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• Reputation Really Can Be Destroyed In A Moment

  

  The case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared to be in tatters yesterday following doubts about the credibility of his accuser. If, as it now seems he is to be exonerated, I wonder if the damage done to his reputation by his arrest and the sight of him appearing handcuffed in court can be as easily undone? Such is the magnitude of his perceived fall from grace I’m sure...  View This »

  
  

• Dinner with Nick Clegg anyone?

  

  Ask any PR and they will happily tell you, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. It’s a cliché which seems to be particularly true if you are a lobbyist hoping to bring some influence to bear on the deputy Prime Minister. Nick Clegg’s office is offering PRs and other lobbyists, the chance to belong to a ‘Leader’s Forum’ - an exclusive dining club of just 50 individuals. The price of this...  View This »

  
  

• BBC under fire for PR claims

  Last week we blogged following a BBC online report which singled out London based agency Bell Pottinger for their work with Arab governments during the recent unrest. (Read the post here). The BBC’s piece talked about London as a centre for political PR and inferred that the UK attracts some unsavoury regimes seeking to stem the tide of negative publicity. It reported that American PR...  View This »