Unsworth Sugden Blog

PR Snap Shot of the Month - August 2009

Matt Moore of client Westleigh Developments and Ian Harrison from Mosaic1898, Leicester’s leading and longest standing disability services charity, shake hands after agreeing a deal for Westleigh’s commercial division to build its new permanent head office at the LE3 business park off Ratby Lane.

Hard work by the PR team resulted in great coverage in the Leicester Mercury and a happy client!

For many PR professionals having to explain what you do for a living can be somewhat of a challenge. This is usually because people mistakenly think that the Ab Fab world of Eddie and Patsy reflects the real life of a PRO.

Well we’d like to put the record straight! The reality is that someone working in PR is more likely to be the one buying, delivering and then pouring the champagne than they are drinking it!!! This is something that one of our PR team proved recently at an official launch in Nottingham for client David Wilson East Midlands. The event make the local press the very next morning, take a look here.

Well done Bethan!

This week the PR department has been lucky enough to have an extra pair of hands helping out at the office. Read on to find out how Tamzin Boor has found her time on work experience…

“For the last week I have been gaining experience in Unsworth Sugden’s PR department.

The PR team is always on the go, so it was my job to help out with the day to day running of the department. From researching developments to creating media lists, I’ve tried a bit of everything, including AVEs which were a bit tricky at first but I soon got my head around them as I had plenty of practice over the week.

This experience has helped me to gain knowledge of not just what goes on in an office environment, but also how the PR department works and how the company functions as a whole.

Hopefully with this experience I will be able to move forward in my career and it will help me in the future!”

From everyone in the PR team, thanks for all your hard work Tamzin!

Client Barratt West Midlands was featured on Beacon Radio this week as it annouced it has been shortlisted to provide hundreds of affordable new homes across the Black Country for the Governmnet’s Kickstart program.  Take a listen to find out more…Beacon Radio 04.08.09

The latest edition of Kebbell Homes’ Open House is available to pick up now at its new homes developments across the country.  Issue 7 includes details of the developer’s property Hot Picks and a market report from its Sales Director.  Can’t get to site? Read your copy on the Kebbell Homes website at www.kebbell.co.uk and click on Company News.

Unsworth Sugden’s web division, USdigital, has launched two new company websites in the past few weeks. New individually designed websites for the materials handling equipment specialists, Midland Handling Equipment and the leading UK hardwood bus shelter manufacturer Littlethorpe have both proved a huge hit.

Why not check out the new websites at www.mhel.co.uk and www.bus-shelters.co.uk