06 Dec 2002
SME organisation the Small Business Council has switched PR agencies, hiring Focus PR in place of Fishburn Hedges.
05 Dec 2002
Tesco is meeting five members of the Spanish government this week to discuss ways of strengthening marketing ties between the retailer and the Spanish produce it sells. A debut marketing campaign promoting Spanish-grown fruit, which was co-funded by Tesco and the Spanish government, was a success and...
03 Dec 2002
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - The government is launching a new "five-a-day" logo in its war against unhealthy eating as it attempts to encourage more people to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.
29 Nov 2002
The Government has said it will introduce stronger safeguards to prevent foreign broadcasters from "swamping" British TV screens with cheap imports after the ownership rules are relaxed. Measures include calls for tough UK production quotas to be imposed on any foreign media company that takes over...
29 Nov 2002
Imperial Tobacco sent a warning to the Government this week, stating that banning tobacco advertising would not kill the industry. The Government has promised to axe cigarette advertising by the end of the year, but the IT chief executive, Gareth Davies, said in countries where a ban existed, the tobacco...
28 Nov 2002
The government has announced that it is to put an extra £15m behind its anti-smoking campaigning. It will also put new health warnings on cigarette packets and remove the terms 'light' and 'mild'.
28 Nov 2002
The government has unveiled a web site dedicated to helping businesses navigate their way around biotechnology. I-bio, whose name, brand identity and graphic design has been undertaken by Clinic, soft launched last week, prior to its full ministerial launch by Lord Sainsbury next March. I-bio is jointly...
28 Nov 2002
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has appointed Leo Burnett to handle its benefit fraud campaign, as the government attempts to slash the £3bn of public money lost each year.
28 Nov 2002
Tourism Alliance chairman and CBI director-general Digby Jones has called on the government to help the UK tourism industry with its marketing and shake off unfavourable images caused by crises such as foot-and-mouth disease.
21 Nov 2002
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Tobacco advertisements in print and on billboards will disappear from the UK on February 14 next year, as the government outlines the timetable for the ban on tobacco advertising and promotion.