e3creative recruits Lead Developer from Ripple Effect as growth continues
Sky to introduce dedicated sports channels in revamp
Citypress bolsters strategic comms team with Cohn & Wolfe recruit
Blackpool agency launches new website for GB Olympic star
Blackpool agency Happy Creative has created personal branding and a new website for double Olympic hockey star Nicola White.
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Manchester photographer captures ‘bird man’ Becker before Wimbledon
Manchester photographer Paul Cooper has shot Wimbledon legend Boris Becker as a ‘bird man’ and 007 for a national ad campaign ahead of this year’s tournament.
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Crowdfunding agency relocates from Dublin to Manchester
Crowdfunding agency Nuuk has relocated from Dublin to Accelerate Spaces on Princess Street in Manchester and is targeting a turnover of £500,000 for 2018.
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Sugar PR chosen to raise Manchester profile of commercial law firm
Sugar PR has been appointed by commercial law firm Fletcher Day to raise its brand awareness in Manchester.
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£110m Factory Manchester moves closer after funding boost
Factory Manchester, the £110million arts venue dubbed the ‘Guggenheim of the North’, has moved a step closer following the announcement of additional funding.
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Yorkshire’s IDHL appoints Creative Operations Manager
Harrogate-based IDHL Group has strengthened its SEO team with the appointment of Michael Tilley as Creative Operations Manager.
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“An opportunity and a threat”: MediaCom North’s Paul Cooper on how brands can survive Brexit
Paul Cooper, group managing director of MediaCom North, looks at the effect of Brexit one year on, and how brands can respond in this changing consumer landscape.
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North missing out on increased foreign investment in UK tech companies, report claims
Foreign investment in UK tech companies has reached a 10-year high – but growth in the North dropped by 34% last year.
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Manchester City to host football gaming tournament in the US
Manchester City is looking to build its American fanbase by hosting a FIFA eSports tournament in the country.
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Manchester agency secures hat-trick of new clients
Purple Riot has expanded its team after picking up a hat-trick of new business wins.
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McCann Manchester appoints joint managing directors
McCann Manchester has appointed two long-standing employees as joint managing directors as part of a strategy to “drive long-term growth”.
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MediaCityUK celebrates 10th birthday
Ten years ago this month, work began to transform a docklands wasteland in Salford into MediaCityUK.
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Manchester agency secures hat-trick of new clients
Purple Riot has expanded its team after picking up a hat-trick of new business wins.
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Filming set to start on Mike Leigh’s Peterloo
Mike Leigh’s new film about the Peterloo massacre is due to start shooting next week.
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Poster for Morrissey film England is Mine is released
The film poster for the new Morrissey biopic England Is Mine has been released.
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Modern English scores new hit with Queens Of The Stone Age
Manchester creative agency Modern English has launched the digital campaign for the new album by LA rock band Queens Of The Stone Age.
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A Week in My Life: Andrew Brown, Creative Director at Brass
Andrew Brown, Executive Creative Director at Brass, runs us through a week in his working life.
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Jimmy McGovern on new BBC drama Broken
BBC One is to air a new drama from Jimmy McGovern, starring Sean Bean and Anna Friel.
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£110m Factory Manchester moves closer after funding boost
Factory Manchester, the £110million arts venue dubbed the ‘Guggenheim of the North’, has moved a step closer following the announcement of additional funding.
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Google handed record £2.1bn fine for “anti-competitive” Shopping price comparison service
Google has been fined a record £2.1bn by the European Commission after a seven-year investigation into its Shopping search comparison service.
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MediaCityUK celebrates 10th birthday
Ten years ago this month, work began to transform a docklands wasteland in Salford into MediaCityUK.
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Callcredit acquires Spanish group
Leeds’ Callcredit Information Group has made its third acquisition in less than 18 months.
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New North West teen drama debuts on Netflix
A teen-drama produced by Liverpool’s Lime Pictures debuts on Netflix from today.
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Manchester United Augmented Reality App for Apollo Tyres
Manchester United partner, Apollo Tyres, has created an augmented reality app, to promote its association with the club.
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North West Evening Mail rebrands as The Mail
CN Group has rebranded and redesigned its North West Evening Mail newspaper.
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Love Island executive joins Lime Pictures
Lime Pictures has appointed Sarah Tyekiff as its head of non-scripted programming.
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UK media sector “robust” with £96bn revenues
Deloitte’s Media Metrics report has revealed that the UK media sector is continuing to grow, with the combined revenue from the country’s top 100 companies reaching £96.3bn.
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WeWork opens first co-working space outside of London
WeWork, the world’s leading co-working space provider has announced its first operation outside of London – based at Manchester’s No.1 Spinningfields.
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Wilmslow’s Mather & Co launches Downton Abbey exhibition
Wilmslow design consultancy Mather & Co has launched Downton Abbey: The Exhibition in Singapore.
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Blackpool agency launches new website for GB Olympic star
Blackpool agency Happy Creative has created personal branding and a new website for double Olympic hockey star Nicola White.
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