The UK insolvency service is investigating scandal-hit public relations firm Bell Pottinger, including its influential co-founder Lord Tim Bell, for work in South Africa that led to the companys collapse last year.
According to letters seen by the Financial Times, two senior partners have been told the UK government agency is examining potential breaches of duties or other misconduct relating to their controversial work for the Gupta familys Oakbay investment vehicle.
The London PR group went into administration after a financial collapse, when it was exposed running a campaign allegedly stoking racial tensions in South Africa. The campaign was run on behalf of the Indian-born Gupta brothers, business patrons of then-president Jacob…
Read the full article at: https://www.ft.com/content/767e3e62-b449-11e8-b3ef-799c8613f4a1
