Nowadays, most businesses recognise the significance of social media and those who don’t, quite simply, should get on board… fast. Social media has caused a major shift in the way the media works, revolutionised the way people communicate and changed how newspapers and publications distribute news. Print circulations are declining, ad sales are falling but [...]

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Two campaigns launched this week aim to assess broadband availability in rural Northumberland. Anne-Marie Trevelyan has launched Broadband 4 Northumberland in a bid to gather data about existing services and identify future needs. “We need to gather the personal and business issues and impact of poor broadband services on communities in Northumberland,” said Ms Trevelyan. [...]

Comment, Enterprise, North East, Technology | Anne-Marie Travelyan, BDUK, Broadband 4 Northumberland, Rural Broadband

Seth Ridley goes under the Admiral spotlight to give us an insight into his world. Heading up Admiral Digital, Seth tells us how he relaxes and how digital now goes hand in hand with PR. Enjoy! What do you do to relax? I play sport. Pretty much any racket sport I can find time for. [...]

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First it was the launch of Google + making waves in the technology industry and now the arrival of Google TV into the UK has caught the attention of the tech fraternity. Google recently made the announcement at the Edinburgh Television Festival, the day after Steve Jobs quit as CEO of Apple, capping a busy [...]

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Global supplier of indoor and outdoor lighting and integrated controls, Thorn Lighting, has appointed Admiral PR to handle the UK trade launch, in the Autumn, of the successor to one of its most important product ranges. The new product range will be the 16th generation of the world’s best-selling light fitting, a florescent batten traditionally [...]

Admiral News, Marketing, North East, PR, Technology | Admiral PR, Georgie Cameron, THORN Lighting

I attended a dinner at Linden Hall near Morpeth last week hosted by BT, Northumberland County Council, the North East Chamber of Commerce, and the Countryside Land Association to discuss the roll out of superfast broadband in Northumberland. The Government’s ambition is that the UK should have the best broadband network in Europe by 2015, [...]

Admiral News, Comment, Enterprise, North East, Social media, Technology | BDUK, Northumberland, Superfast broadband