17 May 2012
| by Sara Kimberley
of changes in the Government s central communications structure.
Following the closure of COI in March, a ...
10 May 2012
| by Sara Kimberley
WCRS was appointed to the business after a review that began last month and was handled by HMRC's internal marketing team. The pitch used the GPS process after the closure of COI in March.
The agency will be responsible for delivering a range of ad hoc projects, but HMRC's incumbents, M C Saatchi and Hypernaked ...
10 May 2012
| by Sara Kimberley
The review in January was one of the last to be handled by COI before its closure at the end of March.
Rapier will take responsibilty for blood.co.uk and organdonation.nhs.uk, as well as eCRM, social media activity and a drive to boost blood supplies in the run-up to the Olympic Games.
NHSBT ...
19 Apr 2012
| by Sara Kimberley
the closure of COI last month.
The appointed agency will work with HMRC on ad hoc projects until a GPS ...
will continue to work on its tax credit renewals business with media strategy handled by PHD.
Last month, COI ...
services formerly handled by COI. It will include a "policy and capability" team, a "shared services" team ...
19 Apr 2012
| by John Owens
the COI roster, is aimed at spreading the word through a range of media.
Broadcast media will be a ...
16 Mar 2012
| by Sara Kimberley
The agency won the brief after a competitive pitch that began in December last year and was handled by COI and the Department of Health.
It is the first time that DraftFCB London has been ...
of the last issued by COI before its closure at the end of March. ...
16 Feb 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
Office also has a supplier event planned in the coming months.
The news comes as the COI readies itself for closure at the end of March. The COI's roster of agencies is currently being managed by the Government Procurement Service.
One former COI source suggested that the next government comms roster ...
26 Jan 2012
| by Sara Kimberley
The COI's former deputy chief executive, Peter Buchanan, has joined HMDG as a consulting director....services.
Buchanan retired from the COI last year. During his 16-year tenure in the government ...
19 Jan 2012
| by Jeremy Lee
As COI prepares to close its doors at the end of March, the Cabinet Office has issued a mandate...This has resulted in M4C, which was launched in 2010 to handle COI's business, picking up the accounts for Visit Britain, London Partners, VisitEngland, part-government-funded campaigns and some NHS ...
, such as National Savings and Investments, UK Trade Investment and classified recruitment.
COI, which spends ...
15 Dec 2011
as unsustainable was COI, which saw a review of its status in 2010 dragging into 2011. The review resulted ...
of government departments, with redundancies expected among its 400 staff.
COI wasn't the only body facing ...
, the planner Kate Waters and the former COI chief executive Mark Lund, recovered from a false start (when ...