Better News and PR

Better’s co-founder urges other Teesside businesses to enter annual If We Can You Can challenge

Date:

16/05/2013

by Karen McLauchlan, Evening Gazette

A FORMER finalist in an annual challenge to find Teesside’s most promising new entrepreneur is urging businesses to enter this year for the “great opportunities” it offers.

Mark Easby, a co-founder of Better Brand Agency, says the Entrepreneurs’ Forum’s If We Can You Can Challenge brings money-can’t-buy benefits for start-ups and people with a new business idea. (more…)

Design Education – The Next Creative Generation

Date:

08/05/2013

Are you born with a creative mindset or is it taught?

In 2012 we heard that the government was strongly considering the removal of design-related subjects from the school curriculum with the introduction of the new EBacc. The concern was that at its very worst this could result in the death of UK creative industries, which currently employ around 2 million people.

A talk entitled ‘The Next Creative Generation’ at Cheltenham Design Festival addressed this topic and encouraged debate amongst attendees, all of whom are engaged in some kind of way in the UK creative world. Speaking at this talk were Sir Christopher Frayling – Professor at RCA, Tim Lindsay – CEO of D&AD and Adrian Shaughnessy – writer for Eye, Creative Review and Design Observer (Chair) – three extremely passionate and inspirational personalities. (more…)

Better continues its strategic growth

Date:

25/04/2013

Teesside based brand agency, Better, has invested further in its brand development and strategic marketing capability with the appointment of a new Head of Marketing, Laura Mack.

As the award winning agency continues to build its client base across the UK, the new appointment is a direct result of the company securing a number of high profile brand communication and digital projects including the development of a series of crowd funding platforms for Carlton & Co. (more…)

PD Ports Multimodal Exhibition Stand in action

Date:

23/04/2013

We’re proud to be working closely with PD Ports to support their brand development, both internally and externally. We have worked in partnership on a range of brand and marketing communication projects, including the design and production of the new exhibition stand for this years Multimodal Exhibition. 

There’s more to come on this soon but for now here’s some photos from the stand design and production project. (more…)

Better have been highly commended in the North East Institute of Directors ‘Investor Director Awards’.

Date:

21/03/2013

We were very proud to be ‘highly commended’ in last night’s North East Institute of Directors ‘Investor Director Awards’, which was attended by more than 200 leading business representatives and entrepreneurs.

The awards have been designed to celebrate business leaders and companies that deliver a substantial contribution to the region’s well being. As a business, and individuals, we are very committed to supporting innovation, investing in new product development and committing resources to education and enterprise projects around the region. To be in the company of the other shortlisted companies was recognition enough, but to be highly commended as a runner up to Tharsus Group Ltd, was particularly rewarding. (more…)

Deep Vintage Clothing open new store in Manchester

Date:

11/03/2013

Our friends and clients at Deep Vintage Clothing have opened their new store in Manchester. The store joins Liverpool, Newcastle, York, and Middlesbrough as the 5th in the chain of vintage and custom clothing shops. (more…)

Better shortlisted for the North East Business Awards ‘Best Creative Award’ 2013

Date:

09/03/2013

We were very proud to get the call this week from the North East Business Awards to tell us we’ve been shortlisted for the Best Creative Company Award 2013.

We are incredibly excited to be on the shortlist for an award which focuses on recognising innovation, creativity and commitment to the creative sector within the North East. Find out more about the award and judging criteria below. (more…)

We’re heading down to the Cheltenham Design Festival…are you?

Date:

08/03/2013

We’ve got our tickets booked for the upcoming Cheltenham Design Festival in April. Our team are taking a road trip down to the festival to soak up the atmosphere, enjoy some networking with other creative thinkers, and help celebrate how original thought can change the world.

With a mix of studio events, auditorium events, and exhibitions we’re really looking forward to hearing from those who keep Britain at the heart of the creative world and discover who is setting the agenda for design today in areas ranging from digital technology, engineering, graphic design and architecture. (more…)

Performance Engineering Solutions launch new website

Date:

05/03/2013

Sheffield based Performance Engineering Solutions (PES) have launched a new website. PES is a high performance engineering design business, with a multi-disciplinary team of design and performance engineers which delivered design engineering, reverse engineering, research/development, analysis, testing and manufacturing services.

PES is based at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Sheffield alongside some of the world’s most advanced organizations in the research and development of advanced manufacturing technology.

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Better starts 2013 on a high.

Date:

27/02/2013

With a prosperous 2012 only just behind us we’ve started 2013 on a high with two new appointments. As we continue to grow our profile and client base across the UK, the new appointments are a direct result of securing a number of high profile digital and web projects including the development of a series of crowd funding platforms for Carlton & Co.

Laura Mack joins our team as Head of Marketing, bringing to the agency nearly twenty years of experience in strategic marketing, successfully managing the full marketing mix for companies such as Heinz, Cadbury, and Procter & Gamble, in addition to agency side experience with dunnhumby. She is an expert in both local marketing implementation as well as global strategy development and has a real passion for creating that all-important emotional link between a brand or business and its customer.

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