Published Stories

Teachers' jolly

 Daily Mail newspaper- November 2009

A whistlblower exposed how a hard-up council was spending £28,000 for teachers to have training at an exclusive country hotel.

Our whistleblower secured photos, remained anonymous and was well paid.

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Halifax Bank agency closures

Mail on Sunday- September 2009

A whistleblower contacted us who was upset at Halifax Bank's proposed agency closures.

We sold the whistleblower's story to the Mail on Sunday who ran it on the front page and the bank has since reviewed the process.

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Foster carer

 Daily Mail- July 2009

This horrifying story reveals for the first time how a 17-year-old  placed in care nearly killled a baby after the foster mum was not made aware of the teenager's disturbed history.


The whistleblower approached our publicist Jonathan Hartley  who wanted to expose what had happened.

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Army bullying

News of the World- January 2009 

Jonathan and Mark were contacted by the family of soldier Anthony Curtis who had suffered horrific racially-motiviated bullying.

The story appeared as a double page spread in the News of the World newspaper. We helped find Anthony legal representation.

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An experienced journalist and well-regarded publicist have combined forces to bring you whistleblower.co.uk.

Together they offer a confidential service aimed at righting wrongs, correcting injustices and getting you the best price for your story.

Mark Houldey has worked as a journalist since 1981, regularly breaking national newspaper front page stories.

Since setting up as a publicist Jonathan Hartley has brokered some of the biggest stories to hit the media in the past few years.

The journalistic principle of 'protecting their sources' is at the core of their business.

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