The CLA already has a PA head in Richard Jarman, while Pendlington has hardly been at CLA long enough to think of moving on. 'We have known each other for ages. This is a general catch-up,' he insisted. But people will talk.
DIARY: Meeting of old friends may get people talking
What were Mark Pendlington, former MD of lobbyist PPS, now CEO of the Country Landowners Association, and Steve Atack, recruitment consultant and publisher of Public Affairs Newsletter, chatting about over coffee at The Lanesborough last week?