03 Nov 2008
| by Emma Barnett
LONDON - The Digital Radio Development Bureau is to become the central consumer marketing point...with the Government and Ofcom. Also moving over from MXR are marketing manager Claire Pilkington and press and PR ...
27 Oct 2008
| by Matt Cartmell
Central Office of Information (COI) chief executive Alan Bishop is leaving Government comms...As well as his COI role, Bishop is currently acting permanent secretary for Government communications. He is standing in for Howell James while a permanent replacement is sought. The news means that Bishop is out of the running to be the next permanet secretary for comms - although insiders have ...
27 Mar 2008
| by Richard Stokoe
to local residents with increased demands and less cash from central government....Government Association ...
11 Nov 2008
| by Matt Cartmell
The Cabinet Office has appointed Matt Tee as its new permanent secretary for government...Tee will move to one of the highest comms roles in government from NHS Direct where he is currently chief executive. An announcement is expected tomorrow. Howell James vacated the permanent ...
executive of the Central Office of Information (COI). Bishop starts work as chief executive for the South ...
19 Feb 2008
| by Nikki Sandison
The other successful agencies are Lean Mean Fighting Machine for digital communications; Band Brown for PR; and Drum for sponsorship. The appointments follow a series of competitive pitches managed by the Central Office of Information. The three-year campaign will be based on the proposition that studying ...
08 Jan 2008
| by Gemma Charles
LONDON - The Government has created a new board to monitor all government marketing activity in a...to Marketing s annual Top Advertisers ranking. The Government Strategic Marketing Advisory Board (GSMAB ...
that its role needed to evolve to better reflect the changing way in which government communicates ...
in which Government communicates with people. It s important that governance arrangements also keep pace ...
16 Jul 2008
| by Tristan O'Carroll
LONDON - The Government hiked its ad spend via digital media by nearly 59%, to £35.4m, during...According to the Central Office of Information (COI), during the 2007/08 financial year, the Government's media ad spend rose to 156.9m, up from 135m in 2006/07. Last year's increase in ad spend ...
/07. Although the COI report did not reveal the Government's planned ad spend over the current financial year ...
13 Nov 2008
| by Matt Cartmell
An NHS boss has edged out Whitehall insiders to land the most influential comms role in government....The Cabinet Office s hire of Matt Tee as permanent secretary for government communications ...
affairs director at Barclays. Tee said: Leading government comms and helping ensure customer insight ...
Bishop, who has been handling the role in addition to his job as chief executive of the Central Office ...
18 Jan 2008
| by Darren Davidson
LONDON - The government has launched a drugs awareness campaign, created by digital agency Profero...The campaign is the latest instalment in the government s long-running drugs awareness and information initiative Frank. It was produced on behalf of the Home Office, Department of Health ...
through the Central Office of Information, with media planning and buying handled by i-Level. Chris ...
22 Aug 2008
| by Sarah Crawley-Boevey
LONDON - The Local Radio Company has sold its stake in the Falkirk radio station Central FM...The 64% holding has been sold to Central FM chairman John Quinn, who already holds 11% of the station. According to radio audience measurement system Rajar, the station had an average weekly audience ...
. In the 10 months to 31 July this year, Central FM had a turnover of 721,900 and an operating loss of 32 ...