | David Meisels | Dolphin Square Foundation | Dukelease Properties Ltd. | Edwardian Group | Ellerman Investments | Enova Financial | Estates & Agency Holdings | Exemplar Properties | Fifth Capital London | Galliard Homes Ltd. | Gilltown Ltd. | Grainger plc | Grand Lane Developments | Great Portland Estates Plc | GSP Real Estate | Hadley Property Group | Halebourne Land and Planning Ltd | Heart of London Business Alliance | Hempel Holdings Limited | Henley Investments | Heron International | Hobhouse SA | Hollybrook Homes | Hyde New Homes | Linden Homes | London & Oriental | London & Regional Properties | London Arts Project Ltd. | London Biggin Hill Airport | London Square | Mandeville Hotel Ltd. | Maple Springfield Limited | March & White Mercer Real Estate Partners | Montrose Capital | Mosaic Properties Ltd. | Newman Asset Limited | NIACE | Nick Davies | O&H Properties Ltd. | One Aldwych Limited | PATROL | PCW Planning and Development Limited | Pegasus Life Ltd. | Periodical Publishers Association | Platform | Pocket Living Limited | Port of London Authority | Provewell | Qatar Airways | Resolution Capital Limited | Ridgeford Development Ltd. | Romulus Construction Limited | Royal Mail Group | Royal Opera House | Serco | Shaftesbury PLC | Soho Data Holdings Ltd. | SRE Properties Limited | St Edward Homes Ltd. | St John's Wood Square Ltd. | Taylor Wimpey | The Crown Estate | The Drapers' Company | The Portman Estate | Tiuta Properties Ltd. | Totally Thames | Transport for London | Victoria Gardens Development Ltd. | Westminster Abbey | Wildstone

March 2014-May 2014

4C Hotel Group | 65 New Cavendish Street | Ace Decade Development | Addaction | Alchemi Group | AlloyMtd (Jersey) Limited | Almacantar Ltd | Amwaj Property Limited | Anquila Corporation | Association of Accounting Technicians | Association of Authors' Agents | AXA Real Estate | Balsamy Properties | Berkeley Homes | Bow Street Hotel Limited | Brentford Football Club | British Land | Buckingham Gate Estates Limited | Buckingham Properties Limited | BZK Investments Limited | Calfordseaden LLP | Caprice Holdings Ltd | Castle Trading Limited | Caudwell Properties | Central & Cecil | Centreland Ltd | Chanel | Chartered Institute of Marketing | Chelsfield Advisers LLP | Connected Digital Economy Catapult | Covent Garden London | Crosstree Real Estate Partners | David Meisels | Devonshire Property | Dolphin Square Foundation | Dukelease Properties Ltd. | Edwardian Group | Ellerman Investments | England Basketball | Enova Financial | Estates & Agency Holdings | Exemplar Properties | Fifth Capital London | Frogmore | Galliard Homes Ltd. | Grainger plc | Great Portland Estates Plc | Green Property | GSP Real Estate | Hadley Property Group | Hampshire Trust | Heart of London Business Alliance | Hempel | Holdings Limited Henley Investments | Heron International | Hobhouse SA | Hollybrook Homes | Hyde New Homes | Legal & General Assurance Society Ltd. | Linden Homes | Lloyds TSB | London & Oriental | London & Regional Properties | London Biggin Hill Airport | London South Bank University | London Square | Maple Springfield Limited | Marina Yannakoudakis MEP | Matterhorn Capital Properties Limited | Merryvale No.6 International Limited | Meyer Bergman | Montrose Capital | Mossessian & Partners | Mourant Property | Newman Asset Limited | Newman Street Ltd | NIACE | O&H Properties Ltd. | One Berkeley Street Unit Trust | PCW Planning and Development Limited | Peabody Pegasus Life Ltd. | Periodical Publishers Association | Port of London Authority | Provewell | Ridgeford Development Ltd. | Romulus Construction Limited | Royal London Limited | Royal Mail Group | Royal Opera House | Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust | Serco | Shaftesbury PLC | Soho Data Holdings Ltd. | Solai Holdings Ltd | SRE Properties Limited St Edward Homes Ltd. | St John's Wood Square Ltd. | Taylor Wimpey | Technology Strategy Board | The Crown Estate | The Drapers' Company | The Kabbalah Centre | The Portman Estate | The Prudential Assurance Company Limited | Tiuta Properties Ltd. | Tulliallan Burlington Limited | Victoria Gardens Development Ltd. | Walton Street Properties Ltd | Whiteleys | Wildstone

2008

Aitch | Ark | AES | APACS | Arqiva | Atlas Management Corporation | Australian Super | Ballymore | Barclaycard | Barratt | Barratt West London | BBC | Beetham Organization Ltd | Berkeley Hotel | Bhuchar Rock (ealing) Ltd. | Bougyues | BRE/Hemel 1 Limited | Bristol Port Company | British Waterways | Brockton Capital | English Cricket Board | ERA | Essex County Council | ExCeL | Eyre Estate | First Base | Foundation Degree Forward | Frogmore | Galliard Homes | Genesis | George Wimpey East London | GlaxoSmithKline | Glenkerrin | Glentoran | Granard Business Centre | Great Peter Street (GP) Ltd | Great Porland Estate | Greenergy | Grosvenor Davies | Grosvenor Securities | Mirvac | Mitsui Fudosan c/o Stanhope | Modern City Living | National Grid | Native Land | Neptune Land | Orion/first place | Periodical Publishers Association | Quiller Consultants | Radio Taxis Group | Renewal | Riva Hotel | RMJM | Rosscourt Property | Royal Star & Garter | Sellar Property Group | Serco | Shaftesbury | South Thames College | Camden Town Unlimited | Candy and Candy | Capital & Counties | Catesby | Cattles | Centrepoint | Chantry | Chelsfield | Chenil House | Circleplane | CIT | Clarebrook Properties | Claridges | Clayson Development | Cleveland Development | Consumer Focus | Cross River Partnership | Crown Wharf | Design Museum | Dukelease Properties Ltd | Earls Court Limited | Eatonfield Developments | Eco-Towns | Ellerman | Englewood | Grosvenor Square Limited | Hammerson | Haysboro | Heart of London | Hedleigh (Mayfair) | Henderson | Highbridge | Hines | Hive | Investream Limited | ISIS | IVG | Kearsley Property | Kent Thameside Regeneration | Knowsley | Lambeth PCT | Land Securities | London & Associated Properties | London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham | London Southbank University | Mace | Maybourne Hotels Limited | Messrs Hanby Whelan and Chesser | Ministry of Finance | Springfield Hospital | Stanley Siding | Steamboat Developments | Stephen Howard Homes | Target Living | Terrace Hill | The Cavendish Hotel | The Crown Estate | The Mercers Company | Tideway Properties | TNT post | Trafalgar Way | Trehaven Group | Unite | United House | Urban solutions | Vauxhall Bondway | Villafont Homes | Work directions UK | World Agricultural Forum | York test | Zegna III Holdings Inc

• March 2012 - Luton Airport called in Four for lobbying help according to PR Week.

Contacts

Address: 20 St Thomas Street,

London,

SE1 9BF

Telephone: +44(0) 203 697 4200

Email: info@fourcommunications.com

Website: http://www.fourcommunications.com

References

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