More new business wins for Diligence

Diligence Media and Marketing has confirmed its growing status as one of the fastest growing design and communications companies in East Sussex with more new business wins.

Since its launch in November 2007, Diligence has been appointed to oversee major design projects for companies covering a wide range of industry sectors.

JAG Press and Publicity, a PR and press consultancy based in Horsham appointed Diligence to construct its new website. The new site went live last month and is seeking to boost the profile of this long-established company in the highly competitive press and PR marketplace.

International web directory Seascape International has also appointed Diligence to construct a major new web-based shipping directory, whilst Battle restaurant Nobles selected the company to help reinforce its presence in the local community with a revised website and marketing support.

Caseco was established to provide high quality products to the optical market throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. A refreshed web presence plus the launch of a new online shopping facility is being created by Diligence for launch in April.

In addition to other new business wins from companies such as Legal & General, Rootgrow and Aeromet International, the company's Event Division has been appointed to provide conference entertainment for three trade union conferences – Prospect in Torquay and PCS in Brighton – both in May and the Bakers and Food Workers Union in Bridlington in June.

To find out how Diligence can help your business grow, contact our Client Services Director Gareth Jones on 01424 447858.

Next Holiday for Diligence!

Local businesses celebrate the launch of an exciting new website - NextHoliday.co.uk!
BP Travel Marketing is celebrating the launch of Next Holiday, BP's latest online product dedicated to helping consumers find their Next Holiday which has its First Edition live this morning. Next Holiday joins BP's other consumer focused websites TravelOwl.co.uk and Brochurebank.co.uk.

Next Holiday was created by BP's online services manager Phil Taylor working closely with Sussex-based communications company Diligence Media and Marketing, whose design skills were put to the test to create such a simple but effective communication platform. The result is a unique mix of user-generated content (from TravelOwl.co.uk BP's online travel community) and classified advertising from Tour Operators and Travel Agents. Excitingly, Next Holiday takes a number of online and offline forms. Next Holiday (.co.uk) is the main website where visitors link to TravelOwl, Brochurebank and Advertisers' websites. In addition, registered users receive an html email introducing the features of each month's edition plus there is also a printed version which accompanies all brochures dispatched from Brochurebank making this a unique opportunity to target consumers through a variety of media.

The current Next Holiday database is 50,000 consumers who are actively looking to book their Next Holiday and substantial growth is being targeted with numbers estimated to triple over the course of the year.

Phil Taylor, BP's product manager, Online Services, commented: "This is a hugely exciting product, combining traveller's experiences from TravelOwl with some excellent holiday offers to tempt people into booking their Next Holiday." He added: "This month we've got first time cruisers, amazing photos from Churchill in Canada of the polar bears, ski reviews from Panorama in British Columbia and video from the Maldives. It's so exciting to be able to share people's experiences in such a unique way."

James Marchant, Creative Director at Diligence Media and Marketing said: “The growth in the use of technology and emarketing offers an excellent opportunity for BP Travel Marketing, which has a strong reputation for developing high quality travel marketing products, to build its brand and expand its market.”

He added: “BP Travel Marketing is an important account for Diligence. Alongside our recent work for some of the region’s leading companies, it is a step forward in our strategy to increase our presence in the south east business community.”

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Note to Editors (1):

Diligence Media and Marketing is a traditional marketing, design and communications agency with two offices in Hastings and Rye. Amongst the services we offer are:

- Traditional branding, design and print
- Website design and build
- Internet marketing and net optimisation, including a low-cost Blogging service
- eMail, database and direct mail marketing
- Marketing services and support
- Event management

Contact details:

James Marchant
Diligence Media and Marketing
20 Wellington Square,
Hastings,
East Sussex,
TN34 1PB

Tel: 01424 447858
James@diligencegroup.co.uk

Air Ambulance site passes the test!

The new website designed and built for Kent Air Ambulance by Diligence Media and Marketing has been put through its paces by influential trade mag Third Sector.

Third Sector is the UK’s leading publication for the voluntary and not-for-profit sector. Many of its 80,000 readers are chief executives, trustees and senior managers in charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Others are parliamentarians, lawyers, finance professionals and private sector executives concerned with corporate responsibility.

Each issue features a new website which is 'road tested' for navigation, accessibility, content and innovation. The new site was awarded a glowing testimony and a 16/20 score "There's an impressive level of content here" says the reviewer.

"Considering I have only ever seen one at 18/20 and most national charities get 16. I think we’ve done very well. I’m pleased and our Chief Executive is really chuffed." said Kate Duddell , Media Coordinator, Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance.

To see the full review, click here.

We're movin' up!!

Diligence Media and Marketing is gearing up for further expansion with a move to larger premises in Wellington Square, Hastings. Since the launch of Diligence in late 2007, business levels have been such that the new company requires additional staff and larger premises.

However, the company isn't moving far - the new offices are just next door and up one floor! The move from 18 to 20 Wellington Square, in Hastings, means the company is now able ato accomodate additional staff and resources, whilst maintaining its convenient town centre location.

Since the new company - formed, following the merger of two long-established local companies, Nice Work and Pixel Puppet - was launched, it has experienced rapid expansion. Recent growth has come from both new clients and increased business from existing customers.

The new new offices are located at 20, Wellington Square, Hastings – in the centre of Hastings, close to the central station and with parking facilities nearby.

Diligence will continue to maintain its rural office in Peasmarsh.

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Contact details:

Telephone: 0844 544 7278

Diligence in Hastings
20 Wellington Square,
Hastings,
East Sussex,
TN34 1PB
Direct Line: 01424 447858

Diligence in Rye
Unit 4,
Malthouse Business Park,
Peasmarsh,
TN31 6ST
Direct Line: 01797 230730

Click here to visit the Diligence website.

A Happy New Year for Diligence!

Hastings-based marketing and communications company Diligence Media and Marketing is celebrating a Happy New Year with news of three important new business wins.

In a lively start to 2008, the company have been appointed to three important new projects.

Caseco, a leading supllier of quality spectacle cases, accessories and eyeware have appointed Diligence to construct a new website and online shop. This is the second time the Kent-based optical company have shown their faith in Diligence staff, with the existing site provided by Pixel Puppet - one of the two companies who joined to form Diligence in November 2007.

JAG Press and Publicity is a PR and media consultancy providing leading organisations with PR, editorial and journalist services. Diligence is constructing a website for the consultancy and has also provided the company with a new corporate identity.

The British Pharmaceutical Nutrition Group (BPNG) have also selected Diligence to provide the membership organisation with a new website plus develop a new series of membership marketing materials, including a new branded exhibition presence.

Martin Burke, Marketing Director of Diligence Media and Marketing said "We believe in value for money and believe too that working better rather than working differently makes us stand out from the crowd. Its because of that philosophy that so many organsiations are now selecting us to help them develop their marketing communications".

For more information on how Dlilgence can help your company to communicate better with its customers, call Gareth Jones today 0n 01424 447858.

Air Ambulance at the click of a button

The three Air Ambulance services in the south east have just re-launched their on-line presence with an exciting new web site.

The three sites, for Kent Air Ambulance, Surrey Air Ambulance and Sussex Air Ambulance were conceived, developed and constructed by Diligence Media and Marketing. The sites are more user friendly and contain new interactive features, information, photographs and videos of the life saving helicopters they use.

New features include ‘real life’ stories from people who have been carried by the Air Ambulance, a virtual tour of the helicopter that allows the public to see the cockpit and cabin and cutaway views of the aircraft. There is also a new flying time map than enables viewers to find out how long it takes the helicopters to fly from their bases to various locations within their respective counties.

James Marchant, Creative Director at Diligence said ‘This is a really exciting development. It has taken us some six months to get it right but we believe that we have come up with a web site which is both informative and fun. It enables the people within Kent, Surrey and Sussex who so generously support the charity to be able to keep up to date with news from their Air Ambulance service.’

Diligence Media and Marketing was formed in November 2007 following the merger of two well known local marketing and design companies, Pixel Puppet and Peasmarsh-based Nice Work.

You can visit the new websites at:

http://www.kentairambulance.co.uk/

http://www.sussexairambulance.co.uk/

http://www.surreyairambulance.co.uk/

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Note to Editors (1):

The Air Ambulance service in Kent, Surrey and Sussex costs around £3 million annually to stay airborne. Receiving no funds from the government or the National Lottery the charity is entirely dependent upon the generosity of the public to support the two helicopters, based at Marden and Dunsfold.

Note to Editors (2):

Diligence Media and Marketing is a traditional marketing, design and communivations agency. Amongst the services we offer are:

· Traditional branding, design and print

· Website design and build

· Internet marketing and net optimisation, including a low-cost Blogging service

· eMail, database and direct mail marketing

· Marketing services and support

· Event management

Contact details:

Telephone: 0844 544 7278

18 Wellington Square,

Hastings,

East Sussex,

TN34 1PB

Click here to visit the Diligence website.

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.

Tools by Post

Pixel Puppet have announced yet another new business gain.

www.toolsbypost.com is a Hastings-based company selling quality tools, outdoor products and hardware. In addition to a thriving online business, the company has a retail business in the town which has been established for over 45 years.

Pixel Puppet was appointed by www.toolsbypost.com to maintain their large e-commerce store. But, with a move of the parent company to a larger out of town facility imminent, Pixel Puppet has also been asked to help in additional media and brand-building work.

Gareth Jones from Pixel Puppet says: "This is an exciting project for us because it once again demonstrates the range of services we are now able to offer our clients. Website build and maintenance has traditionally been core business for us - but our alliance with Nice Work enables us to offer the media, brand building and event management expertise required by our client"

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Pixel Puppet/Nice Work alliance pays off!

The decision by Hastings-based design studio Pixel Puppet and Peasmarsh-based Marketing Services company Nice Work to form a strategic alliance has begun paying dividends with a number of high profile new business gains over the last 2 months.

The two companies have been working closely together for around 12 months and the decision to bring the partnership closer together has been taken with a view to a formal merger later in the year.

In the meantime, the two companies have scored some spectacular new business successes with financial services giant Legal & General, national charity the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign amongst the companies now added to the client list.

Martin Burke, Nice Work partner says: "The addition of a design element and the new business structure means we can better meet the growing needs of our clients. In addition to offering a complete outsourced marketing support service for companies, we are now able to deliver a high quality design service. And our success in attracting organisations such as Legal & General Insurance shows the strategy is working!"

Closer to home Burt Family Butchers, in Bexhill, suppliers of wholesale meats to caterers have appointed Pixel Puppet to produce a new website and undertake an email campaign; and Tools by Post have also appointed Pixel Puppet to redesign their existing website.

Pixel Puppet Creative Director James Marchant says: "I'm really pleased with the way the partnership between our two companies has strengthened our service offering. Our new business progress - particularly amongst the East Sussex SME sector - represents a tremendous start to our new year. Clients such as Burts and Tools by Post are significant because they have major growth potential."

Both Nice Work and Pixel Puppet are keen to look at marketing and/or design projects for companies and organisations of all sizes so why not contact Nice Work or Pixel Puppet today for a no-obligation discussion and a free Marketing Review?