OOOPS! Surely we meant Provokateur, the design and communications agency for ethical and charity clients? Sadly so. And sadly, some folk are still having difficulty finding ‘Provokateur with a ‘K”. So here’s another helpful link that might improve Googleability. Apologies for such shameless abuse of the indiosyncracies of the Google search engine, but hey hoo, every little helps.

Following our last Liberty post, the Government has finally put forward proposals to up the number of days any one of us can be held for detention without charge to a splendid 42. That would make us world leaders on the How Long Can You Be Held With Being Charged league table. Naysayers criticise Britain for failing to make its mark in the world, but this is one league table we certainly lead the way in.

This ad is one of a series we have produced for Liberty and is running in today’s Guardian. Nice, simple and to the point. By focusing on the remarkable excess of the Government’s proposals, and the extent to which we dwarf any other country, we hope to get people thinking about the issue in a new way.

Last week saw the launch of a new brand to help promote social enterprise in England. The project was for Rise, an excellent organisation stimulating social enterprise in the South West. The brand itself, however, is to be used and shared by social enterprises across the country, raising awareness of the sector much as the fair trade brand identity has done.

Provokateur is proud to have worked on the development of the brand and was thrilled to see it launched at the Eden Project – who look like they’ll be amongst the first organisations to be sporting it. Over the next few months, we will be working with Rise to develop further marketing and communciations to ensure the brand travels far and wide. In the meantime though, here’s a little taster of what the brand looks like.