POL00174338 - Communications Planning Grid setting out guidelines for informing colleagues of forthcoming Panorama programme on Horizon and external communications tactics

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PANORAMA — COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING

GRID

This grid sets out plans for informing colleagues of the forthcoming
Panorama programme on Horizon and external communications
tactics. It sets out roles and responsibilities and a timeline. All named
below should please check their responsibility and raise any queries
with Mark R Davies or Melanie Corfield.

Business area/channel Who? How? When? Materials Business lead contact
BMs, AM, CMs and RMs plus WH Smith BDMs Conference call June 23 Note and lines to take I Roger Gale
Crown/WHSmith plus lines to take
[Tracy to complete please? Who will be on the Conference call June 23 Note and lines to take I Kevin Seller/Michael
Agency call?] plus lines to take Larkin/Drew McBride
[Kevin S: can you guide as to right people please?] I Conference call TBC Note and lines to take I Kevin Seller
Multiples plus lines to take
Email update June 25 Note and lines to take I ?
Supply Chain [TBC]
[Kevin Cooper/Carmel to advise] Conference call? I TBC Note and lines to take I Nick Kennett/Kevin

FS community

Email update

Cooper/Carmel
McCarthy

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Conference call TBC Note and lines to take I Amanda Stevens/Joe
Service centres, customer I NBSC/POEX/FSC/HRSC/complaints teams/social plus lines to take Connor/Rod Ismay
complaints media teams
Contract teams Lin Norbury, Paul Inwood) Contract I Angela to brief TBC Lines to take Angela VDB
Social media [strategy] Darren Jones/MD Meet/email TBC Standard Twitter Darren Jones
response/lines to
take/Angela
film/statement
Advertising plan National media Full page advert I TBC Copy Pete Markey/Mark
[contingency] Davies/Mel
Corfield/Keith
Gulliver
Public statement Press Association/BBC Press notice June 25 Statement (proactive) I Mark Davies/Mel
(TBC) Corfield
Commercial stakeholders e Bol Email June 25 Note: level of contact I Martin George
© RMG to be determined by _I Nick Kennett
* pwe business owner
e DVLA
* Home Office
* POMS
e  FRES
e Suppliers
* Other [Colleagues to advise]
People stakeholders °« CMA Call/email June 25 Speaking note Nick Beal/Tom Moran
e CWU
«© NFSP
Other stakeholders Call/email June 25 Speaking note/email Mark Davies (Go

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* Go OnUK OnUK)
* POAC POAC (Jane Hill)
* Children in Need Children in Need
(Alan Taylor)
© = [OTHER?]
BIS Richard Callard/ministers Call/email Daily Materials for minister I Mark Davies/Patrick
Bourke/Tom
Weschler
MPs MPs Email June 29 Note Jane Hill
* BIS select committee
e Tier 1 MPs
e = Sparrow MPs
Central teams All central team colleagues Email June 25 Statement/lines to Mark Davies/Paul
take Swanton/Mel Corfield
GE/ET Group Executive/Executive Team Email June 22 Overall plan/updates I Mark Davies/Jane Mc
June 25
June 29
June 30
Board PO Board Email June 25 Overall plan/updates I Paula Vennells/Mark
June 29 Davies/Tom
June 30 Weschler/Jane
Mc/Alwen Lyons
Senior leaders SLT/Band 4s Email June 25 Update/lines to take I Mark Davies.
June 29
ALL All colleagues (PO) June 25 Message from Mark Davies/Paul
Paula/Angela film Swanton
Subspace Online/News I Subspace Subspace News I June 26 Message from Mark Davies/Richard

Paula/Angela film

Weaver/Paula
Swanton

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TIMETABLE

Tuesday, June 16

Email to Panorama editor
Email to BBC Executives

Mark Davies
Mark Davies

Wednesday, June 17

Brunswick check step

Melanie Corfield

BIS check step Mark Davies

BIS select committee chairman elected Jane Hill
Thursday, June 18 Contact new BIS chairman (if not AB) Jane Hill
Friday, June 19 Update for Group Executive Mark Davies
Monday, June 22 Contact with Panorama re interview Mark Davies

Provide GE/ET with core materials for commercial
stakeholders for ongoing briefing

Mark Davies/Melanie Corfield

Tuesday, June 23

Briefing with Crown/Agency teams

Mark Davies/Patrick Bourke/Melanie Corfield

Wednesday, June 24

Legal letter
Record AVDB interview (for internal

Susan Barty
Melanie Corfield/Mark Davies/Angela VDB

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channels/social media)
Briefing with service centres/customer complaints

Mark Davies/Patrick Bourke/Melanie Corfield

Thursday, June 25

Board update note

Email to SLT/Band 4s

Issue Press Association statement
GE Update

Stakeholder contact (unions/NFSP)
Other stakeholder contact

Mark Davies/Alwen Lyons

Mark Davies

Melanie Corfield/Ruth Barker (TBC)
Mark Davies

Tom Moran/Nick Beal

Various as plan

Friday, June 26

Subspace News
Communications Conference call (timing TBC)

Richard Weaver
On call rota/Mark Davies/Melanie Corfield

Saturday, June 27 Monitoring On call rota/Mark Davies/Melanie Corfield
Communications conference call (timing TBC)
Sunday, June 28 Monitoring On call rota/Mark Davies/Melanie Corfield

Communications Conference Call (evening)

Monday, June 29 - PANORAMA DUE TO
BROADCAST

CEO email to business (inc AVDB video)
MP email

[Memoview?]

Proactive media bid approach

Live Twitter rebuttal/response from
@postofficenews

Mark Davies

Jane Hill

Jonathan Knox
Melanie Corfield
Mark Davies/team

National advertising? Mark Davies
Tuesday, June 30 GE/Board update Mark Davies
SLT/Band 4 update Mark Davies

National advertising?

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MATERIALS REQUIRED

[All to be cleared with Mark Davies and Sparrow team]

Panorama emails

Team

Core note for internal teams

Mark Davies/Melanie Corfield

Lines to take for customers

Mark Davies/Melanie Corfield

Lines to take for postmasters/colleagues

Mark Davies/Melanie Corfield

Social media copy

Mark Davies/Darren Jones

Advertising copy

Melanie Corfield

Public statement/lines to take

Mark Davies/Melanie Corfield/Ruth Barker

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MP note Jane Hill
Paula note Mark Davies
Angela film Melanie Corfield

Board/GE/SLT/Band 4 notes

Mark Davies

Subspace copy

Melanie Corfield/Richard Weaver

Legal letter (s)

Susan Barty

Media training

Brunswick/Mark Davies