04 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The UK government has announced a series of measures designed to boost the uptake...and urge businesses to take up government tax breaks which "could cut more than 50 off a typical 260 broadband connection bill", according to a government statement.
The announcement comes as Alexander ...
the government on what needs to be done to roll out broadband services across the UK.
The government's new ...
08 Oct 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - The government is considering a plan to split Consignia, formerly known as the Post Office...figure that could grow as the government prepares to introduce the electronic delivery of state benefits ...
10 Jan 2001
| by MediaWeek
Scottish Government reviews agencies...The Scottish Government and the Scottish Health Education Board are both to instigate statutory reviews of their creative and media accounts, worth a total of £7 million. The Scottish Executive account is worth £4 million and the Health Education Board account worth around £3 million. The current incumbent ...
06 Sep 2001
The government is aiming to reach the 20% of people who don't have
smoke alarms in their homes with a hard-hitting campaign through Euro
RSCG Wnek Gosper. The two 30-second TV ads depict several memorial
objects such as flowers, a park bench, and a gravestone. But each item
bears the excuse ...
26 Jul 2001
| by MARK KLEINMAN
The government's annual adspend has soared to a record high of
almost 200m, according ...
details its income from all
government marketing and public information initiatives, revealed ...
.
The spend cements the government's status among the UK's biggest
advertisers, putting it just behind ...
19 Oct 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The government has rejected calls by the Independent Television Commission chairman Sir...A department of culture, media and sport spokesman said, "The government understands ...
. It is neither practical nor desirable to deal with this issue in a piecemeal fashion."
The government ...
December. The industry was disappointed when the communications bill was left out of the government's plans ...
27 Sep 2001
The Conservative Party has accused the government of wasting the
money it spent on advertising to highlight pensions and retirement
savings, following the launch of the second phase of its campaign. The
ads, featuring dogs talking about pensions and retirement, were created
by Delaney Lund Knox Warren ...
26 Jul 2001
| by Louise Banbury
LONDON - The Tories have called for an investigation into the amount the government spent...The government's annual advertising spend leapt by 70% to 192.4m before June's general election ...
197.9m.
In the first quarter of 2001, the government spent 69.3m on advertising, making ...
.
In the year running up to the previous election in 1997, the Conservative government spent 69.3m. Under ...
06 Jul 2001
| by Claire Billings
LONDON - The government has delayed its decision on whether to approve the BBC's 300m plans...is served well by the commercial sector.
On Wednesday, the BBC called for the government to speed up ...
been paid by the licence fee.
Howells said yesterday that the government's plans to switch off ...
17 Apr 2001
| by Anna Clarke
The government has topped ad spending by consumer giants Unilever and Procter & Gamble to become...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The government has topped ad spending by consumer giants Unilever ...
service ACNielsen MMS.
The government’s main advertising activities in February were its campaign ...
people to plan pensions.
During the 12 months of 2000, the government ranked fourth by size of adspend ...