Sky to introduce dedicated sports channels in revamp
Citypress bolsters strategic comms team with Cohn & Wolfe recruit
£110m Factory Manchester moves closer after funding boost
The digital sector is flying – but how do you get your own startup off the ground? Brabners’ Nik White explains
The UK’s digital economy is booming. The sector has an estimated turnover of £170bn, is growing twice as fast as the wider economy and employs more than 1.6m people. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not just London getting all the action.
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PushON wins marketing and development brief with tile specialist
Tile specialist Porcelain Superstore has chosen PushON to be its marketing and development partner.
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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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e3creative recruits Lead Developer from Ripple Effect as growth continues
Digital agency e3creative has recruited Dave Blencowe as Lead Developer from Ripple Effect after more than doubling its workforce in the last 12 months.
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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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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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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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£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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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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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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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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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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Sky to introduce dedicated sports channels in revamp
Sky Sports is scrapping its numbered channels and replacing them with dedicated sports offerings – as well as introducing a cheaper viewing package.
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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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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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MediaCityUK celebrates 10th birthday
Ten years ago this month, work began to transform a docklands wasteland in Salford into MediaCityUK.
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Kay Mellor casts Andrew Flintoff in Fat Friends musical
Andrew Flintoff is set to add singing to his CV, with the Ashes winner cast in Kay Mellor’s Fat Friends musical.
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The Football Association to “cease all sponsorships with betting companies”
The Football Association has ended its commercial deal with Ladbrokes.
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Speakers from Rentalcars, AO and Prezzybox among latest confirmed for eCommerce Show North
Four more major industry speakers have been confirmed for the eCommerce Show North, set to be the biggest ever gathering of eCommerce companies, vendors and suppliers ever held outside London.
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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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The digital sector is flying – but how do you get your own startup off the ground? Brabners’ Nik White explains
The UK’s digital economy is booming. The sector has an estimated turnover of £170bn, is growing twice as fast as the wider economy and employs more than 1.6m people. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not just London getting all the action.
Read more