14 Dec 2000
The government is facing an annual bill of up to 350m to create the Post Office-based universal...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The government is facing an annual bill of up to 350m to create the Post Office-based universal bank, because 10 high-street banks are reported to have refused to pay 125m a year towards running costs.
The Guardian reports that the banks are only prepared to pay half ...
01 Dec 2000
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The advertising industry is embroiled in a row with the Government over a strong attack...The advertising industry is embroiled in a row with the Government over a strong attack by the chancellor, Gordon Brown, on the pre-Christmas blitz promoting presents for children.
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising has written to Brown asking him to clarify his remarks amid fears that they might ...
24 Nov 2000
| by RICHARD COOK
tick.
He might have put in place computer systems at NatWest that govern everything from colours ...
17 Nov 2000
| by GIDON FREEMAN
headquarters. He joined from the recently demerged BG Group, where he was head of policy and government ...
09 Nov 2000
Russell Abbott, managing director, WDPA
Pensions sexy? An unlikely adjective - especially if you are an employer faced with a lengthy set of government guidelines on stakeholder schemes.
But Virgin - the ultimate maestro of the brand extension - has managed to diffuse the yawn factor with its ...
03 Nov 2000
| by PETER SIMPSON
collective action to improve the pension industry's reputation
with consumer groups, government ...
and communicate it effectively to the
industry, IFAs, government, the FSA, consumer groups and the media ...
and
broadcast coverage.
Results
Relations with government, the FSA and with some of the consumer ...
03 Nov 2000
| by RACHEL MILLER
signature that the government is working on to provide security. But at the moment, many e-commerce sites ...
01 Nov 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
they are focused on their governmental, rather than career, future. The ads will air across 30 US states.
“When I grow up, I want the government to have the same problems as it has today,” says one child. Other lines ...
30 Oct 2000
shareholder, the French government, is believed to prefer a French chairman if Orange registers in France ...
26 Oct 2000
| by JAMES CURTIS
of the imbalances it has caused - albeit reluctantly and at the government s bidding. Through its Social Exclusion ...
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Basic accounts
The government s desire to launch a Post Office-run Universal Bank, which is aimed ...
and disabled) and the government s Social Exclusion Unit.
One of the most obvious areas where brands can ...