22 Feb 2011
| by Gemma Charles
A radical centralisation of the marketing function across the government and its executive agencies...Centralisation would involve moving marketers out of individual government departments and into a ...
by COI chief executive Mark Lund and Matt Tee, the out-going permanent secretary for government ...
- an unpopular proposal with the marketing industry - and the use of government websites for ads.
WPP chief ...
24 Mar 2011
| by Gemma Charles
The government is to outline its first cross-departmental marketing strategy under a chief...the introduction of an annual adspend cap.
In his review, outgoing permanent secretary for government communications Matt Tee recommended the COI be scrapped and replaced by a centralised, 150-strong Government ...
departments.
'The themes would represent government priorities, for which there is a clear and important ...
15 Jun 2009
| by Fiona Ramsay
LONDON - The Central Office of Information (COI) has brought in auditing company ABCe..., quality and use of government websites by June 2010. The move will cover all central government ...
spent on sites to assess how much central government sites are being used. The outcome will help ...
Accounts Committee recommendation for reliable data on the volume and use of central government sites ...
20 Mar 2009
| by Fiona Ramsay
LONDON - The Central Office of Information (COI) has launched a review with the public to let...and ultimately the tax payer. The review follows a survey of 153 central government organisations between ...
of government websites to encourage areas such as social media. It expects to elicit views from people working directly with government websites and bloggers. COI is also running its review on Twitter at www ...
20 Jul 2009
| by Joe Thomas
LONDON - The Central Office of Information (COI) has become the UK's biggest advertiser, spending..., which serves government departments and public sector bodies, also revealed it has spent 540m ...
. Mark Lund, chief executive at the COI said: The need for government to communicate with the public ...
. Government campaigns can help save lives and save money. Smoking rates and road deaths are now the lowest ...
09 Nov 2010
| by Gemma Charles
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has called for government marketers to address budget...In a report called 'Don t Stop Me Now: Marketing in Central Government', launched today (Wednesday ...
to power in May means that government marketers must find new ways to achieve their aims.
As well ...
, the report suggests ways to close the "perception gap" between the value that government marketing brings ...
03 Mar 2009
| by Sarah Johnson
marketing support for the rebranding of Paramount Comedy to its international comedy brand Comedy Central.
02 Jun 2010
| by Joe Thomas and Gemma Charles
EXCLUSIVE: The Central Office of Information has for the first time officially informed marketing..., as part of the anticipated swingeing cuts under the new Coalition Government . In a letter dated 2 June ...
40m on digital, according to the COI's annual report. The Government has previously stated ...
outlines the definitions of essential marketing as: Where the government has a duty to provide ...
06 Jul 2010
| by Joe Thomas
Comedy Central UK has appointed ex-Kiss FM managing director, Bill Griffin, as its most senior...Central from ad agency Rapier, where he has been strategy partner since 2007.
Prior to Rapier, Griffin ...
08 Jun 2010
| by staff
Findus Group, which owns the Young's Seafood and Findus frozen-food brands, is establishing a centralised marketing unit in London as it gears up for a major UK push.