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Run web boy, run!

Andy Mallalieu — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:49:36 +0000

A big well done to our web developer Jake who completed the Bupa Great Manchester Run yesterday. He completed the 10k course in a very respectable time of 53 mins 43 secs

Twitter Bug

Emma — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:33:13 +0000

Twitter recently endured a bug that allowed users to ‘force’ others to follow them by typing accept then the user name of the person they want to follow them. Twitter had to reset accounts which made the user look like they have no followers and were following no one.

The Drum puts Creative Spark in the charts

gemma — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:44:51 +0000

After scouring the results of thirty one different award schemes; The Drum has announced for the first time the hundred top agencies that have won the most awards outside of London. We are proud to announce that we came in at number 8 in the digital sector!

The Newlyweds

Andy Mallalieu — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:43:44 +0000

This Saturday saw our team descend on Manchester Town Hall to celebrate Gemma and Al’s much-anticipated big day. It was a heartwarming ceremony with a rousing song from a group of Al’s students, an unorthodox reading of an ancient reptilian love story and of course the happy couple looking magnificent.

Afterwards we moved on to Stock Restaurant to savour the culinary delights of lobster ravioli and witness Al’s now-legendary speech-delivering talents.

A big congratulations to the new Mr and Mrs McColl, we wish you all the happiness in the world!

Premier Cup Kicks Off

Andy Mallalieu — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:06:10 +0000

The Manchester United Premier Cup kicked off this week, it gives talented under fifteen year olds the chance to show off their skills and come up against other young footballers from around the globe. We launched a new site early in the year and have just launched phase 2 to coincide with the big kick off. We’re popping down this week to take in some of the action and to see if we can spot the next Robinho!

Behind the scenes video

Andy Mallalieu — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:20:21 +0000

Here’s a little video from the Lily Allen shoot, shot by Grazia Magazine

Chippy Wednesday!

Jake Dean — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:21:18 +0000

In a detour from our regular “Chippy Friday” lunchtime taste sensation, this week we picked up a couple of Chip Shop Awards last night! One for Best Stationery Design and one for Invent Your Own Category, both in collaboration with Ian Hogg.

With a night of befriending bouncers and getting a little too intimate with the chips after the awards show behind him, Andy managed to drag himself and the trophies back from London this morning so we could all wallow in the majesty of the handmade yellow beauties and set up lighthearted photos of them with our usually-sofa-bound stuffed toys.

You can check out the full list of winners on the Chip Shop Awards site.

Happy Easter

Andy Mallalieu — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:43:21 +0000

Work In Progress

Andy Mallalieu — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:02:14 +0000

We popped down at dinner to see how Rebecca was getting on, here’s a few pics and you can check the live web cam here

I will fill this space

Andy Mallalieu — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:17:10 +0000

Our friend, Rebecca Manley will be participating in an exhibition on Friday 20th March and we wanted you to know / spread the word / come and visit her. She will spend eight hours, from 10:00 – 18:15 ‘locked’ in the window of Nexus Art Cafe, Dale Street, Manchester.

We asked her what it’s all about:

“I will fill this space. I will fill it with colourful, three-dimensional paper shapes inspired by the basic design tool Microsoft Word’s AutoShapes. I want my one day installation to grow, glow and inspire! You can view my progress live using the latest technology. I am going to work as fast as I can to do as much as I can under the watchful eye of the GREAT BRITISH PUBLIC.

Warmest thanks to GF Smith for paper sponsorship and Creative Spark for their help.”