Bob Spencer vs Scottish Highlands

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We’re very proud to be sponsoring one of our freelancers, Bob Spencer, as him and his brother Adrian take part in The Artemis Great

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My Disney experience

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I spend most of my working days thinking about brands. Helping clients create something compelling, unique and true to themselves so they can use

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Our open day

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Forget the canapés, sushi and nibbles…give us a big piece of pie. Well if there was one thing we learnt about the guests at

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My “next big thing” in digital

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I was asked to pen a few words for the Manchester Evening News Business section on what I felt were exciting and innovative developments

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Senior Account Manager/Junior Account Director Role

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We’re on the look out for an experienced and commercially savvy integrated Senior Account Manager/Junior Account Director to join our client services team and

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What makes an effective brand?

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An effective brand isn’t always a brand you want to buy from. We can recognise a successful brand regardless of whether it’s one we

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PHP developer job

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We’re on the look out for a proficient and enthusiastic PHP developer to join our digital team and help us create exciting online experiences

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Customer Service is part of your brand

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Blackberry 10 has arrived but is it too late to rectify the damage done to their brand? When RIM initially launched the email pager

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It’s as if I’ve never been away!

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Usually my Blogs are about an observation I’ve made about a brand, a market trend or a piece of news, but this blog is

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Serving up Northern Warmth

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For our Christmas campaign 2012 we decided we wanted to help a Manchester based homeless charity and quickly came across Barnabus. We thought we

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Tech to expect in 2013

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There has been a huge amount of speculation over what this year’s tech calendar holds for us, but here are five technologically innovative pieces

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Top Ten Tips on creating your brand

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At Studio North we have a flexible yet robust approach to creating new brands. Creative briefs are informed by sound research and intelligent thinking

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Does the demise of HMV mean the end of the CD format?

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In 1921 His Masters Voice unveiled its first store on 363 Oxford Street, London. Opened by the classical composer Sir Edward Elgar to an

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The future – CES 2013

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Day 1 of CES 2013 has been and gone and already it’s safe to say our future is extremely reminiscent of ‘A Day Made of

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Supporting Manchester Creative Studio

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At Studio North, we like to do our bit for the community and as proud northerners we want to help keep the city we

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Emotional deposit at the Bank of Calders

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I’m hoping this blog is a bit unusual. Which is good, because I like unusual. It’s also long, which is bad. I don’t like

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Engaging Christmas adverts – class of 2012

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Just over a week to go until Christmas. I’m sure on the tip of many people’s tongues will be the good ol’ favourite line

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How do you eat your Apple?

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I count myself as one of life’s lucky chaps. I live and breathe a brand I stumbled upon one chilly Mancunian night in 2011.

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My year in digital (part three)

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Whilst the London Olympics was a stage in which social media was ‘embraced’ to further enhance the engagement of the Games, no-one has harnessed

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The kids are alright

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Myself and Richard this week had the pleasure of talking to a group of 1st year students studying BTEC Extended Diploma in Art and

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Merseyway’s Christmas Lights Switch On 2012

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On Wednesday, our Client Services Director Georgina and I were treated to an evening out with our Stockport-based client, Merseyway Shopping Centre, as guests at

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Should I upgrade to Windows 8?

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Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, gives the world his new operating system I consider myself fairly technology savvy and I’m pondering upgrading to Windows 8

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Pinterest cozies up to brands, launches Pinterest for Business

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Pinterest is one of the hottest and fastest-growing social networks in the world, and therefore it’s no surprise that a growing number of brands

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How do you push a brand past a plateau?

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This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

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kevin bacon Everything everywhere

Everything Everywhere

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EE have bombarded their way onto the radar of UK consumers with their £100million campaign, which aims to re-establish the brand as a key

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Manchester Digital

Manchester Digital is the independent trade association for the thriving digital sector in the North West of England. http://www.manchesterdigital.com/

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Talk of Manchester

In April 2012, the Midland Hotel played host to the first event for the business networking group, ‘The Talk of Manchester’. The event saw

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E-Consultancy

Econsultancy is a community where the world’s digital marketing and ecommerce professionals meet to sharpen their strategy, source suppliers, get quick answers, compare notes,

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Business Growth Hub

The Business Growth Hub is a community for growing businesses. It is the major centre for businesses that have the potential, ambition and commitment

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Design Business Association

The Design Business Association exists to promote professional excellence through productive partnerships between commerce and the design industry to champion effective design which improves

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Greater Manchester Film Festival

The Greater Manchester Film Festival is the brainchild of local film director, Simon Powell.  Simon started his life working in the fitness industry, but

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TwitFaced

#TwitFaced is the event for Mancunian allsorts, adopted or otherwise, to take the tweet to a meet. We offer a very informal networking opportunity

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Forever Manchester

Forever Manchester is the Community Foundation for Greater Manchester. They are the charity for people with a passion for Manchester and want to put

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Northern Soho

This movement aims to bring the creative industry together to take action and raise awareness of the great work that comes out of our

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Timeless Pieces No1: The Rolling Stones Motif

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These days its customary for every band or artist to have a strong visual identity. From ACDC to One Direction, the need for a

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Northern Digitals

A monthly meetup where digital creatives from in and around Manchester can get away from their screens and talk to other digital creatives. http://www.meetup.com/northerndigitals/

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18:30 on Friday the 5th of October; I’m stood watching approximately 60 individuals sat in an ODEON cinema screen, fixated on the expert industry

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Had a good idea recently?

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You know what, I used to wonder what the magic formula was for idea generation. Did the ‘advertising creatives’ have a magic wand? Was

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My year in digital (part two)

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In parallel to my focus on some of the technology which empowers usage of the second screen; especially in sports, it’s only natural that

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