News in brief: The Market Creative; Crowe Clark Whitehill
MANCHESTER brand and retail agency The Market Creative has masterminded a 30-second TV campaign for Thomas Sanderson’s conservatory valet service.
The 30-second TV ad has launched and runs for four weeks on home interest satellite channels.
It opens with a man enjoying reading the morning papers in his conservatory, until his wife announces that Thomas Sanderson have arrived to valet it.
He feels that this is his job and sets about competing to clean it. In the end ‘the difference is clear’ and he steps back to admire the much better job that the professionals can do.
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AUDIT, tax and advisory firm Crowe Clark Whitehill, based in Manchester, has hooked the UK’s largest fishing tackle retailer, Fishing Republic, as a new client.
Fishing Republic, launched in Barnsley in 2005, is now based in Rotherham and has stores across the North including Manchester.
Crowe Clark Whitehall managing director Michael Jayson said: “Fishing Republic has been growing fast. Angling his hugely popular across the country and has developed a significant profile on television and the wider media.”
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MULTI award-winning parcel comparison site My Parcel Delivery has launched its new website platform.
The company says its new facility is designed to celebrate continued growth with a complete rebuild incorporating increased functionality, new services, improved usability and additional information resources for customers.
The Manchester-based business has also unveiled its new brand identity, which remains true to the company’s personable approach and customer-focused outlook.
Founder and managing director David Grimes, said: “My Parcel Delivery has experienced consistently strong growth and further investment, so we wanted a new platform and brand identity that reflected the journey we’ve been on as well as the straightforward and hassle-free nature of our service.”
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MANCHESTER-based independent digital agency Degree 53 has been awarded a remote operating licence for the design and build of gambling software in the UK.
Degree 53 is one of only a small number of agencies in the UK licensed to build bespoke transactional mobile apps, websites and services to UK gambling operators.
It means the company is fully compliant with the terms of the Gambling (licensing and advertising) Act which came into force late last year.
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TALENT Sport, the ecommerce platform from Cheshire-based Advanced Ticketing, has been selected by Southend United Football Club, following a rigorous tender process involving numerous software providers.
The club says it selected TALENT Sport because of its reputation for delivering an excellent online purchasing experience for fans.
The system will go live in summer, ready for the start of the 2015-16 football season.
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AN accountant and business adviser company is opening an office in Manchester’s Spinningfields as a new base for its corporate team.
Bennett Verby says its move to 3 Hardman Street is intended to help the firm meet growing demand for the team headed by founder and managing director Bernard Verby.
