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There may be no studio lights, no live audience and absolutely no auto tuning, but there is great music, and it’s coming from Jon Earl’s shed in the small West Country town of Cleveden Somerset.
Songs from the Shed, which can be seen at www.songsfromtheshed.com or by searching on You Tube, invites live musicians to come in and perform acoustically in front of a hand-held camera. It’s already attracted musicians such as David Rotheray from one of my favourite bands The Beautiful South, who...
Thousands of blue bicycles appeared across the capital last week, as Boris Johnson launched the Barclays bike hire scheme.
However you feel about the man known variously as Bojo, Boris the Menace or Bozza, the Mayor of London’s 6000 trusty new steeds are a talking point across the capital. The king of cycle super highways, Boris is known for his passion for two wheels and spending on cycling in London is at record lev...
We were delighted with the attention our latest project drew this week with the launch of our methodology on attribution...
We were delighted with the attention our latest project drew this week with the launch of our methodology on attribution in conjunction with SearchIgnite. The results we have achieved surpassed all expectations driving an increased ROI for Center Parcs’ online campaigns by 54% and managing to r...
Breaking box office performance
We were really pleased to report at the end of last year our latest design and build win for the English National Opera. Now we are pleased to report that month on month the results are surpassing all records, and just recently in the month of May this year a new record breaking box office performan...
Real Time pollen app...
Clarityn's Real Time pollen app has really been embraced by hayfever suffers across the country. In the first 2 weeks since its launch the applications has been downloaded by just over 78,000 users. Furthermore this free app has had some really positive reviews, from the likes of The Application ...
UK’s first free hayfever iPhone application
Working closely with our client Clarityn, we have created the UK’s first free iPhone application that provides real time pollen forecasts. The app integrates with the iPhone's camera viewfinder and allows the user to view the local forecast, wherever they are in the UK via animated 3D 'pollen spor...
A viewpoint on HIPS...
Well that was pretty quick wasn’t it? No messing from the new coalition, just wham! Away with red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy with the abolition of HIPs. While HIPs’ demise had been on the cards for quite a while, the speed and lack of notice on the announcement has come as a bit of a su...
Pro Bono PR Consultant to BITC’s Give & Gain Employee Volunteering Day
If employers took a poll among staff, they would probably be surprised by the number involved in volunteering work. The 2009 study by the Institute of Volunteering Research showed 87% of local volunteer centres had seen an increase in enquiries about volunteering opportunities. According to YouthNet...
The world has now seen the unveiling of probably one of the most over hyped (and overpriced!) pieces of technology in the world.
Apples iPad (bad choice of name Steve – have you no women in your Marketing Department?) has been hyped as the next best thing since sliced bread – the greatest technological advancement since James Watt wondered whether he could turn pressurized steam into mechanical energy – the second comin...
Does the nation want to cook like Raymond Blanc?
Not according to the latest IGD report*. Although we might find TV celebrity chefs entertaining to watch — not many of us have the tools, the time, or the patience to recreate their recipes in our own kitchens. Weekday meal preparation has changed, with 4 out of 5 of us now favouring so-called ...
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