Wensleydale Cheese gets Chris Evans endorsement

Graham writes.....celebrity endorsements are great things. Even better when they are unsolicited. Chris Evans' chatter on his Radio Two breakfast show was a great boost to real Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese at a time it is being increasingly listed in supermarkets. The radio star had visited the visitor centre in Wensleydale during the summer as part of a private trip to the Yorkshire Dales. We regularly send people like Chris, and his predessor Sir Terry, cheese to sample. Anyhow, the result was a gret endorsement which we circulated to all media especially the supermarket trade press. It is entirely appropriate we do this as the farming community in Wensleydale is absolutely reliant on the creamery performing well and the rurtal economy is under constant presure. Thanks Chris.

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Corus - The Times features our clients' views

Graham writes.....The Corus closure in Teesside has dealt a terrible blow to manufacturing in the area and afflicted thousands of families with job losses. Recognition has several clients locally and they have been affected too; both financially and, let's face it, emotionally as the bad news affects everyone who works in the Tees Valley.

We arranged for the big issue of the future development of Redcar to be the subject of a major article in The Times. This featured our clients Iain Sim of Coast & Country Housing and Keith Hunter. It is a positive feature despite the bad news.

You can read it properly by clicking here: http://www.recognitionpr.co.uk/journalistarea-story.asp?id=7764

Recognition devise competition to promote office space for start ups

Graham writes........Budding entrepreneurs from across the North East are being offered the opportunity to win a year’s quality office space at Darlington’s prestigious Lingfield Point business park.‘Strictly New Business’ is the brainchild of Marchday Group plc, owners of Lingfield Point. The aim of the competition is to reward the entrepreneurial spirit of the North East and encourage anyone thinking about starting their own business to take the plunge.In conjunction with Business and Enterprise North East, Marchday is encouraging would-be business owners to pitch their ideas to win the superb prize.In true reality TV style, a selected number of finalists will feel the pressure when they are invited to present their business proposals in front of a live audience to a panel of respected and established local business people. Each contestant will be marked by the individual panellists and the person with the most points will win the prize and become the latest occupier of Lingfield House. The prize includes rent, rates, service charge, buildings insurance and utilities. Office insurance will be provided by Henderson Insurance Brokers.