Brian Basham

Brian Basham is a controversial PR operative.

John Coyle was a PR operative who worked with Brian Basham at Broad Street PR:

Johnny was a colossus who bestrode City PR in the 1980s. He built Broad Street Associates with Brian Basham and between them brought a new meaning to the contested takeover bids of that boom era. Johnny started half-a-dozen other PR companies, married and divorced many times, made two fortunes and lost them both, was declared bankrupt and probably made as many enemies as he did friends.^[1]

Basham worked for British Airways as part of its 'dirty tricks' campaing against Virgin Atlantic. They targeted Richard Branson, who:

claimed that BA's PR consultant, Brian Basham, had been undermining him and his company's reputation in the City and the press. Mr Branson confronted BA's non-executive directors about these "sharp business practises" in an open letter. They dismissed the allegations and said he was simply seeking publicity. ^[2]

Associates

• John Coyle
• Alan Parker
• Neil Hamilton the disgraced former Tory MP

Notes

^ Coyle a tough player in corporate world, Profile Extra, CIPR web journal Publication Date : 30 June 2006 . ^ 1993: BA dirty tricks against Virgin cost £3m, BBC Online, On this day, 11 January.