The day we shot a CEO in a hidden temple
It was one of the more unique, unexpected and dramatic locations for any shoot we’ve undertaken anywhere in the world. When the Director of Marketing for Andaz Liverpool Street opened the doors on the room simply described as “the Temple”, all of our expectations were immediately surpassed. When the hotel was renovated some 10 years
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Plenty of influence in London
We’re delighted to see the London Influence Channel, recently launched in conjunction with city law firm Mishcon de Reya, go from strength to strength. Over the last few weeks, we have confirmed some significant additional editorial and distribution partners, including the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Immidtown, qype.com, and Entrepreneur Country. With other distribution
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Blackberry partners share their stories
This week, the yBC editorial team reaches a milestone in relation to a project launched earlier in the year in conjunction with the company behind Blackberry, Research in Motion. yBC has interviewed more than 20 of Blackberry’s award winning partners (those companies which develop technology on the Blackberry platform to help businesses in almost every
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A new resource for finance directors
The editorial team at yBC is pleased to announce the launch of a new channel focused on issues of interest to finance directors of mid-sized companies. The channel, FD.TV, has been launched with the support of the Access Group. Preliminary interviews have already been taken place. Interviewees include Sara Daw, MD of the FD Center,
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Planning for the future
It’s not unusual to have numerous financial planning experts in the City of London on one day. After all, many of the world’s leading authorities on financial planning and more generally financial services are based within a square mile, thanks to London City’s town planning, or perhaps lack of it. But it is quite significant
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Cardiff to get new local business tv channel
Hot on the heels of the launch of yBC Southend, comes news yBC is setting up a second regional initiative, this time in Cardiff. yBC Cardiff is a partnership between yBC and local businessman Allan Blair Beaton. Allan is the man behind Social B2B Ltd, and the ideal partner for a venture like this. Highly
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yBC begins work with The Access Group
Last week we completed our first shoot with a new client, The Access Group. Creators of the “software package of the year” at 2010 Accountancy Age Awards (and winners of numerous other awards), The Access Group is an interesting company working with organisations in multiple industries, right across the UK, with more than one story
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yBC teams up with leading London law firm Mishcon de Reya
Last week, yBC launched a series of new channels in conjunction with leading London law firm Mishcon de Reya, and the initial feedback from our partners and their key stakeholders is excellent. On Friday night we asked Mishcon de Reya’s business development director Elliot Moss for reaction, via his mobile phone, as he finished the
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A fresh taste of BlackBerry
It’s five days since I got back from interviewing around 20 of Europe’s best BlackBerry app developers. Exciting is the only word I can think of to describe the ways they are putting BlackBerry to work – everything from mobile policing to e-government to production management. The people I spoke to were finalists in the
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Front line accounts of the data revolution
I recently interviewed someone who thoroughly challenged my thinking. His name was Dr Manuel Aparicio and he’s the brains behind Saffron memory base technology – a data management system that “thinks” like a human brain. One person has dubbed it Google for the Database, we’re talking about technology that identifies connections between disparate data sets
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