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About Us

Newgate Public Relations is a fast growing international communications consultancy that specialises in capital market communications and financial media relations, corporate reputation building and public policy and regulatory consultancy.

Our task is to change the way people think about our clients by developing insight and ideas that resonate with its important constituencies and the opinion formers who influence them. Our purpose is to ensure our clients achieve their business, policy and social objectives.

Our advice is always intelligent, articulate, original and, sometimes, provocative. It is specific, measurable, achievable and relevant.

Newgate Public Relations Limited is a subsidiary of Porta Communications plc

Aims

  • To become one of the leading international public relations consultancies
  • To always deliver for our clients by investing in new skills and new thinking to set the highest standards
  • To provide superior advice and commitment to all clients of any size or market capitalisation
  • To recognise that our success is rooted in the strong and enduring relationships we build with our clients
  • To attract exceptional and motivated staff by offering them outstanding opportunities

Experience

Our senior executives have advised companies and organisations at all stages of their development from start-ups to Fortune 500s to NGOs and government departments.

We believe that our consultants should not just be exceptional communications practitioners but that they should also have an in-depth knowledge of their clients' industries and markets. We have helped develop the equity story of many different companies from high street retailers to global banks, advised on transactions and regulatory issues for food and media companies and helped professional services firms articulate their message.

Media Activity

  • "Jonathan Clare has pledged to build a major new consultancy 'very quickly' after joining forces with fellow Citigate co-founder David Wright."
    PR Week
  • "Jonathan Clare and David Wright reunite to build comms practice"
    PR Week
  • "Financial PR supremo's Jonathan Clare and David Wright are back in bed together again"
    Evening Standard

News

Newgate Public Relations Hires Senior Director

8 March 2012

Newgate Public Relations, the fast-growing international communications consultancy, has appointed Alistair Kellie as a director. Alistair joins from Citigate Dewe Rogerson where he worked for 12 years, six as a director. Over that time he advised a wide range of corporate clients, particularly financial services, professional services and support services companies, both in the UK and overseas.

Alistair said: "I have really enjoyed working with some fantastic people at CDR on a range of challenging issues but am delighted to have this opportunity to build a new consultancy with some of the most respected names in the industry. Our focus at Newgate is to change the way people think about organisations so they can achieve their business, policy and social objectives."

Jonathan Clare, executive chairman of Newgate, said: "Alistair is the latest senior hire and brings with him considerable experience in the financial and professional services sectors. Our ability to provide clients with a breadth of counsel, spanning capital market communications, corporate reputation building with business opinion-formers and public policy and regulatory consultancy from one team is attracting a lot of interest from companies and organisations as we can offer senior advice with high standards of service."

Alistair's appointment follows that of Martin Greig who joins Newgate after 11 years as a senior journalist with the BBC Today programme and Jason Nisse who joined from Fishburn Hedges, following a career in journalism and as director of media relations for Barclays plc.

Newgate Public Relations Hires Jason Nisse

2 February 2012 - more >

Newgate Public Relations Hires Senior BBC Journalist

17 January 2012 - more >

Jonathan Clare appointed executive chairman of Newgate Public Relations

28 September 2011 - more >

Careers

Newgate Public Relations wishes to recruit more experienced, motivated professionals capable of advising clients at the highest level. We are particularly interested in individuals drawn from journalism, stockbroking, investment banking, the law, accountancy, politics and similar backgrounds.

Our business is founded on integrity and we treat our people with respect.

If you want to be in at the start of an ambitious enterprise whose management prizes individuals with intellectual curiosity and an entrepreneurial spirit. then please send a brief résumé to newfuture@newgatepr.com

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Contact

Jonathan Clare, Executive Chairman

Jonathan Clare is the executive chairman of Newgate Public Relations and committed to providing frontline advice to clients. He is the former chief executive of Citigate Dewe Rogerson and deputy chairman of Citigate Holdings, he was one of the founders of Citigate in 1987. By background he is a journalist and worked for The Times, Daily Mail, Investors Chronicle, Birmingham Post and many other publications. He has advised many major companies and organisations facing PR challenges, including hostile M&A and IPO. They include Associated British Foods, Investec, a global bulge bracket bank, Morrisons, HSBC, ITV, Granada, UK Government, Premier Foods, Halfords, NPI, AA and many others.

E-mail:
jonathanc@newgatepr.com

Direct:
+44 (0) 20 7680 6550

Company Number:
07427026

Address:
36 Leadenhall Street
London
EC3A 1AT

Newgate was one of the seven gates in London Wall giving access to the City of London and dates back to Roman times