10 Nov 2000
| by BERNARD INGHAM
presentationally-conscious government we have known now fighting on so many fronts it s probably forgotten what...presentationally-conscious government we have known now fighting on so many fronts it s probably forgotten what ...
this is happening towards the end of a bad year for the Government and almost certainly within 12 and possibly even six months of an election, depending on how the Government emerges from the winter. This is not good ...
02 Nov 2000
The government s proposed ban on tobacco advertising could be delayed until beyond the next general...The government s proposed ban on tobacco advertising could be delayed until beyond the next general election after the Department of Health admitted that there may not be room for it in December ...
Conservative government. Despite reports suggesting that the Tories had performed a policy U-turn and had ...
02 Nov 2000
| by ELOISE SEDDON
in their favour.
But the shift in pricing policy has not come easily. It has taken government intervention ...
-buying abstention; a 20,000-strong e-mail and print petition to the government against high car prices ...
director Sheila MacKechnie.
The government action will also provide a much-needed break for dealers ...
27 Oct 2000
| by ALASDAIR REID
is charged by the Government with responsibility for ensuring that broadcast content, including advertising...is charged by the Government with responsibility for ensuring that broadcast content, including advertising ...
and sponsorship codes as overseen by the ITC and the RA respectively.
Last week, the Government gave ...
own self-regulatory structure, free from government interference.
Scary prospect? Or is it about ...
25 Oct 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) – BT-backed Italian mobile phone company Blu, whose withdrawal from the Italian third-generation mobile licence sale forced the auction to close early, may have to sacrifice the 1.3bn deposit it paid to participate.
The Italian government is said to be furious because ...
23 Oct 2000
Patricia Hewitt, the UK government minister for technology, has received an ultimatum from a number...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Patricia Hewitt, the UK government minister for technology, has received an ultimatum from a number of UK telecoms firms demanding faster progress on the opening up of BT’s local loop.
Cable & Wireless, Colt Telecom, Energis, Kingston Communications, Thus and Worldcom are among those ...
23 Oct 2000
Britons without a bank account. The bank, run via the Post Office, will enable the government to pay ...
20 Oct 2000
PARIS: The French Foreign Affairs Ministry has appointed a new government spokesman, Francois...PARIS: The French Foreign Affairs Ministry has appointed a new government spokesman, Francois Rivasseau, who also becomes the director of the Quai d'Orsay's Direction de la Presse, de l'Information et de la Communication (DPIC).
He replaces Anne Gazeau-Secret, who is to become Ambassador ...
19 Oct 2000
The Conservative Party has launched a renewed attack on the government over its advertising...The Conservative Party has launched a renewed attack on the government over its advertising ...
part of UK law earlier this month, and the government ran full-page ads in several national newspapers ...
of expression.
The ad features a poem written by a schoolboy for a government-run competition ...
13 Oct 2000
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
products being advertised, but the Government is already lining up its forces to ensure that it finally...products being advertised, but the Government is already lining up its forces to ensure that it finally ...
, who had already scuppered the Government s attempt to bring in a fast-track ban in Britain last ...
will be outlawed in the UK in about nine months time. Although the Government will not talk officially about ...