Bell Pottinger Good Relations
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Bell Pottinger Good Relations is a subsidiary of Chime Communications.
People
David Hill, the former Labour Party Director of Communications from 1991-97, is a Director of Good Relations, which he joined 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.
Other staff include: Burhan Al-Gailani, Darren Young, Giles Bancroft, Laura Tattam, Vienn Chan [1]
Clients
Lobbying clients listed in November 2011:[2] Airbus | Astrium | Cassidian | EADS | Eurocopter | QinetiQ | TalkTalk
Good Relations clients include(d): Corus | Monsanto, the GM food company | Nestle | Nirex | Tesco
Nuclear Spinners
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".[3]
Contact
Good Relations, Holborn Gate, 26 Southampton Buildings, London WC2A. Website: http://www.goodrelations.co.uk