28 Jun 2012
| by Matt Cartmell and John Owens
Figures obtained by PRWeek show that 96 per cent of last year's Department for Culture, Media and Sport comms budget was spent on the London 2012 Olympics.
28 Jun 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
Government departments are making ineffective use of social media, with the worst performers being the Ministry of Justice and the Cabinet Office, new research has revealed.
27 Jun 2012
| by John Owens
A leading public sector procurement body is considering charging agencies to use its services in an attempt to keep top government clients.
22 Jun 2012
| by John Shewell
Insight is one of the key ingredients to improving reputation. It also helps local government comms teams devise a genuinely strategic approach to reputation management.
The Department of Health is planning to cut its comms department by a third in the coming year as it prepares for fundamental changes to the health service.
20 Jun 2012
| by John Owens
A report calling on the Government to improve its comms co-ordination with councils has been welcomed by the Local Government Association.
15 Jun 2012
| by Mandy Pearse
So torch mania has hit Britain. A nation facing the worst recession in its history, with unprecedented cuts to public services, and yet it seems all it takes is a few people in dodgy tracksuits, a brassy cone and a spluttering flame to get the crowds lining the streets and cheering.
The Russian Federation's Ministry of Industry and Trade has brought in agency support to promote its commitment to a ban on the production and use of chemical weapons.
14 Jun 2012
| by John Owens
The Department of Health is undertaking a comms reshuffle ahead of major changes in the NHS, with press officers being placed into policy-specific desks.
14 Jun 2012
| by John Owens
The Forestry Commission is setting up a roster in Scotland as it looks to spread awareness of its social policy work.