UK coalition government relies on pomp and circumstance to avoid meltdown
Iconic adman and three-time election-winning Thatcher adviser turned public relations oligarch Lord Bell, speaking at an IPA event in March 2010, summed up election strategy thus: if a country’s...
View ArticleIs it time for another advertising-led ‘Cool Britannia’ to rescue faltering...
It has long been in Britain’s interests to advertise. From ‘Rule, Britannia!’ to ‘Cool Britannia’ it’s important for the British to be, and to feel, special. As much as our politicians might think they...
View ArticleIs UK government strategist Steve Hilton a friend or foe of the advertising...
Senior advertising executives were probably quite happy to see David and Samantha Cameron scamper up the steps of 10 Downing Street last May. They had endured 13 years of hard Labour. A total ban on...
View ArticleFA boss Bernstein should keep up the fight against Sepp Blatter and FIFA old...
David Bernstein is no stranger to controversy. He was non-executive chairman of French Connection during its “f.c.u.k” ad campaign in 1997, created by the mercurial Trevor Beattie at TBWA and banned...
View ArticleUK government to clamp down on sexy images aimed at children
‘Let children be children’ was launched today by Reg Bailey, chief executive of Mother’s Union, at a primary school in Balham, London. It is the second government review into the commercial world in...
View ArticleFormer ASA man Christopher Graham now in hot pursuit of advertisers with new...
As director-general of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) from 2000 to 2009, Christopher Graham had a saying, no doubt loathed by advertisers who felt the strong arm of the regulator. He would...
View ArticleUK coalition government ad cuts have created a worrying inability to communicate
The last year and a bit has been a turbulent time for the UK government’s communicators. It was always likely to be the case, with the coalition government wielding its new broom. A haze of...
View ArticleUK adland promises to mend its ways on sexy ads
Representatives from the UK advertising and media industries made the trip deep into the bowels of the Mothers Union at 8.30am this morning. An unlikely place to score a free breakfast, they gathered...
View ArticleNow PM Cameron recommends ad-style regulation for erring UK newspapers –...
Another scandal. Another U-turn. Another week in coalition government. Just four months ago, Home Office minister James Brokenshire told the House of Commons that “we believe that the Press Complaints...
View ArticleJeremy Hunt lays out extremely modest grand plan for local UK television
The UK culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has released a map of 65 potential new ‘hyper-local’ television stations that could operate in the UK. The Government expects that most big cities, as well as towns...
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UK coalition government relies on pomp and circumstance to avoid meltdown
Iconic adman and three-time election-winning Thatcher adviser turned public relations oligarch Lord Bell, speaking at an IPA event in March 2010, summed up election strategy thus: if a country’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is it time for another advertising-led ‘Cool Britannia’ to rescue faltering...
It has long been in Britain’s interests to advertise. From ‘Rule, Britannia!’ to ‘Cool Britannia’ it’s important for the British to be, and to feel, special. As much as our politicians might think they...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is UK government strategist Steve Hilton a friend or foe of the advertising...
Senior advertising executives were probably quite happy to see David and Samantha Cameron scamper up the steps of 10 Downing Street last May. They had endured 13 years of hard Labour. A total ban on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FA boss Bernstein should keep up the fight against Sepp Blatter and FIFA old...
David Bernstein is no stranger to controversy. He was non-executive chairman of French Connection during its “f.c.u.k” ad campaign in 1997, created by the mercurial Trevor Beattie at TBWA and banned...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UK government to clamp down on sexy images aimed at children
‘Let children be children’ was launched today by Reg Bailey, chief executive of Mother’s Union, at a primary school in Balham, London. It is the second government review into the commercial world in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Former ASA man Christopher Graham now in hot pursuit of advertisers with new...
As director-general of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) from 2000 to 2009, Christopher Graham had a saying, no doubt loathed by advertisers who felt the strong arm of the regulator. He would...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UK coalition government ad cuts have created a worrying inability to communicate
The last year and a bit has been a turbulent time for the UK government’s communicators. It was always likely to be the case, with the coalition government wielding its new broom. A haze of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UK adland promises to mend its ways on sexy ads
Representatives from the UK advertising and media industries made the trip deep into the bowels of the Mothers Union at 8.30am this morning. An unlikely place to score a free breakfast, they gathered...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Now PM Cameron recommends ad-style regulation for erring UK newspapers –...
Another scandal. Another U-turn. Another week in coalition government. Just four months ago, Home Office minister James Brokenshire told the House of Commons that “we believe that the Press Complaints...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UK coalition government relies on pomp and circumstance to avoid meltdown
Iconic adman and three-time election-winning Thatcher adviser turned public relations oligarch Lord Bell, speaking at an IPA event in March 2010, summed up election strategy thus: if a country’s...
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