Downloads and Links

We have included a selection of downloads and links relating to our company, industry and region. We hope you will find them useful and of interest.

Downloads

Savvy Creds
Confidentiality Agreement
Standard Terms and Conditions
Health and Safety Policy
Environmental Policy
Equal Opportunities Employment Policy
Newsletter No.1 July 2010

Links
For easy reference we’ve broken them down into the following categories:

Some of the people we love working with:

Fat Media – www.fatmedia.co.uk
Lancaster based digital marketing company Fat Media, are great problems solvers and innovators when it comes to combining creativity and technology to provide digital marketing solutions that produce tangible results.

Cahoots Creative – wwwcahootscreative.co.uk
Big agency and client experience sits behind this Manchester based agency run by the talented and highly likable Galia Currie. They produce the sort of quality ideas and creative thinking you’d expect from an agency with their heritage at a day rate which makes them highly competitive and accessible on a broad range of projects. A great strategic partner!

Toasted Productions – www.toastedproductions.com
Headed up by Simon Marsland, Toasted Productions offer a vast amount of talent, knowledge and experience in good looking engaging media, particularly video. Easy to work with, they make project management a joy on projects involving what can often be complex shoots. Another great strategic partner!

PushON – www.pushon.co.uk
Experienced and knowledgeable online marketers who deliver great results and talk in a language everyone can understand. Friendly and approachable staff with just the right amount of ‘oddness’ to make them interesting and fun to work with.

Drumbeat – www.drumbeatcreative.co.uk
Headed up by the highly likeable Andy Heggs and Jon Black, Drumbeat offers big client and project experience without the pretention that goes with many successful agencies. With ideas and experience in abundance, they add value to the briefing process to create memorable creative at an accessible price. One of our favourite partners for graphic and digital design and production!

Barôn – www.designbaron.com
The former Creative Director at Fudge for 5 years, Robin Arnold left in 2009 to set up Barôn – a creatively led digital and design agency based in Bolton. With significant experience working on national and international accounts across abroad range of industry sectors, backed by an unrivalled passion for his craft, Robin delivers beautiful, well considered and memorable work that is ‘on brief’ every time. An invaluable strategic partner and lovely bloke, Robin adds value and impact to to every project he is involved in!

Forever Manchester – www.forevermanchester.com
Headed up by Nick Massey, Forever Manchester is the Community Foundation for Greater Manchester. They raise, manage and distribute money to support local people and groups who are trying to make a positive change in their community and neighbourhood across Greater Manchester.

Pip Rustage Photography – www.piprustage.co.uk
Pip Rustage Photography is a high end commercial photography company based in Manchester operating in London, across the UK and beyond. They offer a wide range of commercial services on location or in a studio environment; from small commercial and fashion shoots to full campaigns. Clients include Warburtons, National Rail, Ringspun, Religion, Elvis Jesus, HKR Architects, Vue Entertainment, Carillion, Codorniu, Clarion Communications, Brahm PR…..

They are confident in taking on the responsibility of photographically maintaining and developing your company’s image and style, within brand guidelines, and ensuring that all imagery is compelling, creative and relevant. It is vital you have a professional visual representation of your company or product, they take this responsibility very seriously. Drawing on many years experience in the photography industry PRP provides a no-nonsense service tailored to individual project needs.

PRP understands that crystal clear communication and professional client liaison play a pivotal role in a successful project. They pride themselves on their excellent attention to detail, high standards of professionalism and their ability to follow vital creative briefs to deliver the results you want, when you want them.

Paul Jones – The Photographer – www.pauljones-photographer.com
PJ is one of the most likeable and respected professional photographers in region, he contributes great ideas, innovation and value to a brief as well as interpreting them brilliantly. A joy to work with and even makes us look good!

Young – www.weareyoung.co.uk
Northern Quarter based Young produce fresh, edgy design which stands out from the crowd for all the right reasons. Beautiful work and a pleasure to work with!

Fudge – www.fudgestudios.com
Simply one of the most creative, edgy yet easy to work with creative teams I’ve (David) have had the pleasure of working with. Their design processes and attention to detail is simply breathtaking as is their ability to deliver the most beautiful creative, digital and web based projects. What makes them invaluable as an agency to someone like Savvy is their ability to interpret and deliver on message what are often extremely challenging briefs!

All Words – www.allwords.co.uk
Run by the ever talented Nicola Cooper-Abbs, All Words are the best ‘tone of voice’ copywriters we’ve used. Their ability to hit a brief first time is staggering as is the work rate and turnaround time on projects. Brilliant!

Rochford Harney Productions – www.rochfordharney.com
Musician and music producer Tim Harney is a bit of an institution when it comes to original music production for TV and the web. Get past the occasional grumpy persona and you’ll do nothing but benefit from decades of experience he has gained working on a diverse range of high profile commercial projects.

Fuse 8 Design – www.fuse8.com
A Leeds based agency with the best designer I (Helen) have EVER worked with Andy Hutchinson. Brilliantly creative and an absolute star to work with – a client’s dream!

Murphy Thompson Moore – www.mtmaccounting.com
Accountancy, legal and business expertise all under one roof! Informed and considered advice backed by excellent client support at an affordable cost. An invaluable supplier to our business! Thanks Doug.

BP Insurance Brokers – www.bpib.co.uk
Just great people to work with and a customer service culture second to non.

Alex Blyth – www.alex-blyth
Alex is a fabulous freelance writer and journalist. Easy to talk to and work with, he has developed an enviable reputation for his writing across a broad range of subjects that include – professional services, finance, business and marketing.

Legal 2.0 – www.legal20.net
Legal 2.0 is a provider of ‘interim legal management’ (what – I can here you saying!) however Raj and his team are one of those organisations every company should get to know as they great at managing and advising you on your day-to-day legal affairs.

Violet Mount – www.violetmount.com
What can you say about Paul Brierley and his team except great ideas, brilliant customer service and easy to work with! Very competitive as well!

Zeus PR – www.zeuspr.co.uk
Our experience of Anthea Fosti as a PR professional is based on a broad frame of reference encompassing employee, strategic partner and client. Without exception she is one of the most experienced, results-focused and talented PR professionals I have ever worked with or met. Zues make the ideal partner for traditional PR services.

Design Extreme – www.designextreme.co.uk
In all the years working with designers and agencies you’d be hard pressed to come across a better graphic designer than Andrew Collinson. His interpretation of a brief combined with sound commercial awareness makes him invaluable when working on any Marcomms related project where ‘on message’ design is required. Makes a great cup of tea as well!

Corporation Pop – www.copop.co.uk
A highly-creative design company whose work is simply stunning! They consistently deliver the unexpected and challenge the predictable to stimulate and inform a target audience. Dom Raban is your man.

Industrious Design – www.industriousdesign.co.uk
A superb brand identity and design for print agency run by the very talented and affable Alex Komlosy. Alex’s thoroughness and industry-proven design process based approach to projects, produces superb results time after time.

The Raft – www.theraft.co.uk
A full-service marketing agency with heavyweight experience and knowledge effectively delivered in everything they do. An indirect competitor to Savvy, they offer strategic level marketing and creative services based around big client, big account experience. Lovely people too!!

Sensory Imaging Displays – www.sidltd.com
Big Dave and his team are the last word in large format printing on almost any material. Great service, turnaround time and prices!

Toucan Telemarketing – www.toucantelemarketing.co.uk
Delivering in ‘telemarketing’ what so many companies promise but mostly fail to deliver. Professional, reliable and results-driven!

Don’t Panic Projects – www.dontpanicprojects.com
The name says it all – big experience and big ideas delivering great events without the massive costs often associated with the planning and managing this type of activity.

Shoop – www.shoop-promotions.com
A model and promotions agency that offers ‘brains and beauty’ providing well briefed models who are intelligent, articulate and motivated enough to effectively promote your brand. Alison Page and her team make great strategic partners for any creative director event manager! We’re also big fans of Vicki Casselson and Eye Candy – www.eyecandy-promo.co.uk who like Shoop have offices in both London and Manchester.

Vision Outdoor – www.vision-outdoor.co.uk
In our view THE people to talk to about outdoor and in particular mobile advertising. Proactive, helpful, competitive and great to work with. Vanessa Wahed is the person to call.

Mojofuel – www.mojofuel.com
Run by the likeable Mike Moran , Mojofuel is a digital creative agency that is great at delivering to brief, integrated solutions using the following 5 main service groups – creative, digital, production, animation, events. Great work, nice people!

hiContrast – www.hicontrast.co.uk
Headed up by the very talented Jonny Frodsham (renowned Flash god from my early days when I worked with him at Eyedea!), hiContrast create engaging commercial web solutions from concept through to completion. They are great to work with in the development of briefs and ideas that don’t just look great, but also work from a marketing perspective. Jonny and his team come highly recommended.

Little Orchard – www.littleorchardprods.co.uk
Lewis and Tanya head up a highly experienced team specialising in creative video production. Their understanding of how video can be used as an effective social media and online marketing tool adds value to any marketing strategy. Realistic, value-for-money charges combined with a genuine passion for all things digital make them a great partner to work with. Look out for ‘In conversation with…’ – if you haven’t booked a slot you’re missing a trick!

Useful organisations:

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) – www.cim.co.uk

Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) – www.ipr.org.uk

The Business Group – www.thebusinessgroup.org

Manchester Digital – www.manchesterdigital.co.uk

Manchester Digital Development Agency (MDDA) – www.manchesterdda.com

MIDAS – www.midas.org.uk

Mediacity:uk – www.mediacityuk.co.uk

England’s Northwest – www.englandsnorthwest.com

Merseyside ICT – www.merseysideict.org.uk

Business Link – www.businesslink.gov.uk

Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce – www.mcci.co.uk

Manchester College of Arts & Technology – www.mancat.ac.uk

MMU Business School – www.mmu.ac.uk

Institute of Directors (IOD) – www.iod.co.uk

Authentic Business – www.authenticbusiness.co.uk

Prince’s Trust – www.princes-trust.org.uk

Pro-Manchester – www.pro-manchester.org.uk

Marketing Manchester – www.marketingmanchester.com

Manchester Professionals – www.manchesterprofessionals.co.uk

Useful and interesting reads:

The Marketer – www.themarketer.co.uk

How-Do – www.how-do.co.uk

North West Business Insider – www.newsco.com

Chinwag – www.chinwag.com

M.E.N. – www.manchesteronline.co.uk

The Drum – www.thedrum.co.uk

Business 550 – www.business550.com

Manchester Confidential – www.manchesterconfidential.com

EN Magazine – www.entheweb.co.uk

For more information or to arrange a no obligation face-to-face meeting please contact us on 0161 214 0945 or 01524 509 079 or via our email enquiry form.