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Congratualtions to Carla and Phil Nisbet!
Carla who has worked at the BMC for many years got married on Friday (20th) June to her husband Phil.
Mrs Nisbet looked every inch the gorgeous bride and the groom was grinning from ear to ear the entire day and night!
The lovely bride and groom!
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The day and evening went without a hitch and the many guests barn danced and then disco danced their way through the evening. On behalf of everyone at the Brighton Media Centre we would like to Congratulate Carla and Phil and wish the happy couple a wonderful married life together! |
Welcome to new BMC staff member Nansi-Louise Maclean
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Nansi will be dividing her time between the Old Steine and Friese Greene where she will be covering the reception points and be responsible for admin duties. She will also be supporting other members of the team in their roles. If you see her please stop and say hello and make her feel welcome!
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BMC Summer Barbeque - Don't Forget!
Thursday 31st July in the Client Garden at Friese Greene House, 15-17 Middle Street
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Don't forget that from 5pm onwards we will be having the Client Summer Barbeque in our back garden at Friese Greene House. All sites welcome. And don't forget to bring a bottle!
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Desk Space available at the BMC!
The Desk Space office in Suite 307 at 15-17 Middle Street is now up and running.
Details below:
9 desks available @ £275 + VAT pcm
Included in that price: Lockable desk and chair, 1 Phoneline, 1 Basic Broadband Connection, Wireless Broadband, Use of kitchen facilities, garden and amenities.
(If someone requires more bandwidth then we can liaise with our Tech Department to add more at the usual extra cost).
One hour FREE in the Meeting Room as a one-off introductory offer (subject to availability).
For more information please contact the Sales Team at: sales@mediacentre.org or call Christian Knight on 201306.
Facilities at the Brighton Media Centre
The Brighton Media Centre has various facilities for hire that may be of interest to you. Underneath is a list of our meeting rooms, gallery, virtual office space, film & photo studio with a link to their web page. Clients based at any of our three sites will receive a 15% discount when booking any of the facilities.
- Meeting Rooms - one in each site.
- Gallery
- Photo studio
- Film studio
- Virtual Office Space
DC Storm based at 15-17 Middle Street is a UK company delivering technology, training and know how in online marketing to over 350 companies worldwide.
They are offering discounted training courses at the StormTraining School to help businesses gain knowledge they need to succeed online. Their one day courses are aimed at individuals and companies that want to improve their knowledge of online marketing and web analytics.
Why not join them on a 1 day practical hands on training courses and learn from industry experts.
Courses include:
SEO Unravelled - Search engine optimisation course
What is Search Engine Optimisation and how can your website benefit from it? This search engine optimisation training course offers practical SEO advice so that you can immediately start improving your sites ranking at the search engines and improve the quality of your traffic
Web Analytics Unravelled
This web analytics training course will give you practical advice and knowledge on using Analytics and where web analytics fits into your marketing. This course will enable you to understand what to analyse and how to analyse it, as well as ensuring the insights you gain from your analysis are fed back into your marketing strategy. This is vital, enabling you to use the analytics data to deliver on your business objectives.
Managing and Optimising Paid Search
Learn how to develop and manage a successful paid search campaign across all the major search engines. This one day paid search training course outlines the key factors involved in delivering a highly effective paid search campaign while keeping costs to a minimum.
See www.dc-storm.com/training for more information
To book or for more information email trainingschool@dc-storm.com or call Ross Zeibari on 01273 201 301.
Welcome to Benjiboko!
Benji is a music producer, DJ and performer, he will be in residence in our Sound Studio for the next 3 months and possibly longer.
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Benji has been described as 'An underfined mix of Mr Scruff, Fatboy Slim, Jurassic 5, DJ Yoda and so on..' He's recently been signed to 'Nightmares on Wax' new label Wax on Records and is currently producing an album due to be released later this year. You can check out his sounds at: www.benjiboko.com
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Female Entrepreneurs Are Recession Survivors
Article Courtesy of 'Fresh Business Thinking' by Claire West
Female business owners are more likely to survive tough economic times than men thanks to their pragmatic and open approach to business, according to Business Link in London.
A vox pop of 300 businesswomen attending a Business Link in London event on dealing with economic downturn, revealed that women's slow and steady approach to business puts them in a strong position to be successful in a difficult economic climate.
Business Link in London, a business support organisation that helped over 28,000 female-owned businesses in the Capital last year, cites a number of reasons why women stand a better chance of riding the storm during tough economic times. A summary of the key strengths that give women the edge include:
Looking ahead - Women are meticulous planners but are also good at improvising should their original plans need to change
Seeking support - Women are more likely to seek independent advice than men before disaster strikes
Speaking out - Women are typically better at communicating when the going gets tough and are happy to share their experiences, both good and bad, with their peers
Modest motivations - Women are often less driven by high monetary success and instead value camaraderie, positive relationships and the opportunity to teach and learn
Dr Abigael San, a psychologist specialising in gender studies comments:
"Women aren't afraid to hold up their hands and ask for help when needed. They are willing to share their knowledge and seek guidance to save them becoming overwhelmed by situations which could make them feel out of their depth. The provision and seeking of support promotes the building of trust-based relationships and fosters confidence - all of which are important during periods of economic difficulty." Dr San's comments were echoed by some of the 300 delegates who attended the 'We Mean Business' event. Comments included:
Jill Shepherd, Bamboo Learning: "Women are great at multi-tasking and are generally are very good at coping with stress. Women are also better at holding small teams together through tough times - as small businesses are often much like the family unit."
Bola Akinseye, Makeover Designs, "Women have good communication and listening skills and are naturally strong at nurturing and maintaining relationships. These are fundamental skills that women can use to their advantage when things get tough - particularly when dealing in customer service markets."
Gina Negus, Alternative Solutions: "Women usually have to plan forward to create a good work-life balance so this way of thinking often filters into their approach to business."
Katherine Leopold, owner of recruitment consultancy, PA London: "Women tend to grow their businesses organically rather than making testosterone-driven decisions on equity funding."
Lesley Lant, owner of marketing consultancy, Perennial Marketing: "There is less competitiveness amongst women and as such, we're more open to sharing best practice and support each other."
Fran Currie, head of the client service manager team, Business Link in London concludes:
"The women that we support on a daily basis continually prove themselves to be successful improvisers with huge amounts of intuition and self-determination; key ingredients for business success. However, as the credit crunch continues to bite, it's more important than ever that women seek independent advice to ensure that their businesses are 'crunch-proof'."
Brighton & Hove Business Awards 2008
Is your Company worth shouting about?
There's still time to enter your Company if you think they deserve to win any of the following catergories - closing date Thursday 10th July
Award: The Healthiest Workplace
Sponsor: Brighton and Hove City Teaching Primary Care Trust
Award: The Business Growth Award
Sponsor: MDHub
Award: The Responsible Business Award
Sponsor: Hilton Brighton Metropole
Award: The Best New Kids on the Block
Sponsor: Royal Mail
Award: The Best Customer Service
Sponsor: First Capital Connect
Award: The Most Awesome Use of Digital Media
Sponsor: NixonMcInnes
Award: The Creative Industries Award
Sponsor: Brighton & Hove City Council
Award: The Best Place to Entertain your Clients
Sponsor: Midnight Communications
Award: The Best Place to Work
Sponsor: Allied Irish Bank
Award: Best Independent Retailer
Sponsor: The Argus
Award: Best Young Entrepreneur (16-25)
Sponsor: University of Brighton
Award: The Outstanding Brightonian Award
Sponsor: iCrossing
Its free to enter simply by going to: www.bahba.co.uk then select a category and explain why your company deserves to win!
'Bright'n'Queer' @ Joogleberry Playhouse
Two shows on Thursday 31st July at 7.30pm and 10pm
BMC Client Steve Bustin from Vada Media is organising and compering a couple of shows at Joogleberry Playhouse in Manchester Street at the end of July, as part of Brighton Pride.
The shows attract a really diverse and mixed audience and showcase some of the best stand-ups around - these shows are being headlined by Robert White, described by The Argus (when he appeared in a previous Bright’n’Queer) as "Robert White stole the show...he gave a stunning set - nervous , edgy and with an Eddie Izzard-style stream of consciousness which was original & refreshing. His delivery and material were quick-fire and highly intelligent."
Steve will be compering, and the other comics include Eric Page, Marie Vagan and Claire Parker.
Tickets are £6 with all profits going to Pride, available now from the Joogleberry Playhouse on 01273 687171.
Full details on: www.brightnqueer.co.uk
Brighton Festival of World Sacred Music 12-19th October
Brighton Festival of World Sacred Music who are based at the Old Steyne site, has just been awarded £20,000 by Arts Council England, South East, towards new initiatives in this year’s Festival, which will take place 12-19 October 2008.
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A large part of the grant will fund a new collaboration with Brighton-based environmental arts group Red Earth to create a week-long installation of sound and space on the South Downs.
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Musicians from diverse faiths - Sufi, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and Christian - will take part in this unique cross-cultural event that will incorporate performances each evening at dusk.
This year’s Festival is on the theme ‘East’ and will feature Japanese Buddhist Monks, Indian Kathakali dance drama, Sufi Whirling Dervishes, Chinese devotional music, Jewish Sephardic song and the award-winning London Bulgarian Choir.
BMC continues to support the Festival, now in its 5th year, which aims to bring people of all faiths - and none - together through music. If you are interested in becoming a business partner and benefiting from our sponsorship package please contact Kate Whyman on 01273 648374 or email kate@worldsacredmusic.org
You can find out more about the Festival, and join the mailing list at: www.worldsacredmusic.org
Munich Kampers offer 20% discount to BMC clients
Munich Kampers supply factory fitted Volkswagen campervans for hire from their East Brighton depot.
Why not take one of their well maintained campers for a long weekend or even a week to explore the lovely English countryside. The tranquil New Forest is only a 2 hour drive from Brighton and can be enjoyed inexpensively in a VW.
If you’d like to go further afield then why not take the kids down to Cornwall for the week. A trip in a campervan is a trip you’ll remember forever.
Please book at www.munichkampers.co.uk or call Ross on 07906 405685.
Forde Hair of St James Street offers a summer discount to BMC clients
Gary Forde of Forde Hair would like to invite clients of the BMC to be pampered at his boutique hair salon.
The salon has been running successfully for the past ten months and to celebrate he is offering a 25% discount for new clients.
The salon caters for both male and female clients.
Please take a peek online at the salon and also his latest fashion show gallery www.fordehair.co.uk
To book a consultation please call Gary on 01273 609 837 or email gary@fordehair.co.uk
Art on our walls.
As of next week we will be displaying the work of Beatrice Haverich's work which will be in our communal areas and our hot desking suite 307 at 15-17 Middle Street.
The Art will be changed on a 6 weekly basis which allows artists an adequate length of time to display.
If anyone is interested in viewing or purchasing any of the work please email: vanessa@mediacentre.org as your first port of call.
For more information about Beatrice's work go to:
Available space
BMC Clients always receive priority on new space!
Are you thinking of taking on some extra space, or simply changing one office for another of a different size or location? Here is a selection of what we have available, one of which could be what you are looking for.
68 Middle Street
- Suite 2 - 212 Sq.ft @ £650 + VAT pcm
- Suite GO3 - 503 Sq.ft @ £1,677.00 + VAT pcm
- Suite 101 - 105 Sq.ft @ £400.00 + VAT pcm
Old Steine
- Suite 102 - 140 Sq.ft @ £470.00 + VAT pcm
- Suite 201 - 563 Sq.ft @ £2,000.00 + VAT pcm
To arrange a viewing or discuss alternative sized spaces please feel free to contact sales@mediacentre.org or call Christian Knight on 201306.
