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Football Association of Wales appoints Freshwater
The Football Association of Wales (FAW) has awarded Freshwater, a 12-month contract to manage a programme of events across Wales. The events are designed to raise the profile of the FAW and generate greater awareness of its work across all levels of football in Wales from grassroots development to the national team. The work is an extension of Freshwater’s role with the FAW, which has in...
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Parker Sandford help online bookings soar for Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Digital Marketing Agency, Parker Sandford, has created a campaign for Liverpool John Lennon Airport as part of an eight week promotion to drive online holiday bookings and raise awareness. Parker Sandford developed a strategic on and offline campaign which included a number of creative deliverables including marketing emails, a Facebook page, flyers, a microsite, display advertising and print...
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Exhibition examines cultural identity
Australian artist Daniel Connell spent a week exhibiting his work and doing live drawing at Sheffield Hallam University, as part of an international touring exhibition to highlight multiculturalism and diversity. Featuring six-foot high portraits of members of the Sikh community in Adelaide, Daniel's work is intended to encourage discussion around art, identity and society. He said: "The ide...
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University students to demonstrate industry skills at TV drama recording
Birmingham City University students are to team up with the Screenwriters’ Forum this month at a free event which will demonstrate the recording of a television drama as part of Capital Theatre Festival. Capital is an independent theatre festival designed to showcase the work of writers and theatre-makers in the West Midlands, which this year runs from 24 May - 27 May. Students from the ...
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SEONext serves up an ace with renowned towel-maker
SEONext – the independent search engine optimisation company – has found its perfect match in renowned towel manufacturer Christy, after adding the brand to its rapidly expanding client portfolio. As one of the UK’s oldest and most illustrious towel manufacturers, Christy will now partner Stockport-based SEONext as it seeks to improve the search engine ranking of its online store, Christ...
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Six Coventry University students shortlisted for top fashion award
Six of the 27 finalists in this year’s Midlands Designer of the Year competition are final year fashion students at Coventry University. Created in 2008, the Midlands Fashion Designer Awards offers new and emerging fashion talent the opportunity to compete for the title “Emerging Designer of the Year” and to show their work to a panel of fashion pr...
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New exhibition brings famous and infamous back from the dead
The famous and infamous will be resurrected in a new exhibition at The Gallery@ Digital Photo Studio, a former church in Weston-super-Mare. The 'Resurrection' exhibition will have new and original artwork from over twenty-five artists, including Los Angeles street artist Free Humanity, arts enfant terrible Mason Storm from London, and Cartrain who has gained fame for his on-going war with Damie...
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New faces bolster Refinery’s team
Refinery Marketing Communications – one of the North West’s largest marketing agencies – has expanded its team once again on the back of continued growth. Newcomers Ross Litherland and Christian Linton take the agency’s head count to 80 people, based at its offices and studios on Pittbrook Street, Manchester. Account manager Ross Litherland comes to Refinery from Iris where he worked ...
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Olympia unveils winner of 125th Anniversary Competition
The highly-anticipated winning design in Olympia’s 125th Anniversary art competition has been unveiled. The piece - by Winchester-based graphic designer Paul Hicks - was regarded the unanimous winner by a panel of judges that included artists Rob Ryan and Sanna Annukka, as well as art luminary Paul Stolper and branding and design agency Form. Paul’s piece forms the fourth in a series that incl...
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Lecturer discovers way of the samurai in Preston
An artist on a quest to rediscover an ancient Japanese metalwork technique found what he was looking for in the unlikeliest of places - the mayoral offices in Preston. Silversmith Coilin O'Dubhghaill has completed a restoration of the Preston civic chains of office, after learning that its creator, 19th century sculptor Alfred Gilbert, used shakudo - a unique alloy first used to decorate samura...









