Bell Pottinger

http://www.fin24.com/Economy/bell-pottinger-ceo-quits-amid-gupta-scandal-20170903

James Henderson, CEO of UK-based PR firm Bell Pottinger, resigned over the weekend.

The British Financial Times reported on Sunday that Henderson, a significant shareholder in the firm, stepped down on the back of an independent report into work done for the controversial Gupta family.

According to the Financial Times, Henderson’s position has been in question since he issued an apology for the work done for the Gupta family and Oakbay capital.
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skimread said:
Guptas must have paid for it to be removed. Any other copy around?
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Edit: You realise that broadcast was over a month ago!

BBC Radio 4 domestic programmes are not automatically available outside the UK. As you may know, there is restriction on iPlayer to UK IP addresses. An edited podcast may be avalable for a limited period (4 weeks). Might not be sinister, just a licencing issue...

Edit: Links to the 4 part series are still available (as of today), and transcripts were posted when the GuptaLeaks threads first started on 1 Aug: https://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showth...Leaked-State-Capture-Emails-Are-Not-Authentic

Edit: Part 1 link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05b8njy
 
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Gordon_R said:
BBC Radio 4 domestic programmes are not automatically available outside the UK. As you may know, there is restriction on iPlayer to UK IP addresses. An edited podcast may be posted in due course. Might not be sinister, just a licencing issue...
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There is no geographical restriction for BBC radio
 
C4Cat said:
There is no geographical restriction for BBC radio
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I suggest you read the small print: http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/radio/other/download_overseas

With most Podcasts, yes, you can download outside the UK. You can’t download any full programmes when you’re outside the UK. This is due to rights and licensing agreements.

Some Podcasts are restricted to those within the UK and again, this is generally due to rights agreements which prevent us from making the content available internationally. Music and Sports programmes are most likely to be restricted.
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The chief executive of one of the UK's best known public relations firms has stood down amid claims it stirred up racial tensions in South Africa.

James Henderson, boss of Bell Pottinger, resigned weeks after the firm was found by a UK body to be in breach of an industry code of conduct.

South Africa's main opposition party criticised a media campaign the PR firm ran for the wealthy Gupta family.
Mr Henderson said that while he was not involved, he must take responsibility.

South Africa's Democratic Alliance party accused Bell Pottinger of a "hateful and divisive campaign to divide South Africa along the lines of race".

It said the PR firm emphasised the power of white-owned businesses in the campaign, which used the #WhiteMonopolyCapital hashtag.

In July, Mr Henderson issued an "unequivocal" apology and four staff were dismissed or suspended.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41142478
 
I preferred the original thread name of Bell Potty. I guess a Gupta complained.

Anyway, good to see that they were found to have breached the code.
 
Ancalagon said:
I preferred the original thread name of Bell Potty. I guess a Gupta complained.

Anyway, good to see that they were found to have breached the code.
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Could still get worse for them, there was something on the BBC news that there was another report coming out tomorrow. Probably one of these:

Almost two weeks ago, the UK's industry trade body, the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA), upheld the complaint from the Democratic Alliance.

The PRCA is due to meet on Monday to discuss possible sanctions on Bell Pottinger, including whether to end the firm's membership.

Expulsion would do further reputational damage, and could lead to more clients severing their relationship with the firm.

A separate report by an independent law firm, commissioned by Bell Pottinger, is due for publication imminently, perhaps as early as Monday.
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Dave said:
Could still get worse for them, there was something on the BBC news that there was another report coming out tomorrow. Probably one of these:
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Today's report is the one that BP themselves commissioned, I'd expect a bit of [-]bias[/-] BP sympathy in it.
Tomorrow's is the outcome of the DA's complaint against BP laid by the PRCA.
 
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41145883

A law firm has criticised Bell Pottinger's senior management for failing to exercise "extreme care" over a campaign in South Africa.
Herbert Smith Freehills was commissioned by the PR firm after an outcry over allegations that it fuelled racial tensions in South Africa.
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In its review released on Monday, the law firm said: "[Bell Pottinger's] senior management should have known that the campaign was at risk of causing offence, including on grounds of race.
"In such circumstances, BP ought to have exercised extreme care and should have closely scrutinised the creation of content for the campaign. This does not appear to have happened."
Herbert Smith also found that certain material created by Bell Pottinger for the economic emancipation campaign "was negative or targeted towards wealthy white South African individuals or corporates and/or was potentially racially divisive and/or potentially offensive and was created in breach of relevant ethical principles".
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BREAKING: Bell Pottinger expelled from PR body for Gupta work

Cape Town - Embattled British public relations firm Bell Pottinger has had its membership of the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) terminated.

In a press statement embargoed for 01:00 on Tuesday, September 5, the UK-based PRCA announced that Bell Pottinger would not be eligible to reapply for corporate membership of the PRCA for a minimum period of five years.

“Bell Pottinger has brought the PR and communications industry into disrepute with its actions, and it has received the harshest possible sanctions," PRCA director general Francis Ingham said in the statement.

Ingham said the PRCA had never before passed such a "damning indictment of an agency’s behaviour".

“This outcome reflects the huge importance that the PRCA places on the protection of ethical standards in the business of PR and communication,” he said.

More here: http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Adve...expelled-from-pr-body-for-gupta-work-20170904
 
biometrics said:
BREAKING: Bell Pottinger expelled from PR body for Gupta work

Cape Town - Embattled British public relations firm Bell Pottinger has had its membership of the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) terminated.

In a press statement embargoed for 01:00 on Tuesday, September 5, the UK-based PRCA announced that Bell Pottinger would not be eligible to reapply for corporate membership of the PRCA for a minimum period of five years.

“Bell Pottinger has brought the PR and communications industry into disrepute with its actions, and it has received the harshest possible sanctions," PRCA director general Francis Ingham said in the statement.

Ingham said the PRCA had never before passed such a "damning indictment of an agency’s behaviour".

“This outcome reflects the huge importance that the PRCA places on the protection of ethical standards in the business of PR and communication,” he said.

More here: http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Adve...expelled-from-pr-body-for-gupta-work-20170904
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Thank you DA and the PRCA.
 
daveza said:
Excellent news.

So essentially they cannot operate for 5 years ?
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I doubt that. Just not an industry approved member by the looks of it. There are plenty of clients out there that probably don't care about such
 
Now they need to go on the record and spill the beans on everything they did for zuptas... every detail
 
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