Unsworth Sugden Blog

Eight students from Countesthorpe College visited Westframe, the Enderby-based timber frame manufacturing division of client Westleigh Developments, on Wednesday as part of a project which is seeing the developer build (and part fund) a brand new vocational centre at the college.

BBC Radio Leicester was able to feature the visit in its afternoon news bulletins - click here to take a listen.

To learn more about the Westleigh Vocational Academy and to take a look at a brochure of the project, designed by Unsworth Sugden, click here.

The latest issue of client Axess 4 All’s ’Platform’ newsletter is now available. Issue 2 celebrates 10 years of the UK’s leading supplier of platform lifts and features recent case studies, company news and a competition to win a UK & Europe hotel break gift voucher for £100.

You can see a copy of Platform on the Axess 4 All website. Just visit www.axess4all.com and click on News, where you can download a PDF.

Following it’s recent appearance on ITV1’s Central Eastern region, the first ever TV commercial for the Earl Shilton Building Society is now available for all to see on YouTube.

Please click HERE to be taken to the commercial.

Photographer Toby Savage recently took these early morning shots of the beautiful Hornsea Mere, the largest freshwater lake in Yorkshire, whilst on assignment for client Harron Homes.

Its Mere Court development is located just five minutes away and with stunning views available across the water it’s easy to understand why this selection of homes is proving so popular.

Anyone watching ITV1 this week in the Central East region will be able to see a new TV commercial for The Earl Shilton Building Society, following months of hard work by the Unsworth Sugden PR team.

Our PR department has been busy liasing between the client, ITV and the production company in order to produce this 30 second ad aimed at increasing brand awareness.

The commercial was first shown on Monday morning (26th October) and will appear on your TV screen at regular intervals until early Sunday evening (1st November).

The ITV Central East region incorporates the majority of the East Midlands, with its catchment area going from Lincoln down to Peterborough, across to Rugby and up as far as the southern part of the Peak District.

If you manage to spot the commercial at anypoint during the week, then we’d love to hear from you. Just email Dave at davidt@unsworthsugden.co.uk with your name, location, the date you saw it and the time (or programme), along with any thoughts you may have. No prizes I’m afraid, just grateful thanks from all in the PR team!

Harborough MP Edward Garnier recently praised client Westleigh Developments’ commercial development at The Point, in Market Harborough, after existing tenant Joules expanded and bought the final remaining unit.

(from left to right) Edward Garnier MP, Tom Joule of Joules and Matt Moore of Westleigh Developments at The Point

See coverage of the visit, secured after work by the Unsworth Sugden PR team, in both the Leicester Mercury and Harborough Mail (click on the links to read the articles).

PR Snap Shot of the Month - September 2009

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. 

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!

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!

Have you ever thought about reaching your customers with a company newsletter?

Are you a new company looking to promote its services? Or an existing company looking to re-establishing its brand with past customers and highlighting to current customer’s what you’ve been up to recently?

Either way the company newsletter could be a vital tool for you.

Here in the PR team we have vast experience of producing not just good, but great newsletters. Throughout the year we work on a number of different newsletters for clients in all varieties of service sectors.

Just recently we’ve finished work on newsletters for the Earl Shilton Building Society, Leicester-based Axess 4 All and the dual branded Barratt and David Wilson North Midlands division. Two others are currently in mid-production.

Newsletters can be all shapes and sizes and contents can be varied from company landmarks to new products, existing product features to employee news and even competitions. We work closely with each client to ensure they are involved from conception to completion, making sure newsletters are delivered on time and to the highest quality.

Sound interesting? Why not contact us to see how we can help you with your company newsletter. And remember – this is just one string on our bow. To see what else the PR team can help you with, click here or to see what other aspects of marketing Unsworth Sugden provides, click here.