Five site managers from client David Wilson East Midlands recently received Quality Awards as part of the NHBC Pride in the Job Awards 2009, for excellence in on-site management, during a special presentation day with their colleagues at The Walkers Stadium in Leicester. Congratulations to (from l-r) Alex Coltman, Ian Bentley, Gary Tebbatt, Peter Seditas and Henry Patecki.
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!
The Earl Shilton stone coffin, found at client David Wilson East Midlands’ The Lanterns development, has been laid to rest at its permenant home at The Battle of Bosworth Heritage Centre. On Friday 30th January Managing Director of David Wilson East Midlands, John Reddington was joined by the Chairman of Leicestershire County Council Tony Kershaw to offically unveil the coffin, which is now on display to the public at the Heritage Centre.
John Reddington (front) and Tony Kershaw (back)
The event was reported in the Leicester Mercury, the Messenger, the Hinckley Times and the Heartland Evening News as well as on ITV Central News, take a look by clicking on the link below.
Take a look at The One Show clip from the David Wilson East Midlands excavation of a medieval tomb in Earl Shilton - broadcast Monday 17th November 2008.The One Show 17.11.08
Last night the BBC’s The One Show broadcast a feature about David Wilson East Midlands The Lanterns development in Earl Shilton, Leicestershire where a supposed medieval tomb was buried. Forming part of an ornate 100 year old water feature, the stone artefact was brought to David Wilson’s attention by Barwell resident and former gardener Reg Colver. Thinking it could be the lost coffin of King Richard III, which is recorded to have been used as a container for water, Reg then approached the Battle of Bosworth Heritage Centre and the rest as they say is history!
After learning about the find, the Unsworth Sugden PR team got in touch with The One Show and managed to organise a visit with Dan Snow… and we’re now on the case to support David Wilson East Midlands in their bid to arrange visits from local children who will be able to see this exciting artefact for themselves before it is donated to the Heritage Centre next year.
Watch this space for more news and updates on this facinating project!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theoneshow/onepassions/2008/11/is-this-the-coffin-of-richard.html
The One Show filming at The Lanterns
The USA PR team organised for Dan Snow and The One Show to visit Earl Shilton today to film at a David Wilson East Midlands development called The Lanterns… watch the show on BBC1 on Monday (17th November) at 7pm to find out why!
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