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| − | '''Tim Allan''' is a public relations consultant and is a former [[Special Adviser]] to [[Tony Blair]] from 1992 to | + | '''Tim Allan''' is a public relations consultant and is a former [[Special Adviser]] to [[Tony Blair]] from 1992 to 2001.<ref>[http://www.prweek.com/article/905737/profile-tim-allan-md-portland "Profile: Tim Allan, MD, Portland"]</ref> |
He is the founder and managing director of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Communications Portland Communications] in London, England. In April 2012 it was reported that Allan was set to sell a majority stake in Portland to US marketing services company Omnicom for £20 million.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sweney|first=Mark|title=Tim Allan to sell majority stake in Portland to Omnicom in £20m deal|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/12/tim-allan-portland-stake|accessdate=20 June 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=12 April 2012}}</ref> | He is the founder and managing director of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Communications Portland Communications] in London, England. In April 2012 it was reported that Allan was set to sell a majority stake in Portland to US marketing services company Omnicom for £20 million.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sweney|first=Mark|title=Tim Allan to sell majority stake in Portland to Omnicom in £20m deal|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/12/tim-allan-portland-stake|accessdate=20 June 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=12 April 2012}}</ref> | ||
==Blair's SPAD== | ==Blair's SPAD== | ||
| − | Tim Allan's [[SPAD]] roles were researcher for [[Tony Blair]] when he was [[Shadow Home Secretary]], deputy press secretary to [[Tony Blair]], when [[leader of the Labour Party]] and, from 1997, he was [[Alastair Campbell]]'s deputy director of communications at 10 Downing Street. | + | Tim Allan's [[SPAD]] roles were researcher for [[Tony Blair]] when he was [[Shadow Home Secretary]], deputy press secretary to [[Tony Blair]], when [[leader of the Labour Party]] and, from 1997, he was [[Alastair Campbell]]'s deputy director of communications at 10 Downing Street.<ref>{{cite web|last=Allan |first=Tim |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/03/ed-miliband-tim-allan-labour |title=An open letter to Ed Miliband: 'If you bury the lessons of New Labour you will bury the party' |publisher=The Observer |date=2 October 2010 |accessdate=11 January 2012}}</ref> |
==Cameron's successor== | ==Cameron's successor== | ||
| − | Between leaving work within politics | + | Between leaving work within politics and setting up his own PR consultancy, Tim Allan followed in [[David Cameron]]'s footsteps as Director of Public Relations at [[Carlton Television|Carlton Communications]]. Interviewed by ''[[The Guardian]]'', Allan said Cameron "had a difficult brief. Working for [[Michael P. Green|Michael Green]] was challenging. It was a difficult business situation because the arrival of digital TV was big news and [[BSkyB|Sky]] was seen to be winning the battle quite quickly." ITV Digital's spectacular failure in May 2002, a year after Cameron was elected to the safe Conservative seat of Witney in Oxfordshire, would help to usher Green into early retirement.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/feb/20/david-cameron-the-pr-years "Cameron – the PR years"]</ref> |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 14:16, 31 May 2016
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Tim Allan is a public relations consultant and is a former Special Adviser to Tony Blair from 1992 to 2001.[1]
He is the founder and managing director of Portland Communications in London, England. In April 2012 it was reported that Allan was set to sell a majority stake in Portland to US marketing services company Omnicom for £20 million.[2]
Blair's SPAD
Tim Allan's SPAD roles were researcher for Tony Blair when he was Shadow Home Secretary, deputy press secretary to Tony Blair, when leader of the Labour Party and, from 1997, he was Alastair Campbell's deputy director of communications at 10 Downing Street.[3]
Cameron's successor
Between leaving work within politics and setting up his own PR consultancy, Tim Allan followed in David Cameron's footsteps as Director of Public Relations at Carlton Communications. Interviewed by The Guardian, Allan said Cameron "had a difficult brief. Working for Michael Green was challenging. It was a difficult business situation because the arrival of digital TV was big news and Sky was seen to be winning the battle quite quickly." ITV Digital's spectacular failure in May 2002, a year after Cameron was elected to the safe Conservative seat of Witney in Oxfordshire, would help to usher Green into early retirement.[4]
External links
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References
- ↑ "Profile: Tim Allan, MD, Portland"
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{{URL|example.com|optional display text}} - ↑ Allan, Tim (2 October 2010). "An open letter to Ed Miliband: 'If you bury the lessons of New Labour you will bury the party'". The Observer. Retrieved 11 January 2012.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "Cameron – the PR years"
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