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
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]
EUK Consulting Ltd is a member of the Association of Professional Political Consultants (APPC).
People
- John Roberts, founder and director
- David Bertram, director
- Sean Murray, director
- Tom Murray, director
- Rebecca Barnett
- Ben Howarth, research manager
- Ziga Drobnic
- Marco Vadagnini
- Nele Hammer
- Erik Zolcer
- Stephen Lynch
- David Saer, researcher
- Adam Lazarski
- Camilla Manley
- Daniele Van Haute
APPC UK
June 2015-August 2015
Rebecca Barnett | David Bertram | Clementine Bulso | Ana Gamez | Stephen Lynch | John Roberts | David Saer | Lucy Stafford | Marco Vadagnini[2]
March 2015-May 2015
Rebecca Barnett | David Bertram | Ana Gamez | Ben Howarth | Stephen Lynch | John Roberts | David Saer | Lucy Stafford | Catriona Urquhart | Marco Vadagnini[3]
December 2014-February 2015
Rebecca Barnett | David Bertram | Ben Howarth | Stephen Lynch | John Roberts | David Saer | Lucy Stafford | Catriona Urquhart | Marco Vadagnini[4]
September 2014-November 2014
Rebecca Barnett | David Bertram | Ben Howarth | Stephen Lynch | John Roberts | David Saer | Lucy Stafford | Catriona Urquhart | Marco Vadagnini[5]
June 2014-August 2014
Rebecca Barnett | David Bertram | Ben Howarth | Stephen Lynch | John Roberts | David Saer | Neeraj Shah | Marco Vadagnini[6]
Former staff
Clients
Registrar of consultant lobbyists
The register of consultant lobbyists documents those clients on behalf of whom EUK has lobbied government ministers. The firm has been registered since January 2016 and their 2015 filings are as follows:
October - December 2015
Emergent Biosolutions Inc. [7]
January - March 2015
British American Tobacco plc | Colgate-Palmolive Europe SARL(Société a Responsabilité Limitée) | Emergent Biosolutions Inc. | McCain Foods GB Ltd | Nicoventures Ltd | S C Johnson EURAFNE (Europe, Africa and Near East)
APPC lobbying register
September 2015-November 2015
British American Tobacco | Colgate Palmolive Europe SARL | Emergent BioSolutions Inc[8]
June 2015-August 2015
British American Tobacco plc | Colgate Palmolive Europe SARL | Emergent BioSolutions Inc | McCain Foods | S C Johnson EURAFNE[9]
March 2015-May 2015
British American Tobacco plc | Colgate Palmolive Europe SARL | Emergent BioSolutions Inc | McCain Foods | S C Johnson EURAFNE[10]
December 2014-February 2015
British American Tobacco plc | Colgate Palmolive Europe SARL | Emergent BioSolutions Inc | McCain Foods [11]
September 2014-November 2014
British American Tobacco plc | Colgate Palmolive Europe SARL | Emergent BioSolutions Inc | McCain Foods [12]
June 2014-August 2014
British American Tobacco plc | Colgate Palmolive Europe SARL | Emergent BioSolutions Inc. | McCain Foods (GB) Ltd[6]
August 2010
Emergent BioSolutions Inc | McCain Foods (GB) Ltd | Colgate Palmolive SARL | British American Tobacco | SC Johnson EURAFNE | Nicoventures Limited (as of 2012-13)[13]
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
Financial data
Financial year 2008[14]
- Share of turnover related to representing interests to EU institutions on behalf of clients: Total turnover €250000 - €300000
- Clients with turnover below €50000: McCain Foods (GB) Ltd | Colgate Palmolive SARL
- Clients generating a turnover of €50000 - €100000: British American Tobacco Coordination Centre V.O.F/S.N.C
- Clients generating a turnover of €100000 - €150000: SC Johnson EURAFNE Ltd
Political donations
- In 2009, EUK Consulting Ltd made a donation of £3000 to Liberal Democrat MP Nick Clegg, received on the 12th August and registered on the 3rd September 2009.[15]
- 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.[16]
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".[17]
Affiliations
EUK Consulting is a donor to the Science Media Centre. [18]
Contact, Resources, Notes
Contact
Address: EUK London
1-2 Emery Hill Street
London SW1P 1PE
Website: http://www.eukconsulting.com/
Resources
- EUK Consulting Ltd, APPC Register Entry for 1 March 2010 to 31 May 2010
- EUK Consulting Ltd, APPC Register Entry for 1 June 2009 to 31 August 2009
Notes
- ↑ EUK Consulting Ltd, "Introducing EUK", accessed 26.08.10
- ↑ EUK Consulting client list Jun-Aug15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
- ↑ Mar-May15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
- ↑ Dec14-Feb15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
- ↑ Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014 APPC, accessed 20 January 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Register 1st June 2014 - 31st August 2014 APPC, accessed 19 October 2014
- ↑ EUK Consulting Ltd profile 2015, Register of consultant lobbyists, accessed 8 February 2016
- ↑ EUK Consulting client list Jun-Aug15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
- ↑ EUK Consulting client list Jun-Aug15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
- ↑ EUK Consulting client list Mar-May15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
- ↑ EUK Consulting client list Dec14-Feb15, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
- ↑ EUK Consulting client list Sep-Nov14, APPC.org, accessed 22 February 2016
- ↑ EUK Consulting Ltd, "Our clients", accessed 26.08.10
- ↑ European Commission, "EUK Consulting", Register of Interest Representatives, 23.03.10, 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
- ↑ SMC, Funding, accessed 29 September 2013. See also Science Media Centre - Funding
