LLM Communications was a political lobbying firm founded in 1997 by

Neal Lawson Neal Lawson (born 1963) is a British political commentator and organiser. Lawson was born in and brought up in the 1960s and '70s in Bexleyheath, South East London. He became interested in politics through his father, who was a printer in Fleet S ...

, Ben Lucas, and

Jonathan Mendelsohn Jonathan Mendelsohn may refer to: * Jonathan Mendelsohn (singer) (born 1980), American singer * Jonathan Mendelsohn, Baron Mendelsohn Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn, Baron Mendelsohn (born 30 December 1966) is a British lobbyist and Labour politica ...

. It had 20 employees and 40 clients. In July 1998, LLM was reported to have saved Tesco £40 million by persuading ministers to abandon plans for a supermarket car-park tax. Lawson left the company at the end of 2004, having become "uneasy" with what "New Labour" was doing within six months of its 1997 election, but remaining long enough to ensure that it would survive. While working for LLM, Jonathan Mendelsohn was a spokesman and lobbyist for the gambling company PartyGaming.Party Gaming communicator now Labour Party Fundraiser

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LLM Communications webpage
British companies established in 1997 Mass media companies established in 1997 Public relations companies of the United Kingdom Defunct companies based in London {{UK-company-stub