Bell-Pottinger is a UK-based PR firm. In 2006, it was ranked the top public relations firm in the UK for the fourth consecutive year by PR Week magazine. Bell Pottinger Group is part of Chime Communications PLC. Bell Pottinger is advising Iraq's interim leadership on promoting the country's transformation to a democracy. Bell Pottinger, headed by Lord Tim Bell, is one of the first British companies to win a major contract from the Coalition Provisional Authority, the US-led administration that has run Iraq since President Saddam Hussein was toppled. Officials refused to comment on reports that the contract is worth more than $US5 million ($A6.65 million).
