April issue

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	Introducing Emily
	Six degrees networking

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Projects news

Smart has just carried out short-term projects for two companies.

Activ4Life® Healthcare Technologies, which has developed a patient monitoring system, asked Smart to help with copywriting, editing, graphic design and product photography.

Lancashire-based Gradient Consulting used Smart to research and produce a client case study and raise the profile of the directors of this proactive and innovative company.

The Recession’s over?
The Yorkshire Post reports a survey on April 14 that says although output from private sector firms shrank for the 11th month in a row in March but there are hopes the worst of the recession may be over.

The pace at which activity fell was the slowest since last September and could signal that the downturn is beginning to bottom out (according to the RBS’s index of purchasing managers). Positive news from the RBS? Now that’s what you call spin.
 

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Introducing Emily

Seasoned PR professional Emily Carrie is working with us as an associate.

Emily has extensive journalism, PR and marketing experience. She started her career as a radio journalist reading news bulletins on Galaxy Radio before moving on to grow the Godloves Business Women’s Breakfast Club. After a period at Hazlewood Castle Hotel as PR and marketing manager, Emily spent two years at Harrison Cowley, the largest independent PR agency in the UK working with clients such as the BBC, IPC Media and Land Rover.

Emily set up her own agency five years ago and worked for high-profile clients including David Lloyd Health & Fitness Clubs, Mitsubishi and Croma Restaurants.

She writes regularly for local lifestyle and business magazines and has established relationships with journalists in the Yorkshire media. She is an articulate presenter and a hugely talented writer.

Emily lives in Calverley, Leeds with her partner Pete and eight month-old Poppy.

Six degrees networking

We are currently advising Networking Direct, a pay-as-you-go networking group that brings business people together to meet, make connections and build contacts.

Networking Direct offers a mix of traditional and new style networking by enabling small-to-medium businesses within the Yorkshire region to access like-minded businesses and contacts outside of their own circle of influence by employing the concept of the Six Degrees of Separation.

Made popular by film star Kevin Bacon, the theory behind the Six Degrees concept is that anyone on the planet can be connected with anyone else through a chain of acquaintances no more than six people long.

Harrogate is the next town to get the Networking Direct Six Degrees experience with a first event on Tuesday, 2 June (2.45 - 5.30pm) at St Michael's Hospice on Hornbeam Park, Harrogate. Why not book on at  website and try it out for yourself?