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Marketing Matters November2009 ISSUE 9

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WE ARE WATCHING YOU
State-spying has now become a reality with news that 653 public bodies will be able to snoop on every telephone call, text message, email and website visit made by….

CLEANING UP ONLINE
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is to police advertising on UK websites from late next year, after some funding from Google….

BIGGER FINES FOR SILENT CALLERS
Companies that telemarket with automatic dialling equipment and generate large volumes of silent calls – those where the equipment hangs up on the answering….

ATTACK ON FAKE JOURNALISM
A new hard-hitting documentary, Starsuckers, shows how easy it is to get fake celebrity stories published in our willing tabloids….

ATTACK ON FAKE PHOTOS
Fake photographs, airbrushed to enhance the shape of models continue to come under attack for the lack of honesty in their use, and potential danger to health….

TALKING THE TALK
Some customer TLC is needed at TalkTalk, strapline “We’re full of bright ideas”….

NOT JUST ANY OVERPRICED FOOD…
The current ads from M&S comparing their prices for their Wise Buys budget range with those for Waitrose Essentials are causing some mirth amongst those who really….

SECRETS OF HAPPINESS?
The Finns are the happiest people on earth….

Charity Matters November2009 ISSUE 27

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KEEP DRINKING, PLEASE
The British Liver Trust (BLT) have warned that the “meal for two and bottle of wine” offers from supermarkets such as Sainsbury’s, Marks and Spencer and Waitrose….

ARE YOU A PRE-DIABETIC?
Charity Diabetes UK has warned that 7 million people in the UK are pre-diabetic, with the likelihood that they have high blood sugar, high blood pressure, are overweight….

NO PEACE
The Department for Transport (DFT) has rejected calls from a charity to limit the number of planes flying over national park areas and spoiling the peace and….

ANOTHER DOG-FIGHTING WOMAN
Another woman has been in Lincoln Magistrates Court for an involvement in dog-fighting….

ONE TO NOTE?
A combination of live music and social networking has been used by Cancer Research UK to raise awareness of skin cancer among 16-24 year olds. (LIVE UK)….

RUNS AND RUNS
The latest edition of the Voluntary Sector Legal Handbook runs to 1056 pages, the result of the “legislative incontinence” of the Labour Government, according to its….

GRAB GORDON
Gordon Brown wants to devote himself to charity work, if and when he leaves office.(GQ magazine/Daily Telegraph)….

Marketing Matters October 2009 ISSUE 8

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TRUST THE ROYAL MAIL?
Revelations that unions at the Royal Mail are just as greedy and stupidly short-sighted as its management are causing companies to look elsewhere for the distribution of….

SWISS MISS
Swiss food giant Nestle has been shamed into ceasing trading with Robert Mugabe’s wife….

WANNA BUY BRITISH?
Most UK consumers want to see all food labelled with the country of origin, so that they can choose to buy British if they wish….

TICKET SCAMMERS TARGETTED
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has set up a fake fraudulent website, to warn purchasers of tickets for events about the dangers of fraudulent websites.(Live UK)….

ADVERTISING STANDARDS
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has made a number of interesting adjudications over the last few weeks….

REALITY CHECK
Moves are being made in France to force advertisers to indicate when pictures used have been airbrushed or otherwise enhanced….

SUBLIMINAL WORKS
Subliminal advertising, currently banned, does actually work, say researchers at University College, London….

MORE GOLF SAFETY
o email to Sir Menzies Campbell, October 12.
Dear Sir Menzies Campbell….

Charity Matters October2009 ISSUE 26

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TAKING BULLYING SERIOUSLY
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has added its criticism to the Essex school where a dinner lady was sacked for telling the parents….

DOG FIGHTERS JAILED
The breaking-up of one of Britain’s biggest dog-fighting rings was accomplished by a major investigation by the RSPCA, resulting in the jailing of three men and a woman….

CHARLES WOOS THE OLD WAXWORKS
The Prince of Wales is to open a charity in China, twelve years after referring to its leaders, privately, as “appalling old waxworks” and despite a cordial relationship….

NOT DAGENHAM DUSTBINS
Drivers of Ford cars in the South East are most likely to throw litter from their vehicles….

CHARITY IT
The Charity IT Conference 2009 takes place on Wednesday, November 11 at the QEII Centre, Westminster, London….