By Stephen Foster on May 9, 2012
Lord Bell’s London-based marcoms group Chime Communications is taking a big bet on sports marketing and has just announced an agreement to buy 60 per cent of Brazil’s Golden Goal for an initial £2.4m. With earnouts in 2014 and 2017 the deal could be worth a maximum £9.5m to Golden Goal founders and shareholders Cadu [...]
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By Stephen Foster on March 7, 2012
Sir Martin Sorrell (pictured), whose WPP marcoms group owns 18 per cent of old colleague Lord Bell’s Chime Communications, says he opposes the plan by Lord Bell and other senior managers including Piers Pottinger, to buy out parts of the company’s PR division. “I think it sets a terrible precedent,” Sorrell says. “It isn’t logical, [...]
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