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By Stephen Foster on January 30, 2012
Well maybe not Labour leader Ed Miliband although it’s surprising that no-one has reminded him yet that RBS boss Stephen Hester’s generous deal at the nearly-nationalised bank was struck by former Labour PM Gordon Brown and chancellor Alistair Darling. And that it was Labour that decided that some public sector ‘workers’, like GPs and hospital [...]
Posted in Media, News, Politics, PR | Tagged Alistair Darling, bankers, bonus, coalition government, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, George Osborne, Gordon Brown, hunting pinks, Labour, pr disaster, RBS, Stephen Hester, Vince Cable
By Stuart Smith on January 20, 2012
British Airways may not be the brand it was when the Saatchi brothers landed Manhattan at Heathrow nearly 30 year ago. But as national flag carrier, it still packs a punch: it’s still the largest UK airline based on fleet size, number of international flights and international destinations. What’s more, as a founder member of [...]
Posted in Clients, Finance, News, Politics | Tagged BA, boris island, british airways, David Cameron, heathrow, iag, iberia, landing slots, new london airport, thames estuary, Willie Walsh
By Stephen Foster on January 12, 2012
Do they still call Ken Livingstone Red Ken? Well London mayor Boris johnson probably does. And Tory Boris, who faces re-election this summer, is coming under fire from his opponent, former mayor Labour’s Ken Livingstone, who has recruited newly-formed BETC London to produce this ad, accusing Boris of picking Londoner’s pockets by putting up tube [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, News, Politics | Tagged betc london, Boris Johnson, David Cameron, david jones, election, havas, Ken Livingstone, london mayor, Matthew Charlton, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, pickpocket ad, republican nomination race, tube fares
By Stephen Foster on December 12, 2011
One minute UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg is supporting (reluctantly-ish) his boss PM David Cameron in the latter’s decision to wield his veto to keep Britain out of something or other at the EU (nobody seems sure exactly what), tbe next minute he’s telling his mates in the media like the Observer’s Will Hutton [...]
Posted in Finance, Media, News, Politics, PR | Tagged Andrew Marr, Angela Merkel, Chris Huhne, David Cameron, eu treaties, eurozone, great communicator, Nick Clegg, nicolas sarkozy, uk coalition government, uk financial sector, Vince Cable, Will Hutton
By Stephen Foster on December 9, 2011
Sir Martin Sorrell and WPP have been lobbying hard for changes to the UK ‘controlled foreign companies’ tax rules which are designed to stop UK-based companies and their overseas subsidiaries paying lower rates of tax abroad. The UK coalition government is due to announce changes to the regime in March but has been telling some [...]
Posted in Agencies, Finance, Media, News, Politics, PR | Tagged city am interview, controlled foreign companies tax rules, David Cameron, George Osborne, ireland, low corporate taxes, Sir Martin Sorrell, UK tax changes, WPP
By Stephen Foster on December 6, 2011
There’s no-one more free market than Tim Bell, Lord Bell as he now is, whose attitude to taking on PR clients at his main PR business Bell Pottinger, is that of the London barrister who compares himself to a taxi driver. You have to pick up the next one in the queue and if they [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, News, Politics, PR | Tagged Bell Pottinger, carlton tv, chime communications, David Cameron, Independent, liberal democrats, lobbying, Margaret Thatcher, Michael Green, Nick Clegg, Saatchi brothers, Tim Bell, tory connections, uzbekistan
By Stephen Foster on December 6, 2011
Back in November US ratings agency Standard & Poor’s sent a note to online subscribers saying it planned to lower the credit rating of France from its much-prized AAA – only it didn’t. A not very chastened S&P described it as a “technical error.” Now the agency has announced that it is considering downgrading all [...]
Posted in Finance, Media, News, Politics, PR, Research | Tagged big bazooka, credit rating agency, David Cameron, downgrade, eurozone, fitch, france, mcgraw-hill, moody's, s&p, standard & poor's, summit
By Stephen Foster on December 1, 2011
Teddy Roosevelt coined the phrase ‘bully pulpit’ although he didn’t mean bully in its modern sense, bully meant something good for the extrovert US president and big game hunter. But Teddy realised that the status of president gave you the licence to hector one and all and, sometimes, change things (not something many of his [...]
Posted in Agencies, Media, News, Politics, PR | Tagged bully pulpit, David Cameron, dewey square, eurozone problems, George Osborne, glover park, Hill & Knowlton, public strategies, reuters conference, Sir Martin Sorrell, Teddy Roosevelt, us budget deficit, WPP
By Stuart Smith on November 20, 2011
Well, what a week of wasted moral outrage that was, even if it did produce one of The Sun’s finest headlines for a very long time. Make no mistake. “Splatter Blatter” will have sold extra copies of the red-top, but do nothing to remove the Teflon Man himself, whose life’s achievement has been to carve [...]
Posted in Clients, Finance, Media, News | Tagged 2018 world cup, adidas, Bernie Eccelstone, big brand sponsors, coca-cola, David Beckham, David Cameron, emirates, fifa, formula one, hyundai, Max Mosley, racism, Sepp Blatter, Sony, sport, Visa
By Stephen Foster on November 7, 2011
And Philip Gould (latterly Lord Gould) wasn’t even a particularly famous adman before he was chosen by New Labour presiding genius Peter Mandelson (later Lord…etc, etc) to be the about-to-be-revived party’s opinion pollster (usually focus groups) and sage. Gould died today at 61 of throat cancer and the tributes have been justifiably fulsome. He helped [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Media, News, Politics, PR, Research | Tagged boase massimi pollitt, brignull le bas, Caroline Le Bas, Charles Powell, Chris Powell, Colin Goodson, collett dickenson pearce, David Cameron, Gail Rebuck, google, Jack Tinker, John Gilbert, Jonathan Powell, Lord Gould, Margaret Thatcher, Maurice Saatchi, Michael Foot, Neil Godfrey, Peter Mandelson, Philip Gould, philip gould associates, planner, pollster, Rachel Whetstone, random house, saatchi & saatchi, Steve Hilton, Tim Bell, tinker & partners, Tony Blair, Tony Brignull, Tory Party, Trevor Beattie, wasey campbell-ewald
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