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| − | Chime is the holding company for the UK | + | Chime is the holding company for the UK's biggest Public Relations Group, it owns several research and consultant groups. In turn, Chime is part-owned by [[WPP]] |
| + | Chime consists of three divisions: | ||
| + | *Public Relations | ||
| + | *Advertising | ||
| + | *Marketing Services | ||
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| + | According to its website: | ||
| + | :Public relations companies in Chime have been shaping public opinion for decades. We help clients to announce important results and win investor confidence. We help them to shape regulatory environments and lead important public debates. And we help them to win more customers, increase sales and build brands. Increasingly, we help them to communicate better with employees and win the commitment needed to make employees brand advocates wherever they go. | ||
| + | :We also have to save companies from crisis, defend reputations, calm hostile media and prevent unwelcome takeovers. We even advise governments how to win elections and sometimes campaign to change national agendas. | ||
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| + | The Public Relations division sserve more than 600 major UK and international brands, as well as governments, government departments, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, charities, not-for-profit organisations, professional service firms and famous people. | ||
==Executive Directors== | ==Executive Directors== | ||
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*[[Mark Smith]] - Financial Director | *[[Mark Smith]] - Financial Director | ||
| − | + | ==Clients== | |
| − | + | Major clients include: | |
| − | + | *[[Vauxhall]] | |
| − | + | *[[MFI]] | |
| − | + | *[[Emirates]] | |
| − | + | *[[AEA Technology]] | |
| − | + | *[[McDonalds]] | |
| − | : | + | *[[Autoglass]] |
| − | + | *[[Vodafone]] | |
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==Subsidiaries== | ==Subsidiaries== | ||
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*[[Opinion Leader Research]] | *[[Opinion Leader Research]] | ||
*[[The Smart Company]] | *[[The Smart Company]] | ||
| + | *[[Teamspirit]] | ||
===Advertising and Marketing Services division=== | ===Advertising and Marketing Services division=== | ||
| − | *VCCP Group | + | *[[VCCP Group]] |
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*RARE DIGITAL | *RARE DIGITAL | ||
*SFW | *SFW | ||
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*RARE PUBLISHING | *RARE PUBLISHING | ||
| − | Source [http://www.chime.plc.uk/who_we_are/group_structure.asp] | + | Source <ref>[http://www.chime.plc.uk/who_we_are/group_structure.asp]</ref> |
| − | == | + | ==Contact, References and Resources== |
| + | ===Contact=== | ||
| + | ===Resources=== | ||
| + | *Jamie Doward, [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,841406,00.html Chime urged to sell off its ad business], The Observer, 17 November 2002. | ||
| − | + | ===References=== | |
| + | <references/> | ||
Revision as of 11:48, 11 January 2008
Chime is the holding company for the UK's biggest Public Relations Group, it owns several research and consultant groups. In turn, Chime is part-owned by WPP
Chime consists of three divisions:
- Public Relations
- Advertising
- Marketing Services
According to its website:
- Public relations companies in Chime have been shaping public opinion for decades. We help clients to announce important results and win investor confidence. We help them to shape regulatory environments and lead important public debates. And we help them to win more customers, increase sales and build brands. Increasingly, we help them to communicate better with employees and win the commitment needed to make employees brand advocates wherever they go.
- We also have to save companies from crisis, defend reputations, calm hostile media and prevent unwelcome takeovers. We even advise governments how to win elections and sometimes campaign to change national agendas.
The Public Relations division sserve more than 600 major UK and international brands, as well as governments, government departments, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, charities, not-for-profit organisations, professional service firms and famous people.
Contents
Executive Directors
- Lord Tim Bell - Chairman
- Piers Pottinger - Deputy Chairman
- Christopher Satterthwaite - Group Chief Executive
- Mark Smith - Financial Director
Clients
Major clients include:
Subsidiaries
Public Relations Division
- Bell Pottinger Corporate and Financial
- Bell Pottinger North
- Bell Pottinger Public Affairs
- Bell Pottinger Sans Frontieres
- Bell Pottinger Sport and Sponsorship
- Bell Pottinger USA
- QBO Bell Pottinger
- De Facto
- De Facto Medica
- Good Relations
- Good Relations Health Care
- Good Relations Wales
- Harvard Public Relations
- Harvard GmbH
- Insight
- MMK
- Ozoneozone
- Rare Corporate Design
- Resonate
- Stuart Higgins Communications[1]
- Sunesis
- Traffic Advertising
Research division
Advertising and Marketing Services division
- VCCP Group
- RARE DIGITAL
- SFW
- PURE MEDIA
- GASOLINE
Specialists
- TEAMSPIRIT
- TTA PR/Creative
- RARE PUBLISHING
Source [2]
Contact, References and Resources
Contact
Resources
- Jamie Doward, Chime urged to sell off its ad business, The Observer, 17 November 2002.
