Luther Pendragon

Luther Pendragon

Industry	Communications
Founded	1992
Headquarters	48 Gracechurch St, London EC3V 0EJ
Number of locations	London, Brussels, USA
Key people	Simon Whale (Managing Director)
Services	Public relations
Website	www.luther.co.uk

Luther Pendragon is a London-based public relations and communications agency.

Founded in 1992 by media journalist George Pitcher and television journalist Charles Stewart-Smith, and so named due to Pitcher's interest in Arthurian legends, the firm grew through the 1990s off the back of major and often controversial clients such as British Gas, Kimberly Clark, Holocaust Memorial Day and the Hinduja family. Luther Pendragon lays claim to having developed the professional practice of issues management, but this is disputed in the PR industry.

In 2004 ex-Civil Servant Mike Granatt then joined the consultancy. His clients included the Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin, a position from which he resigned in February 2008 saying he had been misled over a scandal involving the Speaker's expenses. One of his clients in 2007 was the BBC Trust.

In 2005, the firm was subject to a management buy-out, said to be worth £11 million by the trade magazine PR Week. Current clients include Reuben Brothers.

Luther Pendragon also handles all media inquiries for London and Winchester dioceses of the Church of England.