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 ...
central government.
More positive media coverage will be down to a number of factors.
With smaller ...
31 May 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
be delayed or even kicked into the long grass, as the Government faces more pressing concerns....With the consultation into a statutory register now complete, the Government says ...
spring.
But after MPs hit out at the Government during Deputy Prime Minister's question time ...
that the Leveson Inquiry was throwing up so many revelations about the relationships between government, business ...
24 May 2012
| by John Owens
The Government's top communicators have called on the PR industry to diversify its services...At a standing room-only conference on Monday, senior Government figures explained the fresh ...
to better incorporate digital, planning and measurement.
The wide-ranging plan will see the Government ...
wide range of skills in PR, advertising and marketing.
Executive director of government comms Jenny ...
22 May 2012
| by Maisie McCabe
The Government is preparing to review its media buying business, currently handled by WPP's M4C...the Government Procurement Service and in a statement it said it plans to review its central media buying ...
was outlined at the Agile Government Communications Conference for suppliers in Westminster yesterday ...
to inform the future strategy".
Last year, Government advertising from its various departments commanded ...
22 May 2012
| by John Owens
The Government will be kicking off two roster searches in a hunt for 'the most innovative ideas...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 figures including executive director of government comms Jenny Grey and minister for the Cabinet Office ...
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 ...
17 May 2012
| by John Owens
The minister overseeing lobbying reform has hit back at suggestions the Government has 'undermined...Mark Harper defended his Government s record on handling lobbying scandals. Under questioning over how ...
bodge of it.
He did, however, pledge that the Government would p ublish a draft bill during this parliamentary session.
His words follow widespread industry criticism of the Government's initial ...
17 May 2012
The Government is less popular than in 2010 and more people have a negative opinion...Positive sentiment towards the coalition Government has dropped to its lowest level for three ...
of the coalition Government in 2010, 36 per cent said either very or quite positive and 30 per cent said quite ...
positively about the Government, while those feeling negative jumped to 52 per cent.
In 2010, 21 per cent ...
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 ...
11 May 2012
| by Matt Cartmell
for running a 'sofa government', according to the PRCA chief executive Francis Ingham....Blair for his "sofa government" style of decision making, for Cameron not even once to ask Coulson about ...