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Association of Professional Political Consultants Register for 1st September 2014 - 30th November 2014 Access Partnership Address(es) in the UK Contact Details Broadway Studios Gregory Francis 20 Hammersmith Broadway 020 8600 0630 London www.accesspartnership.com W6 7AF Countries of Operation BELGIUM UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED STATES Staff (employed and sub-contracted) conducting PA activities this quarter * consultant holds a Parliamentary pass Matthew Allison Matthew McDermott Laura Sallstrom Fee-Paying clients for whom UK PA consultancy services provided this quarter Government of Bermuda Salesforce.com Advocate Address(es) in the UK Contact Details Kings House 10 Haymarket Jamie Holyer London 0203 021 1623 SW1Y 4BP Staff (employed and sub-contracted) conducting PA activities this quarter * consultant holds a Parliamentary pass Jamie Holyer Douglas Jefferson Edward Keyser Vashti McDonald-Clink Dr Sandra Nestler-Parr Julie Yvin Fee-Paying clients for whom UK PA consultancy services provided this quarter Aegerion aHUS Action - Campaign group supported by Alexion Pharmaceuticals Alpha-1 Alliance - Campaign group supported by Alpha-1 UK Bayer Pharma Support Group, Alpha-1 Awareness UK, Alpha-1 Advocacy & CSL Behring Action PNH-Alliance - Campaign group supported by Alexion Pharmaceuticals Transplant 2013 - Campaign group supported by The Renal Vertex Pharmaceuticals Association, PKD Charity, Hepatitis C Trust, The Donor Family Network, Live Life then Give Life, The Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Childrens Liver Disease Foundation, The British Kidney Patient Association, Alexion, Astellas, British Liver Trust, British Society for Immunology, The British Transplantation Society, Novartis Pro-Bono Clients for whom consultancy and/or monitoring services have been provided this quarter Rare Disease UK Airport Operators Association Address(es) in the UK Contact Details 3 Birdcage Walk Darren Caplan London 02077993171 SW1H 9JJ Staff (employed and sub-contracted) conducting PA activities this quarter * consultant holds a Parliamentary pass Tim Alderslade Ed Anderson Michael Burrell Darren Caplan John Haney Rebecca Roberts-Hughes APCO Worldwide Address(es) in the UK Contact Details 90 Long Acre Alexandra Bigland London 020 7526 3654 WC2E 9RA www.apcoworldwide.com Countries of Operation BELGIUM CHINA FRANCE GERMANY HONG KONG INDIA INDONESIA ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN MALAYSIA POLAND POLAND QATAR RUSSIAN FEDERATION SINGAPORE THAILAND TURKEY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED STATES VIET NAM Staff (employed and sub-contracted) conducting PA activities this quarter * consultant holds a Parliamentary pass James Acheson-Gray Graham Ackerman Morgane Becouran Alexandra Bigland Edward Bird Lidia Borisova Matthew Bostrom William Browne Michael Burrell Magdalen Bush Donna Castle David Clark Douwe Cosijn Sara Cruz Victoria Ergolavou Thomas Eymond-Laritaz David Fanthorpe Keir Ferguson Chris Genasi Jochem Gerritsen Roger Hayes Bridget Heath Mitch Henderson Kristin Heume Charlotte Higgo Jolyon Kimble Alexander Kolawole Rasika Krishna-Schmid Janki Lalji Maria Lavrova Daniella Lebor Chris Levy Stephanie Lvovich Elise Martin-Davies Danielle McGuigan Douglas Miller Emma Putt Dawn Robinson Jenny Runnacles Martin Sawer Andrew Sikorski Brad Staples Laure Stein Jessica Sullivan William Wallace Edward Walsh Joe Whitwell Fee-Paying clients for whom UK PA consultancy services provided this quarter Anheuser-Busch InBev Blue Fish Association British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Butler Snow PLLC Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Children's Investment Fund Foundation Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints Dubai World Central eBay Inc Education Testing Services GE Healthcare GML Limited Intuit Mars Inc. Mead Johnson Nutrition Microsoft MOL Naftogaz Reckitt Benckiser Rimal Investment Projects LLC Scotts Company Ltd Sodexo Tetra Pak Fee-Paying clients for whom UK monitoring services provided this quarter BlackBerry DEK International Invensys Pro-Bono Clients for whom consultancy and/or monitoring services have been provided this quarter International Health B2L Public Affairs Address(es) in the UK Contact Details 111 Buckingham Palace Road Burhan Al-Gailani London 02075921200 SW1W 0SR www.brands2life.com Countries of Operation UNITED KINGDOM Staff (employed and sub-contracted) conducting PA activities this quarter * consultant holds a Parliamentary pass Burhan Al-Gailani Camilla Clarke Lyndan Linnebank Clementine Stopford Natasha Thomas Fee-Paying clients for whom UK PA consultancy services provided this quarter at800 - www.at800.tv Coinbase - https://www.coinbase.com/ EMC - http://www.emc.com Intermediary Outsourcers' Group - Ad hoc lobbying group - Capita, Xchanging, Unisys, HP, Dilligenta, HCL are all members Just Eat - http://www.just-eat.co.uk Nuance - www.nuance.com Point2Educate - http://www.point2educate.com/ Bell Pottinger LLP Address(es) in the UK Contact Details 6th Floor, Holborn Gate, Tim Collins 330 High Holborn 0203 772 2500 London www.bell-pottinger.com WC1V 7QD Countries of Operation BELGIUM Staff (employed and sub-contracted) conducting PA activities this quarter * consultant holds a Parliamentary pass Beth Armstrong Richard Arnold Kate Begg Joseph Blenkinsop Anderona Cole Tim Collins Dan Conway Olivia Gleeson Daniel Hamilton Christopher Harris Julia Ioannou Liz Lynch Jamie Lyons Adrian McMenamin Julie Minns Paul Montague-Smith Darren Murphy Claire O'Connor Hamza Omar Eugene Quinn Razi Rahman Lewis Rodger Vanessa Samuels Paul Scaping David Simon Santinan Steve Summers Hugh Taggart David Wilson Fee-Paying clients for whom UK PA consultancy services provided this quarter All Party Parliamentary Group for Justice for Equitable Life Anglia Natural Gas SRL - Oil & Gas Exploration Policy Holders - Funded by The Equitable Members Action Arun District Council - http://www.arun.gov.uk/ Group Associated British Ports - http://www.abports.co.uk/ Association of Drainage Authorities - http://www.ada.org.uk/ Bank of Ireland - http://www.bankofireland.com/ British Horseracing Authority - Brookfield Multiplex - http://www.brookfieldmultiplex.com/ http://www.britishhorseracing.com/ Canary Wharf Group - http://www.canarywharf.com/ Centrica - http://www.centrica.com/ Chronicle Partners LLP - Property Developer Derwent London - http://www.derwentlondon.com/ Direct Marketing Association - http://www.dma.org.uk/ Dukes Lodge (Guernsey) Ltd - Property Developer Elysian Residences - http://www.elysianresidences.co.uk Equitable Members Action Group - http://www.emag.org.uk/ Etihad - http://www.etihad.com/en-gb/ Fenton Whelan - http://fentonwhelan.com/ Friends Life - http://www.friendslife.com Government of Serbia - http://www.srbija.gov.rs/ Hach Lange - http://www.hach-lange.com/ Hays plc - http://www.hays.com/ HM Treasury - www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm- treasury Iglo - http://www.iglo.com/ Imperial Tobacco - http://www.imperial-tobacco.co.uk/ Lodha Group - http://www.lodhagroup.com/ London School of Business and Finance - http://www.lsbf.org.uk/ Monarch Group - tp://monarchholdingslimited.com Nuclear Industry Association - http://www.niauk.org/ Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - http://www.otpp.com/ Provident Financial - http://www.providentfinancial.com/ Qatari Diar - www.qataridiar.com Responsible Gambling Trust - http://www.responsiblegamblingtrust.org.uk/ Saab - http://www.saabgroup.com/ Scotia Gas Networks - www.sgn.co.uk TalkTalk - http://www.talktalkgroup.com/ The Unite Group - http://www.unite-group.co.uk/ TSB - http://www.tsb.co.uk/ University of Sussex - http://www.sussex.ac.uk/ Veolia - http://www.veolia.co.uk Waitrose - http://www.waitrose.com/ WaterUK - http://www.water.org.uk/ Xcite Energy - http://www.xcite-energy.com/ Bellenden Limited Address(es) in the UK Contact Details Level 4, Lafone House The Leathermarket Mark Glover 11-13 Weston Street 02072343333 London www.bellenden.co.uk SE1 3ER 16 Forth Street Edinburgh EH1 3LH Regus House Falcon Drive Cardiff Bay CF10 4RU Chancery Place 50 Brown Street Manchester M2 2JG Staff (employed and sub-contracted) conducting PA activities this quarter * consultant holds a Parliamentary pass Thomas Atkinson Rowland Barran Katharine Bramson Phil Briscoe Thomas Codrington Katherine Combes Louise Cramsie Nikki da Costa Alex Doel Roy Donson Elisa Elschner Sophie Fernandes Soniya Ganvir Joshua Gaw Mark Glover Rebecca Goshawk Natasha Graham Naomi Harris Caroline Henderson Alexander Holloway Stephen Mann Pavitar Mann Emma Megaughin William Mosseri-Marlio Kevin O'Donnell Ben O'Keeffe Charles Ogilvie Louise Page-Jennings Allan Paltzer Sam Pettit Clare Phillips Elizabeth Roberts Greg Rosen James Sachon Laura Sainsbury Billy Taylor Sarah Ward Andrew Williams Abby Yolda Fee-Paying clients for whom UK PA consultancy services provided this quarter Airvolution - www.airvolutionenergy.com All Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group - Scotts, Corporation of London, Royal Horticultural Society, Institute of Horticulture and Horticultural Trades Association Ansell Harman Enterprises Ltd. - Entrepreneur / inventor AQA - www.aqa.org.uk Aspect Construction Ltd. - http://aspectconstruction.uk.com/ Association of School and College Leaders - www.ascl.org.uk Banks Group - www.banksgroup.co.uk Barratt Developments plc - www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk Battersea Dogs Home - http://www.battersea.org.uk/ Box Inc. - www.box.com Braeburn Estates Limited - A limited partnership comprising British Land Property Management Limited - Qatari Diar and Canary Wharf Group plc www.britishland.com British Wind - Airvolution, Banks Group, Fred.Olsen Broadview - www.broadviewenergy.com/
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