Laura's Management Company

[Martin]

Laura's management company has changed its name, yet again! For those that have followed this aspect of Laura's career, the company started off as Bedlam then became Eccentric and is now known as Rainbow City.

However, Kathryn Nash is still Laura's manager and Steve Abbott is still the company MD.

Not many people know that!!

Martin

[Martin]

Another update! Laura left Rainbow City in 2013 to become solely managed by Kathryn Nash's new company Nash Artist Management. You may well have met Kathryn at the Union Chapel concert.

However, for whatever reason, Laura is no longer managed by Kathryn and is now managed by Elton John's company Rocket Music. This at the face of it can't be a bad move for Laura as this company also manages artists such as Ed Sheeran and Sophie Ellis-Bextor (as well as Elton).

Martin

[Michael]

Martin

I'm surprised no one else has replied on this news. I left it a while and finally decided today to make my comment.

In my mind Laura is a musician first and a sport personality second so it would be better if Rocket listed her on their music website instead or as well as on their sports website. Hopefully the facilities they can offer will mean a continuation of the innovative music making that we've already seen and heard on Laura's "Sound of Strength" album.

Also Kathryn Nash worked with Laura as her manager for a very long time and clearly put a lot into that partnership. Out with the old and in with the new - but recognition of past service where it's due.

Michael

[Martin]

Hi Michael
I entirely agree and I must admit it is most strange that Laura is listed on the sports site rather than the music site.

To clarify for other forum members, Elton has two websites under the umbrella site rocketentertainment.com. They are rocketmusic.com and rocketsportsmanagement.com (the latter being where Laura is listed alongside Laura Trott amongst others!)

Laura must have agreed to this arrangement and even though we know that she puts a lot of emphasis on the sporting aspects of her career I do believe that many fans will be confused.

Maybe we will learn why one day and, perhaps, it was this emphasis on sporting prowess rather than music that led Laura and Kathryn to go different ways. 

Martin

[Graham]

Have only just seen this news, thanks for posting it Martin.

Is it official that Laura is no longer managed by Kathryn Nash? (if so ignore the rest of this post lol!)

I was wondering if it's possible Laura is still managed on the music side by Kathryn and on the 'sporty' side by Rocket? It could perhaps explain why she is only listed on Rocket's sport site and not their music site.

Have you also noticed that there are contact details for both Kathryn and Rocket on Laura's site...?

Food for thought..! :-)

Graham

[Michael]

Hi Graham,

Laura's website is well out of date except for her many tweets eg no mention of the G4 concerts. It's remiss that Kathryn is still listed there because it's certain that Rocket are Laura's sole management at this time.

Michael

[Graham]

Hi Michael,

Fair enough but I do hope Rocket are prepared to promote her singing side as well as her sporty one!
Agree about her website, pointless having it if it isn't kept up to date.

Graham

[Martin]

Mar 16, 2016 9:35:09 GMT Graham said:

Have only just seen this news, thanks for posting it Martin.

Is it official that Laura is no longer managed by Kathryn Nash? (if so ignore the rest of this post lol!)

I was wondering if it's possible Laura is still managed on the music side by Kathryn and on the 'sporty' side by Rocket? It could perhaps explain why she is only listed on Rocket's sport site and not their music site.

Have you also noticed that there are contact details for both Kathryn and Rocket on Laura's site...?

Food for thought..! :-)

Graham

Hi Graham
I can confirm that Kathryn has no further professional association with Laura. They are/were good friends so it is a great pity.
Martin

[Michael]

Hi all,

Confused - Laura's twitter account says she's contactable through [e-mail] - but Kirsty is/was Rocket Entertainment. Also Laura no longer appears on www.rocketentertainment.com webpages. Crackle Talent is a valid company but no website yet answers to that name, I'm guessing it's only used for email forwarding at the moment.

Michael

[Martin]

Crackle Talent Limited is a UK limited company whose director is Kirsty Harris. It has a registered office in Teddington, Middlesex and appears to be just a dormant company for trading purposes. Exactly what the relationship is with Laua is unknown at present but hopefully it will become more clear as time progresses.

Martin

[Martin]

I wonder if this is Kirsty Harris from Crackle Talent:

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[Michael]

The trail to Kirsty's identity was well established when Crackletalent became more active after the departure from Rocket which was probably a very good move. Her twitter feeds and Laura's posts etc over the last month show it all.

I'm looking forward now to seeing some managerial support towards the next album(s) and although Laura is doing increasingly well with major events I hope we get to see her at more live (ie really live) concerts.

[Martin]

I'm glad I chose a generic name for this thread as Laura has changed her management company yet again!

She seems to have left Rocket Music and is now signed to performer personal management company Cole Kitchenn which has a very large and impressive customer list. Further details are given at colekitchenn.com

I'm not sure exactly what their role will be and, indeed, if Hannah Saunders will still be her pr agent (but I doubt it). There is also a Vicky Gosling (Invictus) who is/has been Laura's manager and mentor!

Hope that's clear. 

Martin

*Cole Kitchenn is part of the Roar Global group*