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Ready to take the Scalextric Challenge?
25/03/10 10:43 Filed in: Public Relations
PNDesign, Scalextric, home of Formula One and Help for Heroes - all in the same sentence. Now I never saw that one coming!
Paul recently came across an opportunity to contribute to Help for Heroes, a charity for the wounded in Britain's current conflicts, and with a brother active in the RAF this is one charity close to his heart. Combined with child-long obsessions with Scalextric and Formula One, how could he not refuse to come on board as a corporate sponsor for this year's Scalextric Challenge?
With regional heats all over the country, this is something you can get involved in too - show your support by turning up and having a go. The fastest times will be put on a leader board and in October the top 32 will be invited to the British Racing Drivers Club in Silverstone for the final - could it get any better? Check out the Scalectric Challenge website for up-do-date news, leader board and a list of forthcoming heats.
Promoting local award-winning photography studio
19/03/10 14:47 Filed in: Testimonials
“I have used PNDesign for a number of years for designing leaflets, posters and other promotional materials for my photography business. PNDesign have always provided an excellent, high quality design service with a creative, responsive, friendly approach. Deadlines have always been met, even when I land urgent jobs on them, which is why I continue to use and recommend them.”
Philippa Double, Double Image Photography (Nottingham) > www.doubleimagephotography.co.uk
Broxtowe Youth Council
“Broxtowe Youth Council decided they wanted a magazine for young people in Broxtowe and we approached PNDesign as they had been recommended to us by Broxtowe Borough Council. This was to be a magazine made by young people for young people and we met with them to discuss what sort of design, layout and material was to be put in it.
Their enthusiasm and patience has been paramount ever since!! It is not easy working with a group of approx 25 young people all shouting out their ideas but this is what they did and brilliantly.
It has been quite difficult in a lot of ways to collate articles and photographs from different areas of Broxtowe by different young people and get them over to PNDesign. Their designer Louise has come over to us, looked at what we have gathered together, discussed what we wanted to do and sorted out many of the technical problems we had. Her input has been invaluable and we could not have asked for better help. Her expertise and guidance has been second to none and without her personal help we would not have been able to produce such a glossy and successful magazine.
It has been so successful that it as been used as a model for other youth service areas.”
Jan Key, Youth Worker, Broxtowe Borough Council (Nottingham)
Getting 'Inspire'd in Nottingham
07/03/10 10:27 Filed in: Events
PNDesign’s founder and MD, Paul Newson, was proud to sponsor the March Inspire networking event at Fraser Brown Solicitors in Nottingham on Thursday, 4th March.
As a regular attendee and one of the founding members of the networking club way back in early 2009, Paul has made many great contacts amongst the business community of Nottingham. He gave a quick presentation introducing our services, before handing over to the main presenter - Claire Curzon, a social-networking specialist.
Originally more ‘creative industries’ focused, the club now attracts a wide range of businesses, some travelling from Sheffield, Derbyshire or Leicestershire to attend the monthly event. In fact, organiser Lee Callendar even had to turn people away due to fire restrictions in the 1930’s wood panelled offices - a shame, but it just shows how the club has grown in recent months, all down to Lee’s email marketing campaign.
Originally more ‘creative industries’ focused, the club now attracts a wide range of businesses, some travelling from Sheffield, Derbyshire or Leicestershire to attend the monthly event. In fact, organiser Lee Callendar even had to turn people away due to fire restrictions in the 1930’s wood panelled offices - a shame, but it just shows how the club has grown in recent months, all down to Lee’s email marketing campaign.
Conference branding for R3
“I have always found PNDesign to be professional, creative and reliable. The level of personal attention you receive is excellent and the response time when working within a tight deadline is outstanding. I would highly recommend their services.”
Angela Laxton, Conference and Events Team Manager
“Paul produced some great designs for our Annual Conference promotional material and he and his team were of great help to us at the time. I would be happy to use him again.”
David White, Training Director
BID Event a Success for all
28/02/10 12:51 Filed in: Events | Public Relations
MD Paul Newson and PR Manager Vivienne Tregidga worked hard to provide a Marketing and PR strategy which successfully attracted over 60 local businesses to the event - many more, in fact, than the Nottingham BID attracted to their recent meeting, according to local radio station Trent FM.
Presentations were made by BID Manager Matt Robinson, PNDesign, Trent FM and Nottingham University, on a wide range of proposals designed to promot Beeston to a wider audience over the next few years.
The branding, marketing and public relations strategy devised by PNDesign has been so successful in fact that it is attracting interest from BID UK as well as one or two other towns who may need our help!
Champagne for Project MC
08/02/10 12:43 Filed in: Competition
You may recall that for our Christmas card last year we did something completely different - have you seen the video yet? Its on YouTube - just search for ‘pndesign’ and have a laugh on us!
For our Christmas newsletter we ran a simple competition to encourage people to read the newsletter and watch the video. It certainly worked, with a 400% increase in hits to our website and several hundred viewings of the video.
Steve Gregg, Sales and Marketing Manager of Project MC and the lucky winner of the competition is pictured (left) receiving the champagne from PNDesign MD Paul Newson. Steve said: “How delightful to be presented with a bottle of Moet champagne, thank you. I look forward to seeing the next edition of your newsletter, so please put me on the circular list.” We’re happy to oblige!
If you haven’t signed up for our regular newsletter yet, just get in touch and we’ll add you to the mailing list so you can see what you’ve been missing out.
For our Christmas newsletter we ran a simple competition to encourage people to read the newsletter and watch the video. It certainly worked, with a 400% increase in hits to our website and several hundred viewings of the video.
Steve Gregg, Sales and Marketing Manager of Project MC and the lucky winner of the competition is pictured (left) receiving the champagne from PNDesign MD Paul Newson. Steve said: “How delightful to be presented with a bottle of Moet champagne, thank you. I look forward to seeing the next edition of your newsletter, so please put me on the circular list.” We’re happy to oblige!
If you haven’t signed up for our regular newsletter yet, just get in touch and we’ll add you to the mailing list so you can see what you’ve been missing out.
New site for NEBA goes live!
21/01/10 12:20 Filed in: Web Design
The new website for NEBA (Nottinghamshire Education Business Alliance) has gone live. This is the largest site that PNDesign have managed to-date, and we are very pleased with the outcome - as is the client.
Louise Hawkings, NEBA’s Marketing & Communications Officer said: “PNDesign provided us with an excellent design service during our website re-development, creating a fresh and dynamic look for the site, reflective of the NEBA brand. I would have no hesitation in recommending PNDesign to anyone looking for a professional marketing service.”
PNDesign successfully tendered for the design of the new site after pitching against 4 other agencies. Teaming up with another local agency, WebFuel, provided the winning combination of design, brand management and software implementation which has given the site a completely new look and feel, complete with a CMS based news feed, calendar and many other resources for users to access.
PNDesign win tender to produce Beeston BID materials
06/08/09 19:01 Filed in: Branding
PNDesign founder Paul Newson has also been welcomed onto the board of the BID itself, which will be rolling out its campaign for a better Beeston in the forthcoming months... watch this space! To find out more about the Beeston BID, visit www.beestonbid.org
Success in Stockholm with INSOL Europe Congress
31/10/09 18:43 Filed in: Events
Paul Newson, Managing Director of PNDesign, is delighted to have another successful INSOL Europe conference under his belt. “This is the fourth year in succession and it’s always a thrill to see my designs working so well.”
PNDesign produced the conference branding and all the promotional materials for the event, as well as set designs, banners and delegate materials including a 200 page workpack.
Caroline Taylor, INSOL Europe’s Director of Administration, commented: “My sincere thanks to PNDesign. Their professionalism and attention to detail has been second to none, resulting in high quality, eye-catching materials. We look forward to continuing to work with PNDesign.”
> Read the full report here
Easy as 123 for new numeracy website
06/02/10 17:51 Filed in: Web Design
PNDesign have recently finished the rebranding and design of David Sharp’s numeracy website at 3right.co.uk.
The site is designed to help school-children and learners of all ages improve their numeracy skills. Users log into their own account and can pick up from where they were last time, progressing through the different levels by getting at least 3 answers right in a row. The questions get progressively harder in line with the user’s ability. The service is available to schools on a subscription basis and is proving to be very popular for learners of all levels.
PNDesign’s role was to examine the way the site was used, especially the introductory sections, and re-brand the site to make it look more modern and user friendly.
Ten Top Tips for New Businesses
01/11/09 09:29 Filed in: Business Advice
PNDesign have published a simple 10-point guide for new or young businesses, featuring very simple no-nonsense yet practical advice.
The guide was originally produced for the recent NewBusinessLive! event at Nottingham Arena, but has since been picked up by several publishers and training organisations who have asked up for permission to publish the article themselves, or include it in their training materials. Of course we are honoured to do so! It has even led to some mentoring work for Paul at Nottingham Trent University.
You can download our Top 10 Tips for New Businesses here, or read the guide on www.enterprisenation.com, by following this link