| Murray Media to handle yet another Star Built in the 1260's The Star is a half timber-framed building, typical of East Sussex. Whether you are looking to relax and get away from it all or activate your sense of adventure, The Star makes the most perfect place to escape. Set in the gorgeous village of Alfriston The Star is a blend of great history and cultural aesthetics. Crammed with period buildings, it offers a mix of fine shops to explore and various places of interest, such as ‘The Cathedral of The Downs’, accessed by a narrow Sussex lane or ‘twitten’. The star will be home to Southern Ale Safaris and other great local events that champion one of the most beautiful parts of the UK |
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| Southern Ale Safaris Murray Media are incredibly excited about this new client. They offer a two nights and three days of the best in food, hospilaity, accommodation and Ale. Tours include the following sample itinerary: Sussex Ales Safari includes: Friday From 2pm Guest arrival and check in at The Star, Alfriston 5.30pm Meet and greet in hotel bar, introduction from Tour guide 6.00pm A tour round the historic Village of Alfriston 7.30pm Buffet style dinner at The Star 7.30pm Evening at Ye Old Smugglers Inn Saturday 10am Coach with tour guide departs from hotel 11am Tour of Sussex’s own ‘Dark Star’ brewery 12.30pm Traditional Pub lunch 2pm Guided country walk 3.30pm Pub stop 7pm The Ram Inn, Firle, hosts a haunted pub evening Sunday 11am Checkout and depart for Observatory at Herstmonceux 2pm Ale tasting and Sunday lunch 3.30pm Final pub stop 5.30pm Return to The Star, Alfriston 6pm Tour concludes |
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| The Future of Station Design 29th April 2010 10am-7pm London Transport Museum, Covent Garden, London The architecture of our stations is changing and we are living through a second renaissance in rail travel. Suppliers to the UK rail sector have a major role to play in helping the industry address the wider issues of environmental, technical and commercial sustainability. Railways around the world are looking to UK based companies for expertise in consulting, engineering and manufacturing. This event will showcase those champions of industry. It will offer a high profile platform for all those involved to promote their company's contribution to the development and use of cleaner, more energy efficient technologies used in modern station design |
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| Newhaven Port & Properties Murray Media have been appointed to manage the communications and public relations for the Port and are working alongside DMH Stallard and Royal Haskoning and together they are working towards a masterplan for the regenerartion of the Port. Murray Media will also be the main point of contact for any activity within the Port and will be assisting the port with its planned community projects. |
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| The Tin Drum Hosts Last Minute Fundraiser for the Brighton and Hove Aids Memorial Statue On the night of Thursday 1st October the Tin Drum St James’s Street hosted a fantastic fundraiser for the Brighton and Hove Aids Memorial Statue, raising just under £500 for the charity! The night started with hilarious cabaret from the cast of the Alternative Brighton Pantomime with the Tin Drum providing excellent food and fantastic cocktails for those in attendance. The night was held as a last minute fundraiser to help raise cash for the Brighton and Hove Aids Memorial Statue which is due to be unveiled just up the road from the Tin Drum at the New Steine on the 9th October by Elton John’s partner David Furnish. The auction started around 9pm with brilliant prizes donated from BohoGreen, the Funky Fish Night Club, The Wellington Pub, signed Harry Potter DVD case curtsey of Mark Williams (aka Arthur Weasley) and one of statue designer Romany Mark Bruce’s Prints – which turned out to be the star prize of the night! Jim Beam had also donated a very special prize to the auction; three bottles three bottles of the famous bourbon; with one signed by the current Head Distiller Fred Noe. The cast of the Alternative Brighton Pantomime were certainly drawing attention to the event with cars stopping in the street to see what all fuss was about! The sculptor of the Aids Memorial Statue, Romany Mark Bruce was thrilled with how the night went; “I was pleased to be able to attend such an enthusiastic fundraising event. Again it has been shown that there is great support within our community for the Aids Memorial Statue." |
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| Official launch of VBites tapas night - to warm the fire in your heart this winter The colours they are changing and as the autumn nights draw in VBites will be hosting feisty and passionate evenings of tapas. Commencing on Tuesday 29th September, every Tuesday and Friday night from 7pm VBites will be warming hearts and enlivening spirits with the flavour and the vibrancy of the southern Mediterranean. Music with a distinctly Latin flavour will set the mood to accompany a delectable menu designed to tantalise your taste buds with a varied selection of delicious Vegan tapas and complementing wines. |
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| Heather Mills on Market Kitchen Heather Mills joins Market Kitchen to talk about her new vegan Cafe (VBites in Hove, East Sussex) as it receives positive reviews from some hard to please carnivore journalists.Heather talks frankly about how, after losing her leg in an accident in 1993, she re-evaluated her diet and decided to become vegan. Heather will be bringing her vegan meat alternatives (salami, chicken and chorizo) which she’s devised to test out on meat loving presenter Matt Tebbutt. And she'll be showcasing her skills in the kitchen by cooking her and her daughter’s much loved ‘Soya Chicken styled Indian Nut Korma’. Heather says "I thoroughly enjoyed filming with the Market Kitchen team - the relaxed atmosphere and friendly banter between the show's presenters is what makes the programme so watchable. It was a real pleasure to be able to cook live in the studio. Then seeing the audience and presenters tucking into my meat-free version of a chicken Korma was the icing on the (vegan) cake". For more information about Market Kitchen, please visit the Good Food Channel’s website: http://uktv.co.uk/food/homepage/sid/6136 |
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| Murray Media Joins Twitter! The Murray Media team have this month joined Twitter! To keep up with what is happening in our world, our news, events and thoughts on everything media related please follow us by visiting www.twitter.com/murraymediahove |
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| Tin Drum Head Chef Nominated For Sussex ‘Young Chef Of The Year! Murray Media are delighted to announce that Peter Martin, Head Chef of the Tin Drum Hove, has been nominated for ‘Young Chef of the Year’ at the 2009/10 Sussex Food and Drink Awards. Peter Martin is a creative and experimental Head Chef who aspires to Michelin Star level. As Head Chef of The Tin Drum in Hove, Peter is competent and a committed team player who strives to use the best possible local ingredients in every dish. Dave Radtke, owner of the Tin Drum restaurants, is thrilled by Peter’s nomination “The whole Tin Drum team is very proud that Peter has been put up for this award, it is well deserved. We’ll be cheering him on the whole way!" The Sussex Food and Drink Awards, now in their forth year, celebrate everything that is great about food in Sussex. The voting for the awards is split in two stages; firstly candidates must get nominated trough votes from the public. A shortlist is then announced which the public again vote for; this list is whittled down to the last 3 contenders who are then judged by a panel of food experts. The winner is announced at the awards dinner in January 2010. |
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| Heather Mills Interviews Richard Branson Heather will be guest hosting Richard Greene’s show, ‘Hollywood Clout’, on Air America on Thursday 13th August at 9pm EST. Visit http://airamerica.com/ to listen live online or find a station in your area. Heather has lined up some very distinguished guests, including Sir Richard Branson, to discuss issues including global warming and the environmental impact of the meat industry. |
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| BohoGreen Give Their Views On The Future Development of Brighton and Hove Colin Brace, MD of sustainable property development company BohoGreen, and fellow developers David Courtney and John Regan recently announced in The Argus and Brighton & Hove Leader that they have formed an informal coalition to help deliver the best way forward for our city. The articles were relating to a meeting that was held this month between the developers at the Tin Drum in Hove. Dave Radtke, the owner of the Tin Drum restaurants and former architect, was in attendance at the meeting to represent the small business community in Brighton and Hove. The group met to discuss the future development of the city including the King Alfred Development in Hove and the expansion of Shoreham Harbour, highlighting the need to bring referendums into the planning process to allow local residents to have a proper say in how the city is developed around them. |
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| Heather Mills hosts VBites official opening parties VBites opened to critical acclaim on Saturday 4th July to a crowd of people ranging from vegans to carnivores and everything in between. The official opening party was an all-day event with hundreds of local residents and city dignitaries, including Celia Barlow MP for Hove and Portslade, turning up to celebrate the first day of business. The official opening received vast amounts of national media coverage including photos and articles in The Independent and The Guardian as well as an interview with Heather Mills on local BBC TV. The following Thursday, 9th July, saw Heather and Murray Media host a VIP launch event for local media and members of the Brighton and Hove business community. Lucky guests at the party were treated to a goodie bag full of VBites branded produce to sample at home. The reaction to VBites, from both national and local press, has been excellent! The first customers to try out the cafe all said they were extremely impressed with the great food and stunning interior, with the VBites team serving around 4,750 hungry people over the launch weekend! |
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| Natalie Pinkham Gets Diva Treatment In The Tirol TV and radio presenter, Natalie Pinkham, recently spent an all-action weekend in The Tirol taking part in ‘Diva Camp’ (a girls only 2-day biking adventure) plus skiing, hiking and a bit of sighting in and around Innsbruck! Natalie enjoyed her trip so much that she wrote a fantastic piece for the Mail On Sunday which was published this month. |
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| 6pm Club Helps Launch The Sussex Beacon Half Marathon A fantastic networking evening was hosted this month at Hotel Du Vin by the 6pm Club, in conjunction with The Sussex Beacon, to launch the exciting new 3 year development plans for the Sussex Beacon Half Marathon. The Sussex Beacon, with the support from a new advisory board of sports event experts, aims to double the size of the event in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics, so that the Half Marathon rivals some of the cities other nationally and internationally recognised events. The evening was attended by select individuals from the world of sport and media as well as local dignitaries such as the Mayor of Brighton & Hove Ann Norman. Event organiser Becky Stevens was delighted with how the evening went; “It was a fantastic night and I was thrilled to see such great support for the Half Marathon from the council, University of Brighton and local businesses. I am looking forward to working with everyone to develop the half marathon for 2010.” The 6pm Club is a self financing not for profit informal networking group primarily for the sports business, sports marketing, sports television, event management/marketing, new media and entertainment sectors which holds regular social events in Brighton and Central London for invited individuals working in these sectors. |
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| Heather Cooks Up A Storm At Brighton Foodies Festival! To celebrate the launch of her new vegan cafe, VBites, Murray Media arranged for Heather Mills to put on a cooking demonstration at the Brighton Foodies Festival this month. Heather joined Brighton and Hove’s top chefs live in the Chefs Theatre on Saturday 16th May 2009. The celebration of food and drink featured demonstrations from the crème de la crème of the Sussex food scene including Michael Bremner of Due South, Mike Dodd of Oki-Nami, Sam Metcalfe of Sams Place and Sussex Young Chef of the Year Ben Goldsmith of Whites. Heather’s demonstration pulled in a huge crowd who were all eager to see and taste Heather’s ‘Leafy Green and Beefy (Soy Protein) Stir Fry’ and delicious ‘Soya Chicken Nut Korma’, crunchy roast potatoes with gravy and fantastic chocolate desert. |
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| Murray Media Announce Heather Mills’ VBites as Their Newest Client Murray Media are delighted to announce that Heather Mills’ new café VBites will be represented by Murray Media! The vegan café, located in Hove Lagoon, will be Heather’s latest business venture. Murray Media will be the sole UK based agency that will be representing Heather Mills through the VBites project. Murray Media will be assisting the café primarily on PR and marketing activities. “To have the opportunity to work with some one like Heather Mills is real testament to the staff and the quality of work that we have produced consistently at Murray Media over the last fifth-teen years” Bill Murray. |
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