Danny Rogers: An intriguing future awaits Bell Pottinger
With Lord Bell's buyout of Bell Pottinger from Chime now looking likely to take place next month, we are looking at the imminent break-up of Britain's biggest PR agency.
With Lord Bell's buyout of Bell Pottinger from Chime now looking likely to take place next month, we are looking at the imminent break-up of Britain's biggest PR agency.

Although billed 'unauthorised', Tom Bower's intriguing book on Simon Cowell took on the full mantle of authority.
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It is easy to deliver effective comms around issues over which you have control. But the big challenge facing governments is how to manage comms around events that are unpredictable and beyond their control.
Perhaps companies do reap what they sow.
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The PR profession and public ethics have always been bedfellows; their relationship often uneasy.
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It was obvious at the time that Stephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, was unprepared for the storm that broke over his pay at the time of the bank's results and that led, after a few days, to his having to turn down a £1m bonus.
We are obsessed with growth in the business world.
Last week, the Leveson Inquiry turned to the relationship between politics and the media as Rupert Murdoch gave evidence.


