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In October 2021 Gravity PR worked with our client DFDS Seaways to organise the media and PR launch of the Humber Express - the FIRST intermodal rail service from the Port of Immingham with the potential to move 80 containers a day. The strategy behind The Humber Express, a partnership between shipping giant DFDS Seaways and the iPort Rail inland terminal in Doncaster - to deliver freight from the Port of Immingham to the UK’s most advanced multimodal logistics hub in South Yorkshire. Our remit was to organise and manage a PR launch of the service at the DFDS railhead ...
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Chemotherapy is a living hell for so many people with cancer yet travel expert Rachael Coyne has not only managed to work in her business throughout the treatment, she has also won a coveted industry award alongside her husband Colman. Rachael and Colman, who own and run Jetset Not Just Travel, have won a Great British Franchisee Award from whichfranchise.com, the highest honour in the franchising world. In October 2021 Rachael was told that her cancer had returned for a second time. She embarked on 14 weeks of gruelling chemotherapy up to February 2022. Not only did she manage to ...
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DFDS Seaways UK based in Immingham has welcomed a new member to its senior management team. Steve Price joins the shipping giant from Norwegian oil and gas company Gassco, where he was UK operations manager for four years. In his new role at DFDS Seaways, Steve will lead a 40 strong team and be responsible for all safety and security operations at the company’s Immingham site as well as managing health and well-being for the company’s 450 employees. Steve, who was born and raised in Hull, said: “I am thrilled to be joining the DFDS Seaways team at an exciting ...
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The Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford and district branch of the RSPCA is hoping the local community will help to give all the animals in its care the best Christmas ever. The charity, which has to raise £1m every year to care for local animals in need, has launched its Christmas meal appeal, encouraging people to buy a tasty dinner, treat or toy for the 60 dogs, cats, ferrets, guinea pigs and other small animals currently homed at its centre in Wade Street, Halifax. Fundraising manager Lauren Moore said: “Our centre is open every day of the year and we will have ...
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Photo: Left to right, Rachael Coyne of Jetset Not Just Travel and Lauren Moore, fundraising manager at the RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford and district branch, with Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross Angel, a current resident of the branch’s animal centre in Halifax. Huddersfield based travel agent Jetset Not Just Travel has teamed up with its local RSPCA branch to help raise money towards the £1.5m it needs to find every year to care for animals in need in Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford and district. The local RSPCA animal centre, at Wade Street in Halifax town centre, takes in between 500 and 600 animals ...
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Huddersfield based PR consultants Melanie Hill and Alex Mason have been appointed to handle public and media relations strategy for Daval Furniture. The pair’s brief includes increasing footfall to the company’s showroom in Slaithwaite and raising awareness of the Daval brand and its products, along with providing a press office function. From its site in the foothills of the Pennines and adjacent to the Leeds/Liverpool Canal, Daval designs and manufactures bespoke fitted kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices in line with the latest trends and technologies. Providing high quality and sustainable solutions for whatever shape or size of room is ...
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As proof of a negative Covid-19 test result becomes essential for people travelling to an ever-growing list of countries, two Yorkshire businesses have teamed up to provide a quick and convenient solution. Many countries now require a mandatory PCR test (showing a negative Covid-19 result) which is carried out 48-96 hours prior to departure. Huddersfield based travel agency, Jetset Not Just Travel has partnered with Hull’s Atropa Pharmacy and Blood Clinic to provide a one-stop PCR testing and accredited certification service for its customers, who might otherwise be faced with the inconvenience of sourcing and arranging their own Covid-19 tests ...
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Tuesday, 14 July 2020 Huddersfield based PR consultants Melanie Hill and Alex Mason have been appointed to handle UK public and media relations strategy for US based tech company, Secured Communications. The brief is the duo’s first international contract together after teaming up to work on joint PR projects over the last 18 months. The pair will direct ongoing PR strategy for the San Francisco headquartered tech company’s secure videoconferencing platform, Mercury, in the UK and across Europe, as well as acting as its press office. Hill, who founded Gravity PR in 2018, said: “We are delighted to have been ...
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Here in the UK we’re entering week 3 of the lockdown in response to the spread of Covid-19. Many people are working from home. It’s a good opportunity to get those jobs and tasks done that we’ve been meaning to do for ages, including having a good Spring clean of our websites and social media channels ...
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Case study 09 April 2020 Client: Jetset Not Just Travel Jetset Not Just Travel is an award-winning travel consultancy in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, which is run by husband and wife team Rachael and Colman Coyne. The brief: Jetset Not Just Travel approached Gravity PR in October 2019 to provide strategic PR and communications to increase brand awareness. The company, founded in 2013, had built up a solid client base and was looking to expand this further to a wider audience whilst still retaining its core values of providing an excellent, personal and reliable service. The strategy: Crucial to the company’s ...
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