Wednesday 24 October 2007

More new business wins!

The newly formed marketing, communications and design company Diligence has secured more new business to boost it's November debut.

RIB, a financial services company based in Wath-on-Dearne, South Yorkshire has appointed Diligence to construct its new website. The new site will go live in early November and is expected to boost the profile of the long-established company in the highly competitive Yorkshire insurance marketplace.

Ashford company Country Homes France (CHF) has appointed Diligence Group to provide marketing and sales assistance for its internet-based overseas property estate agency business. Initial work for CHF has focused on helping construct a new website as well as developing a HTML email marketing programme.

Calisto is a consultancy providing leading blue-chip companies with change management, Lean Manufacturing and other strategic assistance. Diligence is constructing a website for the consultancy and has also helped develop a new logo and corporate design.

In addition to other new business wins such as local Hastings restaurant Intimo (website), the company have also been appointed to organise the Pedal for Sierra Leone, a sponsored cycle ride to France for the Hastings/Sierra Leone twinning charity plus the Lydd Half Marathon which makes a welcome return to the local running calendar in March 2008.

Diligence set for November debut

Hastings-based design studio Pixel Puppet and Marketing/Events company Nice Work have concluded a 12 month co-operation agreement by announcing a formal merger of their marketing and design activities.

A newly formed company - Diligence Group Ltd - will commence operations on November 1st 2007 and will incoporate the two companies existing marketing and design business.

Diligence Media and Marketing begins life with an established portfolio of clients including Legal & General, Orbital Marketing, Kent Air Ambulance and Sea Space, the regeneration agency for Hastings and Bexhill. As well as providing marketing assistance to a range of large clients, the company also has a sharp focus on providing cost-effective marketing help to local and regional companies within their East Sussex/West Kent catchment area. Already Diligence is working with companies such as Wild About Mushrooms (Beckley), Dream Machines Lotus (Heathfield), Thorcraft and Tools by Post (Hastings) and Country Homes France (Ashford).

Marketing Director Martin Burke says "The launch of Diligence is an exciting development for both Nice Work and Pixel Puppet. We are now in a position to provide a comprehensive marketing support service including strategic advice, marketing planning, traditional design, print and copywriting plus, of course, website build and design. More to the point we believe that this range of services places Diligence in a unique position in one of our core markets of Hastings, where the choice for businesses seeking a quality advertising and marketing resource is very limited indeed."

Nice Work events will continue to trade under the Nice Work banner whilst the Pixel Puppet brand will also be retained for future web-based business opportunities.