 Chime was founded as a private company in 1989 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.Until July 2012 the now disgraced PR firm, Bell Pottinger, was wholly owned by Chime Communications.