Doing our bit to market the creative cluster of Tyneside… in the words of our clients. See attached article from Ad Agency mag, The Drum.
We big up our clients. They big us up. Love in.
Just to let you know that we have a Belgian artist painting a new epic mural at the yard, as I type. His work is secret – but I’d say it’s looking like our best piece of street art yet. Haunting and beautiful. Impactful.
Next week, Brazilian artist Titifreak will be here – and you should’ve been invited to the opening on Thurs night. Sadly/luckily, my wife landed a lastminute.com holiday, so I’m being whisked away and will miss this important new opening for Carl Hush, one of our yard artist clients. But, there are at least 200 cool cats headed to the yard and it promises to be quite a unique spectacle. The roll-call of international artists now wanting to participate in future bi-monthlies… wow. If I could only point you to them all on Google. For a taster, click this: Herakut. A German-Indian couple.
Tickets are still available for Shindig’s launch with Radio 1 DJ Heidi for Feb 26. And, also for superstar French DJ Laurent Garnier, who is bringing his live act on Mar 12. Email me and I can put you on the guest list – we are stretching as far as creating a new back-bar with London warehouse party supremo’s Sancho Panza. This will not have any amps in and it will have plenty of seats. So old farts like me can schmooze and booze without banging music and gyrating nymphettes to distract you.
The Clock Tower cafe goes from strength to strength, especially with our new Francino Coffee Machine, fitted by our new coffee mechanic, based (would you believe it) on Holy Island… he’s now also supplying Rainforest Alliance coffee beans, roasted in Yorkshire, with share of profits to Children in Need in Sunderland. Feel better with every sip!
We have quite a few welcomes and expansions on the yard: Red Square Property; Smart Meters 4U; Storm Fitness; Re-Production TV.
You will also see our new Biz Dev Manager Julie Kemp around and about. She used to be Centre Manager at Regus Quayside so knows alot about customer service, managing our cleaners and the like.
Things seem to be working like clockwork for 2011. Long may that continue.
For anyone who’s got this far, who enjoyed our World Cup in a Warehouse event last year… we are thinking of holding an afternoon of Urban Golf in June. 9 or 12 holes from the Toffee Factory site, around the Ouseburn, finishing with a pitch out of St Lawrence Square park and into the yard. It should be ridiculously stupid and fun, probably as PR-able as the warehouse event (where we won PRIDE NE Event of the Year)… and we ought to do it all for good causes.
Click here to read about Urban Golf. And, no, of course we haven’t asked for permission yet. But, I’ll be doing my risk assessment document over the half-term holidays. Honest, Mr Stephen P Savage!
Have a good one.
