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ACCOUNTS WINS HELP ACCELERIS GET 2012 OFF TO ROARING START (1/2/2012)

YEAR OF THE DRAGON OFF TO A ROARING START FOR ACCELERIS

PR agency boosts portfolio with six national client wins.

Yorkshire based Acceleris Marketing Communications has got the ‘Year of the Dragon’ off to a roaring start winning six new accounts in the first month of 2012. The wins will see the agency working with market leaders in a wide range of sectors including media, retail, motoring, environmental, energy and facilities management services.

The new wins include appointments by two major media brands; High Street TV and Bauer Media. In total, the new accounts are expected to generate accumulated annual fees in excess of £150,000.

High Street TV is a specialist in multichannel retailing and has engaged Acceleris to deliver a dedicated communications campaign spanning national and trade media to showcase how the company is revolutionising direct TV sales as well as highlight the significant commercial benefits to retailers of partnering with the organisation.

Continuing the agency’s activity within the media sector, which includes work with the Daily Mail Group, Northcliffe Media and BBC Worldwide, Acceleris has been appointed by Europe’s largest media group, Bauer Media to provide PR support to the Carole Nash MCN Motorcycle Show. The show, which takes place at London’s Excel on 2 – 5 February, is the capital’s biggest motor cycle show and is hosted by Motor Cycle News, the most successful motorbike magazine in the UK. Acceleris is handling on and offline PR alongside the promotion of charity ride out at renowned biker hotspot, the Ace Cafe London, led by comedian Ross Noble and actor Danny John-Jules.

Building on extensive experience with clients within the motoring sector, Acceleris’ third appointment is by Nexus Vehicle Management, a £40million turnover company that provides flexible vehicle rental services for businesses throughout the UK.

Acceleris has been initially engaged to deliver PR support for Nexus-owned AVH (Adapted Vehicle Hire) including an integrated media campaign targeting national, regional and trade media as well as that covering the disability sector. Since its formation six years ago, the Uxbridge-based business has grown to become the UK market leader in the provision of rental vehicles specially adapted to meet the differing needs of disabled customers.

This latest raft of account wins will see the agency further expand its work within the social housing sector as it has been appointed to deliver social media support and training to arm’s length management organisation, East Durham Homes.

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The agency, based in Harrogate but operating for clients across the country, will also grow its work with Kier, the leading construction, services and property group where it has been engaged to deliver a dedicated media relations campaign for its environmental, energy and facility management divisions. In 2011 Acceleris was reappointed to manage the integrated communications campaign for Kier’s Maintenance arm, one of the UK’s major social housing repair and maintenance contractors, spanning media relations, event support and magazine production.

Acceleris Managing Director Peter Davenport said: “There is no doubt that these are very difficult times but beneath the mess of the macro-economy ‘real’ business is still being done and there is the potential for growth for those willing to embrace the opportunity through hard work, innovation and a real commitment to client service.

“These six wins in the first four weeks of the New Year are a real boost and the result of a lot of hard work by the entire Acceleris team.”

The sixth new name in the agency’s client portfolio saw it arrange for General Sir Mike Jackson, former head of the British Army, to address a leadership event for marketing services company, Communisis Plc.

These latest wins for Acceleris follow a successful 2011 which saw the agency appointed to devise and deliver campaigns for clients including Leeds-based charity The Children’s Heart Surgery Fund, top ten national insurance broker Bluefin, leading online motor retail site, Trusted Dealers and the Yorkshire and Lancashire dealership group, Vantage Toyota.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ACCELERIS MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS ON 0845 4567 251


PR AGENCY ACCELERIS PROMOTES 2012 MCN MOTORCYCLE SHOW (20/1/2012)

ACCELERIS LAUNCHES LONDON'S BIGGEST BIKING EVENT

TV comedian and motorcycle fanatic Ross Noble is revving himself up for a celebrity motorcycle ride out into central London to raise money for Riders for Health as part of London’s biggest biking event, the 2012 Carole Nash MCN Motorcycle Show.

Acceleris is working with Bauer Media to promote the show, at London’s ExCeL arena 2-5th Feb, to the national and regional press as well motorcycle fan magazines. For more information, please visit the MCN Motorcycle Show website.

Marking the countdown to the event, twelve times world trials champion Dougie Lampkin performed a series of amazing stunts inside ExCeL under the cover of darkness where, during the show, he'll be racing David Knight, John McGuinness, Neil Hodgson, Ian Hutchinson and Chris Walker in the Revolution extreme obstacles enduro challenge, sponsored by Michelin.

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ACCELERIS SHORTLISTED FOR NATIONAL PR AWARDS (13/1/2012)

YORKSHIRE PR AGENCY UP FOR HEDGEHOG GONGS

Yorkshire based PR agency Acceleris Marketing Communications has been shortlisted in three categories in the inaugural Golden Hedgehog Awards, a national awards programme, which recognises and celebrates ‘outstanding campaigns and exceptional talent’ within the PR industry.

‘Celebrations of the Sea’, the world’s first photography exhibition underwater created and delivered by Acceleris on behalf of The Shipwrecked Mariners Society - one of the country’s oldest charities - is shortlisted as the Not for Profit Campaign of the Year.

The unique, national exhibition, sponsored by canned seafood manufacturer John West, was displayed in living aquariums across the UK and featured celebrities and every day people photographed carrying out their ‘day job’ but underwater.

Celebrities and personalities including TV historian Dan Snow, TV chef Mitch Tonks – one of the leading seafood chefs in the UK, Countryfile presenter Ellie Harrison, world champion cliff diver Gary Hunt and UK surfing champion Tassy Swallow all featured in the exhibition, designed to showcase Britain’s reliance on the sea.

The agency has also been shortlisted in two further categories - Media Relations Campaign of the Year and Consumer PR Campaign of the Year - for its launch of the Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer House Hunter iPhone app on behalf of client, BBC Worldwide.

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The campaign, which generated over 170 articles across national media in its first two weeks of launch and featured broadcast, video production and social media activity, directly boosted sales and saw the app ranked as The Guardian and iTunes’ ‘App of The Week’.

The awards feature 20 categories, plus a Golden Hedgehog Award to reward the winner of winners and a Hoglet Award to celebrate outstanding young communicators.

Louise Vaughan, Director and Head of PR at Acceleris Marketing Communications, said: “At Acceleris, we always strive to deliver high quality, cost effective integrated communications campaigns for all our clients and to have our campaigns recognised nationally is credit to the hard work, imagination and commitment of our team. We are delighted with this short listing and are looking forward hearing the results at the ceremony in March.”

The short listing follows a string of recent appointments for the agency including Bauer Media, Bradford based Tong High School and Yorkshire charity Children’s Heart Surgery Fund, which is currently fighting a decision to close the specialist heart unit at the Leeds General Infirmary.

The awards are to be judged by a high-level and independent panel and the ceremony is due to take place at the Etihad City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester on 21 March 2012.

Click here for more information on the Golden Hedgehog Awards


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