ICO paves way for public sector to ramp up DM activity
Government departments and local councils could soon be ramping up their direct communications – promoting anything from healthy lifestyles to…
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Govt vows to save more lives with new data strategy
The Department of Health & Social Care claims that millions of patients are set to benefit from technology and life-saving…
Govt jumps in bed with dating apps to push Covid jabs
The UK Government has joined forces with leading online dating sites, including Tinder, Match, Hinge, Bumble and Plenty of Fish,…
Call to relax laws on data sharing to boost the economy
The Government’s plan to put data at the heart of its economic growth strategy has been boosted by a new…
Brexit border row to ‘cost £5.25bn in ecommerce sales’
Brexit might have been done and dusted nearly 10 weeks ago but its negative effects on the retail industry are…
New ICO to ‘boldly’ lead UK into global data economy
The Government is targeting the data industry as one of the key drivers of growth, both in domestic and international…
Leaders back Budget but baulk at corporation tax rise
The UK business leaders have largely backed Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Budget in which he revealed extensions to the employment…
Government invests £29m in online safety programme
The Government is ploughing £29m into a new online safety centre of excellence and six new research projects across the…
New BIMA chief Mellish: Small agencies need support
The Government must step in to support small businesses operating in the digital and interactive media industry or many could be…
Ex-Sainsbury’s chief to bring retail nous to Test & Trace
The NHS Test & Trace programme, which has at times appeared more like a Laurel and Hardy film than the…