18/11/11
Children In Need Rocks Yesterday evening saw some of the biggest music stars head to Manchester for a special concert in aid of Children in Need, all brought together by Gary Barlow. The Children In Need Rocks show took place in front of 14,000 fans at Manchester’s MEN Arena, with the likes of Lady Gaga, [...]
11/11/11
Coca-Cola ready for Christmas blitz Tomorrow sees the return of Coca-Cola’s Santa Claus! The famous ‘holidays are coming’ TV ad will again feature the Haddon Sundblom created Santa Claus, which first appeared in 1931 and is generally seen as the tool which cemented the image of Santa with his white beard and red suit. It [...]
04/11/11
LinkedIn sees members rise to 131 Million LinkedIn have announced their latest figures, with the social networking site now up to 131 million members, with more than a million groups. LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner has also revealed that over 15 million people joined the site in the third quarter of this year, a rise of [...]
10/10/11
It’s been a while since we mentioned Ben Howard, however with the start of his UK tour happening last night now appears like a good time to sing his praises once again! Being such an office favourite it seemed only right that we sent someone along to Ben’s first UK date last night, which took [...]
26/09/11
House of Fraser trials ‘buy and collect’ stores House of Fraser is set to open two ‘buy and collect’ stores, in an attempt to capitalise on the continuing growth they are experiencing in online sales. Liverpool and Aberdeen will be the sites for the stores, with both locations without a current House of Fraser presence, [...]
14/09/11
Do you know anyone looking to go into marketing/advertising/PR ?? We’re after young ideas types keen for experience to join our creative team. You will be working on real life briefs for real life brands, helping us to develop promotional concepts that will help them engage with young people. There is the opportunity for real [...]
07/09/11
PJ Harvey wins 2011 Mercury Prize PJ Harvey was last night crowned as this year’s Barclaycard Mercury Prize winner, with the announcement coming at a ceremony at the Grosvenor Hotel in London. It was the first time in the history of the competition that every one of the nominated artists would perform at the event, [...]
06/09/11
One Direction becomes brand for first single Syco Music, the record company of Simon Cowell, has announced the launch of an international campaign to promote the debut single of One Direction – the boyband from the last X Factor. The campaign is being used as a way to position artists as well-known household brands. The [...]
02/09/11
… every now and again – you just have to! We’re proud to announce that we’ve been selected as one of the Smarta100 – the UK’s 100 most resourceful, original, exciting and disruptive small businesses. You can see what the judges, including Bebo founder Michael Birch and PR guru Lynne Franks, had to say about [...]
01/09/11
Jessie J, Adele, Tinie Tempah lead MOBO nominations The nominations for this year’s MOBO Awards have been announced, with the ceremony taking place at the SECC in Glasgow on October 5th. Jessie J has received the highest number of nominations with 5, including best song, best album and best newcomer. She is set to perform [...]
