Sound Communication Archive

  • medicine

    THE COALITION GOVERNMENT’S NHS REFORMS: CAN SOCIAL ENTERPRISES FILL THE GAP?

    THE new Coalition Government’s plans for a radical shake-up of the NHS pose real challenges for social enterprises, such as Sound Communication. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley claims the Con/Dem changes  are aimed at giving GPs more power and control over the funding of patient care....

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  • Salford’s Unlimited Potential first in North West to win Social Enterprise Mark

    Salford’s Unlimited Potential first in North West to win Social Enterprise Mark

    A SALFORD social enterprise has become the first in the North West to win the prestigious Social Enterprise Mark. The fair-trade style Mark has been awarded to Unlimited Potential, after it demonstrated that its work benefitted local people, rather than anonymous shareholders or owners. Profits...

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  • fair-to-agency-workers

    When ‘no comment’ speaks volumes…

    ANY self-respecting journalist will shudder at the prospect of getting a terse ‘no comment’ from the subject of their latest exclusive. It’s bad for the reporter (s/he looks easily fobbed off); bad for the story (it looks unbalanced); and bad for the subject (s/he/it looks...

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    New businesses want more web marketing – Sound Communication survey

    FLEDGLING businesses in Greater Manchester want more help to market themselves on the internet as the recession bites, according to a Sound Communication survey. They want better technical support, more training and stronger creative input to help market their businesses more effectively on the web....

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  • A PR company acting ethically?

    A PR company acting ethically?

    ONE of the world’s biggest advertising agencies is trying to sell its stake in a Zimbabwe company masterminding the re-election of President Robert Mugabe. WPP, which owns a huge raft of global Public Relations companies including  Burson-Marsteller, Cohn & Wolfe, GCI, Hill & Knowlton and...

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  • Matt Finnegan guest editor for How-Do

    Matt Finnegan guest editor for How-Do

    How-Do, the North West web site for the media industry, features Sound Communication founder Matt Finnegan as guest editor. Matt takes a look at changes at Granada TV, the death of Greater Manchester Chief Constable Mike Todd, Peel’s plans for MediaCity:UK in Salford and the...

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  • An ethically-based alternative to Facebook?

    An ethically-based alternative to Facebook?

    A NEW online network for social entrepreneurs has just been launched – and was attracting considerable attention at the Voice 08 conference in Liverpool this week. UnLtdWorld aims to provide a network to bring together social entrepreneurs from all over the globe. They can share on-line conversations,...

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