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 Bexleyheath, South East London. He became interested in politics through his father, who was a printer in Fleet Street and joined the ...
, Ben Lucas, and
Jonathan Mendelsohn. It had 20 employees and 40 clients. In July 1998, LLM was reported to have saved
Tesco
Tesco plc () is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in the United Kingdom at its head offices in Welwyn Garden City, England. The company was founded by Jack Cohen (businessman), Sir Jack Cohen in ...
£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
PartyGaming plc was a network of gambling sites operated by Ruth Parasol in the Caribbean. Founded in 1997, the network eventually operated under an umbrella company called iGlobalMedia, which then changed its name to PartyGaming. PartyGaming's fl ...
.
Party Gaming communicator now Labour Party Fundraiser
References
External links
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
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