31 May 2012
| by John Owens
of a three day event held by LG Comms, which represents comms teams across local government.
Among ...
and Local Government. Among the highlights yesterday were talks by Richard Stokoe, head of comms ...
local government continue to cut budgets and staff. Also up for discussion was the need for more a ...
31 May 2012
| by John Owens
The public believes that the media are coming down more harshly on central government but easing up...that media coverage of central government was negative crept up two per cent during the same period, to 60 ...
successfully distanced themselves from central government decisions.
Acknowledging that work still had ...
government cutbacks, led by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, as being a possible reason behind ...
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
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 ...
education for their students? One would hope local government and the NHS are united by the desire ...
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 ...
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 ...
22 May 2012
| by Gemma Charles
The government is to make ad campaigns aimed at stimulating growth a key part of the first cross...Speaking at the Agile Government Communications Conference in Westminster on Monday (21 May), Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude and the executive director for government communications, Jenny Grey ...
of the government's growth strategy.
Other campaigns set for the coming year include activity to promote ...
21 May 2012
| by Hannah Crown
Former Government adviser Mark Davies, currently comms and campaigns director at Rethink Mental ...
controversially hiked the price of stamps by up to 39 per cent in April and is to be privatised by the Government. The Post Office became a separate government-owned company in April.
Despite the closure of more than 6 ...
17 May 2012
' factor.
Just under half of IWM's money comes from the Government, with the rest self ...
15 May 2012
| by John Owens
A leading figure in the post-COI government comms effort has vowed that the new set-up will be more...Executive director of government comms Jenny Grey spoke to PRWeek ahead of a key meeting next ...
of SMEs, which the Government sees more broadly as crucial to growth.
With the old system, one could ...
of the COI and come as the Government moves to group departments together into hubs that will present ...