Passionate Blog

Carole's one step ahead

We always like to report on what our clients are getting up to, especially when they're raising money for charity.Here's a couple of pictures of Carole Doyle from Acutec when she took part in the Breakthrough Breast Cancer 60km walk in Birmingham. You can read more about it here.  Hey Carole, I wonder if you'll be signing up for this next? [Carol]

Wings flying higher

I'm pleased to report that wings is going from strength to strength now, with groups running in Cannock, Leicester, Stoke, Tamworth and Walsall.  We've had some lovely coverage too. See here and here for a couple of online stories.  We're are also on the business page of this week's Staffordshire Newsletter. 

We've attracted lots of interest from local businesswomen, so there's clearly a need for this kind of networking group.  Not just in this area either. We're also getting enquiries from women in other areas of the country wanting to set up groups, so I'll update you as soon as we are ready to launch the next lot. [Carol]

Picture shows Julia Canham of The Retreat, Tracy Pound of MaximITy, Carmen MacDougall of CMA Coaching & Training, Barbara Oldham of Forever Living Products, and Carol Garrington

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Well done Philip and Simon

Here are some pictures from Newell Palmer director Philip Stepp as he reached the top of Ben Nevis with his partner's son Simon - raising £4,000 for Compton Hospice. 

Well done to both of them for making it to the top. We can only imagine what it must be like to achieve such a goal. Oh except for Katie of course, she managed this last year. [Carol]

Today's Birmingham Post

Great page lead in the Birmingham Post today for our client Carl Jarvis of Internet Marketing Services.  See the full article online here, or here with the picture. It's the first press release we've worked on for IMS and there are more in the pipeline.  When I spoke to Carl this morning he said he'd already received a number of calls and emails from people who'd read the piece, before he'd even had a chance to see it himself.  [Carol]

An evening with the Badger

Who's that with the Badger? We recently reported on this and have just had these pictures through from what was a really enjoyable evening.  Ruth was on fine form as she gave an entertaining and thought-provoking after dinner speech to 60 Midlands businesswomen at Patshull Park. Her dedication to Compton Hospice came across loud and clear as she spoke about her long term commitment to the charity.  She also spoke about her upbringing, her family and of course her legendary appearance on The Apprentice.

Bulgarian Villas launches new brochure

We've just finished working on a brochure for Bulgarian Villas Ltd and here it is.  It's the first eight page brochure they've had produced and we had four weeks from start to finish to get the design, copy and images together so they could take it to the Places in the Sun exhibition at the NEC. And while I was working on this, Katie was reporting on this which resulted in some excellent coverage so it was a great result all round.  [Carol]

If you'd like a brochure you can contact Helen Toney on 0870 950 9332 but here is a bit more of a taster too...

Are you a 'good cop' or 'bad cop' parent?

Am in fresh receipt of a lovely brand spanking new commission from a parenting magazine and am on the hunt for interviewees. I need  to speak to mums and dads who feel that they don't discipline or reward their children equally. I need real life stories from three families covering how they give out discipline and/or rewards, and why they feel this is unequal.