I remember it vividly. My first day in PR was 23 July 1990. I’d joined a leading Belfast firm and chosen PR as my new career. After a couple of years as editor of my local weekly paper in South Down I fancied a change.
A respected media figure had convinced me over the space of [...]
Many of us have a passing interest in motorsport, fuelled perhaps by the glamour of F1. Fast cars, pretty girls, cool guys and a plethora of the world’s top brands.
World Touring Cars, as we have learned over the past few months, is the equivalent of F1 in saloon cars. Supported by F2 these guys from [...]
Our fave quirky story from the weekend papers comes from the Atticus column in the Sunday Times in which the writer waxes lyrical about the ‘cost of imperialism’ at Stormont.
According to the column the high cost of imperialism continues to be felt at Stormont – at least in the gift shop where a small box [...]
In recent years, with many retail businesses failing, we have seen the emergence of what is know as the pop up phenomenon whereby shops ‘pop up’ for a weekend or week in a High Street. It makes sense for the landlord who gets a few quid for an unlet unit as well as offering retailers [...]
The Saville Inquiry was one of the most awaited documents to be published in modern UK and Irish history. 38 years after that fateful day the world waited with baited breath to see whether Lord Saville’s 5000 page report would unequivocally lay the blame for what happened in Derry on Bloody Sunday at the feet [...]
I had the great privilege of presenting the prizes at Clounagh Junior High’s annual prize night. Ok, I was a late stand-in for Serious PR client, Colin Turkington, who was testing for his upcoming WTCC debut in Portugal, but it was nonetheless a truly encouraging experience to see so many talented young people who had [...]
As one who spent his early working years in a regional newspaper in County Down it’s gratifying to see some people waking up the influence these important outlets have. According to a survey by TNS-RI Omnibus on behalf of The Newspaper Society local papers are trusted over and above council magazines and websites. The poll [...]
Great story in today’s Independent about an American military analyst turned whistleblower who, it’s alleged, is about to the lift the lid on a host of American military secrets by uploading some 260,000 docs to the Wikileaks website. Apparently the US authorities are desperately trying to ascertain if the US Army Intelligence officer, currently under [...]
Great to see one of our long standing clients, TODD Architects get recognition for the massive influence they have had on the changing face of Belfast. The very clever Belfast-based architectural practice, which was established during The Troubles has left its finger prints all over the best parts of the new Belfast. And last week [...]
Great story today in The Mail which reveals how the BBC has splashed out tens of thousands of pounds installing a lift into a Cape Town-based hospital from where they will broadcast for the 2010 World Cup. According to the Mail the lift idea was to avoid top presenters, Alan Hansen, Gary Lineker and Alan [...]
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