I may already feel 8 years older than I did before Christmas, but if there’s one thing to put a spring in the step it’s media coverage – just one sight of a clipping can roll away the years! …
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Too many companies, initiatives and organisations are taking part in a ‘sponsored silence’ as they head into 2013, playing their cards close to their chest and not making their target audiences aware of the good work they are doing, or…
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I went back to Lakes College today, where I gave my very different PR talk (complete with wand!) in October, all based around a Harry Potter theme. Word of the mad wand-waving woman from Lancashire seemed to have got around,…
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I attended a networking meeting this morning in Lancashire and was asked to say, in just a few seconds, what sort of public relations work I can handle. I tried to answer this by explaining that it’s fundamentally down to…
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Last week myself, and others attending the Eden Tourism Summit, were given the opportunity to pre-view some of the fabulous restoration work that has been going on at Lowther Castle and Gardens, near Penrith, (not to mention bagging the stunning…
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Lancashire-based Catapult PR is reminding businesses wondering where to save money as they battle the recession that cutting the marketing budget is not the way to go. Catapult, which works extensively in Cumbria and the North East, as well…
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Increasingly, it seems to me that Lancashire, Blackpool and the Fylde’s and even some Cumbrian pubs, pub chains, restaurants, hotels and attractions are Kevin Costner fans. What do I mean by that? Well, really that they’ve fallen in love with…
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Do iconic objects maintain their iconic status if you uproot them from their accepted location of authenticity and transport them to another place and time? Or is being an icon dependent upon remaining firmly at the centre of a certain…
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I’ve been really busy promoting and sending out PR materials a forthcoming conference to be held in the Lake District by Nurture Lakeland. It’s called the Visitor Giving Conference and it’s going to be held on October 17 and 18…
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Catapult PR’s managing director, Jane Hunt, has been invited to speak to a group of businesses from West Cumbria at a business event organised at Lakes College, Workington, on October 11. Businesses will first sample a fabulous lunch menu…
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