Pottinger

Pottinger is one of the readers who volunteered to try out the USA TODAY eating and exercise programs at the end of September.

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Witness the ire of Peter Bingle, chairman of Bell Pottinger public affairs; the man banned from the Soho House club this summer because he couldn't/wouldn't dress casually.

Hugh Muir's diary 2011

Collins, managing director of Bell Pottinger Public Affairs, told the reporters he used to be Llewellyn's boss in Conservative Central Office, and had worked with Cameron and chancellor George Osborne in the Conservative research department.

Bell Pottinger faces claims it offered rogue regimes access to politicians 2011

They also assert they could manipulate Google results to "drown" out negative coverage of human rights violations and child labour, and add that Bell Pottinger has a team which "sorts" negative Wikipedia coverage of clients.

Bell Pottinger faces claims it offered rogue regimes access to politicians 2011

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism said that Tim Collins, a senior director at Bell Pottinger and former Tory MP, had claimed he could gain access to Steve Hilton, David Cameron's chief strategist; Ed Llewellyn, Cameron's chief of staff and even foreign secretary William Hague.

Bell Pottinger faces claims it offered rogue regimes access to politicians 2011

Examples of firms that whitewash the human-rights violations of despotic regimes include Bell Pottinger (for Egypt's Hosni Mubarak), Qorvis Communications (for Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang), Brown Lloyd James (for Libya's Muammar Gaddafi), and Hill & Knowlton, which has made a small fortune working for Yoweri Museveni and has offices in every major world capital.

Thor Halvorssen: Uganda: A Brutal Reality Obscured Thor Halvorssen 2011

Brooks has appointed David Wilson, the chairman of the PR agency Bell Pottinger, to handle press inquiries.

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A Downing Street spokesman said: "Bell Pottinger nor any other lobbying firm has any say or influence over government policy."

Bell Pottinger faces claims it offered rogue regimes access to politicians 2011

Examples of firms that whitewash the human-rights violations of despotic regimes include Bell Pottinger (for Egypt's Hosni Mubarak), Qorvis Communications (for Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang), Brown Lloyd James (for Libya's Muammar Gaddafi), and Hill & Knowlton, which has made a small fortune working for Yoweri Museveni and has offices in every major world capital.

Thor Halvorssen: Uganda: A Brutal Reality Obscured Thor Halvorssen 2011

Collins's claim came after a member of the bureau went to Bell Pottinger, as well as a number of other lobbying firms, posing as a member of the Uzbek government wanting to clean up the regime's image in the west.

Bell Pottinger faces claims it offered rogue regimes access to politicians 2011