Sans Frontières: Why maverick PR man Lord Bell may enjoy being his own man again

The big news in marcomms last week was the resignation of Lord Tim Bell from Bell Pottinger, the company he founded 30 years ago. 
As the industry prepared for the August Bank Holiday weekend, Bell, a former adviser to Margaret Thatcher, announced last Thursday that he’d decided he would like to step back from the day-to-day running of the business.
The news was significant because Bell is the biggest of big beasts in the PR jungle; along with Matthew Freud, Lynne Franks and Mark Bork