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Welcome Gareth Poole


April 15th, 2010 by Michael

We extend a warm welcome to Gareth Poole who joined the team recently as our new Web Developer. We won’t bore you with the can dos and cannots of his PHP, CSS, XHTML and MySQL skills  but he does come packaged with a First Class degree in Internet Computing from the University of Salford. And as well as bucketloads of cutting edge technical knowledge on all things CMS, e-commerce, mobile and social media, Gareth becomes the first ever Studio North employee to own a didgeridoo. Clearly, we wish him well.

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The Legend of Dick and Dom


February 12th, 2010 by Michael

Studio North’s evolution gathers pace as we welcome two more new starters in Account Managers Richard Lowe and Dominic McVeigh.

Richard previously spent three years at Aylesworth Fleming having graduated with a degree in Operations Management at Lancaster University Management School. Hailing from Wolverhampton, Richard excels at most sports notably a keen rower at University and the captain of both rugby and cricket college teams.

Dominic has worked both client and agencyside in previous roles, most recently at Finch in his native Liverpool. Again, a graduate in Politics and English at Loughborough University, Dom also holds a CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing and is currently working towards a Masters.

Both lads have got stuck right into the client base and we wish them well. They are pictured here letting their hair down for childrens television. From left to right, Richard & Dominic.

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New arrival at Studio North!


January 27th, 2010 by Steve

Everyone at Studio North would like to offer our congratulations to Anna and husband Bob on the healthy arrival of baby Freya Scott. Born at 3.15am on 19 Jan weighing 3.1 kgs :)

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Nathan Taylor joins the team


December 8th, 2009 by Michael

Another warm Studio North welcome for our latest recruit, Nathan Taylor who joins us as Office Administrator. As part of his Apprenticeship, Nathan will be working towards his NVQ level 2 qualification in Business & Admin. At the interview stage, we were overwhelmed by Nathan’s strong work ethic and refreshing attitude both of which will guarantee an exciting career ahead of him. Nathan hopes to forge a career in the world of finance and we look forward to helping him on his way. Good luck.

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Rachel passes mountains & exams


September 21st, 2009 by Michael

If you happen to have called into Waulk Mill these past few weeks you will have noticed that our effervescent Account Executive, Rachel Westwood is back in Manchester after a two month tour of China. I’m sure you will all hear about her epic adventure in the months to come, so less of that for now and more of something else. So to follow up from a previous blog where we mentioned Rachel was studying towards a CIM qualification, we can also reveal that Wiltshire’s finest export returned to a letter confirming she had  passed her exams with flying colours.

We warmly congratulate Rach on her fantastic effort throughout the past year and look forward to seeing these new skills and knowledge being applied to our client base in the coming months.

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Anna Hen: Not your normal Thursday night out!


March 26th, 2009 by sarah

Last week the girls of Studio North* kick started Anna’s hen weekend bonanza with some strange but fun activities at the Chill Factor: Tubing! All the plans had been the best kept secret of the office for over a month with Anna not having a clue. 

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That takes some going as nothing really stays secret for very long round here, I think not letting the boys in on it helped keep the plans concealed! “Bring something warm & some sensible shoes” were the only clues to the mystery activity, although, Anna did get taunted a few times during the course of the day.

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New Year, new you??


January 12th, 2009 by Rachel

And so we’ve come to that time of year when we make (or rather should have made 12 days ago) resolutions for the rest of the year.  According to the NHS ad you’re 8x more likely to give up smoking if you do it in January, there’s a bit of positivity for you.  On the other hand I’m sure I, like thousands of others are going to be forced to suffer the indignity of failing miserably but this time last year I genuinely thought it was perfectly feasible to become a one woman acrobatic troop with a best selling novel under my belt, ahem….

Of course not being one to be discreet about such things our Operations Director made his ideas very public in the Drum last week; I sincerely hope he doesn’t think the relaxation promise will be kept a close eye on here at the office….. (more…)

Washing up wonder


October 27th, 2008 by Rachel

Most of us get excited about something, be it new shoes, a particular band or a holiday.  Few however can claim to get excited about washing up, or more specifically the paraphanalia that constitutes the washing up experience.  Step up then please our very own communications guru Allie Johns.  Often seen in trendy bars or boogeying at concerts Allie has nurtured a cool image of herself that we have accepted unquestioningly….until now.

Having ranted for what seemed like months about the fact we had a round washing up bowl for a square sink Allie graced me with the email below, demonstrating just how anally retentive the lady can be:

 ”… I picked up a spanking new SQUARE washing up bowl for Studio North on my way back from meeting this morning. Oh my god. Yes. It’s actually true. We will have a bowl that fits the sink. Sad but true. Schedule an unveiling ceremony for it, first thing Tuesday.”

Of course being anally retentive does have its positives and we do now have a matching bowl and sink which is admittedly much more convenient.

Of course it hasn’t thwarted the washing up gremlin who dirties the dishes that everyone *ahem* leaves squeaky clean, maybe the next kitchen gadget could be CCTV so we could catch the rascal in the act.

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