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'''Tim Allan''' is a public relations consultant and was an adviser to [[Tony Blair]] from 1992 to 1998.<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> He is the founder and managing director of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Communications Portland Communications] in London, England.<ref>{{cite web|last=Singleton |first=David |url=http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/features/specialReports/905737/Profile-Tim-Allan-MD-Portland/ |title=Profile: Tim Allan, MD, Portland |publisher=PR Week UK |date=13 May 2009 |accessdate=11 January 2012}}</ref> 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>
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'''Tim Allan''' is the founder and managing director of [[Portland Communications]] in London, England.
  
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Tim Allan's political adviser 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 deputy director of communications at 10 Downing Street.
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==Career==
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In August 2004, Allan was employed by ASDA Wal‐Mart for a fee of £50,000 including a £14,000 “succees” bonus to help the company defeat the [[GMB]] union in a ballot for union recognition at Washington (Tyne and Wear) RDC distribution depot. In January 2005, he was employed at another ASDA depot in Washington to help GMB members to give up collective bargaining. This one he lost and ASDA Wal-Mart were penalised to the tune of £850,000 at the Employment Tribunal in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in February 2006 for illegally trying to induce employees to give up union membership.<ref>''[https://www.scribd.com/document/37220673/5D3DCAA1-15AB-4CF0-B7A5-EB449C165AF2-List-of-Advisers-April-2006-Congress-Final "Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government"]''</ref>
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In April 2012, Allan was reported to be selling a majority stake in Portland to US marketing services company Omnicom for £20 million.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/12/tim-allan-portland-stake</ref>
  
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Between leaving work within politics and setting up his PR consultancy, Tim Allan followed in [[David Cameron]]'s footsteps in February 2001 as director of corporate communications at [[BSkyB]].
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In June 2016, ''[[The Canary]]'' revealed that Portland Communications had orchestrated the campaign by the Parliamentary Labour Party to remove [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as [[Leader of the Opposition]].<ref>''[http://www.thecanary.co/2016/06/28/truth-behind-labour-coup-really-began-manufactured-exclusive/ "The truth behind the Labour coup, when it really began and who manufactured it (EXCLUSIVE)"] The Canary, Steve Topple, 28 June 2016''</ref>
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==Blair's Special Adviser==
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From 1992 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 until 2001.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/03/ed-miliband-tim-allan-labour</ref>
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==Cameron's successor==
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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>
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==External links==
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* [http://www.portland-communications.com Portland Communications]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:27, 6 August 2021

Person.png Tim Allan   Powerbase TwitterRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(SPAD, PR consultant)
Tim Allan.jpg
Born1970
Alleged to have orchestrated the attempted campaign/coup against UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Employment.png Managing Director

In office
2004 - Present
EmployerPortland Communications
Preceded byYves Bertrand

Employment.png Director of Public Relations

In office
February 2001 - February 2004
EmployerCarlton Communications
Preceded byDavid Cameron

Tim Allan is the founder and managing director of Portland Communications in London, England.

Career

In August 2004, Allan was employed by ASDA Wal‐Mart for a fee of £50,000 including a £14,000 “succees” bonus to help the company defeat the GMB union in a ballot for union recognition at Washington (Tyne and Wear) RDC distribution depot. In January 2005, he was employed at another ASDA depot in Washington to help GMB members to give up collective bargaining. This one he lost and ASDA Wal-Mart were penalised to the tune of £850,000 at the Employment Tribunal in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in February 2006 for illegally trying to induce employees to give up union membership.[1]

In April 2012, Allan was reported to be selling a majority stake in Portland to US marketing services company Omnicom for £20 million.[2]

In June 2016, The Canary revealed that Portland Communications had orchestrated the campaign by the Parliamentary Labour Party to remove Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Opposition.[3]

Blair's Special Adviser

From 1992 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 until 2001.[4]

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.[5]

External links

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References

  1. ↑ "Where are they now? The 1997/1998 Special Advisers to the Labour Government"
  2. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/12/tim-allan-portland-stake
  3. ↑ "The truth behind the Labour coup, when it really began and who manufactured it (EXCLUSIVE)" The Canary, Steve Topple, 28 June 2016
  4. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/03/ed-miliband-tim-allan-labour
  5. ↑ "Cameron – the PR years"
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