29 Aug 2008
| by Richard Stokoe, head of news at the Local Government
Citizen journalists have been hailed by many as the next generation of 'truth searchers' against the evils of the state. The development of web 2.0 has made thousands of people into aspiring or part-time journalists. One only has to look at the BBC or Sky news websites to see that traditional media...
08 May 2009
| by Simon Nayyar, Citigate Dewe Rogerson
approach to macroeconomic management. An inc oming Conservative government stands ready to tackle ...
fantasy guest list? Robert Peston, Damian Green and their respective government moles. ...
10 Jan 2001
| by MediaWeek
Scottish Government reviews agencies...The Scottish Government and the Scottish Health Education Board are both to instigate statutory reviews of their creative and media accounts, worth a total of £7 million. The Scottish Executive account is worth £4 million and the Health Education Board account worth around £3 million. The current incumbent ...
08 Dec 2008
| by Gemma O'Reilly
The Scottish Government has finally decided on its PR roster after a ten-month process..... The Government announced it was enlarging the number of organisations which could use the roster when it put out ...
including The Scottish Government and Parliament, VisitScotland and Health Scotland. Scottish Government ...
Government's creative agencies. ...
15 Jan 2008
| by Gemma Charles
on Advertising with the Government Strategic Marketing Advisory Board (GSMAB) is a clear indication..., the GSMAB will monitor all government marketing activity, not just spend through the COI, which, according ...
. Significantly, there are no spend figures for other government marketing, as Alan Mayhead, the chairman of the GSMAB, pointed out. There s an awful lot of marketing expenditure being undertaken by government ...
04 Dec 2001
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The UK government has announced a series of measures designed to boost the uptake...and urge businesses to take up government tax breaks which "could cut more than 50 off a typical 260 broadband connection bill", according to a government statement.
The announcement comes as Alexander ...
the government on what needs to be done to roll out broadband services across the UK.
The government's new ...
25 Sep 1998
| by KATE NICHOLAS AND JULIETTE GARSIDE
Council, received a special IPR award
for outstanding contribution to local government relations at last...) for Hackney Council, received a special IPR award
for outstanding contribution to local government relations at last
week s IPR local government group conference.
Langham s role at the beleaguered council ...
the profile of PR in local government, while Bell
thinks the group should simply provide tools for council ...
23 Jun 2009
The government has set a target of closing more than 95% of its consumer and business websites...the government, according to Ofcom. However,
communications minister Lord Carter said it is confusing to have
multiple government websites with no architecture linking them. In the 'Digital Britain' report launched last week, Carter stated that
government should develop a 'roadmap' to a new programme of digital ...
11 Nov 2008
| by Matt Cartmell
The Cabinet Office has appointed Matt Tee as its new permanent secretary for government...Tee will move to one of the highest comms roles in government from NHS Direct where he is currently chief executive. An announcement is expected tomorrow. Howell James vacated the permanent secretary job after four years in June to become corporate affairs director at Barclays. Tee will follow ...
08 Oct 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - The government is considering a plan to split Consignia, formerly known as the Post Office...figure that could grow as the government prepares to introduce the electronic delivery of state benefits ...