So August has finally ended! This has undoubtedly been the busiest (and longest) month Catapult PR has ever experienced in the last 17 years … and we foolishly thought it would be a month in which to get the new…
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A brand new, inspiring Italian travel festival will be gracing this autumn’s calendar, as The Slow Travel Fest, unwinds over three days (October 9-11), in and around the attractive Tuscan medieval hamlet of Monteriggioni, close to glorious Siena. Slow Travel…
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I well remember a meeting, back in around 2001, when a client absolutely stunned me, over lunch, with the question ‘Do you ever marry your clients?” Luckily, after nearly choking on my water, I realised that we what he actually…
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The All England Open Stone Skimming Championships, held at Fell Foot Park on Windermere, on Saturday August 22, not only resulted in the official English stone skimming record being smashed, but also produced what organisers are expecting to be a…
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Organisers of the All England Open Stone Skimming Championships, taking place at Fell Foot Park, on Windermere, the Lake District, on August 22, are being extra vigilant this year, seeking to avoid any possibility of a spot-fixing scandal scuppering the…
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A Derbyshire dining pub operating a seven-day-a-week wood-fired pizza menu, alongside a la carte choices, has become the third winner of a coveted ‘Woody Award’. The White Hart at Duffield has scooped the ‘Woody’, like Italio in Blackpool and The…
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As #AfternoonTeaWeek starts trending on Twitter, luxurious Langley Castle, in Langley-on-Tyne, is claiming the most hedonistic afternoon tea experience in Britain for this year’s Afternoon Tea Week. Langley’s executive chef, Daniel Grigg, is already arousing all the senses of afternoon…
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August can be ‘silly season’ in the PR industry. It can be a nightmare, because journalists are on holiday – typically a big issue with regard to national journalists – or a joy, because there are pages that need filling….
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The countdown is on to one of the highlights of a Lake District summer – the All England Open Stone Skimming Championships, which are this year being sponsored by the Lakeside Hotel – just a stone’s throw away from…
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Luxurious Langley Castle, in Langley-on-Tyne, has started whispering about what it believes will be the most hedonistic afternoon tea experience in Britain for this year’s Afternoon Tea Week (August 10-16), as it wows with tastes and aromas and creates…
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PR girls are supposed to go for photographers – well, at least back in the day, as we used to spend so long with them, in the pre-digital era, getting drenched at outdoor shoots, sitting around for hours in cars,…
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Expanding and highly focused Lancashire-based PR consultancy, Catapult PR, has been handed the brief for the UK promotion of a rebranded walking, cycling, lifestyle and slow-food festival in Tuscany – Slow Travel Fest – taking place between October 9 and…
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