In the December 2009 edition of PA News, a magazine covering the lobbying industry, Shadow Arts Minister Ed Vaizey MP praised the hiring of Collins, saying he had ``a huge brain'' and would be ``a huge asset'' to the company. In the same issue, Charles Lewington, MD of consultancy Hanover, said it was ``a smart hire by Tim Bell'' while the man who beat Collins in 2005, Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron, said it was ``very good news for Bell Pottinger''. He is married and has one child.
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