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Gulf consulting, new Tory network

Ukraine, United Kingdom
UK Tory consultants leverage networks to raise funds for Ukraine

Consultants close to the British Conservative Party have launched a new initiative to strengthen the networking channels between London and Kyiv, thus adding fresh momentum to the UK's efforts to support Ukraine.

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Wallbrook, Ankura in with State Dept, JS Held develops crypto investigation, Alaco ditches security, Axiantis hires Egypt expert

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Washington, London and Paris.

WashingtonAnkura close to Biden administration.

WashingtonJS Held gets into crypto-investigation.

LondonAlaco closes security practice.

LondonWallbrook loses ESG director.

ParisAxiantis hires Egyptian major Middle Eastern contracts veteran.

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Nardello, Alaco, JS Held, GPW

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Washington, London and New York.

New York Nardello seeks new London bureau chief

London Adrian Stones quits Alaco

New York JS Held recruits from Kroll

London The GPW deal in numbers

Washington Ex-US Air Force investigator sets up on his own

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Ex-CIA official launches new firm, RosettiStarr, Davra Consulting, Avisa loses ethics chairman

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to Washington, San Diego, London and France.

WashingtonEx-CIA official Ameer Shalaby launches intelligence tradecraft consultancy

San DiegoRosettiStarr hires ex-hacks

LondonRAF veteran launches consulting career

FranceGourdault-Montagne steps down as chairman of Avisa Partners' ethics committee

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Bilal Sen, Audere, EuroSatory

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Cologne, London and Copenhagen.

Cologne Turkish ex-cyber police official moves into German corporate intelligence

London Audere recruits new managing director

Copenhagen C. Corner and AC Defence eye French market

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Accountants go after corporate investigators

As well as tracking down Russian clients, the UK's business intelligence community has found itself attracting interest from the world's leading accounting firms keen to develop their scope in the sector.

United Kingdom
Peter Gummer tests market for a GPW buyer

According to our sources, the corporate intelligence company GPW may be thinking of putting itself up for sale.

United Kingdom
Pioneer Michael Oatley still fighting fit with Timeoroi

At 87, Michael Oatley, one of the trailblazers to shape the London business intelligence scene as we know it today, has not gone quietly into retirement. He still seems very much an active member of Timeoroi, the consultancy he runs with oil trading veteran Steve Kelbrick as well as a number of old friends in the sector.

United Kingdom
MPs slam UK lawyers and investigators who serve oligarchs

Speaking in a House of Commons debate on what they qualify as "lawfare" waged by oligarchs in London, a group of British MPs have raised their concerns about anti-SLAPP procedures and the legal firms and a small set of private investigators involved in them.

Europe, Germany
European Gulf PR galaxy surfaces in Germany

The dubious CV claims of lobbyists operating in Germany and other parts of Europe for Gulf clients have drawn unwelcome attention to a community more used to operating behind the scenes.