Rochester launches Solutel UK

One of our areas of expertise is helping overseas companies launch in the UK.  We already have an impressive list of internationally based clients so we are excited to be working with a Spanish company, and more importantly Solutel and its Technology Education Programme to the list.

Solutel, an expert in networking and a CISCO Premier partner, like many other companies, has chosen London as its first step for European expansion.  Our initial focus will be creating awareness of Solutel UK’s new training initiative Solutel Technology Education Programme (STEP), a CISCO training scheme in Unified Communications, Mobility and Collaboration.

Our work will include supporting the launch of the London office and increasing awareness of and engagement with STEP through various social media channels.

New Rochstar!

Today we welcomed new starter Claudia to our Rochstar team.  Claudia has joined as an Account Executive after a year working in the PR and events industry in Australia.

Shortlisted....again!

Awards season for the film and music industry may be over, but for the PR world it is just beginning to hot up!  We have got our second nomination ‘nod’, this time for the CIPR Excellence Awards in the Outstanding Small Consultancy category.

Being nominated twice already this year, in our second year as an agency is an achievement we Rochstars are very proud of!

Britain magazine tour the Royal Hospital Chelsea

 

Today we were overseeing Britain Magazine’s visit to the Royal Hospital Chelsea for a feature they are compiling on the Hospital for the June/July issue.

With a strong overseas readership, the angle of the feature is ‘why allocate half a day of your trip to London on visiting the Royal Hospital Chelsea’. To facilitate a detailed answer to this (the piece will span six pages), we arranged for the Deputy Editor to spend an afternoon at the Royal Hospital. She was first given a tour of the grounds by Chelsea Pensioner Paddy Fox (as many tourists and coaches full of ladies from the WI etc regularly do) and then had a one on one interview with Lieutenant Governor, Peter Currie for some more in depth information to add depth to the article.

Martha, Britain Magazine’s Deputy Editor was delighted with her tour, which included Figure Court, the Great Hall and the Chapel, as well as a look at Pensioner Paddy Fox’s berth (living quarters) and interview with Peter, so watch this space for the June/July issue of Britain Magazine, which will be available in all good newsagents.    

Getting the ball rolling on Wimbledon 2013

 

Lavazza Italy’s head of events has been in London this week getting the ball rolling (pun intended!) on the hospitality arrangements for the brand’s international guests who will be in London this summer for Wimbledon.

2013 will be the third year the coffee brand has been the official coffee of the Championships; this year they will host guests in an on-site marquee on 26 and 27 June and 7 July which is men’s finals day. It is also the third year that we have supported Lavazza in this hospitality remit.

Priorities this week were to decide on a hotel to house the guests in during their London stay and select what they will eat in the hospitality marquee.

From a list of more than 30 hotels, we selected Blakes, Browns, Baglioni, Haymarket and Sanctum Soho to visit. Five star hotels in the Mayfair, Knightsbridge and Soho area are always lovely, each with their own personality, so it was great to have the opportunity to view them.

Friday was a day of gluttony! As every year, Wimbledon’s facilities and catering management company put on an open day for all those who have booked marquees, to taste and select what guests will eat and drink for lunch and afternoon tea between sets of some of the best tennis in the world (or as all too often happens, to fill time during a rain delay!). The job of sampling six starters, nine mains, eight salads and three desserts, not to mention optional extras like lobster and cupcakes was a mean feat, but somehow we managed it!

We hope Lavazza’s guests approve of our selections and are already praying for good weather and great tennis this summer in SW19.