Apr 7 2009 by Jez Davison, Evening Gazette – view article online.

MARK Easby had to face his mum’s cancer and a confidence crisis before becoming Tees Valley’s king of communications. JEZ DAVISON discovers how the Big ‘C’ transformed his life

THE year is 2000 and a young Teessider is caught in a crisis. Former college drop-out Mark Easby had just scraped through university with a third class honours degree before being crushed by the death of his mother Gwyneth from leukaemia.

With confidence and motivation at rock bottom, he decided the only way was up and embarked on a post-graduate qualification “as much for my mum as for myself”. (more…)

Featured in Evening Gazette on Apr 1 2009 – View article on www.nebusiness.co.uk.

A FLEDGLING digital agency in Stokesley has pledged to remain a local company for local people as it expands from its base in the Tees Valley.

Established last year, Better Brand Agency (BBA) is looking to hit £1m turnover in three years. Run by industry brand expert Declan Metcalfe and Teesside graduates Mark Easby and Peter Jones, the firm specialises in brand, marketing and social media campaigns and works with clients across the North-east and Yorkshire. (more…)

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We’ve set up our own Better Brand Agency YouTube Channel to share some great industry videos covering brand, creative, design, marketing, social media, web and digital communication.

For more information please visit the Better Brand Agency Channel on YouTube or click on one of the links below to view our playlists and check out our favourite videos.

Better Brand Agency YouTube Playlists -

Brand Communication – Videos and content related to brand communication and branding design.
Graphic Design and Creative – Graphic Design, Design and Creative videos and content.
Marketing Communication – Marketing Communication and Marketing Content and Videos.
Web and Digital – Web Design, Web Development and Digital Industry videos and content.
Social Media and Social Networking – Social Media, Social Marketing and Social Networking industry comments including social media campaigns, social media marketing strategy.
Better Brand Agency – Better Brand Agency videos and content.
North East England – North East England related content and videos
Tees Valley – Tees Valley related content and videos.

Better Brand Agency is a brand agency offering brand, graphic design, marketing, social media and social networking, web and digital services based in Tees Valley, North East and North Yorkshire.

We have an exciting announcement…

Paul Bell has joined the team at Better Brand Agency to develop new business and look after our growing client base.

A marketing professional (Chartered Institute of Marketing) with a strong digital pedigree Paul will help clients’ develop their digital brand strategy. Having gained a great deal of experience running his own design agency and heading up the digital team at Charles Hollywood, Paul will develop new business in the North East and North Yorkshire.

“The company is growing rapidly and we had the opportunity to bring Paul into the business.” says Mark Easby, Partner at Better. “Paul’s experience will be invaluable to us, as we needed someone who is comfortable talking brand and the importance of developing a brand’s digital footprint.”

Paul is our first new member of staff so it was important to bring in someone who first and foremost had the same drive and determination we had. As a new business we need people who buy into the vision and are prepared to put the time into help building it.

After setting our business, Better Brand Agency, we spoke to a number of poeple across the North East about support available to new and aspiring businesses across the region.

I was already aware of the Entrepreneurs Forum, and had always wanted to get more involved, so thats what we have done. We had some great conversations with the team at Forum and are really excited about not only joining the forum, but supporting their campaign across the north east to help aspiring entrepreneurs, If We Can You Can.

More about the Entrepreneurs Forum:

The Entrepreneurs´ Forum was created in 2002 by a group of the North East region´s leading business people. The idea was simple – to create a cross sector peer–group of like minded individuals who could share ideas, knowledge, inspiration and opportunities in a confidential environment. A non trading environment where real business is discussed and introductions are welcomed.

For more information please visit http://www.entrepreneursforum.net, http://www.ifwecanyoucan.co.uk or http://ifwecanyoucantalk.ning.com.

Join us at the Business Exhibition at Springboard Business Centre, Ellerbeck Way, Stokesley Business Park, Stokesley, North Yorkshire.

Our aim is to promote, inspire and connect innovative businesses in Stokesley and Tees Valley.

Date: Wednesday 19th November
Time: 10 am to 4 pm
Tel: 01642 715300
Email: springboard@hambleton.gov.uk

Please register your interest today and reserve your place for this event.

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Due to unforeseen circumstances our site had disappeared into the ether of the world wide web earlier this week.

A combination of hosting issues and domain name problems meant things all went a bit pear shaped on Tuesday. We’ve been beavering away in cyberspace to resolve things and we’re glad to say we’re back up and running.

Unfortunately Email is still a little fractious but we should have this back and working in due time.

Apologies to those who’ve tried to visit us in the last week.

We promise it won’t happen again.

After recently launching our website, we have now launched a version of the website and blog optimised for viewing on the Apple iPhone and Touch.

Now, all you folks out there that aren’t lucky enough (Or sad enough, depending on your point of view!) to own one of these brilliant pieces of technology, we’ll be doing a sketch in crayon on a paper towel so you don’t feel left out!

If you’re lucky enough to have one then please check it out and let us know your thoughts, but keep it to yourselves, don’t let the paper towel lot know what you think. We look forward to hearing from you.