Portland Communications Ltd is a political consultancy and PR agency set up in 2001 by Tim Allan

Tim Allan

Tim Allan is a public relations consultant and was an advisor to Tony Blair from 1992 to 1998. He is the founder and managing director of Portland Communications in London, England...

 , a former senior advisor to Tony Blair

Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

  and Director of Communications at BSkyB. The company has grown from four staff to over 70, with offices in London, Nairobi and New York.

Portland provides communications, public affairs, international and digital advice and support to top brands as well as high-profile individuals.

Staff

The Portland team is recruited from the highest levels of the UK, US and global media, alongside a top-tier team of political insiders, including a number of staffers from Downing Street and the Hill. Current Portland partners include former political editor of The Sun, George Pascoe-Watson

George Pascoe-Watson

George Pascoe-Watson is a British journalist. He was political editor of the Sun newspaper, succeeding Trevor Kavanagh in January 2006. He now works for the Portland Communications agency founded by Tony Blair's former spin doctor Tim Allan in 2001.-Early life:Pascoe-Watson was born in Edinburgh...

  and Mark Flanagan

Mark Flanagan

Mark Flanagan may refer to:* Mark Flanagan , Welsh television actor* Mark Flanagan, the Queen's chef of the Royal Kitchens* Mark Flanagan , British blues guitarist* Mark Flanagan , English rugby league player...