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Sponsorship of B2B Marketing Knowledge Bank
The Think Tank is proud to be the sponsor of the PR channel on the B2B Marketing Knowledge Bank, the UK’s premium resource for B2B marketing advice and best practice.
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A new name in Aluminium Building Systems
The Think Tank has been working with global aluminium building products group, AluK, to bring the brand to the UK following the purchase of Blyweert Beaufort.
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The Think Tank wins Best Brand Campaign Award at CMA's
The Think Tank has won Best Brand and Positioning Campaign at the Construction Marketing Awards 2012 for our work with electrical distributor Rexel.
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BestFor PR Awards
The Think Tank has received four awards in the 'BestFor PR Industry Awards'
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Shortlisted for Three Construction Marketing Awards
The Think Tank has been shortlisted for three awards in this year's Construction Marketing Awards for our work with SAS International and Rexel.
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RIBA Insight Consultancy Days
The Think Tank will be speaking at the RIBA Insight Consultancy Days again this year, covering the topic of web site design best practice.
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Themeing the B2B Marketing Awards
For the 6th year The Think Tank manages the B2B Marketing Awards but this year we have also designed the creative theme and developed the marketing campaign around the event.
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Giving CIBSE a louder voice
The Think Tank is pleased to announce that we have been appointed by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) to raise their voice and profile, extending the Institution’s communications activities through PR, Public Affairs and Social Media activity.
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Building on substantial foundations
The Think Tank has been appointed to raise the profile of FoundOcean within the global energy construction sector through PR support activity in the UK and beyond.
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Liam Bateman appointed to CIMCIG Committee
Liam Bateman, a founding Director of The Think Tank, has been appointed to the Chartered Institute of Marketing Construction Industry Group.
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PR support for B3 Designers
The Think Tank is delighted to announce that it has been appointed to provide PR support for Shoreditch-based B3 Designers.
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Commenting on PR for RIBA
The Think Tank was recently asked to comment upon the importance of the use of paper v's digital media in PR by RIBA Insight as part of the regular advice and guidance that RIBA CPD PN provides to its customers.
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Shortlisted in B2B Marketing Awards 2011 for Biome Bioplastics
The Think Tank has been shortlisted for Best Brand Campaign in the B2B Marketing Awards 2011 for our brand creation and development work for Biome Technologies Plc, a leader in the provision of bioplastics.
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Robert Walters Associates App hits top 10 downloads in first week
The Think Tank has recently developed a multinational Salary Survey App for global recruitment consultants, Robert Walters Associates which has reached the top spot in the Top 10 iPhone Free Business Apps chart for Singapore - the first region to launch.
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The Think Tank wins Best Product Launch at B2B Marketing Awards for OKI
In stiff competition, The Think Tank has been awarded Best Product Launch at the B2B Marketing Awards 2010 for its EMEA campaign for the launch of the OKI MC860 multifunction printer.
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The Think Tank appointed as Formica Group’s PR and Media Agency for Europe
Having worked with the UK business for more than six years, and managing ad hoc projects in Europe during this time, The Think Tank has been appointed as Formica Group’s PR and Media Agency for Europe.
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Is your website compliant with new EU legislation for cookies?

Saturday, 21st April 2012 at 9:15am

ICO Is your website ready to meet the new data protection rules that come into force on 26th May?

If you run cookies on your website to track and store information about users then from 26th May you will need their permission or you may be in breach of new EU legislation.

The only exception to this rule, according to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO), is “if what you are doing is strictly necessary for a service requested by the user.” This exception is a narrow one but might apply, for example, to a cookie you use to ensure that when a user of your site has chosen the goods they wish to buy and clicks the ‘add to basket’ or ‘proceed to checkout’ button, your site ‘remembers’ what they chose on a previous page. You would not need to get consent for this type of activity.

How you gain this approval is the next challenge. If you visit the ICO's website you will see that they now ask you the following question:

'The ICO would like to place cookies on your computer to help us make this website better. To find out more about the cookies, see our privacy notice.'

'I accept cookies from this site'

Many sites will be able to ask a specific question when users register for a service or locked off content however others will also need to ask similar questions not to be in breach of the legislation.

The ICO has issued a guidance document on this subject which you can download below.

advice_on_the_new_cookies_regulations.pdf (122 kb)