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Pelham Bell Pottinger is the second biggest financial public relations company in the UK by volume of stock market listed clients, according to the Morningstar, Inc (formerly Hemscott[1]) financial data group[2][3]. It is a subsidiary of Bell Pottinger Group[4], the public relations consultancy founded by Lord Bell and Piers Pottinger, which has been ranked number one for the past four years in PR Week magazine's league tables[5][6]. Bell Pottinger is itself a subsidiary of Chime Communications[7]. Pelham Bell Pottinger was formed in 2009 by the merger of Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial and a competitor, Pelham PR, which had been founded in 2004[8]. In its merged form it is run by Pelham’s founder and managing director, James Henderson[9][10].

Clients

The company claims to have 150 clients in total, including Imperial Tobacco, Kurt Geiger, Mulberry, Premier Oil, Qatar Holding, Richemont, TalkTalk, Temasek Holdings, Theo Fennell, TPG, Waitrose and Williams Grand Prix Holding[11][12].

Mergers and Acquisitions

In the first half of 2011, the company was ranked 14th amongst global, and 8th amongst UK, M&A public relations advisers by Mergermarket, the Financial Times-owned mergers and acquisitions data company[13]. The company’s M&A work includes acting for Northumbrian Water in its agreed acquisition by Li Ka-shing, for Richemont in its acquisition of Net a Porter, Qatar Holding in its acquisition of Harrods and for Universal Music in its acquisition of EMI Recorded Music [14][15].

References

  1. ^ Morningstar corporate website 'About Us' 'Morningstar Timeline' tab (see 2008) http://corporate.morningstar.com/uk/asp/subject.aspx?xmlfile=489.xml
  2. ^ Morningstar corporate website ‘Newsroom’ tab see 28 Nov 2011 Professional Services Rankings Guide http://corporate.morningstar.com/uk/asp/subject.aspx?filter=PR4737&xmlfile=501.xml
  3. ^ Gorkana news website http://www.gorkanapr.com/news/article?news_articles_id=9722
  4. ^ company website http://www.bell-pottinger.co.uk/index.php/companies
  5. ^ PR Week new site http://www.prweek.com/uk/researchData/login/904498/
  6. ^ Guardian article http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/apr/20/marketingandpr
  7. ^ company website http://www.chime.plc.uk/our-companies
  8. ^ PR Week news article http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/965046/Chime-merge-Pelham-PR-Bell-Pottinger-Corporate---Financial
  9. ^ PR Week news article http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/965046/Chime-merge-Pelham-PR-Bell-Pottinger-Corporate---Financial
  10. ^ company website http://www.bell-pottinger.co.uk/index.php/keypeople
  11. ^ company website http://www.pelhambellpottinger.co.uk/clients_and_sectors
  12. ^ Qatar Holding website http://www.qatarholding.qa/pages/Contactus.aspx
  13. ^ http://www.mergermarket.com/pdf/PRAdvisersQ32011.pdf
  14. ^ http://www.pelhambellpottinger.co.uk/clients_and_sectors/client?client_id=10&sector_id=1
  15. ^ http://www.gorkanapr.com/news/article?news_articles_id=10179
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