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Posted: 05/02/2010

Kent Business Column - Feb 2010

Each month MediaTree host a column in The Kent Business newspaper.  The aim of this column is to show the Kent business audience some of the success stories from the creatives in Kent.  If you would like to submit a story please sent to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

London 2012 – Creative & Digital Opportunities event With less than 1000 days to go London 2012 and the public sector will require a vast range of creative services. If you are a creative and working in Kent MediaTree and Business Support would like to invite you to a free workshop to find out how you could get a piece of the action. The event will be held on 2nd March at The Maidstone Studios. For further information and to register for this event please go to www.mediatree.org.uk. Places are limited.
Pingala Media Launch New Amoeba Consulting website Pingala Media Launch New Amoeba Consulting website and brand identity. Pingala Media have launched a new website and branding for Amoeba Consulting, giving the logo and identity a fresh contemporary style with the website clearly identifying the six business areas of speciality. The images cleverly reflect the service and really hit the mark with this striking representation of the Amoeba ethos and approach. www.amoebaconsult.co.uk.
New Digital Marketing courses Kent based, Goldcrest Academy are launching two new CAM qualifications, Diploma in Digital Marketing and Diploma in Digital Media. Individuals can study either for the full qualification, or on a module by module basis. Each digital module is classed as a special Award and earns a Certificate from the CAM Foundation. For further information go to:www.goldcrestacademy.co.uk
Media Managers expands network with Kent launch Leading regional advertising and marketing company Media Managers has extended its network with a launch in Kent that will at last offer companies in the South East easier access to specialist advertising campaign planning, media buying, sales and marketing strategies. Heading the Kent team is Penny Williams who has successfully managed commercial radio stations across the UK and locally with Capital Radio Group and the Kent Messenger Group
FMS rise to the challenge FMS (Fusion Marketing Services) are showing how reduced marketing budgets can still be used to good effect. Clive Reddihough, Managing Director commented ‘FMS enjoy rising to the challenge of doing things differently and using our skills and experience to get the best out of smaller budgets. Our ‘Less can be more’ campaign demonstrates this and will appeal to anyone under pressure to make their marketing budget work harder’ www.fms-com.com
Maidstone Studios Media Village Welcomes UCA The University for the Creative Arts innovative Broadcast Media Foundation Degree with a BA (Hons) one year top-up will be delivered in collaboration with the Maidstone Studios commencing February 2010. Both courses will cover a range of topics including documentary making, television adaptations, online broadcasting and popular culture. Screen writer and director Simon Welsford who will head-up the course said: “The students on this course will learn everything they need to know to begin their careers in broadcast media – from the art of narrative story telling, to the technicalities of camera work.” For further information visit www.ucreative.ac.uk
Kent guitarist records film soundtrack Maidstone born guitarist Chris Corcoran recently recorded the soundtrack for a short film produced by the National Film and TV School (NFTS). The score was composed by Geoff Hannan, a student at the school who approached Chris to provide the atmospheric guitar parts. The film, Travel Bag is directed by talented director Jae-Ha Myung and is about a teenage boy’s reluctant journey by bus to Blackpool.
Niche support service Copythatworks Ltd, the Hawkhurst-based media consultancy, is launching a new online reputation management service for SMEs. Called The Zeitgeist, it is a niche support service for companies who want to maintain and enhance their brand by harnessing the power of modern and traditional media. For more details email stephenfleming@copythatworks.co.uk.
nbatDigital calculate energy efficiency Energy Design Tools, a new venture for Ashford web designers nbatDigital, went live on 1 December. The site which allows architects to calculate energy efficiency in new buildings centers around a Government approved SAP Calculator which creates Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for use in energy assessment and building regulations. The site has already achieved it’s 3 month target for subscriber sign ups and will continue to add enhancements for it’s users. www.energydesigntools.co.uk
ONEONE2 Media delivers ‘The guide to Dysphagia’ DVD Kent based OneOne2 Media, has recently completed a major DVD project on behalf of pharmaceutical company Fresenius Kabi Ltd of Runcorn, Cheshire. The DVD provides practical solutions for the care and management of Dysphagia. A nationwide campaign of research into the subject involved meetings with a number of healthcare professionals, specialists and individuals with dysphagia to gain as much information as possible on this little known, but relatively common swallowing disorder.
Remedy Creative makes sense of aphasia for national communication charity Tunbridge Wells agency, Remedy Creative has designed three important publications for communication charity, Connect.Remedy designed Connect’s Impact Report and two reports for their pilot ‘Access to Life’ project in Cornwall. With just seven weeks from creative brief to print delivery, Remedy presented alternative concepts, edited 100 pages of copy and organised a complex photoshoot at Connect’s London headquarters.
Puffball screening at Gulbenkian Meave Films in association with Screen South and Kent Film Office are hosting a Q&A session with Nic Roeg at the Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury on Tuesday 23rd February 2010 after a screening of his film Puffball. For tickets and full details of the event, please contact the Gulbenkian on 01227 769075 or online at http://www.kent.ac.uk/gulbenkian/
In brief Canterbury based Design Advantage has completed work on www.vintagehaven.co.uk, which is a website that supplies amazing replica guitar parts. The delighted client said that the site is being discussed on guitar forums around the world. Year One Consulting has expanded into new offices in the Canterbury Innovation Centre. Year One, who provide business consulting across the creative & cultural and Higher Education sectors, also has an office in Folkestone’s Creative Quarter. Public relations agency Quantum PR has appointed local graduate, Alice Baker, as its new Account Executive. Netsite RecruitActive has been selected by Somer Housing Group to empower its recruitment processes. Somer Housing Group is a group of housing associations in the South West of England.
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