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[[Roland Rudd]] is the son of a Stockbroker. He was President of the Union at Oxford University and a former journalist with the Independent, Sunday Correspondent and the Financial Times. He is a friend of [[Peter Mandleson]], spending time during the 2001 election campaign to help him at his Hartlepool constituency. [[Rupert Younger]] is the nephew of Viscount [[George Younger]] (Chairman of the [[Bank of Scotland]]). James Murgatroyd is a former banker with [[Dean Witter]]. | [[Roland Rudd]] is the son of a Stockbroker. He was President of the Union at Oxford University and a former journalist with the Independent, Sunday Correspondent and the Financial Times. He is a friend of [[Peter Mandleson]], spending time during the 2001 election campaign to help him at his Hartlepool constituency. [[Rupert Younger]] is the nephew of Viscount [[George Younger]] (Chairman of the [[Bank of Scotland]]). James Murgatroyd is a former banker with [[Dean Witter]]. | ||
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| + | ==Clients== | ||
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| + | ==Euro 300 / FTSE 100== | ||
| + | *[[ Autostrada SpA]] | ||
| + | *[[ Banca Intesa Spa]] | ||
| + | *[[ Boots plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ BPB plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ British Land Company plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ British Sky Broadcasting plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Cable & Wireless plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Centrica plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ CRH plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Daily Mail and General Trust plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Edison SpA]] | ||
| + | *[[ Enel SpA]] | ||
| + | *[[ Eni SpA]] | ||
| + | *[[ Friends Provident Plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ GUS plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ International Power plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ J Sainsbury plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Lloyds TSB Group plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Man Group plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Northern Rock plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Reed Elsevier plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Royal & SunAlliance plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Royal Dutch Shell plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Standard Chartered plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Terna SpA]] | ||
| + | *[[ Vodafone Group Plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ WPP]] | ||
| + | *[[ Yell PLC]] | ||
| + | ==FTSE 250== | ||
| + | *[[ Bradford & Bingley plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Filtrona plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ GCap Media PLC]] | ||
| + | *[[ Great Portland Estates plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Henderson Group plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Inmarsat plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ John Laing plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Kazakhmys PLC]] | ||
| + | *[[ Kesa Electricals plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ London Stock Exchange plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Mitchells & Butlers plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Morgan Crucible plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Northumbrian Water Group plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Pendragon Plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Pennon Group plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Persimmon plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Pilkington plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ SIG plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Tomkins plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Trinity Mirror plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Vedanta Resources plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Virgin Mobile Holdings (UK) ]] | ||
| + | ==Others== | ||
| + | *[[ Barclays Capital]] | ||
| + | *[[ Basic Element]] | ||
| + | *[[ Beazley Group plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ BNFL]] | ||
| + | *[[ C&C Group]] | ||
| + | *[[ Coral Eurobet]] | ||
| + | *[[ Electra Partners Europe]] | ||
| + | *[[ Equitable Life]] | ||
| + | *[[ Europa Capital]] | ||
| + | *[[ General Electric Co]] | ||
| + | *[[ Genesis Investment Managers]] | ||
| + | *[[ GLG Partners]] | ||
| + | *[[ Huveaux PLC]] | ||
| + | *[[ KKR]] | ||
| + | *[[ Landsbanki]] | ||
| + | *[[ Ofgem]] | ||
| + | *[[ Paypoint plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Permira]] | ||
| + | *[[ Premiere]] | ||
| + | *[[ RDF Media Company plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Roland Berger]] | ||
| + | *[[ RTL Group]] | ||
| + | *[[ Senior plc]] | ||
| + | *[[ Travelodge]] | ||
| + | ==Selected Transactions== | ||
| + | *[[ Boots/Alliance Unichem]] | ||
| + | *[[ Boots/BHI]] | ||
| + | *[[ BPB/St Gobain]] | ||
| + | *[[ British Land/Pillar]] | ||
| + | *[[ Bunzl/Filtrona]] | ||
| + | *[[ C&W/Energis]] | ||
| + | *[[ Capital Radio/GWR Group]] | ||
| + | *[[ Cendant Demerger]] | ||
| + | *[[ Fortune Brands/Pernod Ricard/Allied Domecq]] | ||
| + | *[[ Inmarsat IPO]] | ||
| + | *[[ Kazakhmys IPO]] | ||
| + | *[[ LSE Defence]] | ||
| + | *[[ Manchester United/Glazier]] | ||
| + | *[[ Permira/KKR/SBS]] | ||
| + | *[[ Pilkington/NSG]] | ||
| + | *[[ Somerfield/Violet]] | ||
| + | *[[ Telenet IPO]] | ||
| + | *[[ Terna]] | ||
| + | *[[ VNU/IMS]] | ||
| + | *[[ Vodafone/Bharti Tele-Venture]] | ||
| + | *[[ Vodafone/Sverige]] | ||
Revision as of 14:46, 29 December 2005
Finsbury is a PR company with clients that include Cable & Wireless, the HMV Media Group, Abbey National, Trinity Mirror and Lloyds TSB. They have 12 clients in the FTSE 100 list of top companies and they provide PR for more than 10% of the top 200 UK companies. They paid more than £5,000 to the Labour Party for 'tickets for dinners' in 1999-2000. Finsbury is 75% owned by Roland Rudd, who made �41 million by selling the company to WPP in May 2001. Another two Directors, Rupert Younger and James Murgatroyd, will share another £14 million between them from the sale.
Roland Rudd is the son of a Stockbroker. He was President of the Union at Oxford University and a former journalist with the Independent, Sunday Correspondent and the Financial Times. He is a friend of Peter Mandleson, spending time during the 2001 election campaign to help him at his Hartlepool constituency. Rupert Younger is the nephew of Viscount George Younger (Chairman of the Bank of Scotland). James Murgatroyd is a former banker with Dean Witter.
Clients
==Euro 300 / FTSE 100==
- Autostrada SpA
- Banca Intesa Spa
- Boots plc
- BPB plc
- British Land Company plc
- British Sky Broadcasting plc
- Cable & Wireless plc
- Centrica plc
- CRH plc
- Daily Mail and General Trust plc
- Edison SpA
- Enel SpA
- Eni SpA
- Friends Provident Plc
- GUS plc
- International Power plc
- J Sainsbury plc
- Lloyds TSB Group plc
- Man Group plc
- Northern Rock plc
- Reed Elsevier plc
- Royal & SunAlliance plc
- Royal Dutch Shell plc
- Standard Chartered plc
- Terna SpA
- Vodafone Group Plc
- WPP
- Yell PLC
FTSE 250
- Bradford & Bingley plc
- Filtrona plc
- GCap Media PLC
- Great Portland Estates plc
- Henderson Group plc
- Inmarsat plc
- Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc
- John Laing plc
- Kazakhmys PLC
- Kesa Electricals plc
- London Stock Exchange plc
- Mitchells & Butlers plc
- Morgan Crucible plc
- Northumbrian Water Group plc
- Pendragon Plc
- Pennon Group plc
- Persimmon plc
- Pilkington plc
- SIG plc
- Tomkins plc
- Trinity Mirror plc
- Vedanta Resources plc
- [[ Virgin Mobile Holdings (UK) ]]
Others
- Barclays Capital
- Basic Element
- Beazley Group plc
- BNFL
- C&C Group
- Coral Eurobet
- Electra Partners Europe
- Equitable Life
- Europa Capital
- General Electric Co
- Genesis Investment Managers
- GLG Partners
- Huveaux PLC
- KKR
- Landsbanki
- Ofgem
- Paypoint plc
- Permira
- Premiere
- RDF Media Company plc
- Roland Berger
- RTL Group
- Senior plc
- Travelodge
Selected Transactions
- Boots/Alliance Unichem
- Boots/BHI
- BPB/St Gobain
- British Land/Pillar
- Bunzl/Filtrona
- C&W/Energis
- Capital Radio/GWR Group
- Cendant Demerger
- Fortune Brands/Pernod Ricard/Allied Domecq
- Inmarsat IPO
- Kazakhmys IPO
- LSE Defence
- Manchester United/Glazier
- Permira/KKR/SBS
- Pilkington/NSG
- Somerfield/Violet
- Telenet IPO
- Terna
- VNU/IMS
- Vodafone/Bharti Tele-Venture
- Vodafone/Sverige
