28 May 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
frustrations he claims were felt not only inside City Hall but in central government, the Olympics family ...
25 May 2012
| by Luke Blair
, shows real joining up. The campaign has been rolled out across central and local government, across ...
And guess what? Not much has changed. In local government and health in particular, the closer ...
. Anyway, what this has really done is got different parts of the NHS and local government talking to each ...
24 May 2012
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The committee, which has launched an inquiry into the Government's alcohol strategy, is considering "marketing bans" and the impact of marketing, particularly among children and young people.
Although a minimum unit price for alcohol was the Government's main proposal, the ad industry is worried ...
24 May 2012
| by Danny Rogers
This week, further details emerged of the Government's new approach to its comms campaigns after...of government comms Jenny Grey - have been caught between a rock and a hard place.
On the one hand Downing ...
Labour government. On the other, like any administration, the coalition is seeking significant public ...
to be seen to be doing some useful stuff.
Maude admitted this week that 'governments need to communicate ...
24 May 2012
| by John Woodcock
in the Government's reputation for economic competence will cause David Cameron and George Osborne profound alarm....to growth.
Deep down, the pair are canny enough to know that any government comms drive cannot defy ...
the Government's programme has sufficient energy to inject life into anything.
The many strategists who ...
Alexander) must realise they are trapped by the Government's refusal to signal a change of course ...
22 May 2012
| by John Owens
The Government will be kicking off two roster searches in a hunt for 'the most innovative ideas...comms spend.
The Government Procurement Service will work alongside the governmental comms operation ...
will be awarded.
The meeting, named 'Agile government communications: ambitions for the future' and hosted by Dods, came after the COI was closed at the end of March.
During the meeting, senior government ...
18 May 2012
| by John Owens
but this is an attempt to shift the mood music a little bit.
The Government has recently been rocked by a number ...
17 May 2012
| by John Owens
The minister overseeing lobbying reform has hit back at suggestions the Government has 'undermined...Mark Harper defended his Government s record on handling lobbying scandals. Under questioning over how ...
bodge of it.
He did, however, pledge that the Government would p ublish a draft bill during this parliamentary session.
His words follow widespread industry criticism of the Government's initial ...
17 May 2012
The Government is less popular than in 2010 and more people have a negative opinion...Positive sentiment towards the coalition Government has dropped to its lowest level for three ...
of the coalition Government in 2010, 36 per cent said either very or quite positive and 30 per cent said quite ...
positively about the Government, while those feeling negative jumped to 52 per cent.
In 2010, 21 per cent ...
17 May 2012
| by George Eustice
challenge facing governments is how to manage comms around events that are unpredictable and beyond.... That it happened at all was a triumph of political belligerence over economic reason. The governments of most EU ...
referendum, such as Sweden and Denmark, said no.
While EU governments were attracted to the idea ...
in the economy. The Government cannot control events but must adopt the right stance to allow it to respond ...