02 May 2003
| by Alastair Ray
As a new bill gives the public sector access to TV, Alastair Ray looks at pilot projects...proved demand for public services via TV was strong.
'Although it was quite a contained experiment ...
A new weapon is about to be added to the public sector's armoury.
Thanks to changes being ...
rules will allow councils, for the first time, to bid for Restricted Service Licences. This will give ...
13 Jan 2012
's public sector column on behalf of the CIPR local public services group. She writes about the challenges...The National Citizen Service has issued a tender for an agency to create
a marketing film targeted at young people. The contract, worth £8,000-£12,500, is to build awareness of the National Citizen
Service among 16-year-olds. The service is a flagship government
programme aimed at getting young people ...
26 Nov 2010
| by James Frayne, partner, Westbourne Communications
and unemployment, and cuts to public services, the Government's grid won't make comforting viewing for key....' The Tories have already been doing this well on the cuts and the polls
suggest the public is backing them. They need to go further, consistently putting Labour on the wrong side
of public opinion. And not just on the economy but on other issues the
public care about, such as crime and justice, and schools. Tory ...
18 Mar 2011
The CIPR local public services group has appointed Hackney Council head of media and marketing...and access to best practice during
what continues to be a difficult time for local public services.' Bristol City Council service director of comms and marketing Peter Holt,
and Monmouthshire County Council ...
publications to four a year 'absurd'. Camden Borough Council comms account manager Ashley Wilcox has stepped ...
20 May 2010
| by James Dunne
The coming months will be an exciting period to be a local public services communicator....relevant to our services users worried by how much is spent in the public sector. We can rightly expect ...
something we strive to achieve but must achieve. No matter what area of local public services you work in ...
and other local services groups. Coming together as the Norfolk Public Sector Communications group years ago ...
20 Oct 2011
| by Alex Aiken
Since the snow in January, the reputation of local public services has been improving..... Authorities are generally seen as listening and perhaps the public has not seen the reduction in services ...
for councils, police authorities and local hospitals.
Winter seems to be the point at which public service ...
each other more the coming months.
Public service stands or falls together. Joining up the services ...
10 Oct 2003
| by Ravi Chandiramani
of public services is embarking on a PR drive to speed up its implementation....with IT suppliers.
The CRM programme aims to deliver a wide range of services electronically, from processing ...
13 May 2005
| by Donna Werbner
The companies behind government efforts to make public services available through technology have...Inspired Broadcast Networks and content provider mylocal operate the Directgov scheme, which provides public access to information about government services via digital TV, mobile phones and touch-screen kiosks in public places.
The firms want to encourage local and central government use of the scheme ...
19 Jan 2010
| by Arif Durrani
its public services business for the first time in six years....on the BBC roster will work across the breadth of the public services portfolio, including BBC TV channels, radio networks and other new media services. Before joining the BBC, Bayley was general manager ...
creative services roster as part of the statutory review, with briefs due to be distributed in March ...
03 Dec 2010
on behalf of the CIPR Local Public Services Group. Wilcox writes that 'local government communicators...at Westminster City
Council. - Strata Matrix, a bilingual public relations company in Wales, has gone
into liquidation as a result of the public sector cutbacks, reports the
BBC. The agency, which has offices ...