Charlotte Street Partners Limited[1] is a strategic communications consultancy, based in Edinburgh, that launched in January 2014.[2] The consultancy provides advice to businesses, organisations and individuals.[3]
The founding partners were Andrew Wilson, a former MSP and previously the head of group communications at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)[4] and Malcolm Robertson, former BAA communications director.[5] The founders had been identified as the top faces to look out for in 2014,[4] and the formation of the consultancy described as “the biggest PR launch in Scotland for some time”.[4]
Chris Deerin, former political editor of the Daily Record and head of comment for The Daily Telegraph;[6] and Sharon Nimmo, formerly a business journalist with Scotland on Sunday were also partners but have since left.[5] Kevin Pringle joined as a partner in 2015, having previously been the strategic communications director for the Scottish National Party (SNP).[7] In January 2015, the firm announced they had hired David Gaffney from RBS as an associate partner in its Edinburgh office.[8] A further associate partner joined, Robert Ballantyne, who had formerly been deputy chairman at financial PR agency Cardew Group.[9]
In December 2015, the firm announced that Jo Nove, would become an associate partner.[10] Five months later Nove was made a partner and was given responsibility for healthcare.[11]
The board of Directors of the consultancy include Roland Rudd and James Murgatroyd, founder/chairman and Managing Partner respectively of Finsbury strategic consultancy, and MT Rainey, a creative industries leader and entrepreneur.[12][13]
Their client list includes FirstGroup, the Scottish multinational transport company.[14]
In late 2014, collaboration with Frame Creative, an advertising and digital agency, led to the launch of a new consumer PR business, Frame Creative PR.[15]
