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Excitement builds for annual LightNight Festival
Thousands of visitors are expected to descend on Liverpool this May for the city’s annual arts and culture festival LightNight. On Friday 18th May from 4pm until late, Liverpool’s best arts & heritage venues will throw open their doors for fun-seekers of all ages. With a mixture of over 70 free exhibitions, performances and hands-on activities LightNight offers visitors a chance to redi...
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Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) appoints new Chief Executive
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), the world’s largest professional body for marketing, has announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive. Following an open recruitment process, Anne Godfrey, currently Chief Executive of The Guild of Travel Management Companies (GTMC), will join the Institute during the summer. She has previously held similar leadership roles at both the Law...
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University of Westminster wins British Fashion Council Fashion Illustration Award
The University of Westminster has won the coveted British Fashion Council Fashion Illustration Award in association with Fashion Monitor at the annual Graduate Preview Day held at the Mayfair Hotel, London. The University of Westminster was chosen from 25 other universities and colleges who submitted their graduates’ portfolios to showcase their work to high profile industry professionals. Th...
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Hidden worlds revealed at student photography exhibition
Hidden worlds and objects of desire are just two of the subjects which have been under the lens for a student digital photography exhibition and awards event taking place at the University of Salford this week. More than 600 images from First and Second Year BA (Hons) Photography students will be showcased on the University’s ultra-high resolution screen at the ‘Egg’ space in its MediaCi...
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Keepitusable shortlisted for business awards
One of Manchester's leading user experience, design and research agencies, Keepitusable, has been shortlisted for two prestigious business awards. The agency was co-founded in late 2010 by Lisa Duddington and Ricardo Ortgea who met whilst working for global mobile manufacturer, Sony Ericsson. When the office closed due to the recession they combined their design, research and psychology skills...
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SAScon Keynote Panel announced: Search, Social & Analytics - A Big Brand Perspective
Search, analytics and social media conference SAScon has announced its new keynote panel which includes three of the biggest brands in e-commerce. James Hamlin from ticketing company Seatwave, Martin McDonald from online travel firm Expedia and Ben McKay from Moneysupermarket will take part in a panel which is chaired by SAScon founder, Richard Gregory. This panel...
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Manchester Evening News Editor joins business PR and marketing agency The Scott Partnership
Former Manchester Evening News editor Maria McGeoghan has been recruited as director of strategy and operations at The Scott Partnership Holdings Ltd., the holding company of specialist business to business PR and marketing communications agency The Scott Partnership. With sixteen years’ experience of working with clients in the science, healthcare, chemical and environment sectors, The Scott...
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Creative England re-launches West Midlands production fund
Creative England has today enhanced its support for feature film production outside the M25 by issuing a fixed-term call for submissions to its Advantage Media Production Fund. A total of £450,000 is being made available for investment into the production of feature films of all genres, including documentaries, from producers or co-producers based in the West Midlands. The Advantage Media...
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Student media festival brings world to MediaCityUK
The world will come to MediaCityUK this week when students, academics and media professionals will learn more about how journalism and media production can bring nations closer together at a special one-day event. Organised by One World Media, a charity which promotes media that contributes to global dialogue and understanding, in partnership with BBC North and the University of Salford, the O...
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Secret teen author publishes debut novel
A Lytham school boy has shocked friends and family by publishing his own novel ‘The Lone Daughter’, at just 13. Joel Newman, a teenager with dreams of following in the footsteps of J K Rowling and becoming a professional author, has secretly written a moving novel inspired by a family crisis of his own. ‘The Lone Daughter’ is an adventure story about a young girl named Margret who leave...









