Bell Pottinger to handle media interest in top European football event

19.02.2010

Over one thousand delegates, including owners, chief executives and other senior management from football clubs across Europe will gather in Manchester next month when the annual conference debates the biggest issues facing the sport.

All 20 Premier League clubs have confirmed their attendance, as have heavyweights from across Europe including Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Olympique Lyonnais and Schalke 04.

Bell Pottinger North's director John Butters will lead the campaign. He said: "Football is a £13 billion a year industry in Europe and this is the premier conference and networking forum for senior figures from the sport to address 'off the pitch' issues.

"There is an extremely high profile line up of speakers and delegates and this has attracted interest from scores of journalists who are flying in from as far afield as Brazil, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa and the United States.

"Our role will be to help the organisers manage the media interest and to help delegations, including those from the Qatar 2022 Bid Committee and Russia 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup Bid Committee, to connect with the press."

Bell Pottinger North, based in Macclesfield, is the largest public relations consultancy in the north of England. It also has offices in Leeds and Liverpool.

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Press information:

Please contact director John Butters at Bell Pottinger North on 01625 506444 or 07788 432343. Alternatively, email jbutters@bellpottingernorth.co.uk
Notes to editors

Bell Pottinger North (www.bellpottingernorth.co.uk) is part of the Bell Pottinger Group - voted number one in PR Week's league tables for the last seven years - and has offices in Leeds, Liverpool and Macclesfield.

It is the biggest public relations consultancy in the North and its specialisms include aerospace and aviation, construction, healthcare, NHS Trusts, professional services, property and technology and telecoms.

The Soccerex European Forum takes place at Manchester Central on 2nd & 3rd March, in association with Marketing Manchester and the North West Development agency. For more information please go www.soccerex.com/europe.