Crown produces Gordon Browns Employment Summit

Crown Business Communications, a leading communications agency, produced the Employment Summit hosted by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Crown Business Communications, a leading communications agency, produced the Employment Summit hosted by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The summit took place on 12 January and was attended by the Secretaries of State for the Department of Work and Pensions, Department for Innovations, Universities and Skills and Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. It focused on the collaboration between the government and employers to tackle the jobs impact of the downturn and the need to prepare people for the skills, challenges, and opportunities of the upturn. Crown was briefed to design the environment and produce the event – including delegate management - and they brought in Crystal Interactive to provide the interactive system. The summit took place at the Science Museum in London and was attended by over 100 people including captains of industry, union leaders and representatives from the world of education and skills. It was moderated by Sir Leigh Lewis, permanent secretary for the DWP. At the summit, the Prime Minister pledged a £500million fund to help people back into work or work training over the next two years ” I think this has really been one of the best meetings, summits, get-togethers ,of its kind I’ve attended, certainly since I came back to government and for some while. I would like to thank you and your staff who have got just about every single detail of this meeting this morning right.” Said Lord Mandelson in his closing remarks, whilst addressing Leigh Lewis Permanent Secretary for the DWP. Crown managing director Nicky Havelaar added: “An event of this calibre and short turn around time requires, on our side; experience, flexibility and understanding and on the client side clarity, confidence and trust and I am pleased that we were both able to offer each other all this and some. We call it team work.” - ENDS- For more information, please contact: Georgina Lipscomb Propeller Group T: 0870 066 4608 E: georgina.lipscomb@propellercom.com www.propellergroup.com

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About Crown Business Communications: Crown Business Communications is an inspirational experience agency. With expertise across live events, digital, film and design, Crown delivers cross media communication solutions that create truly effective audience engagement. Crown has a roster of clients that includes: Network Rail, SABMiller, Renault, the Department for Children Schools and Families, Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, the Department for Work and Pensions, Old Mutual, Credit Suisse, HSBC, JP Morgan Thames Water and Equitable Life Crown’s recent highlights include the Employment Summit hosted by Prime Minster Gordon Brown in January 2009, winning 3 national and international awards for a Domestic Violence video for the Ministry of Justice, hosting SABMiller’s Global Management Conference in Delhi, and an international campus programme for Credit Suisse Global Graduate Recruitment.