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Alex Aiken: Councils are asking themselves if they have banked enough goodwill to allow them to rise tax rates

Alex Aiken: Why your local council might be kicking you in the teeth this year

The Government has set councils a little reputation test for 2012. They have been offered a one-off payment to freeze council tax. Surely a no-brainer to accept?

 
 
 

Public Sector News

Belfast: A memorial

International Fund for Ireland in agency hunt

A government-led fund aimed at maintaining peace in Ireland is seeking PR...

 
 
Nick Clegg: wants better links with Tory ministers

Monitor's Veena Hudson becomes Nick Clegg's sixth and final special adviser

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Nick Clegg has brought in a final special adviser as part of...

 
 
Nottingham City Council: makes comms head redundant

Nottingham City Council's Stephen Barker hits out at misuse of PR funds claims

Nottingham City Council's newly redundant comms head has hit out at claims...

 
 
Lewes: Shared services deal

Brighton & Hove City Council in shared services deal with Lewes District Council

Brighton & Hove City Council has agreed a deal with Lewes to...

 
 
Yasmin Diamond: will join the hotel group in April

Home Office comms director Yasmin Diamond in InterContinental Hotels move

InterContinental Hotels Group has poached the Home Office's comms director to take...

 
 
MOD: Speechwriter shift

Ministry of Defence speechwriter Stewart Price jumps to Saudi Aramco

A leading speechwriter at the Ministry of Defence is moving to a...

 
 
Luke Blair: More to the job than pumping out press releases

Luke Blair: corporate culture should be a priority in public sector

Communications professionals employed by the public sector do much more than pump...

 
 
Jenny Grey: in Government's most senior comms role

Government comms executive director Jenny Grey handed permanent role

The Government's acting executive director for government communication - the most senior...

 
 
John Shewell: Trust staff to take responsibility for using social media

John Shewell: Social media is the key to connecting with the public in 2012

2012 promises to be another challenging year for the public sector and...

 
 
Andy Allsopp: moving to Hounslow

Hounslow Council nabs Andy Allsopp from Cambridgeshire

Hounslow Council has appointed the head of comms at Cambridgeshire County Council...

 
 
City Hall: elections approaching

London Communications Agency to handle London elections

London Elects, the body that runs the Mayor of London and London...

 
 
 
 
 
 

Features

Media law: Your crash course in media law

PRWeek gathered senior PROs and lawyers for a seminar on issues management...

 
 

Grayling to promote Northgate expansion

IT software company Northgate Public Services has hired Grayling as it looks...

 
 

Research & Data

The PRWeek Best Places to Work survey 2009

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Sabbaticals, bonuses and duvet days - these agencies have them all. Cathy...

 
 

Top 150 2009

This year's report was always going to be an interesting one. It...

 
 

Power Book top ten PR gurus revealed

Matthew Freud is the most influential PR professional in the UK according...

 
 

Expert Knowledge

Top Ten Strategies for Boosting ROI Despite Shrinking Budgets and Dwindling Resources

Higher prices and tighter budgets are putting the squeeze on PR and...

 
 

The future of internal communications

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This new report by executive search firm Watson Helsby provides insight into...

 
 

£1m Queen Elizabeth Prize for engineering in PR drive to boost industry

Queen Elizabeth Prize to bring in comms help to get public interested...

 
 
 
 

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