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'''Bell Pottinger''' is a British multinational public relations and marketing company, co-founded in 1989 by [[Tim Bell]], who advised [[Margaret Thatcher]] on media matters when she was [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|UK Prime Minister]], and [[Piers Pottinger]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Black|first=Alex|title=THE POWER BOOK: Britain's most powerful|url=http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/646479/POWER-BOOK-Britains-powerful/|newspaper=PR Week UK|date=28 March 2007}}</ref> With headquarters in London, Bell Pottinger is the largest UK-based public relations consultancy measured by 2010 fee income<ref>{{cite web|url=http://toppragencies.prweek.co.uk/Top150-leaguetable.aspx|title=Top 150 PR consultancies|accessdate=11 December 2011|publisher=PR Week}}</ref> and is described as having "the most controversial client list" in the PR industry.<ref>Pace, Richard, ''[http://everything-pr.com/bell-pottinger/68863/ "Bell Pottinger Wins: Bail Extended for Atlaf Hussain’s Money Laundering Charges"]'', ''Everything PR'', 7 October 2015. Retrieved: 9 October 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Newman|first=Melanie|last2=Wright|first2=Oliver |title=Caught on camera: top lobbyists boasting how they influence the PM ''Special undercover investigation: Executives from Bell Pottinger reveal 'dark arts' they use to burnish reputations of countries accused of human rights violations''|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/caught-on-camera-top-lobbyists-boasting-how-they-influence-the-pm-6272760.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=6 December 2011}}</ref>
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'''Bell Pottinger''' is a British multinational public relations and marketing company, co-founded in 1989 by [[Tim Bell]], who advised [[Margaret Thatcher]] on media matters when she was [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|UK Prime Minister]], and [[Piers Pottinger]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Black|first=Alex|title=THE POWER BOOK: Britain's most powerful|url=http://www.prweek.com/news/rss/646479/POWER-BOOK-Britains-powerful/|newspaper=PR Week UK|date=28 March 2007}}</ref> With headquarters in London, Bell Pottinger is the largest [[UK]]-based [[public relations]] consultancy measured by 2010 fee income<ref>{{cite web|url=http://toppragencies.prweek.co.uk/Top150-leaguetable.aspx|title=Top 150 PR consultancies|accessdate=11 December 2011|publisher=PR Week}}</ref> and is described as having "the most controversial client list" in the PR industry.<ref>Pace, Richard, ''[http://everything-pr.com/bell-pottinger/68863/ "Bell Pottinger Wins: Bail Extended for Atlaf Hussain’s Money Laundering Charges"]'', ''Everything PR'', 7 October 2015. Retrieved: 9 October 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Newman|first=Melanie|last2=Wright|first2=Oliver |title=Caught on camera: top lobbyists boasting how they influence the PM ''Special undercover investigation: Executives from Bell Pottinger reveal 'dark arts' they use to burnish reputations of countries accused of human rights violations''|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/caught-on-camera-top-lobbyists-boasting-how-they-influence-the-pm-6272760.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=6 December 2011}}</ref>
  
 
In 2010 Pelham Public Relations, a financial public relations business, merged with Bell Pottinger Corporate and Financial.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Chime Communications PLC ("Chime" or the "Company") A Vendor Placing and Cash Placing to Facilitate the Merger of Bell Pottinger |url=http://chimeplc.com/announcements/chime-pelham-and-tree-acquisitions |location=London |publisher=Chime PLC |agency= |date=15 January 2010 |accessdate=2015-01-15}}</ref> In December 2011, Bell Pottinger came under public scrutiny after managers were secretly recorded talking to fake representatives of the [[Uzbekistan]] government<ref>{{cite news|last=Morris|first=Nigel|last2=Sherwin|first2=Adam |title=Reaction: Lobbying company faces investigation by its own industry |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reaction-lobbying-company-faces-investigation-by-its-own-industry-6273823.html |newspaper=The Independent|date=8 December 2011}}</ref> and violating [[Wikipedia]] rules by removing negative information and replacing it with positive spin.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pegg|first=David|last2=Wright|first2=Oliver |title=Wikipedia founder attacks Bell Pottinger for 'ethical blindness'|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/wikipedia-founder-attacks-bell-pottinger-for-ethical-blindness-6273836.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=8 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pegg|first=David|last2=Newman|first2=Melanie|title=Bell Pottinger targeted environmental campaigner on Wikipedia|url=http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/12/08/bell-pottinger-targeted-environmental-campaigners-website/|newspaper=The Bureau of Investigative Journalism|date=8 December 2011}}</ref>
 
In 2010 Pelham Public Relations, a financial public relations business, merged with Bell Pottinger Corporate and Financial.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Chime Communications PLC ("Chime" or the "Company") A Vendor Placing and Cash Placing to Facilitate the Merger of Bell Pottinger |url=http://chimeplc.com/announcements/chime-pelham-and-tree-acquisitions |location=London |publisher=Chime PLC |agency= |date=15 January 2010 |accessdate=2015-01-15}}</ref> In December 2011, Bell Pottinger came under public scrutiny after managers were secretly recorded talking to fake representatives of the [[Uzbekistan]] government<ref>{{cite news|last=Morris|first=Nigel|last2=Sherwin|first2=Adam |title=Reaction: Lobbying company faces investigation by its own industry |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reaction-lobbying-company-faces-investigation-by-its-own-industry-6273823.html |newspaper=The Independent|date=8 December 2011}}</ref> and violating [[Wikipedia]] rules by removing negative information and replacing it with positive spin.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pegg|first=David|last2=Wright|first2=Oliver |title=Wikipedia founder attacks Bell Pottinger for 'ethical blindness'|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/wikipedia-founder-attacks-bell-pottinger-for-ethical-blindness-6273836.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=8 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pegg|first=David|last2=Newman|first2=Melanie|title=Bell Pottinger targeted environmental campaigner on Wikipedia|url=http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/12/08/bell-pottinger-targeted-environmental-campaigners-website/|newspaper=The Bureau of Investigative Journalism|date=8 December 2011}}</ref>

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Bell Pottinger is a British multinational public relations and marketing company, co-founded in 1989 by Tim Bell, who advised Margaret Thatcher on media matters when she was UK Prime Minister, and Piers Pottinger.[1] With headquarters in London, Bell Pottinger is the largest UK-based public relations consultancy measured by 2010 fee income[2] and is described as having "the most controversial client list" in the PR industry.[3][4]

In 2010 Pelham Public Relations, a financial public relations business, merged with Bell Pottinger Corporate and Financial.[5] In December 2011, Bell Pottinger came under public scrutiny after managers were secretly recorded talking to fake representatives of the Uzbekistan government[6] and violating Wikipedia rules by removing negative information and replacing it with positive spin.[7][8]

In June 2012, Lord Bell of Belgravia and Bell Pottinger CEO James Henderson completed a £19.6m management buyout from Chime Communications, whose deputy chairman Piers Pottinger moved to the new company BPP Communications (BPPC). Chime retained a 25% stake and a seat on the board of BPPC, which comprises Bell Pottinger Public Relations, Pelham Bell Pottinger, Bell Pottinger Public Affairs, Bell Pottinger Sans Frontieres and Bell Pottinger Middle East.[9]

In June 2014, BPPC acquired Centreground Political Communications, founded by Tony Blair's former Special Adviser Darren Murphy, and launched a new service aimed at the luxury sector in September that year.[10][11]

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  5. ↑ Chime PLC. "Chime Communications PLC ("Chime" or the "Company") A Vendor Placing and Cash Placing to Facilitate the Merger of Bell Pottinger". Press release. http://chimeplc.com/announcements/chime-pelham-and-tree-acquisitions. Retrieved 2015-01-15. 
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