Totally Tached Out!
Having spent the month of November sprouting and grooming Moustaches for ‘Movember’, the Frontline ‘Top Lip’ Team have raised over £200 so far towards the worldwide men’s health campaign. After a month of itching, scratching and trimming they couldn’t wait to don the shaving foam and get the razors out!
Donations to the Movember campaign can still be made at: https://www.movember.com/uk/donate/your-details/team_id/267864
Movember!...
The boys in the studio are going Mo Mad!
During November they will be sprouting, grooming, waxing and trimming Moustaches for ‘Movember’. Sporting the latest looks in ‘tache’s’ the guys hope to raise loads of Mo-ney for the men’s health campaign.
The world-wide Movember campaign aims to raise awareness, education, survivorship and research in men’s health. In the UK it particularly aims at the number one and two male specific cancers, prostate and testicular cancer.
After donning their tache’s for 30 days, the Frontline Mo Bros will celebrate their fearless valor with a Mo-bash extraordinaire! (or drink in the local pub!).
For more info or to sponsor the Mo’s please donate at: https://www.movember.com/uk/donate/your-details/team_id/267864
24 Years and 2 Million Miles with Frontline!...
Frontline has been celebrating the news that Chris Maggs, their’ foremost Fitter, Driver and all round ‘can fix anything’ man, has been with the company for a whopping 24 years this month! They were also amazed to discover that he’s managed to clock up an impressive 2 million miles, and over 60,000 man hours!.. Great going Chris!
Phil Griffiths, MD, said “Having started the company in 1981 Chris has been with me since almost the beginning. I’m thrilled that he’s still here; he’s a pleasure to work with and a valuable member of the team. Well done Chris”.
Chris joined Frontline in 1987 and has driven all over Europe with point of purchase displays, merchandising units, print, tools, spares, and anything else needed to install, build and generally put together perfect displays for some of the world’s most well known brands. He’s been around since the early days when the company started out working on projects for the likes of Marlboro, Acco, and Draper, whose excellent relationships also continue today.
It’s a double celebration as Frontline enjoys its 30th birthday in 2011 too!
2011 New Team Members!...
Andrea Griffiths joins Frontline sales
Andrea Griffiths has joined Frontline Display International as Account Manager. Andrea has a huge range of experience in marketing and the Point of Purchase industry. She returns to Frontline, having previously been influential in marketing, production and sales.
Andrea is delighted to return to the company and looks forward to working alongside Account Manager, Victoria Grantham, to manage existing client accounts and to build on the companies’ expansive client portfolio.
Frontline appoints new Senior Designer
Frontline Display is delighted to welcome its new Senior Designer, Richard Crammen, who brings with him a wealth of knowledge in the Point of Purchase industry and a vast amount of experience with clients and brands from the electronics, retail, and entertainment sectors.
Richard will be an instrumental member of the Frontline design team, building on its design capability in experiential and digital marketing, complementing the companies’ point of purchase and retail design expertise.
We look forward to working with Richard and the energy and new ideas he brings to the company.
Frontline expands design team
Barry McGuinness joins the Frontline design team, having worked in multi disciplines in the point of purchase and exhibition industry in Australia.
Barry brings an extensive range of design experience in the cosmetics, retail and financial sectors, adding to Frontlines considerable design capabilities. He is thrilled to be working in an environment that allows for innovation and creativity across a wide range of industries.
Frontline is delighting to have Barry on board, and the exciting future for the company with the portfolio of its design studio.
Frontline at the POPAI Awards 2010...
Frontline attended the POPAI Awards on 21st October 2010 to accept a silver award in the Home & Garden and Tobacco Category.
Archived News Stories...
Frontline Display International are delighted to be associated with an incredible record attempt by Bath PhD student Ben Rockett.
A keen endurance cyclist, Ben sets off Saturday 21st of August 2010 to cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats AND BACK in just 6 days!
This World record attempt will be supported by a team of 8 people who will maintain and repair Ben's bikes, feed him, monitor him, massage him and drive his support vehicles up and down the country. Frontline are providing the motorhome which will enable the support team to sleep, eat and remain alert as they follow Ben in his record bid.
You can read more about Ben and the route he is taking at www.rockettrides.com and please consider using the link on the website to donate to Cardiac Risk in the Young which is Ben's chosen charity.
You can track Ben's progress by clicking here during his record breaking attempt.
We'll keep you posted on how he gets on!
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Thousands watch live as Endurance
Record is Broken!...
An ecstatic crowd welcomed Ben Rockett back to Land's End last Friday after 5 days 21 hours and 8 minutes of staggering physical effort which saw the Bath based PhD student cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats and back again. Thousands more were following Ben's progress via the internet as a red dot on an ever changing map marked the position of the support vehicle which shadowed Ben throughout the challenge. Despite the gruelling nature of the trip, Ben finished the last 12 miles as a sprint supported by team riders Dan Tudge and Tony Solon together with Simon Williams, brother of Olympic Gold medallist Amy Williams, who had joined Ben for the ride down the A30.
Messages of support flooded in from friends, family and complete strangers alike as the story of the ride unfolded. There had been drama from the start as the team physio had been admitted to hospital and was unable to start the journey, the support vehicles had suffered punctures and a blown exhaust and torrential rain sapped the energy and spirit. Despite these setbacks, Ben ploughed on, cycling through the pain and inspiring the multitude that were by now becoming addicted to the progress of the red dot. Ben's aims, apart from breaking the record set by Bobby Brown, were to inspire people to achieve and to raise money for Cardiac Risk in the Young.
Some of the Internet followers admitted to shedding tears as they followed Ben's progress and read messages of support from other well-wishers. The word “inspiration” crops up throughout the comments so it is safe to say that Ben has achieved his aim to inspire also. His physical achievement is all the more remarkable when you realise that Ben was born with dysplasia of the hip and learned to walk in a frame. Not only that but he was struck by a car in 2007 and the damage to his leg put paid to his hopes of a career in the Royal Marines.
After the ride and a well earned team breakfast in Penzance, Ben went to hospital in his home town of Taunton for precautionary checks. He has had a lot of fluid removed from his knees and is also nursing a possible broken foot but apart from extreme tiredness his vital signs have all been remarkably normal.
The story of the ride and the followers comments are still available on Ben's website athttp://www.rockettrides.com/ where there is a link to Ben's Just Giving site to enable you to make donations to Cardiac Risk in the Young.
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2010 Addition to the Frontline Team..
Victoria Grantham - Accounts Manager
During 2010 Victoria joined the team as Account Manager from Kesslers where she worked on major health and beauty, fashion and auto brand accounts. She becomes part of an exciting, dynamic team at Frontline to progress premium brand SIS and Own store projects throughout 2011 and the future.
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Phil Ovens Wins The 2010 Forde Abbey Photographic Competition...
The 2010 Forde Abbey photographic competition awarded a well deserved first prize to Phil Ovens for his atmospheric photograph of Leda and the Swan which is the Mermaid Pond's centrepiece.
The black and white photograph was taken during a heavy downpour, with the vertical rain creating a lovely frisson on the surface of the water. They all felt it was a highly original composition.
Well done Phil!
(16th Dec 2010)
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Derwent - 1 million smART pods...
When you have one of the largest portfolios of products in the world, how can you create a merchandising system that is adaptable to both the needs of the products and retailers and save space?
Building your brand – more than a million “smART pods” produced
When you have one of the largest portfolios of products in the world, how can you create a merchandising system that is adaptable to both the needs of the products and retailers and save space?
Well, we think that, having to date produced over 1,000,000 “smART pod” modules for Derwent , we have found the answer.
Injection moulded modules link together to allow any configuration of product to be displayed. The moulded components were designed with built in channels for branding and promotion which frame product categories allowing easy identification of pencils. The “smART pod” modules can also be moulded in a variety of colours to suit the branding of specific pencil ranges such as artist and graphic.
Space is always at a premium so every millimetre we could save on height could be given over to merchandising more product. However barcode and product information must still be available for the consumer and retailer. To answer this problem we integrated an information ticket strip that drops down from within the system so it does not take up any valuable merchandising space.
The system was developed to be counter standing, wall mounted and free standing providing Derwent with a system that can meet the space limitations of all retail channels.
The client comments: 'With so many different pencil ranges in our portfolio and as all our pencils are available to customers individually it was essential for us to have a merchandising solution that not only housed a large number of pencils but also communicated our brand and range information to customers. The smART pod was ideal for us as it captured all these elements.'
So if you want Frontline to build your brand give us call on 01225 321900 or email info@frontline-display.co.uk
(24th Feb 2010)