BNET Industries
Market Cap:$462.0M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$203.3M
- Public
- UK
Dow Jones Description
Advertising Agencies, Advertising Specialties, Internet/Web Design, Public Relations, Strategic Planning/Research
Number of Employees 916
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Advertising Agencies: 541810
Recent Events
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UPDATE 1-Chime to merge Bell Pottinger unit with Pelham
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For whom the Bell tolls
- 2008-08-18
INTERVIEW LORD BELL Public relations guru Lord Bell is the man who deposed leaders and exiled billionaires call when they need an image makeover. Ian Burrell finds out what makes Margaret Thatcher's favourite spin doctor tick Lord Bell of Belgravia is in his fifth floor office (next...
Make way for the spin doctors.
- 2007-07-20
As the advent of the blogosphere makes it harder for companies to control the message about their products and reputation, the role of PR has become ever more vital Shunil Roy-Chaudhuri In 2004, Gregory Halpern, chief executive of quoted US company Circle Group, found...
CHIME COMMUNICATIONS (CHW).
- 2007-03-23
50p - Media - Chairman Lord Bell called Chime's 2006 figures "particularly spectacular". And, with income from like-for-like operations rising 11 per cent, and operating profits from the same businesses rising 33 per cent, he has a point. Chime provides public relations, marketing and research services...
Chime Communications
- 2006-12-14
Our view: Hold Share price: 52p (+0.5p) Lord Bell's PR empire is prospering. Doing the spinning for clients ranging as widely as BAE Systems, Zara Phillips, and Alex Goldfarb friend of murdered Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko is clearly a good business to be in...
CHIME COMMUNICATIONS (CHW).
- 2006-09-15
Public relations guru and Chime chairman Lord Bell is upbeat about the group's prospects for the rest of the year. "The new business pipeline is full and we're feeling a lot of activity," he said, after announcing better-than-expected half-year figures. That activity was felt most strongly...
CHIME COMMS. (CHW).
- 2006-03-17
Chime Communications' advertising and marketing services arm has turned itself around, with operating profits up from GBP1.34m to GBP2.42m on the back of new client wins, including Gala Bingo, Hyundai and Samsung. Last year, it bought leading marketing services company VCCP, whose management took over Chime's...
CHIME COMMUNICATIONS (CHW).
- 2005-09-23
Chime Communications is clawing back market credibility after its 2002 difficulties. First-half results were solid: excluding a GBP655,000 restructuring charge, pre-tax profits rose 20 per cent to GBP3.7m. Earnings per share EPS rose 18 per cent, even after restructuring, helped by a one-off reduction in the...
Lord Bell buys VCCP for pounds 30m
- 2005-06-29
Chime Communications, the public relations company chaired by Margaret Thatcher's former media adviser Lord Bell, has acquired VCCP, netting the advertising agency's partners and staff up to pounds 30m. Chime announced yesterday that it was paying pounds 14.5m in cash and shares for VCCP, the group behind...
Bell and Maude may unite to form City PR giant
- 2004-11-29
THE OWNERS of Bell Pottinger and Citigate Dewe Rogerson financial PR agencies have been in merger talks to form a player large enough to take on the market leader Brunswick. Lord Bell's Chime Communications, the owner of Bell Pottinger, had been in detailed negotiations with Incepta, which...
Chime strikes dour note over media sector outlook
- 2003-09-19
LORD BELL, the chairman of PR and advertising group Chime Communications, offered a "very cautious" outlook for the future after reporting a 35 per cent drop in underlying first-half profits. The former PR adviser to Lady Thatcher warned that the "economic outlook is dull, the political climate...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Christopher Satterthwaite | CEO |
| Gavin Anderson | CEO, London |
| Trevor Morris | CEO |
| Sue Farr | Executive Director |
| Peter Higgins | Managing Director |
| Mark Smith | Director, Finance |
| Deborah Mattinson | |
| Deborah Mattison | |
| Viki Cooke |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Piers Pottinger | Deputy Chairman |
| Tim Bell | Chairman |
| Alan Chamberlain | Board of Directors |
| Catherine Biner Bradley | Board of Directors |
| Dave Allen | Board of Directors |
| David Hannay | Board of Directors |
| John Smith | Board of Directors |
| Julian Seymour | Board of Directors |
| Paul Richardson | Board of Directors |
| Susan Tinson | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | CEO | Current |
| Chime Communications Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Chime Communications Plc | Group Chief Executive | Former |
| H.J. Heinz Company | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | CEO, London | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | Executive Director | Current |
| Historic Royal Palaces | Board of Directors | Current |
Born in 1949 Peter has worked in the Advertising and Marketing Services industry for all his working life. In 1970 he joined Mapledon Press as Production Director, leaving there 5 years later to set up a corporate design business in Central London. In 1983 Peter joined the Good Relations Group and in 1985 was made Managing Director of Good Relations Design, the Group's corporate design agency. In 1994 he was made a director of Bell Pottinger Communication and is currently Managing Director of Rare Corporate Design and Publishing part of Chime Communications Plc. Peter is a fellow of the Institute of Directors, and is married with two children and is living in Northamptonshire.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | Managing Director | Current |
| The Beacon Fellowship Charitable Trust | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | Director, Finance | Current |
| Holiday Extras Limited | Board of Directors | Current |
| Heathrow Airport Guide | Board of Directors | Current |
| Gatwick Airport Guide | Board of Directors | Current |
| Chime Communications Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | Current | |
| Royal Shakespeare Company | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sportech Plc | Current | |
| Chime Communications Plc | Deputy Chairman | Current |
| Chime Communications Plc | Deputy Chairman | Current |
| Chime Communications Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company | Director of Media Relations | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | Chairman | Current |
| Chime Communications Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Chime Communications Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Chime Communications Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Enterpriseig | CEO | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Reef - Entertainment | Programmer | Current |
| Chime Communications Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
Paul Richardson became Group finance director in 1996 after four years as director of treasury. He is responsible for the Group's worldwide functions in finance, information technology, procurement and property. Previously with the central finance team of Hanson PLC, he is a non-executive director of Chime Communications PLC and STW Communications Group Limited in Australia.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| WPP Group plc | Group Finance Director | Current |
| Blue Reef - Entertainment | Finance Director | Current |
| STW Communications Group Ltd. | Director | Current |
| Chime Communications Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| STW Communications Group Ltd. | non-executive director | Former |
| Hanson PLC | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Chime Communications Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Volume | 389,471 |
| Shares Outstanding | 59.0M |
| Market Cap | 462.0M |
| Year High | 8.10 |
| Year Low | 4.060 |
| Earnings Per Share | 0.00 |
| P/E Ratio | N/A |
| Dividend | 0.60 |
| Yield | 7.6628 |
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