12 Nov 1999
| by ASHLEY DAVIES And JOHN FRANK In Chicago
The government relations arm of Burson-Marsteller s public affairs
operation, BKSH, has poached...The government relations arm of Burson-Marsteller s public affairs
operation, BKSH, has poached Frances Luff, private secretary to foreign
and commonwealth affairs minister Peter Haine.
She ...
journalists, and in the civil service.
Frances brings real current experience of working in government ...
12 Nov 1999
| by SIMON ELLERY
The London borough of Lambeth has launched a concerted effort to
win back possession of scores of homes that have been squatted for up to
16 years. The London Evening Standard brought the story into the media
spotlight earlier this year when it reported that squatter Timothy Ellis
won possession of...
05 Nov 1999
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
IPR Conference: Media manipulation risked undermining the
government s ethical stance during...IPR Conference: Media manipulation risked undermining the
government s ethical stance during the Kosovo conflict, said Ian
Hargreaves, professor of journalism at Cardiff University, last
week.
Speaking at the IPR s conference in Birmingham, Hargreaves, a former
editor of the New Statesman ...
24 Sep 1999
| by CARINA SIMON
I would be open to working in local government, but I would want to
establish the council ...
, but I imagine local government would be
particularly difficult. It would be a real challenge to make things like
emptying bins and local fetes appealing. The image one has of working in
local government ...
03 Sep 1999
| by STEVE BELL
The Hong Kong government is understood to have invited
consultancies Shandwick, Burson...The Hong Kong government is understood to have invited
consultancies Shandwick, Burson ...
million a
year.
The Hong Kong government has come under fire in recent years for
mishandling ...
public panic.
Despite issuing tenders the government has not made a final decision on
whether ...
20 Aug 1999
| by JULIETTE GARSIDE
of the elder statesman.
He is building bridges with the West and the Libyan government wants ...
Worldwide,
which has just turned away the Indonesian government, asks: With an
image that dented, can ...
-M is not averse to representing foreign governments per se. Indeed,
among those the agency has worked ...
13 Aug 1999
| by STEVE BELL
on mergers and acquisitions, following
Government moves to depoliticise the decision-making process...Lobbyists have spoken out to assure clients that they will still
have a role in lobbying on mergers and acquisitions, following
Government moves to depoliticise the decision-making process on
competition issues.
On Friday, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Stephen Byers
announced ...
16 Jul 1999
of the Sierra Madre as he stumbles toward
the gold in them thar hills . Governments also have a habit...of the Sierra Madre as he stumbles toward
the gold in them thar hills . Governments also have a habit ...
management needs discreet handling with communications to
match, and this is the Government s normal ...
the Government declare its hand before it dealt, signalling
its intent and timing so precisely - very useful ...
02 Jul 1999
| by ROBERT GRAY
When the Government announced two weeks ago that it was to clamp
down on the promotion of tobacco...When the Government announced two weeks ago that it was to clamp
down on the promotion ...
with that used by the European Commission,
whose directive on tobacco promotion the Government is looking ...
.
A two-month consultation process between the tobacco industry and the
Government has already begun ...
11 Jun 1999
| by CLAIRE MURPHY and JULIETTE GARSIDE
is now a battleground between central and local government,
and the consequences for councils which ...
similar case, the Government forced Calderdale Metropolitan Borough
Council to appoint a new headmaster ...
demands for privatisation by the
Government and has drawn up plans to effectively put its LEA out of a ...