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O2 Rochdale feeling good about festival

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O2 Rochdale feeling good about festival

Digital communications chain O2 Rochdale is backing this summer’s Rochdale Feel Good Festival.

The O2 store, based in Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre will be an official festival partner, promoting the event to their customers across the region and having a presence at the festival itself, welcome O2 Rochdale!!
During the festival, O2 Guru’s will be on hand to give free tech advice to festival goers and they’ll be demonstrating the very latest in virtual reality technology. The deal will also see O2 Rochdale’s logo on festival marketing.  The team will be running an exclusive competition during the event to win tickets for other top music gigs which you can enter by sharing your festival photos on Twitter using #FEELGOODGURU

Danny Simpson, Chief Executive of O2 Rochdale who is a resident of said: “It’s great to support this amazing local event for our store, and our customers. It gives me an immense amount of pride, growing up in Rochdale was great, and I am now able to give back to the town and our amazing customers, by our organisation supporting this amazing Event.  We will be getting the public excited about tech, with our Digital Wizards, our Guru’s from our store Team, to showcase VR, tech, and offer free and impartial help, advice, on all things Tech.”

“We’re very excited about this year’s festival which is a superb event for the area. O2 Rochdale is committed to the local community and is pleased to support this event which is bringing over twenty acts and stacks of family entertainment into town.”

Councillor Janet Emsley, cabinet member for neighbourhoods, community and culture at Rochdale Borough Council who visited the O2 Rochdale store to meet the team this week said: “Local investment and support from our partners such as 02 Rochdale helps the council deliver this fantastic event, and provide an opportunity for thousands of families to come and enjoy performances that will appeal to young and old alike.”

Rochdale Feel Good Festival returns on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 August, for another showcase of entertainment, food and culture.

The festival which is celebrating its 10th birthday will include live music across indoor venues, the main stage sponsored by The Flying Horse Hotel, a quality food court and family entertainment.

The main stage will be headlined by Razorlight, on a packed two-day line-up which also includes Manchester’s Baked A La Ska, RedFaces, Pacific, Daft Punk The Tribute, Marbelhead Johnson,  plus more to be announced.

The festival is funded by the Council together with sponsorship from The Flying Horse Hotel, Rochdale Football Club, Metrolink, O2 Rochdale, The Royal Toby, Rochdale Town Centre Management and Rochdale Sixth Form College.

For more visit, www.rochdalefeelgoodfestival.co.uk, go to www.facebook.com/feelgoodfestival or connect with the festival on Twitter @FeelGoodFest @MIDCOMMS @dannyMIDsimpson

O2 and McDonald’s Franchisors seek Social Media Superstars

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O2 and McDonald’s Franchisors seek Social Media Superstars

Two of Manchester’s leading franchisors are looking for social media apprentices to join their Manchester based teams.

McDonald’s franchise, McDonald’s Manchester City Centre and O2 franchise, MID Communications, are looking for young people from the local area to help establish their social media accounts.

A selection boot camp for the roles will be held at The Juice Academy, the UK’s first industry-led social media apprenticeship programme, on the morning of Tuesday 18th July in Manchester.

As part of their day-to-day role, the chosen apprentices will play a vital part in social media and digital strategy for their franchise, bringing to life lessons learnt from the training programme.

Danny Simpson, CEO of MID Communications, said: “We are really excited to welcome our new apprentice, who we are sure will help us work towards our goal of being a leader within O2 franchise in the UK.

“This will be a great opportunity for any young person, to help us drive the MID Communications Brand along with the exciting, national family loved O2 brand, with its award winning product and services. We can’t wait to meet them at the boot camp.”

Apprentices will receive a package including a £9,000 salary and a graduation bonus of £2,500 while gaining a level 3 qualification in Digital Marketing, as well as a level 4 award in Digital Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. They will also be given coding lessons from Northcoders.

Alongside this, the apprentices will gain sound industry advice and insight from PR and marketing specialists while training concurrently at The Juice Academy.

There are 22 other employers attending the boot camp, including Manchester Airport, events space Victoria Warehouse and football betting site, Redarmybets, and more businesses wanting to join.

For more information or to apply for the apprenticeship, please visit www.juiceacademy.co.uk or email georgia.fitzgerald@juiceacademy.co.uk

Twitter: @Danny Simpson

MID Communications Makes E3 Final

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MID Communications SHORTLISTED for 2017 E3 Business Awards along with their Head of HR & Operations Jennifer Hulme  

Manchester based Telecoms O2 franchise MID Communications, and their Head of HR & Operations, Jennifer Hulme have been shortlisted as finalists in the 2017 E3 Business Awards, which will be held at the Macron Stadium in Bolton on Thursday 13th July 2017.

The company, which is one of the largest Independent O2 Franchises in the Northwest was selected from amongst hundreds of nominees to become finalists in the prestigious Customer Service category.
Jennifer, a member of MID Communications leadership team, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Outstanding Women in Business 2017 category.

Speaking on behalf of the company, CEO Danny Simpson said: “We are all really pleased that the business has been recognised in the category of Customer Service. The team work hard to ensure we offer the best possible service with excellent in-store customer experience every day.

We are passionate about the service we provide in a challenging retail environment and have pushed ourselves to be different on the high street to really set us apart from our competition.  To get the recognition for this by making the final is a huge honour”

 

He went on to comment on Jennifer Hulme’s selection “Jennifer is a massive part of our business.  She works diligently every day driving for results for our business.

Jennifer is an amazing and strong professional person who has made a huge impact on our business, and continues to strive for excellence.

Jennifer is a great leader both in an out of MID communications.  The CIPD, and the institute of HR are fortunate to have such a strong ambassador for the profession and the role.

I know she will make a great role model for all future women in business and HR professional’s.  I wish her all the luck for the night.”

 

“Each year, it becomes more of an achievement to win a finalist’s place,” said Mubarak Chati, Managing Director of 1 Events Media, who host the E3 Awards.

“Every year since we’ve started, we’ve seen an increase in nominations and a corresponding increase in quality. This year, across all seventeen award categories, we’ve seen an increase of around 18% on last year.”

“We’ve had nominations from throughout the North West and we’ve seen real strength in all areas. One of the big surprises has been the number of entries from new businesses and women in business.

 It’s always been a key purpose of the Awards to celebrate the achievement of all parts of the community – not just the mainstream –  women, charities and social enterprises coming forward in such numbers is very gratifying indeed.”

 

“Given the number and the high standard of entries, we certainly gave the Nominations Panel a difficult job. They have risen to the challenge, though, and their final selections represent the very best of the whole North West region.

For MID Communications and Jennifer Hulme to have been named as a finalist’s for 2017 is an achievement of which they should be very proud.”

 

More information about MID Communications and Jennifer can be found on its website – www.midcommunications.com – or by calling 0161 683 5771.

More information about the E3 Business Awards, including a full list of finalists, can be found at www.e3businessawards.co.uk.

O2 Hyde Raises £2,000 For Local Charity Cash For Kids

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O2 store in Hyde raises £2,000 in charity cyclothon

Money to go to Cash for Kids in Greater Manchester.  Staff in O2 Hyde and shoppers at Clarendon Square have successfully pedalled their way to £2,000 after clocking up 500 miles in a superhero-themed cyclotron to raise funds for Cash for Kids.

Over the course of six days, the team at O2 donned superhero attire to host the ‘Superhero Spin’ cyclotron. The fundraiser was part of the annual Key 103 ‘Superhero Day’ for its charity Cash for Kids, which provides essential care and support for disabled and disadvantaged children across the Greater Manchester area.

Local Shoppers At O2 Hyde Loved It And Got Involved…..

The staff at O2 invited local shoppers to join them in-store for the 500-mile challenge, with customers also able to indulge in some home baked goods and enter raffles in exchange for donations. Rachel Armitt, the Store Manager at Hyde’s Clarendon Square’s O2 branch, was full of praise for her teammates and all who got involved in the activities.

 

“The fundraising efforts for ‘Superhero Spin’ were nothing short of amazing,” she said.

 

“The amount of people who supported the cause – either jumping on the bike or buying tasty treats on offer – showed just how close Cash for Kids is to many people’s hearts. It was a real community achievement so thank you to the public and of course, my superstar team at O2. The charity will be over the moon with this contribution.”

 

Paula Wood, Manager at Clarendon Square, was thoroughly impressed by the outstanding completion of the challenge.

“Well done and thank you to Rachel, her team and the people of Hyde for getting fully behind the cause and raising a terrific amount of money for Cash for Kids,” she said. “The funds will directly help children and young adults across our county so it’s really wonderful.”

Issued on behalf of Clarendon Square Shopping Centre by Bewonder*. For further information, please contact Natalie Walker on 0113 261 6214 or at Natalie.walker@bewonder.co.uk

For more information from O2 Hyde please contact press@midcommunciations.com

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