3D technology for business & education seminar

Wednesday 14^th July 2010. 8.00-8.30am registration, seminar 8.30-9.30am. Breakout and questions 9.30-10.00am.

Audio visual specialist Blaydon Communications is to host a breakfast seminar on the 14^th July at Hoults Yard, Walker Road, Newcastle upon Tyne to demonstrate 3D technology. Sharing the platform will be representatives of channel partner CIE Group, specialists in 3D point-of-sale / display technology which requires no special glasses. Saif Chaudhry, creative director of Stereografix Ltd will discuss 3D content creation.

The seminar is relevant to advertising and marketing professionals, the retail, leisure and education sectors; and anyone with an interest in the current state of the Digital out of Home (DooH) sector.

Blaydon Communications managing director Paul Dougherty said:

“With our partners we are committed to putting the north east at the forefront of 3D technology, but this seminar is all about what is available right here, right now. DooH technology has to be seen to be believed and we will explain how it can work for businesses and in education”.

3D DooH seminar, The Kiln, Hoults Yard, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1AB

Refreshments and free parking.

 To reserve a place or for further information please email paul@blaydoncomms.co.uk

Hoults Yard news update

Hi

I had hoped to keep you in peace for a month after my last HYBY epic news update. HYBY… that’s this week’s moniker for Hoults Yard Byker. Such is the whirlwind of activity on site, that I want to keep the newsflow more ‘little and often’. Do read on as I have included a key contact at BT, free advertising and ways to get discounts at Hotel du Vin… it’s six quick points.

Please circulate this to colleagues – if you receive this as a forward, do mail me to get onto the mail list.

It’s all posted on the blog – comment there: http://houltsyard.wordpress.com or follow @houltsyard or #HYBY on Twitter.

1. Meet the Neighbours

Can I remind everyone about a drink-up on Mar 11th from 430pm?

It’s a chance to see our meeting facilities in The Kiln upstairs, plus share tales with neighbours – and other folk doing similar things to you.

I hope to talk people thru plans for the yard, including licensing for alcohol which could lead to a bar on site. More interestingly, see Point5 below. Daymon Britton has volunteered to talk thru the making of his short film with Chris Foggin (and tell us about a recent NFM scholarship he had to attend a actor/director course with Geordie legend Mike Figgis).

Please sign up so we know how much ale to order.

http://hyby.eventbrite.com/

Please share this with all your colleagues and contacts as they are most welcome!

2. Free advertising online

Our hot desking SomewhereSpace is hotting up with freelancers and start-ups. New in this week is digital design team Readysalted.

Also signed up is Richard Stoddart of HOHound, a new local news site for Heaton and Ouseburn. www.hohound.co.uk is offering free banner ads to anyone and everyone at the yard for the next weeks, plus starting a regular news section on yard news – click here to view.  Drop me a line if you fancy raising your profile in HO and I’ll connect you to Richard.

3. Broadband and telecom problem solved

We love to hate BT. But wait. We have found someone who’s job is to track, chase and sort out all our comms issues. He’s not an anonymous offshore call centre bot, he’s Allan Watson. He has a direct line and an email address – and he’s based near the Metro Centre. He’s volunteered to take on any telecom hassles, including other providers (which all go back to BT somehow in the end). Give him all you’ve got – make him a hero:

Allan Watson 0191 461 4242 (looks like a switchboard, but is his voicemail or in person – I checked)

allan.watson@btlocalbusiness.co.uk

4. Hotel du Vin discounts

More helpful humans… I recently met Kate Embleton, HdV’s biz dev manager. Our local boutique has benefited from all the recent HYBY action, including 5 week bookings for Emilia Fox, Greta Scaachi and Ben Chaplin, stars of Coastal’s feature film Ways to Live Forever. They want our business, but they are prepared to offer great prices and complimentary upgrades if availability allows. Call Kate direct and she will sort out the best rates – we’re talking as low as £65 per night on their quieter Fri/Sun, or the £100 mark including breakfast. Kate can give you a tour of the suites – amazing views from the bath of ‘Mouton-Rothschild’ right up the Tyne. Or, have your very own roof terrace with a Spillers view. The more we can push their way, the better for the overall service/price/attention!

kate.embleton@hotelduvin.com – 07786 918425 – 0191 229 2200

5. Yard on film

Who cares about film stars when you can see friendly faces on film? Daymon Britton and Jamie Hutchinson of Picture Canning North are finalists in Empire Magazine’s short film. They’ve beaten off 100,000 entries to get to the last 20 – vote for them to win the prize. Click here for the link.

6. Artists studios

We now have half a dozen artists on site (that’s if you include secret Picasso, our very own Sam Elliott – though his allotment shed serves as his studio). More info on the blog,click here. Now we’re open for business for artists, do recommend them here so we can build up a thriving scene.

We have a hidden squad of bands that do late shifts around the yard – we’re working to identify their talents, too.

The current idea is to enter a yard project to the Tyne&WearMuseums LateShows event on 14/15 May this year. We’re thinking battle of the bands, expo and maybe even a graffiti spray-off. If you have something you’d like to profile, then give me a shout and we’ll see if we can add it to the submission to give you more exposure.

Bye.

Latest Hoults Yard news – Feb 2010

Folks –  a message direct from Charlie H…

Welcome to an update of activity at Hoults Yard. I hope it’s an opportunity to share some of the excitements across ‘our village’ – as well as communicate some of the logistical issues we are addressing at HQ.

You can also browse news and info on the blog http://houltsyard.wordpress.com/ and follow us on Twitter @houltsyard

Please do pile in with comment/feedback and mail me your own stories – so we can build the collective voice of this unique corner of Tyneside. There is certainly an energy about the place and a momentum which I hope can benefit us all, as well as send waves much wider abroad, or just to Gateshead.

1. Don’t be a stranger

The joy and the challenge of any village is interacting with neighbours – one day they commission you to collaborate on their big project, the next they are nabbing your parking space (or the last portion of Fish&Chips)!

We held our first ‘Meet the Neighbours’ night late last year – some 40 people attended. Our next is scheduled for 11^th March starting at 430pm, Kiln Studio 25. Please come to network, please invite friends and useful contacts. Every week I meet new faces on the yard who have so much to offer you – but I can’t do the legwork all by myself.

http://hyby.eventbrite.com

2. AV Festival Finale

On March 13^th, Tyneside’s latest arts festival will be holding its closing party. This event is hosting one of New York’s legendary DJs, Francois Kervorkian, on a very rare appearance for Tyneside. Wow! If you’d like a free guest list ticket, mail me and I’ll see if I can put your name down.

http://houltsyard.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/av-festival-finale-with-dj-legend-francois-k/

3. Warm welcome 1

I’m sure this weather has got you thinking how duff last summer weather was – and about foreign holidays. The yard plays host to one of Tyneside’s largest travel agents – Broadway Travel are now operating from The Boiler House. Broadway have expanded from Luton with their team of some 20 new faces on the screens/phones.

Grant Lawson, the Newcastle manager, assures me that he can do great deals for yard neighbours – either pop in or call on the priority number 0844 5441412

http://www.broadwaytravel.com/

4. Warm Welcome 2

Not alot of people know that we have a fashion design business on site. Poetic Gem are going from strength to strength, doubling the size of their office footprint in the back of The Kiln.

We also have The Tony Blair Sports Foundation newly installed in Maling Studios, so don’t be surprised if a former Prime Minister drops by, unannounced, at some stage!

And, shortly, we’ll be able to announce another new ‘signing’ – an Australian firm opening up in Europe in the online gaming business.

Nice to see so many firms in culture, media, digital and sport all choosing Hoults Yard for their base. We do have a few more spaces to fill in The Kiln, so we’d love you to recommend us (and pay handsome commission!)

www.thekiln.co.uk

5. Teapot Studios

We launched a set of six offices in our Parkside building just before Xmas (where Bruce Reid framer was before moving to ground floor). These are two-man suites, architect designed and have amazing views across to the Tyne Bridge. We’ve let three already – to Funky Hand, craft-making software firm; Point Pleasant PR, somewhat specialist in PR for the gambling trade; Barry Bell, copywriter.

The deal is £300 per month inclusive – do recommend to a friend. We’ll split the first month’s rent with anyone who helps us close a deal.

http://houltsyard.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/teapot-studios-launch-photos/

6. NFM – financing comes on stream

It’s all action in Kiln Studio3, with mobile seminars and new funding. There’s even a launch event for the funding on Thurs 4 Feb – mail me if you want a contact to get in pole position to bag some of their millions!

http://houltsyard.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/nfm-has-yet-more-grant-funds-for-ne-content-biz/

7. Entrepreneurs Forum – Will Dracup at Clocktower

The Entrepreneurs Forum is the regional team helping start-ups, as well as seniors. They are holding a series of dinners at the Clocktower Cafe – that hotbed of innovation. The next one features science success Will Dracup of Non-Linear Dynamics telling his story.

http://www.entrepreneursforum.net/events/viewarticle.php?id=629&offset=0

8. Gallery space – ThinkTank

As some of you know, there are some amazing hidden spaces at the yard. We’re working on one below Mere Mortals which would make a fab art gallery. We have a number of requests to use it, not least from on-site artists Alaric Hammond, Laura Lancaster and Dan Holdsowrth.

Watch this space for preview nights or exhibitions.

http://houltsyard.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/gallery-space-at-hoults-yard/

Logistics

a. Snow

I hope you’ll applaud the team’s efforts in coping with the New Year snow. Our strategy of shovels, JCB and salt put many a council to shame – please do applaud Sam for the master plan, as well as our maintenance crew Dougie, Lee and Ray. They are currently working on the gutters to ensure the drains and downpipes are running clear and can cope with future weather.

b. Cheeky NFM students

If you are following us on Twitter, you may have spotted the latest NFM mobile content course http://houltsyard.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/mobile-media-and-branded-entertainment-event-at-hyby/

Looks like you missed a treat – the experimental blog project will make you giggle, too… it’s on Moblog and launches a campaign about how confusing the yard’s signage is. Fair cop… you too have spotted that we have two buildings numbered 37! It’s all on the long long list of lists awaiting budget, time and snowmelt!

http://moblog.net/view/921212/back-entrance (Dig: look at the confusing ‘older/newer’ button to see the rogues gallery)

Phew… alot going on!

Full marks if you’ve read this far. Do mail us your news if you have something to share – and do sign up to ‘Meet the Neighbours 2’

All the best…

Hoults Yard – new building website launched

If you are looking for Hoults Yard information, the latest details are given in a new website we’ve put together to cover The Kiln, a building we’re just finishing to offer state-of-the-art facilities with the same flexibility and security that is available elsewhere onsite.

http://www.thekiln.co.uk/