07 Dec 2001
| by ALASDAIR REID
and philosophical.
You'll find it sprinkled liberally throughout the Government's
consultation document ...
for their best of all possible media worlds. "The Government's
task," they state, "is to create a framework ...
White Paper, but it helps to confirm government thinking
on a few substantive points ...
23 Nov 2001
The Government will enter talks with agencies about a 3
million marketing push for Travel Line, its project aiming to encourage
more people to make use of public transport. COI Communications is
co-ordinating the pitch process. - Marketing.
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09 Nov 2001
The Advertising Association has called on the Government to
immediately implement the Gambling Review Body's recommendation that
remaining bans and restrictions on the advertising of gambling products
should be lifted. But it is urging ministers to oppose plans to allow
the Gaming Commission ...
09 Nov 2001
The Government is expected to postpone its deadline for switching
off conventional analogue TV signals between 2006 and 2010 after it
emerged that a scheme to pay to convert millions to digital has been
shelved. - Financial Times.
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02 Nov 2001
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The Government has pledged its support for the advertising industry
in its battle to prevent new ...
the
Government is aware of its concerns and shares them."
He said the best outcome would be one set of rules for each member state
with consistency and clarity across Europe. The British Government ...
26 Oct 2001
What person buys a financial product on the strength of a single
ad? Must be the same one who understands the mumbo-jumbo contained in
the compulsory "health warning". No such person exists. Which is why the
Government should heed the IPA's advice and end this ridiculous
requirement.
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26 Oct 2001
| by ALASDAIR REID
Is it time to ease up on the "wealth warning" requirements on
financial services advertising? The IPA certainly thinks so - in a
document produced last week it argues that the practice, which was
introduced almost two decades ago to protect consumers, has become
hollow and meaningless....
The Government has drafted in Saatchi 19
million of funding over the next three years ...
of a 300 million government
initiative announced by the chancellor, Gordon Brown, to publicise ...
manifestation of the prime minister's intention to
put moral values squarely at the heart of the Government ...
03 Aug 2001
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
by attacking the Thatcher government when
its advertising budget rocketed to more than 100 million a year ...
Government has now emulated the Tories
by pushing the budget up to a record 192 million.
Labour ministers deny that they are breaching the long-standing
Whitehall rules that prevent the Government using ...
The Government has picked St Luke's to lead its efforts to halt the
rising number of adults ...
the education
system to continue improving their communication skills through
government-backed courses or private study.
The win extends the amount of government work at St Luke's, which
already handles ...