09 Aug 1996
| by OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT
The Government has imposed higher performance targets on the Central
Office of Information...The Government has imposed higher performance targets on the Central
Office of Information as it prepares to bring in a new chief executive
from the private sector.
The new targets, which will increase the pressure on the 23 agencies
working on Government campaigns, have been ordered by Roger ...
08 Dec 1995
The Manchester-based agency, BDH, has joined the Government s
advertising roster for the first...The Manchester-based agency, BDH, has joined the Government s
advertising roster for the first time by winning the Central Office of
Information s Going for Green account.
Going for Green, an initiative announced earlier this year by John
Gummer, the Environment Secretary, aims to encourage more ...
12 Nov 1999
| by JADE GARRETT
The Central Office of Information is looking for an agency to
create a pounds 4.5 million campaign...The Central Office of Information is looking for an agency to
create a pounds 4.5 million campaign designed to raise awareness of the
2001 census.
The through-the-line campaign, which will break early in 2001, will aim
to encourage the general public to spend time filling in the necessary ...
09 May 1997
| by our Parliamentary correspondent
. The whole emphasis will be on
making the self-regulation system work, one Government source said ...
imagine a Blair government with a hands off
industry policy bringing in a law to control all ...
-regulation.
Government adspend is unlikely to change much. Labour may spend more
than the Tories on health promotion ...
04 Jun 2010
| by Maisie McCabe
The government has published detailed information on government spending, including its advertising...government spending into thousands of different categories, was published on the HM Treasury website today ...
to the different ways departments recorded their expenditure.
The Central Office of Information spent 540m ...
agencies that Government advertising expenditure could fall by at least 50% during this financial year ...
12 Feb 1999
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The Government is to introduce annual performance and
value-for-money checks on its advertising...The Government is to introduce annual performance and
value-for-money checks on its advertising ...
changes
to government accounts, which are normally reviewed every four or five
years.
The new ...
the effect of
advancing the aims of the political party in government .
But it stressed ...
04 Dec 1998
| by OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT
The Government is considering another review of the way Whitehall
departments buy...The Government is considering another review of the way Whitehall
departments buy their advertising.
In a surprise move, Labour ministers may re-open their decision to give
the Central Office of Information a breathing space in its present form
as a semi-independent arm of the Government ...
03 Oct 1997
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The Government is seeking more private sector sponsorship for its
campaigns and wants agencies...The Government is seeking more private sector sponsorship for its
campaigns and wants agencies to attract additional backing for their
work for Whitehall departments.
The Central Office of In ...
that distribute government leaflets, to a
bank that funds a school magazine and a motor manufacturer that backs ...
26 May 2000
| by Our Parliamentary Correspondent
Nine media agencies have been asked to pitch for the Government s
four centralised buying accounts...Nine media agencies have been asked to pitch for the Government s
four centralised buying accounts which are worth a total of pounds 82
million.
MediaVest, which holds the pounds 40 ...
for
both contracts by the Central Office of Information.
MediaVest will compete against Zenith ...
22 May 1998
| by Our Parliamentary Correspondent
Agencies will soon be asked to pitch for a Government campaign
worth up to pounds 5 million...Agencies will soon be asked to pitch for a Government campaign
worth up to pounds 5 million to tell British business to get ready for
the launch of the European single currency ...
to include agencies with a strong
record on integrated marketing.
The Central Office of Information ...