28 Nov 1996
The government is joining forces with leading names from the high
street, the financial services and information technology industries and
the voluntary sector for a promotion to stop the UK from becoming a
nation of technophobes.
28 Nov 1996
| by HARVEY SMITH
The next government will have to address the problem of the fractured
trust between people and parliament, according to Derek Foster, Shadow
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
18 Oct 1996
Microsoft Europe has appointed Marie-Ther�se Huppertz as its head of
government relations, in a move which sees its government affairs
function shift from Paris to Brussels.
04 Oct 1996
Transco International, the exploration and pipeline arm of British Gas,
is close to appointing a head of government relations in advance of the
company s official launch early next year.
09 Aug 1996
| by OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT
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.
24 May 1996
| by MICHAEL KAVANAGH
Career paths in local government PR are changing as councils begin to
wake up to the fact that PR professionals are the right people to play a
key role in determining policy
10 May 1996
Dick Fedorcio Electricity Association
04 Apr 1996
| by MARGARET HOOD
UNITARY CONCERNS: New look local authorities are relying on PR to
explain the implications to the public
STAFF COMMUNICATIONS: Informed employees are better able to cope with
departmental re-organisation
ISSUES MANAGEMENT: How local authority PR units fared in the wake of a
series of violent incidents...
04 Apr 1996
| by MICHAEL BLAND
The British beef debacle will continue to plague the Government, but
McDonald s appears to have made a happy meal of the situation by putting
the health of their customers first says crisis and communications
consultant Michael Bland
29 Mar 1996
| by JOHN-PIERRE JOYCE
The Local Government Association, the new body which will represent
local authorities in England and Wales, is on the hunt for its first PR
chief, a year before it officially comes into existence.Headed by Brian
Briscoe, chief executive of Hertfordshire County Council, the LGA is due
to start operating...