14 Dec 2001
The advertising industry has railed against proposals to place
restrictions on alcohol advertising similar to those already in place on
tobacco advertising. The IPA has slammed proposals, put forward this
week by the Government's chief medical officer, as being "way over the
top" and stated ...
14 Dec 2001
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The Government may drop its 5 million-a-year campaign to
deter social security fraud following criticism that it gave claimants
the impression that it was easy to fiddle the system ...
to the Government: "One negative impact that may be the
result of the campaign was that respondents within ...
07 Dec 2001
| by ALASDAIR REID
and philosophical.
You'll find it sprinkled liberally throughout the Government's
consultation document ...
for their best of all possible media worlds. "The Government's
task," they state, "is to create a framework ...
White Paper, but it helps to confirm government thinking
on a few substantive points ...
07 Dec 2001
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The pressure on the Government to outlaw tobacco advertising
increased this week when an opinion ...
", or the Government would not
let cigarettes be advertised.
Four in ten adults strongly agree ...
agreement, with a further 20 per cent tending to agree with this
statement.
The Government ...
07 Dec 2001
| by JOHN TYLEE
in member states.
Snack food advertising to children is also under attack but some
government ...
concludes that advertising is to blame for causing excess
consumption, governments will get a mandate ...
07 Dec 2001
| by JOHN TYLEE
company. Its COI Communications, and her boss is the Government.
As the COI's chief executive ...
was the last politician to contemplate
that - and only because he never really understood what the Government ...
comfortable relationship with a government frequently
over-preoccupied with "spin", but ever eager ...
07 Dec 2001
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
COI Communications was accused this week of trying to scupper a
breakaway by the Department of Transport, Local Government and the
Regions by warning agencies not to pitch for the business.
COI denied claims by agencies that it had issued veiled "threats" to
shops on its roster not to bid ...
30 Nov 2001
will expose. Whatever it is, the decision of
the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions ...
, will they risk the displeasure of COI and put
their chances of gaining more government work at risk? COI would ...
, the decision is a real slap in the face and a return to the
kind of uncertainty that the Government ...
30 Nov 2001
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The Government has dismissed the advertising industry's fears that
the creation of a single ITV company will drive up the cost of
advertising.
In a consultation document on media ownership ...
protection."
The Government also brushed aside industry fears that its plans to
abolish the points ...
30 Nov 2001
| by ALASDAIR REID
to point that out to the
Government."
This is an incredibly measured and restrained response ...
. Shouldn't the industry now unite in making its views
absolutely crystal clear to the Government ...