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The Company and Our Investment

In November 2005, Octopus led, structured and arranged the management buy-out of Luther Pendragon, providing £2m of equity capital. Luther Pendragon is one of the UK's leading communications consultancies. It provides a fully integrated corporate public relations service specialising in issues management, which involves developing communication strategies to combat any potential risks to a client's reputation or to influence public perception to achieve a strategic goal. The company has a range of public sector and blue chip private sector clients.

The company is based in central London. It was founded in 1991 and has now grown to over 40 staff.


"The PR market has grown significantly in recent years, driven by the growing interplay between government, the media, business and pressure groups. This has placed a greater requirement on corporations and the public sector to manage their information flow and protect and promote their reputation.
Luther Pendragon meets this growing requirement by providing highly specialised, issues-led communications consultancy. We are delighted to be backing a strong and proven management team in this attractive and growing sector."

Alistair Brew, Octopus

Luther Pendragon

Key Information

SECTOR: Support Services

DATE COMPLETED: November 2005

TRANSACTION TYPE: MBO

FUNDS INVESTED: Eclipse, Eclipse 2

PORTFOLIO STATUS: Current

OCTOPUS CONTACT: Jane Vinson


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