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Welcome
Welcome to the
latest edition of Montagenews, our bi-monthly ezine to keep you
updated with industry and client
news.
Our
New Media services continue to grow, with the introduction of
podcasting. In our time-poor society, increasing numbers of people
are using the flexibility offered by the new technology to choose
what they want to listen to, at a time convenient to them. To find
out how podcasting can benefit your organisation, please look at
our Agency Update section, and don’t forget
to follow the link to the Montage podcast for a taster!
The latest addition to Montagenews is the Client Update. This regular section will give
you an insight into the expertise of key clients, and in this
issue we welcome YFM Group’s Peter Davies to the stand.
We
hope you enjoy this issue of Montagenews.
Aime Southgate, Creative
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Client
News
•
Starbucks' Community
Boost
• Room To Grow
• Online
Innovation
• West Country Winning
Bid
Agency
Update
• New Client:
BEN
• New Media Services:
Podcasting
Client Profile
• Peter Davies - YFM Group
On The Grapevine
• A Big Noise In The
City
•
Internet Stealing A
March
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 Starbucks’ Community
Boost
The Royal Society
for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce and
Starbucks have launched the Coffeehouse Challenge, a UK-wide
campaign now in its fourth year, that encourages communities to take
action for local change. They are offering £20,000 in awards to
kick-start the most innovative projects.
Phil Broad,
Managing Director of Starbucks Coffee Company UK, said: “Starbucks
is committed to contributing to the communities we serve, and
enabling people to come together in our coffeehouses to discuss
local issues and bring about positive change is something we are
really proud of.”
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Room
To Grow
Prestoplan has
moved into a second plant in Gloucestershire as demand for quality
timber frame buildings continues to grow. The new facility in
Quedgeley will more than double Prestoplan’s output within the next
three years and create 100 new jobs.
Speaking
about the new facility, Sales Director Andrew Acford said: “This has
been a timely and valuable investment for Prestoplan. We’ve already
secured strong forward orders that are currently running ahead of
our growth plan.”
The additional space will enable Prestoplan
to introduce the latest technologies and innovate bespoke solutions
for its clients, which include major contractors and house
builders.
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West
Country Winning Bid
 West Country Crimestoppers, a registered
charity and part of the Crimestoppers Trust, is celebrating its
successful bid to host the prestigious National Crimestoppers
Conference on 1 November 2007 at Bristol’s newest luxury hotel, the
Mercure Holland House Hotel.
The Lord Mayor of Bristol is
among dignitaries expected to attend the Civic Reception aboard the
ss Great Britain.
Robert Hughes, Director of Development and
Communications at Crimestoppers, said: “We were very impressed by
the strength of the bid put forward by West Country Crimestoppers,
and we are sure that it will be a memorable event.”
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Online
Innovation
Bath-based Solicitors Own Software has launched Virtual
Practices, its innovative online accounts bureau, at the Legal IT
Show 2007.
Providing lawyers with their
own online virtual accounts department for a set monthly fee,
Virtual Practices is more than accounting software - its time-saving
features include intuitive time recording, client and matter
creation, matter management and automatic filing of emails against
matters, freeing up fee-earner time.
Legal IT guru Charles
Christian called this secure, web-based legal accounting and matter
management service “one of the most technically and commercially
attractive hosted solutions we have seen to date.”
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New Client:
Bristol Enterprise Network
 The Bristol Enterprise Network is the University of Bristol's
facility for knowledge transfer among the high-tech, high-growth
business community has appointed Montage to produce a series of
podcasts, starting with its Entrepreneurs’ Question Time on Thursday
17th May 2007 at The Watershed in Bristol.
The event
provides an opportunity to question some of Bristol's most prominent
and experienced entrepreneurs, including James Murray Wells, MD of
Glasses Direct.
For further information call 0117 331
7043.
 New Media
Services: Podcasting
 In this issue, we take a
look at podcasts – audio feeds which can be downloaded to mp3
players or PCs. This medium allows your business to enhance its
communications package – both internally and externally – and its
brand, whilst extending its reach. Its potential will only increase
as technological advances facilitate podcasting to mobiles.
As part of our New Media services, Montage provides full
broadcast-quality podcasts, complete with sound effects, music and
voiceover styles to suit your brand. Montage manages the strategic
direction with key messages, briefing and scripts, and the podcasts
are produced by our team of experts, who have over 20 years’
experience in national radio and audio production.
As with
our blogging service, the podcasts can be embedded in the client’s
existing website. For more information on any of our New Media
services, please contact the Commercial Director, Matt
Anderson on 0845 644 5404.
Click here and listen
to the podcast
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Peter
Davies - YFM Group
 When Peter Davies started in the world of
venture capital in the Eighties, the concept was in its infancy. The
idea of private equity money for an unquoted company investment was
not something every financial group was aiming for. However, the
world is very different for Peter, now a director of Bristol-based
YFM Group.
He said: "I graduated from Oxford with a degree in
chemistry but research wasn't for me. I studied as a chartered
accountant for Cooper and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers),
before leaving in 1984."
After qualifying, Peter joined the
office of venture capitalist 3i in Liverpool: "It had a very broad
remit, and would invest money across a wide range of sectors, so it
was a fantastic training ground. It was very much in its infancy,
but of course it is second nature now for firms to consider
investing money in all sorts of sectors."
Peter joined YFM
Group in April 2005. YFM manages in excess of £250m of funds
with investment sizes ranging from £50,000 to £5m. read more »
www.southwestventures.co.uk
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