Since the COI first issued guidance, four years ago, on how government communicators can use social media, I’ve uttered a simple mantra to explain it. It is social media if it lets you ‘create, connect and share’ more easily. 2011 has been a year...
Business Minister Mark Prisk has confirmed that PR agency Hill and Knowlton will be in charge of promoting David Cameron’s Tech City overseas, after it is announced the Central Office of Information has been scrapped.Tech City is the plan...
Hamish Pringle, director general of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA)and Jane Wilson, CEO of the CIPR, have commented on the scrapping of the COI.Pringle (pictured) said: " We can only hope that the new regime being put...
The Government has confirmed that the Central Office of Information (COI) will be scrapped, but has rejected the idea of a centralised marketing hub for all departments.The majority of the COI’s marketing services work will now be handled...
The release of National Archive information has revealed that Royal Navy recruiters planned to use Margaret Thatcher’s face alongside the words ‘the bombshell that hit the Armilla patrol’.The advert, put forward by advertising...
The coalition government has announced plans to run only “essential” advertising campaigns over the next four years as part of ongoing efforts to balance the books.These measures mark the extension of a freeze on the governments...
The Welsh Assembly Government will soon make a decision on its climate change brief after holding a pitch with Golley Slater, Newcastle-based Different and TBWA\Manchester.The pitch, which has been managed by the Central Office of Information (COI...