Chime Communications Limited

Not to be confused with Chime Communications (Australia) or Chime (company).
Chime Communications Limited
Formerly
  • Glarmead plc (January–June 1986)
  • Carpet Tile Company plc(The) (1986–1989)
  • The Chartwell Group plc (1989–1994)
  • Chime Communications plc (1994–2015)[1]
Company typePrivate limited company
IndustryMarketing services
Founded1989
Headquarters
London
,
England
Key people
Adrian Coleman and Matthew Vandrau (co-chief executives)
Number of employees
2500
Subsidiaries
  • VCCP Group
  • VCCP Business
Websitechimegroup.com

Chime Communications Limited is a marketing services company headquartered in Westminster, London, England. Chime is the holding company for companies which include sports marketing, public relations, advertising, digital, marketing, research, corporate responsibility and healthcare communications.

Chime was founded as a private company in 1989[2] following a management buyout from Lowe Howard Spink and Bell to form Lowe Bell Communications and subsequently floated in 1994 as Chime Communications plc before going private again in late 2015. Chime comprises five divisions, 54 companies and over 2,000 people.[3] Until July 2012 the now disgraced PR firm, Bell Pottinger, was wholly owned by Chime Communications.

  1. ^ "CHIME COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED overview". Companies House. 29 January 1986. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Company Overview of Chime Communications Limited". Bloomberg. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Chime Group - Business overview". Chime Communications plc. Chime. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.