ERS split from disgraced Bell Pottinger
The insurer said the relationship ended before the PR company was expelled from the Public Relations and Communications Association.
Insurer ERS has confirmed that it split from disgraced public relations company Bell Pottinger before the PR agency was expelled from PR trade body the Public Relations and Communications Association.
The insurer stated that it terminated its contract with the organisation in May this year in a move unrelated to the scandal.
Bell Pottinger stands accused of inciting racial hatred in South Africa as part of PR work it did for the Gupta family-owned Oakbay Investments.
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