Summer Season
Saturday, July 30th, 2011Approaching August, we are now mid-season in the race calendar. Last weekend saw the ever growing Silverstone Classic, which is now Silverstone's second largest event after the recent British Grand Prix.
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Approaching August, we are now mid-season in the race calendar. Last weekend saw the ever growing Silverstone Classic, which is now Silverstone's second largest event after the recent British Grand Prix.
Flying In
Saturday, July 30th, 2011So it is nearly here, last summer at the Aston Martin factory we saw mock ups and now one is actually ready to drive away. Presenting the Cygnet. The baby Aston Martin is modelled on the rather attractive (for a city car) Toyota iQ. Boasting a few luxury modifications, the ...
Manufacturing or Art?
Saturday, July 16th, 2011This fantastic sculpture is based on the Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team's 2010 car. Every part has been suspended from the ceiling on fine wire, and can be seen at Mercedes-Benz World, Brooklands, near London. This glammed up Mercedes car showroom, dealership and workshop is located at the centre of ...
Leads to Leeds
Thursday, May 19th, 2011It was with great delight to recently re-visit lecturers and students on the marketing related degrees at Leeds Business School; the new central Leeds campus pictured above. A highly engaged and diverse educational audience added to the day. In the seminar, we covered international relations and the position of the media ...
Lisbon 2011
Monday, May 16th, 2011This week I have been working in Lisbon, the historic Portuguese capital. Increasingly keen to push itself as a conference destination, it is taking on Barcelona and other European cities as a place for corporates to have break outs and incentive trips. Good weather, food, entertainments and a mix of colonial ...
Historics Are Go!
Friday, April 22nd, 2011As the sun beats down, another race season begins. Testing this Easter Week are the pre-1966 Historics. With a field of Coopers, Jaguars, Astons, Alfas, Ferraris, Maseratis and Fords, it looks like a summer of action in this gentleman driver league.
Delta Five
Friday, April 22nd, 2011Based next to the world renowned Silverstone Circuit, Delta Motorsport has developed an enviable client book in its five years since inception. With some UK Government funding assistance, Delta Motorsport has produced five of the above electric four seater concepts. With proprietary parts and some borrowed from well known manufacturers ...
Old and New
Sunday, April 17th, 2011This is the second type of graphic I have seen this year mixing old and new London. The new City development, One New Change, adopted a mix of Georgian and modern London in their promotional opening marketing. This iteration of the theme, pictured above, is for the 2011 Royal Ascot ...
NMK
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011A few brief comments covering MWC 2011 courtesy of the excellent digital industry newszine, NMK. Xavier Adam, managing director of marketing consultancy AMC Network, said that Android talk dominated MWC 2011, but that there were signs of emerging market players from Asia. “[There were] probably more Chinese and Asian companies than before ...