Scandal-hit PR firm collapses

SCANDAL-HIT public relations company Bell Pottinger has collapsed into administration, leaving 250 fearing for their futures.

Accountancy firm BDO has been appointed administrators of the onceleading London firm.

The firm lost a string of clients after it had run a campaign meant to promote a narrative of “economic apartheid” and the need for more “economic emancipation” in South Africa.

BDO said: “The administrators are now working with the remaining partners and employees to seek an orderly transfer of Bell Pottinger’s clients to other firms in order to protect and realise value for creditors.”