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David Brain, President and CEO, Edelman Europe


A little prespective from Sweden.


Edelman had the privilege of helping the London 2012 team launch the mascots for the games yesterday.

New MPs

May 19, 2010

Watching the first sitting of new MPs in the House of Commons yesterday and the juvenile heckling of the speaker I was reminded of this clip from Blackdder. Let’s hope our elected MPs serve us better this term than last whatever party they represent.

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We’ve been in Europe longer than you might think…

May 14, 2010

We’re not that big on advertising but ocassionally we support trade journals. We usually bang on about our latest thinking and pioneer methodologies, but this time we’ve gone for some heritage and nostalgia.

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Election results good news for Public Affairs in UK

May 7, 2010

Leaders of public affairs agencies and teams across the UK must be heaving a sigh of relief at the UK election results. The great Liberal party dream of being a real electoral force in its own right, as opposed to in a power sharing pact or deal, has proven to be just that, a [...]

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Global PR League Table

April 26, 2010

Here, again, is our take on the global PR league tables for calendar year 2009. As ever, Sarbanes Oxley is cited by the networks as a reason for not providing their numbers. PR Week and I believe they could publish if they really wanted to, but that’s a dull debate now.
Our sources for [...]

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Henry V…for St George’s day

April 23, 2010
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Edelman and The Centre

March 22, 2010

Left to right: Jere Sullivan (Edelman Global Public Affairs Practice Chair), David Brain (CEO Edelman EMEA), Laurent Chokoualé Datou (Joint Managing Director, Edelman/The Centre), Martin Porter (Joint Managing Director, Edelman/The Centre), Paul Adamson (Chairman, Edelman/The Centre), Michael Burrell (Edelman EMEA Public Affairs Practice Chair).
Great day in Brussels today as we got to announce the [...]

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The state of the internet

March 12, 2010

JESS3 / The State of The Internet from JESS3 on Vimeo.
Top tip….play on mute as soundtrack is deeply annoying. Hat tip Andy Lark

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Beckham is a PR genius …

March 11, 2010

… or very well advised. Not an easy thing for lifelong City fan to say (they are a client too…I love my job). But last night’s ‘impulse’ gesture to pick up the green and gold scarf of the anti-Glazer fans was just that. Even though he is distancing himself from the ownership [...]

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