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Welcome to our 5th MPA member spotlight

Introducing our 5th member spotlight of 2021. We hope that you are enjoying reading our monthly interviews with fellow members, and making new connections - we are certainly enjoying sharing them. We're delighted this time, to put Stuart O'Donnell, Director and Co-Founder of Boardwalk Studio, in our hot seat. Agency / Business name Boardwalk Studio What do you do? We are a design focussed, motion graphics, video production and post production studio. We create TV commercials, brand films, corporate communications and content for live and virtual events. We are approaching our 10th birthday and remain a small, dedicated team of innovative, [...]

MPA admin2021-06-09T10:15:59+00:00June 9th, 2021|MPA, News|

Help shape future careers and win a £50 Amazon voucher and a free Hearst magazine subscription

The MPA is launching a vital Future Careers initiative to support those in the early stages of their careers in our industry here in Greater Manchester. More than ever, we are committed to helping them on a positive journey in their careers. To understand what they need from us, we are launching this very simple 2 minute survey: is it more networking, social meet ups, careers guidance, mentoring, health and wellbeing support? etc. Click here if you're in the first five years of your career in creative/digital/tech/media/social/PR. Or if you work with/know people who are less than 5 years into [...]

MPA admin2021-06-08T08:40:15+00:00June 8th, 2021|MPA, News|

MPA Blog Share: Return to the office, hit the hills.

By Mark Kelly There’s lots of discussion in agencies about when’s the right time – and in what format – for businesses to fully return to the office. I’ve been part of some of those discussions myself with agency clients. Whilst there are some examples of long-term remote working agencies, I believe that there’s no substitute for face to face meetings and the culture that builds from having a permanent physical space as a company hub (even if everyone isn’t in there all day every day). A hybrid approach may be the way forward for many, certainly in the near [...]

MPA admin2021-05-05T15:49:32+00:00May 5th, 2021|Blog|

Welcome to our latest MPA member spotlight

Introducing our 4th member spotlight of 2021. We hope that you are enjoying reading our monthly interviews with fellow members, and making new connections - we are certainly enjoying sharing them. We're delighted this time, to put Leigh Herbert, Client Services Director, Republic of Media in our hot seat. Agency / Business name Republic of Media What do you do? We’re one of the UK’s fastest growing independent media planning and buying agencies, with a USP we’ve defined as ‘Freethinking’. Put simply, it’s a cultural underpinning that enables staff total freedom to come up with the most effective media ideas and [...]

MPA admin2021-05-04T08:38:28+00:00May 4th, 2021|Uncategorized|

Manchester Metropolitan University: ‘Providing local talent for local business’

Despite the end of term creeping closer, we still have plenty of opportunities for employers to access our students and graduate talent. We were recently branded “A powerhouse of creative industry talent” by Christian James at the MPA Awards, where three of our students won the Student Award and Apprentice Award. Get in touch today to find out how we can help connect you to our student and graduate talent. Build Back Better – Funding for SMEs in Greater Manchester We know times have been difficult in recent months. That's why we want to support employers with the opportunity to employ our students [...]

MPA admin2021-04-28T13:39:43+00:00April 28th, 2021|News|

WilsonCooke wins big in lockdown

By Nicole Whittingham, Brand Performance Director At WilsonCooke, we’re always looking ahead at the next opportunity to help our clients grow, and during lockdowns 1,2 and 3 we’ve been busier than ever! We’ve been working hard to show our clients support during these challenging times and show the world what WilsonCooke can do - that’s why we are proud to be supporting UK manufacturing with three new wins: Tenmat, Multiwood and Paul Bristow. Tenmat, a leading manufacturer of advanced materials and components with a legacy surpassing 100 years, sought WilsonCooke’s help across all areas of brand performance and marketing to [...]

MPA admin2021-04-27T11:01:56+00:00April 27th, 2021|News|

Manchester coworking space to launch second incubator programme following incredible success

Following the success of the first Intensive Incubator Programme, Use.Space is seeking new businesses for its second cohort which will offer successful applicants £15K worth of business support. The first incubator saw businesses such as EatWellMCR, Hyphen Business Solutions, ALFRED, Finstant and Sea Moss Elixir work with Use Space to develop their business plan, build networks and help the participants take their next steps. The Intensive Incubator Programme will offer applicants three months free access to Use Space, up to £15K worth of business support, which includes mentoring, advice for funding & investment, specialist expertise, business development, branding and networking, as well as, [...]

MPA admin2021-04-22T15:30:53+00:00April 22nd, 2021|Uncategorized|

MPA Blog Share: ‘Launching and growing The Candidate – 9 years of change’

A lot has happened in the lives of the two founders of The Candidate since they met as friends back in 1982. After being sat together on their first day of primary school, the 40 years that have passed have so far accumulated in the launch, growth and ongoing success of The Candidate recruitment agency. Brian Matthews and Colin Telford have swapped playing football, skateboarding and climbing trees with building valuable client and candidate relationships, guiding the business alongside digital sector growth and servicing some of the most successful and ambitious businesses in the North West, providing them with top [...]

MPA admin2021-04-22T11:26:05+00:00April 19th, 2021|Blog|

MPA Blog Share: ‘How NABS is ready to help Manchester now and beyond the pandemic’

By Kate Harris, regional director, NABS The past year has been a hugely challenging one for our industry. Individuals have faced - to use that word again - unprecedented difficulties both on a business and a personal level. I don’t know about you, but I’m shattered. I’ve not been able to see my elderly mother properly for nearly a year now. I miss her terribly and I worry about her constantly. And that’s on top of the work challenges that we’re all facing - having to deal with working from home, needing to change tack on projects time and time [...]

MPA admin2021-04-19T09:38:40+00:00April 6th, 2021|Blog|

MPA Blog Share: Let’s commit to sustainable business (before it’s too late)

By Matt Kerr, Account Director, Seventy7 It would be an understatement to say that the COVID pandemic has been tough for people and businesses across the globe. And although the last 10 months have been unbelievably tough, there have been some small victories that we can learn from in terms of how we treat the world around us. While we know that individuals can make an impact (no matter how small), it’s businesses and organisations that can make the biggest strides in affecting the world around them. Among all the ‘nature is healing’ jokes that were being talked about during [...]

MPA admin2021-03-31T12:38:37+00:00March 30th, 2021|Blog|

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