23 Mar 2001
Local government PROs concerned that audit commission
investigations into their work are too general have secured a meeting
with inspectors. Next month, representatives from The Society of County
and Unitary Public Relations Officers will meet the commission's Wendy
Thompson, who oversees Best Value ...
22 Mar 2001
The government is to seek an ad agency for its first major campaign
to promote UK culture, as it plans to launch a service to bring cultural
resources to new audiences.
Culture Online, unveiled by culture secretary Chris Smith last week,
will offer 24-hour access to theatrical performances ...
22 Mar 2001
| by MARK KLEINMAN
Communications White Paper, in which the government stated its intention
to maintain the ban on broadcast ads ...
supplemented by sharp warnings of the implications of
a return to Tory government, with Hague and Portillo ...
predicament was made worse by TV stations charging about
65% more than the government-mandated candidate ...
21 Mar 2001
Govtalk.gov.uk, an official website linked to the government’s cabinet office, was attacked...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Govtalk.gov.uk, an official website linked to the government’s cabinet ...
of the cabinet office’s e-Government Interoperability Framework to provide easy online access to government ...
that the government’s websites, confirmed that the problem was caused by hackers and was unable to say when the site ...
16 Mar 2001
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
. With the Government
fudging the issue of when analogue should be switched off, saying it
will happen some time ...
with a hard date
of 2007, so can we. And if 30 per cent aren't digital viewing, the
Government ...
discover how to
use it - surely the industry as a whole should do much more to force the
Government ...
16 Mar 2001
A 9m government advertising campaign to raise awareness of the minimum income guarantee...LONDON (Brand Republic) - A 9m government advertising campaign to raise awareness of the minimum ...
Thora Hird and other celebrities. The government sent 2.4m letters to pensioners informing them ...
by means testing. The shadow social security secretary David Willetts accused the government’s tax credit ...
12 Mar 2001
The UK government’s plans to switch off the analogue TV signal in 2006 look set to be scuppered...LONDON (Brand Republic) - The UK government’s plans to switch off the analogue TV signal in 2006 look set to be scuppered by a sharp slowdown in the take-up of digital services.
A report by media buying agency Optimedia forecasts that BSkyB, the UK pay-TV market leader, will miss its 7m target by 800 ...
09 Mar 2001
Japanese car giant Toyota has set up a government and corporate
affairs operation to respond to 'challenging' UK and EU industrial
legislation.
Former Departments of the Environment and Transport civil servant
Michael Hawes has been appointed by Toyota GB chiefs to head the
unit.
He has ...
09 Mar 2001
| by MAJA PAWINSKA
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The local government group of the IPR has come up with an initiative
which could enable council leaders ...
local government groups, and is due to launch this
summer.
The idea came from Robin Treacher, who runs DTW, an agency specialising
in local government clients. Treacher was a local government ...
09 Mar 2001
Japanese car giant Toyota has set up a government and corporate affairs operation to respond...Japanese car giant Toyota has set up a government and corporate affairs operation to respond to challenging UK and EU industrial legislation.
Former Departments of the Environment and Transport civil servant Michael Hawes has been appointed by Toyota GB chiefs to head the unit.
He has been briefed ...