14 Dec 2010
| by Peter Hay
Government relations agency Barton Deakin has appointed Andrew Scannell to open its new Melbourne...The agency's decision comes in response to demand from local organisations keen to build relationships with the new coalition Government.
Scannell was most recently global head of corporate ...
're incredibly excited about the change in Government in Victoria after 11 years, and thrilled that someone ...
30 Nov 2011
| by Matt Cartmell
Agencies north of the border are making plans to form 'super-agency' consortia in order to take a...support has arisen in particular in government quangos and agencies, which have suffered severe comms ...
The Scottish government has issued two tender documents for the renewal of its full 120m roster of marcoms agencies.
Up to 62 agencies will be on the first roster.
The second roster has been newly ...
24 May 2012
| by John Owens
The Government's top communicators have called on the PR industry to diversify its services...available to PR agencies make it worthwhile being on the new frameworks? More worryingly for government ...
PR agencies seem well placed to respond to the Government's strategic approach and key challenges ...
At a standing room-only conference on Monday, senior Government figures explained the fresh ...
29 Nov 2011
| by Matt Cartmell
The Scottish government has issued two tender documents for the renewal of its full roster...The Marketing Services Framework Agreement, which is renewed every four years, calls on agencies ...
to tender for inclusion in the new framework. The brief states that agencies will be available for use ...
the Central Government Centre of Procurement Expertise. The estimated total value of the framework is 80- 100 ...
24 May 2011
| by Matt Cartmell
Charities could soon be able to access the Government's rosters of comms agencies, PRWeek can...the voluntary sector to use the Government s central buying system.
In an interview with PR Week s sister ...
such as stationery, energy and professional services, using the Government s central buying office.
The Cabinet Office has now confirmed that comms services could be included within that offering, such as agencies ...
21 Jul 2010
| by Cathy Wallace
The Government has pledged to retain the Food Standards Agency, amid fears it would be scrapped...Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has confirmed that while some responsibilities will be handed over to the Government, the agency will remain.
Research for PRWeek shows the public will welcome this decision ...
watchdog.
PRWeek/OnePoll s latest Reputation Survey , carried out before the Government confirmed ...
14 Jul 2010
| by Matt Cartmell
Troubled public sector agency Kindred is planning to make redundancies that could see a third...The agency s board directors called a meeting last week to inform employees that a six-week period ...
be that one-third of the agency s 80-plus staff would be out, including two board directors.
The agency ...
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Mustoe explained the move: Everything is on hold with the Government, we don t know where we stand. We ...
03 May 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
The Government's under-fire health and social care watchdog has taken the unusual step of launching...The Care Quality Commission, which is funded through registration schemes but also government grant-in-aid, is seeking to hire public affairs support to lobby the Government.
The news ...
need for an agency to provide 'corporate counsel to the range of comms needs, relating to the strategic ...
10 Feb 2010
| by Matt Cartmell
agencies that will serve all government departments, for comms work not handled through the Central Office...of agencies at individual departments. The new system will complement the COI, which handles existing ...
of the third sector. So, where does it leave agencies that already spend thousands bidding for the COI's roster? Will they have to bid twice? And what about small local agencies that rely on winning local ...
13 Dec 2010
| by David Woods
With local government expecting the worst cuts to funding since the end of the Second World War...charities and community groups do more if local government isn t able to talk to and with them? She added: The cuts are likely to affect PR agencies in two ways. Money for projects and campaigns run by agencies will probably disappear quickly. But in the medium term we could see reduced in-house teams ...
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