A June trade mission to Brazil, which has the world’s second fastest growing economy, is to be led by Team Humber Marine Alliance, World Trade Centre Hull & Humber and UK Trade & Investment.
Lincolnshire seaside resort Skegness is to feature in a nationwide TV ad as part of Visit England’s £4 million advertising campaign to boost UK tourism on the back of the Olympics and The Queen’s jubilee.
Retail guru Mary Portas and Local Government Minister Grant Shapps have launched a competition to choose 12 towns to become ‘Portas Pilots', with the winners benefiting from a share of £1 million to help turn around their unloved and unused high streets.
New Vision Signs & Graphics has installed illuminated signage – among the largest it has ever produced – at the warehousing facility of Freemans Grattan Holdings in Listerhhills, Bradford.
Farming experts and teachers swapped notes as part of an initiative aimed at ensuring schoolchildren are aware of the key role agriculture plays in putting food onto their plates.
The Jardine Motors Group has jointly appointed Manheim to implement its remarketing strategy and has also adopted Seller Advance, Manheim Auctions’ unique, award winning valuation service.
Increased domination of the business world by the internet has spurred wordsman Stuart Pearcey to re-launch his PR company by returning to his core journalistic skills.
Digital agency Coolpink is celebrating hitting number 43 in the national Recommended Agency Register, following an incredibly strong year, seeing it climb 25 places.
Councillor Julie Dore, Leader of Sheffield City Council, called on over a hundred private sector businesses to “stand up for Sheffield” by becoming ambassadors for the city.
Officials at the City of Lincoln Council have been delighted with the positive response they’ve had from retailers after the re-staging of Lincoln’s Christmas Market, called off in 2010 by the heavy snow.
Businesses in Lincolnshire’s West Lindsey area are being supported by a council campaign aimed at encouraging consumers to shop locally this Christmas.
Leeds-based Hatch Communications is celebrating a spiffing new account win after being appointed by Halewood International to carry out the consumer PR activity for its Crabbie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer brand.
The largest Chamber of Commerce in the Yorkshire region has hired public relations and marketing firm, the Smart Agency, to provide support as it positions itself as a key player in providing key advice and services to businesses in the region.
Opportunities for traders to work in Gratham’s Market Place have been created; an attempt by South Kesteven District Council to inject still more life into the area on which it’s just spent £1.6m on improvements.
Businesses in and around Lincoln will get their first chance to see the new brand created for the City of Lincoln, which to be unveiled at a ‘First Look’ event at Bishop Grosseteste University College on Thursday 23rd February.
Social networking sites are certainly no match for traditional media, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore them altogether. And, even though it is nigh on impossible to measure your response from them, they still have their uses.
