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MHP Communications formed as Mandate, Hogarth and Penrose merge
Some work news: today sees the launch of MHP Communications, formed out of the merger of three firms in the Engine Group – Mandate (where I’ve been working), Hogarth and Penrose. With a new company comes a new website, www.mhpc.com, which has been keeping me busy helping colleagues with – though not stressed as it [...]
Tim Berners-Lee: an appointment likely to have a wide impact
It’s easy to be cynical about big name external appointments to government. After all, they’re an easy media hit to add a touch of glamour but often come to grief with the person involved achieving little. However, the news that the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, is to become a government advisor [...]
How are the main parties doing on the internet?
Many of the pieces written about British political parties and the internet are rather duff because they are written by people who (a) have never run an election in their life, (b) don’t like politicians and (c) are extremely keen on the internet. As a result, they tend not to be that well informed or [...]
I've got a new job
Having been working at the Liberal Democrats since the start of the century (first working day in January 2000 I started as campaign manager for the London elections of that year), I’ve decided it is time for some new challenges. So just after the European Parliament and local elections in June, I will be starting [...]
