Brevia Consulting
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Brevia Consulting is a lobbying consultancy, previously known as 'Politics Direct' until December 2011.
Rebranding
- Brevia is derived from the Latin verb 'to abbreviate' - apparently reflecting the agency's ethos of being straight-talking, quick and precise. Brevia MD David Beamer said: 'I expected to be presented with a shortlist of London streets or squares, but Figtree felt a descriptive name was the right choice.'[1]
People
PoliticsDirect employs a number of influential political figures including the former Conservative MP Steven Norris and Peter Kellner, chairman of YouGov. It was co-founded by John Arnold and David Beamer who had backgrounds in the Labour and Conservative Parties respectively. Arnold is a former Chair of Scottish Labour Students, a former Adviser to the Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland. Co-founder David Beamer was a senior political adviser to the Conservative Party and worked with eight Secretaries of State on a range of policy briefs including Trade & Industry, Energy, Transport, Culture, Media & Sport, Deregulation and Health. Associate George Hall was also EU issue manager on eCommerce in the Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue.
The firm also groups together a number of consultants who were formerly journalists and have other business interests including in public relations. Francis Halewood, former editor of the BBC's World at One and a previous acting Director of Communications for the Conservative Party is an Associate, as is John Stonborough who specialises in media relations and was until 2004 Media Adviser to the Speaker and House of Commons Commission in the UK Parliament). David Seymour former Political Editor of the Mirror Group is another Associate.
Stuart Higgins ex-editor of The Sun is a former associate.
Management 2014
- David Beamer - Founder and Managing Director. Former senior political adviser to the Conservative Party
- Andrew Maugham - Associate Director. Adviser to Alistair Darling MP for 12 years, worked on the Council of Economic Advisers at HM Treasury, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Transport, and the Department of Trade and Industry and as an economist at the Bank of England
- David Porter OBE - Chairman and member of the Consulting Advisory Board. Led the Association of Independent Electricity Producers, served the UK government’s Renewable Energy Advisory Committee and was a director of the UK Parliamentary Renewable and Sustainable Energy Group[2]
- Tim Trotter - chairman of the consulting advisory board. Chairman of Glenfern, non-executive Chairman of Seven Publishing, Nigel Wright Group, Smithfield Group and The SR Group
- Vilhelm Oberg - Director of Energy and Sustainability. Former head of sustainability at Policy Connect and worked in the parliamentary office of a Labour Party MP
- Myles Bailey - Account Manager. Former political adviser to the Conservative Party, parliamentary assistant to Mark Harper MP
- Ben Wood - Senior Account Executive. A member of the Liberal Democrat Press Office in Cowley Street and a founding member of Liberal Sustainability Network
- Will Smith - Account Executive. Previously a researcher to Margot James MP, where he assisted as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lord Green (then Minister for Trade and Investment)
- Sophie Shepherd - Account Executive. Worked on the 2010 election campaign for Simon Nayyar
- Dominic Wyard - Account Executive. Former intern at CentreForum and Institute of Public Policy Research and has worked for Dr Julian Huppert MP.
Associates 2014
David Rigg | Steven Norris | David Seymour | Francis Halewood | Jonathan Horsman | George Hall | David Cracknell (former political editor Sunday Times) | John Stonborough | [3]
Consultants 2009
John Arnold | David Beamer | Graham Bambrough | Alex Dziedzan | Anna Sellers
Associates 2009
Mick Noble | David Rigg | Steven Norris | Peter Kellner | David Seymour | Stuart Higgins | Francis Halewood | Jonathan Horsman | George Hall | Heidi Mallace | Victoria Sabin | John Stonborough | Rob Worthington[4]:
APPC UK
December 2014-February 2015
David Beamer | Anna Godsmark | Charlotte Lang | Andrew Maugham | Vilhelm Oberg | David Porter OBE | Will Smith | Dominic Wyard[5]
September 2014-November 2014
Myles Bailey | David Beamer | Charlotte Lang | Andrew Maugham | Vilhelm Oberg | David Porter OBE | Sophie Shepherd | Will Smith | Dominic Wyard[6]
June 2014-August 2014
Myles Bailey | David Beamer | Andrew Maugham | Vilhelm Oberg | David Porter OBE | Sophie Shepherd | Will Smith | Dominic Wyard[7]
Former Staff
- Sophie Thompson - Senior Account Executive. A former chief of staff to Laura Sandys, MP. Now public affairs manager at SSE plc
Clients
June 2015-August 2015
All-Party Assembly Group on Funerals and Bereavement | All-Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group | All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement | All-Party Parliamentary Group on Water Safety & Drowning Prevention | Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association | British Furniture Confederation | Cross Party Group for Funerals and Bereavement | Cross Party Group for Funerals and Bereavement | ENGIE Energy | esure Group | First Utility | Gocompare.com | Independent Generators Group | Independent Suppliers Group | Kings College London MHI Vestas Offshore Wind | National Association of Funeral Directors | RiverOak Investment Corp | Royal Life Saving Society [8]
March 2015-May 2015
All-Party Assembly Group on Funerals and Bereavement (Northern Ireland Assembly) - NAFD | All-Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group | All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement | All-Party Parliamentary Group on Water Safety & Drowning Prevention | Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association | Association for Project Management | British Furniture Confederation | Cross Party Group for Funerals and Bereavement | Cross Party Group for Funerals and Bereavement | First Utility | GDF SUEZ Energy International | Gocompare.com | Independent Generators Group | Independent Suppliers Group | Kronos | MHI Vestas Offshore Wind | National Association of Funeral Directors | RiverOak Investment Corp | Royal Life Saving Society [9]
December 2014-February 2015
All-Party Assembly Group on Funerals and Bereavement (Northern Ireland Assembly) | All-Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group | All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement | All-Party Parliamentary Group on Water Safety & Drowning Prevention | Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association | Association for Project Management | British Furniture Confederation (BFC) | Cross Party Group for Funerals and Bereavement (National Assembly for Wales) | Cross Party Group for Funerals and Bereavement (Scottish Parliament) | esure Group | First Utility | GDF SUEZ Energy International | Gocompare.com | Independent Generators Group (GDF SUEZ, Drax, ESB, Eggborough, Vitol, Macquarie and InterGen) | Independent Suppliers Group (Co-operative Energy, First Utility, Utilita, and Utility Warehouse) | Kronos | MHI Vestas Offshore Wind | Microsoft Mobile Oy | National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) | RiverOak Investment Corp | Royal Life Saving Society[5]
September 2014-November 2014
All-Party Assembly Group on Funerals and Bereavement (Northern Ireland Assembly) | All-Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group | All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement | All-Party Parliamentary Group on Water Safety & Drowning Prevention | Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association | Association for Project Management | Babcock & Wilcox | British Furniture Confederation (BFC) | Cross Party Group for Funerals and Bereavement (National Assembly for Wales) | Cross Party Group for Funerals and Bereavement (Scottish Parliament) | esure Group | First Utility | GDF Suez Energy International | Independent Suppliers Group (Co-operative Energy, First Utility, Utilita, and Utility Warehouse) | Kronos | MHI Vestas Offshore Wind | Microsoft Mobile Oy | National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) | RiverOak Investment Corp | Royal Life Saving Society | Storengy[6]
June 2014-August 2014
All-Party Assembly Group on Funerals and Bereavement | All-Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group | All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement | Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association | Association for Project Management | Babcock & Wilcox | British Furniture Confederation | Cross Party Group for Funerals and Bereavement | Cross Party Group for Funerals and Bereavement (Scottish Parliament) | esure Group | First Utility | GDF Suez Energy International | Independent Suppliers Group (Co-operative Energy, First Utility, Utilita, and Utility Warehouse) | Kronos | MHI Vestas Offshore Wind | Microsoft Mobile Oy | National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) | RiverOak Investment Corp | Royal Life Saving Society | Storengy[7]
2013
GDF Suez, British Energy, EDF Energy | First:Utility, Nokia, T-Mobile, IoD, esure, Abbott Laboratories, and MSD.
2009
British Energy | Railfreight Interchange Investment Group | Aventis | Bradford City Council | Cordoba Financial Group | Nokia | T Mobile | Alliance and Leicester | aat | Dade Behring | London Luton Luton Airport | DX | Abbot Laboratories | National Association of Funeral Directors | RIIG | iSoft | Local Government Association | Royal Academy of Engineering | Merck Sharp and Dohme | Greenway | British Furniture Confederation | Read Group | Guiness Trust Group | Allied Domecq | Association of Colleges | Tiscali | Wiggins | Mondus | Lilly | Haemophilia Society | East Dunbartonshire Council | AIESEC | Global Internet Billing | Plus | Society of Black Lawyers | Earthport | Network Lettings | Genient | Intermodality | Esure[10]:
According to PR Week in 2005, The Royal Academy of Engineering commissioned its services to provide "parliamentary support and ensure the profession is well represented on the policy agenda".[11]
Affiliations
PoliticsDirect provides external support to the following All Party Groups:
Associate Parliamentary Engineering Group | All-Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group | All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement[12]
Affiliates
Politics Direct claims that it 'has developed an affiliate network of like-minded companies who work in partnership with PoliticsDirect'[13] These include Strategem | Project Associates | Model Reasoning | Peyser Associates, Inc. | Windsor Jennings | Cohn & Wolfe
Contact
- Address5 Salamanca Place, London, SE1 7HP, England.
- Tel: +44 (0)20 7091 1650
- Fax: +44 (0)20 7820 9227
- EMAIL: info@NOSPAMpoliticsdirect.com (please delete NOSPAM when you email)
- Registered in England: 3806412 VAT Number: 743761912
- Website: http://www.politicsdirect.com/
Resources
- Melissa Jones and Andy Rowell, Access all areas: Westminster's (vast) fracking lobby exposed, 29 April 2015.
Notes
- ↑ Public Affairs: The Week in Lobbying, PR Week, 9 December 2011
- ↑ Daniel Farey-Jones Brevia Consulting hires energy policy veteran David Porter PR Week, 19 February 2014, accessed 19 October 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 People, Brevia Consulting, accessed 19 October 2014
- ↑ Politics Direct People, Accessed 23 July 2009
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register 1st December 2014 - 28th February 2015 APPC, accessed 24 March 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014 APPC, accessed 19 January 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Register 1st June 2014 - 31st August 2014 APPC, accessed 19 October 2014
- ↑ Brevia Consulting clients, Jun-Aug15, APPC.org, accessed 4 February 2016
- ↑ Brevia Consulting clients, Mar-May15, APPC.org, accessed 4 February 2016
- ↑ Politics Direct Clients, Accessed 23 July 2009
- ↑ PR Week, June 10, 2005
- ↑ Politics Direct Clients, Accessed 23 July 2009
- ↑ Politics Direct About, Accessed 23 July 2009
