Bell Pottinger Good Relations
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Bell Pottinger Good Relations is a subsidiary of Chime Communications.
Contents
People
- Richard Moss, managing director
- Annie Fossey, chairman
- Mark Schmid, client services director
- Robert Anderson, director, digital, social media and innovation
- Kelly Blaney, director, health and wellbeing
- Neil Bayley, director, corporate
- Zoe Ensor, director, regional
- Oliver Dove, executive creative director[1]
PRCA Register
September 2014-November 2014
Ruth Barker | Neil Bayley | Jackie Brock-Doyle | James Hawkins | James Goodwill | Simon Jones[2]
Former staff
- David Hill, director. Former Labour Party Director of Communications from 1991-97, joined Good Relations shortly after the 1997 election. Hill returned to the Labour Party HQ at Millbank on loan from Good Relations, as a senior Press Spokesman for the 2001 election campaign. Between 1985 and 1993 Good Relations was headed by Peter Bradley, who became a Labour MP in the 1997 elections. Is now a a non-executive director at Champollion[3]
- Burhan Al-Gailani, account director (2008-2012). Is now an account director at Brands2Life and vice chair of PRCA[4]
- Darren Young, director, corporate affairs and healthcare (2005-2013). Is now practice director, corporate and public affairs at Ketchum [5]
- Giles Bancroft, account director (2010-2013). Former press officer for the Conservative Party. Is now a special adviser to the the Department of Transport[6]
- Laura Tattam
- Vienn Chan, account executive (2009-2012). Is now press officer at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants [7]
Clients
Registrar of consultant lobbyists
The register of consultant lobbyists documents the clients on behalf of whom Good Relations has lobbied government ministers, and the firms filings since 2015 are as follows:
January - March 2016
Berkeley Group | Lontra Ltd | Southeastern | St Edward | Subway International B.V | The Bel Groupe | The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) | Weetabix | World Horse Welfare [8]
October - December 2015
Berkeley Group | Lontra | Southeastern | St Edward | Subway B.V | The Bel Groupe | The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants | Weetabix | World Horse Welfare[9]
July - September 2015
Berkely Group | Lontra Ltd | Southeastern | St Edward | Subway BV | The Bel Groupe | The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants | World Horse Welfare
April - June 2015
Bel Group | Berkeley Group | Chartered Institute of Management Accountants | Lontra | Southeastern | St Edward | Subway BV
January - March 2015
PRCA lobbying register
December 2015-February 2016
Bel Group | CIMA | CMI | Lontra Redrow | Southeastern | St Edwards | Subway | Weetabix | World Horse Welfare [10]
APPC lobbying register
September 2014-November 2014
Internet Matters | Lontra | Subway WSG | Weetabix[2]
November 2011
Airbus | Astrium | Cassidian | EADS | Eurocopter | QinetiQ | TalkTalk[11]
Good Relations clients include(d): Corus | Monsanto, the GM food company | Nestle | Nirex | Tesco
Nuclear Spinners
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From 2003-05, Good Relations was paid £375,000 by Nirex (the government-controlled agency that oversaw storage of radioactive waste) to provide "professional consultancy and support in the area of media relations and corporate communications".[12]
Contact
Good Relations, Holborn Gate, 26 Southampton Buildings, London WC2A. Website: http://www.goodrelations.co.uk
Resources
Notes
- ↑ People Good Relations, accessed 27 January 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Agency Register September to November 2014 PRCA, accessed 27 January 2015
- ↑ David Singleton Agency post for Blair’s media man Public Affairs News, 4 December 2014, accessed 27 January 2015
- ↑ Burhan Al-Gailani Linkedin, accessed 27 January 2015
- ↑ Darren Young Linkedin, accessed 27 January 2015
- ↑ Giles Bancroft Linkedin, accessed 27 January 2015
- ↑ Vienn Chan Linkedin, accessed 27 January 2015
- ↑ Bell Pottinger Good Relations profile 2016, Registrar of consultant lobbyists, accessed 3 May 2016
- ↑ Bell Pottinger Good Relations profile 2015, Registrar of consultant lobbyists, accessed 8 February 2015
- ↑ Good Relations client list, Dec15-Feb16, PRCA, accessed 4 May 2016
- ↑ PRCA register, to Nov 2011
- ↑ D. Wild (2005) Freedom of Information Request, Letter to Jean McSorley, Senior Advisor to Greenpeace UK, 15 July