Author Archives: Peter Davison

Fun in the rain at car boot sale with a difference

As a months’ worth of rain started to fall in 24 hours, charity supporters at a car boot sale with a difference were faced with a stark choice – get wet, or pack up and go home. And as 1,000 … Continue reading

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Ethical businesses provide food for thought

Ethical businesses will be providing food for thought at a seminar in Birmingham next month. Members of three co-operatives involved in the production and selling of food and drink will be talking on the topic of food sourcing.

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Hoard of silver and gold could net family a fortune

A hoard of silver and gold antiques that were found littering an unassuming house on the outskirts of Swindon could net relatives of the owner tens of thousands of pounds The extensive collection, which will be auctioned in Cirencester next … Continue reading

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Could Your Community Share?, seminar delegates asked

Village shop or pub at risk of closure? Want to establish an organic food or renewable energy business? Community shares could hold the answer to your finance issue. At a seminar about community shares in Gloucester last week, experts explained … Continue reading

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Secrets of the marketing world blown

The secrets of the marketing world will be blown as industry experts and Wiltshire Business Support Service join forces to help small businesses get to grips with their own marketing. Marketing for Beginners will explain how marketing is more than … Continue reading

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Help your favourite good cause win £1,000

Over the summer we’ve been working with Budgens of Marlborough – who are bringing a new convenience store and petrol station to the business park – to promote their arrival. As we’re both community-minded companies, Secret Agent Marketing persuaded the … Continue reading

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Girls and boys battle it out at ParkShare.net

In client news, ParkShare.net is a brilliant new way of connecting people with empty driveways or garages and people who need to park a car, and would rather not use an expensive Pay and Display car park. Homeowners can advertise … Continue reading

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Happy anniversary, Agent Pete

Our press and PR expert Agent Pete celebrated 20 years in newspaper journalism this week. Although he doesn’t look old enough to have been doing anything for 20 years, we can assure you that he started poking his nose into … Continue reading

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Moore Allen sponsors car boot sale with a difference

Antiques experts from Moore Allen & Innocent will be offering a valuation service with a difference in September – at a car boot sale. The firm is sponsoring the NSPCC’s Country House Car Boot at Lodge Park, in the Cotswolds, … Continue reading

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Tally ho! Hunting theme at Sporting Sale

It’s a decade since Scotland became the first region in the UK to outlaw hunting with hounds, and eight years since the Hunting Act rolled out the ban to the rest of the UK, but enthusiasm for the pastime has … Continue reading

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