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Champollion describes itself as an "independent communications consultancy, specialising in issues management, media handling and stakeholder relations, with outstanding expertise in public policy relations."<ref>[http://www.champollion.co.uk/index.html Champollion - Home], accessed 2 May 2008.</ref>
 
  
The firm was set up by [[Simon Buckby]] who was a campaign director at [[Britain in Europe]]. In 2006 [[Rebecca Hewitt]] left [[Luther Pendragon]] to join Champollion as a senior consultant. Other appointments made at the creation of Champollion were [[Andrew Nye]] from the Attorney General's office and former [[Daily Express]] journalist [[Angela Cooke]]<ref>Public Affairs, LUTHER'S HEWITT IN CHAMPOLLION SHIFT, ''PR Week'', 17-March-2006, Accessed via Nexis UK 25-October-2009</ref>. On joining Champollion Andrew Nye commented 'At the Attorney General's Office I've dealt with the media on controversial issues such as non-jury trials in some complex fraud cases, and Iraq,'<ref>Voluntary Sector, BUCKBY FIRM NABS NYE AS CONSULTANT, ''PR Week'', 18-November-2005, Accessed 25-October-2009</ref>.
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'''Champollion''' describes itself as an "independent communications consultancy, specialising in issues management, media handling and stakeholder relations, with outstanding expertise in public policy relations."<ref>[http://www.champollion.co.uk/index.html Champollion - Home], accessed 2 May 2008.</ref>  
  
==Client Contracts==
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The firm was set up by [[Simon Buckby]] who was a campaign director at [[Britain in Europe]]. In 2006 [[Rebecca Hewitt]] left [[Luther Pendragon]] to join Champollion as a senior consultant. Other appointments made at the creation of Champollion were [[Andrew Nye]] from the Attorney General's office and former [[Daily Express]] journalist [[Angela Cooke]]<ref>Public Affairs, LUTHER'S HEWITT IN CHAMPOLLION SHIFT, ''PR Week'', 17-March-2006, Accessed via Nexis UK 25-October-2009</ref>. On joining Champollion Andrew Nye commented 'At the Attorney General's Office I've dealt with the media on controversial issues such as non-jury trials in some complex fraud cases, and Iraq.'<ref>Voluntary Sector, BUCKBY FIRM NABS NYE AS CONSULTANT, ''PR Week'', 18-November-2005, Accessed 25-October-2009</ref>.
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==Client contracts==
  
 
===Commission for Racial Equailty===
 
===Commission for Racial Equailty===
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*[[Elly Virgo]]  - office manager
 
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===Non Executive Directors===
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*[[David Hill]]. Previously [[Tony Blair]]'s official spokesman, chief spokesman for the [[Labour Party]] and held senior posts at the [[Chime Communications]] owned agencies [[Good Relations]] and [[Bell Pottinger]].<ref> David Singleton [https://www.publicaffairsnews.com/articles/news/agency-post-blair%E2%80%99s-media-man Agency post for Blair’s media man] ''Public Affairs News'', 4 December 2014, accessed 4 December 2014 </ref>
 
*[[David Hill]]. Previously [[Tony Blair]]'s official spokesman, chief spokesman for the [[Labour Party]] and held senior posts at the [[Chime Communications]] owned agencies [[Good Relations]] and [[Bell Pottinger]].<ref> David Singleton [https://www.publicaffairsnews.com/articles/news/agency-post-blair%E2%80%99s-media-man Agency post for Blair’s media man] ''Public Affairs News'', 4 December 2014, accessed 4 December 2014 </ref>
 
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*[[Jeremy Newmark]]
 
*[[Jeremy Newmark]]
  
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*[[Kylie Griffiths]] Office Manager
 
*[[Kylie Griffiths]] Office Manager

Revision as of 03:32, 28 January 2015

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Champollion describes itself as an "independent communications consultancy, specialising in issues management, media handling and stakeholder relations, with outstanding expertise in public policy relations."[1]

The firm was set up by Simon Buckby who was a campaign director at Britain in Europe. In 2006 Rebecca Hewitt left Luther Pendragon to join Champollion as a senior consultant. Other appointments made at the creation of Champollion were Andrew Nye from the Attorney General's office and former Daily Express journalist Angela Cooke[2]. On joining Champollion Andrew Nye commented 'At the Attorney General's Office I've dealt with the media on controversial issues such as non-jury trials in some complex fraud cases, and Iraq.'[3].

Client contracts

Commission for Racial Equailty

Champollion advised the Commission for Racial Equality on media relations. As well as the Commission for Racial Equality, Champollion advise individual race equality councils[4]. Champollion were hired by the CRE's communication director Colleen Harris[5].

Trevor Phillips said of the partnership with Champollion:

“We worked with Champollion at all levels of the CRE – strategic counsel to me and the senior management team, practical support for our media relations, and document-drafting with our policy wonks. They always go the extra mile to make better best.”[6].

Bicom

Lorna Fitzsimmons the Chief Executive of BICOM commissioned Champollion as one of her key campaign strategists and media advisers. Fitzsimmons described the service delivered by Champollion:

“In leading our message development, including through rigorous media training, and in supporting the work of our in-house communications professionals, Champollion has shown a thorough knowledge of the policy area and a commitment that is frankly beyond the call of duty.”[7].

Fride

Champollion has been commissioned to work with FRIDE on their Democratisation Programme. They are tasked with strengthening FRIDE's brand among the foreign policy community in Britain.

Champollion outline their strategy as:

"working with FRIDE to develop the tightly defined messaging that will help push their policy concerns higher up the political agenda, to draw attention to their research and policy papers, and to ensure their arguments are heard by the right policy makers, analysts and journalists in Westminster and Brussels"[8]

Stop the Boycott

Champollion and Populus were the PR firms hired by BICOM in 2007 to manage the Stop the Boycott campaign which was designed to prevent British Universities boycotting Israeli academic institutions[9].

Clients

September 2014-November 2014

Academies Enterprise Trust | Attain | Canal and River Trust | Cardboard Citizens | Catch 22 | Centre for Justice Innovation | Commonwealth Foundation | Criminal Law Solicitors Association | Cripplegate Foundation | Engage | Esmee Fairbairn Foundation | FACT | Family Rights Group | Frog Education | Global Action Plan | Here East | Housing for Women | Hubbub | Infinity | Institute for Voluntary Action and Research | Intercontinental Church Society | Law for Life | Mark Duggan Inquest | OikoCredit | Orchid Project | Pearson College | Peto | Pocket | PPL | PRS for Music | Pure Leapfrog | Quartermaster | Rank Group | Russia Foundation | Scope | StageText | Step Ahead | Step Ahead | Teacher Support Network | The Challenge Network | UKSIF | University Alliance | World Cancer Research Fund[10]

June 2014-August 2014

Academies Enterprise Trust | Attain | Canal and River Trust | Cardboard Citizens | Catch 22 | Centre for Justice Innovation | Commonwealth Foundation | Criminal Law Solicitors Association | Cripplegate Foundation | Detention Advice Service | Dying Matters | Esmee Fairbairn Foundation | FACT | Family Rights Group | Frog Trade | Global Action Plan | Here East | Housing for Women | Infinity | Institute for Voluntary Action and Research | Law for Life | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | Mark Duggan Inquest | OikoCredit | Only Connect | Orchid Project | Pearson College | Peto | Pocket | PPL | PRS for Music | Pure Leapfrog | Rank Group | Restorative Justice Council | Russia Foundation | Scope | Step Ahead | Step Ahead | Teacher Support Network | The Challenge Network | UKSIF | University Alliance | World Cancer Research Fund[11]

2008

People

Executive Team

Non executive directors

Associates

Additional staff October 2009

APPC UK

September 2014-November 2014

Anastasia Batiuk | Laura Brodie | Ed Brown | Simon Buckby | Kim Catcheside | Nick Colwill | Jack Kelly | Tian Liu | Andrew Low | Estelle McCartney | Hamir Patel | Hannah Perlin | Katheryn Santos | Millie Shuter | Gareth Siddorn | Helen Wharton[10]

June 2014-August 2014

Anastasia Batiuk | Laura Brodie | Simon Buckby | Kim Catcheside | Nick Colwill | Tian Liu | Andrew Low | Estelle McCartney | Hamir Patel | Hannah Perlin | Katheryn Santos | Millie Shuter | Helen Wharton[11]

Former Staff

Website

champollion.co.uk

References

  1. Champollion - Home, accessed 2 May 2008.
  2. Public Affairs, LUTHER'S HEWITT IN CHAMPOLLION SHIFT, PR Week, 17-March-2006, Accessed via Nexis UK 25-October-2009
  3. Voluntary Sector, BUCKBY FIRM NABS NYE AS CONSULTANT, PR Week, 18-November-2005, Accessed 25-October-2009
  4. Public Affairs, LUTHER'S HEWITT IN CHAMPOLLION SHIFT, PR Week, 17-March-2006, Accessed via Nexis UK 25-October-2009
  5. A Merge, Race watchdog splashes cash on outside consultants, The London Evening Standard, 29-June-2006, Accessed Via Nexis UK 25-October-2009
  6. Our Clients, [Commission for Racial Equality http://www.champollion.co.uk/ourclients_cfre.html], Champollion, Accessed 25-October-2009
  7. Lorna Fitzsimmons, Our Clients:BICOM, Champollion, Accessed 25-October-2009
  8. Our Clients, Fride, Champollion, Accessed 25-October-2009
  9. Campaign, Voluntary Sector Special - Coalition stops boycott of Israeli universities, PR Week, 23-November-2007, Accessed 17-December-2009
  10. 10.0 10.1 Register 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014 APPC, accessed 20 January 2015
  11. 11.0 11.1 Register 1st June 2014 - 31st August 2014 APPC, accessed 19 October 2014
  12. Champollion - Our Clients, accessed 2 May 2008.
  13. David Singleton Agency post for Blair’s media man Public Affairs News, 4 December 2014, accessed 4 December 2014
  14. Champollion - Our Team, accessed 25-October-2009.

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