Colin celebrates being fastest Independent in the first race of the day...

Colin pushes current WTCC in the second race before over-taking to take second place.

Model Shop boss, Gareth Hutchinson who joined the Serious team to cheer on Colin Turkington at Brands. Pic. Rea Finlay.

Well a man’s gotta eat. Serious MD, David McCavery gets refuelled at Brands. Pic Rea Finlay

A Seriously good partnership. Pic: Rea Finlay

Fast Track … Colin in full flight. Pic Rea Finlay

Grinning on the grid … snapped before the 1st big race in which Colin Turkington finished 3rd overall and fastest independent in the World Touring Car Championships. Pic: Rea Finlay.

In gear ... Colin pushes towards the leaders. Pic: Rea Finlay.

Turkington is back on track. Click here to watch the video

Click here for a watch.

Between planning, pitching and publicising for our clients we’ve worked long hours but generated some terrific results.

In the past week alone we have had no less than three of our clients on prime time TV news, alongside a host of radio and daily newspaper features.

We began the week at the sod cutting for a new 80,000 sq ft Tesco Extra Store in Craigavon which hit the dailies and host of other online outlets.  Then, for our client Enterprise NI, we were involved in coaching some Go for It clients for TV and radio interviews.

Then it was prepping British Touring Car champ, Colin Turkington for a series of TV and press interviews in the run up to his World Touring Car weekend in Portugal (for which we wish him well). And then we were rolling out a Publicity programme for our Derry based client, Pakflatt who have won a fantastic contract with the Westchester Election Board to supply voting booths. This story has literally gone global and you will see more of it over the weekend and into next week.

Alongside that we’ve been knocking out press statements in response to the recently produced Nationwide Housing survey and ensuring our client, Templeton Robinson is afforded the opportunity to provide market comment – and we’ve been planning a major property promotion for a developer client about whom we’ll tell you more later.

Those are just the bits we can tell you about.

Now for a relaxing weekend to watch Holland win the World Cup – we wish!

Colin, the current BTCC champion, is poised to compete in up to five rounds of this year’s World Touring Car Championship, beginning with Portugal on 4 July.  And he’s taking us with him as you can see from the latest pic taken this week at Brands Hatch where he warmed up for his first race of the season.

Next stop after Portugal will be somewhat of a homecoming for Colin as he will be turning out at Brands – a track he knows well.

You can follow colin on twitter @colinturkington and you can keep up to date with his progress by popping into our client news section from time to time.

Patton Group notched up another major award win taking top spot in the Right Place to Work category while Acheson & Glover received two impressive highly commended awards in the Innovative Employer and Managing Talent categories.

It’s always a pleasure to see your clients’ outstanding work recognised!  Well done all involved – and also to Serious client, ShredBank who were finalists in the Best Place To Work category.

They’ve all got growing reputations …

The Enniskillen-based Belmore Court & Motel is celebrating achieving 4 star status with the AA.

The family run motel, which opened 21 years ago, passed a rigorous AA inspection to make the grade.

Inspectors pin-pointed the friendly staff as one of the key attractions of the motel.

Owner, Terry McCartney, whose father was inspired to open the motel after extensive travel in the States where motels are plentiful, spent almost £3m last year on a superb new 30 room extension.

The public have voted with their feet too – the motel is now ranked number one in Trip Advisor.

Well done Terry and co.

More good news to follow.

Belmore Court & Motel video