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Reinforce your brand values with professional on hold audio branding.

Looks aren't everything businesses need to embrace their unique sound too. Pretty much every moment of our lives we are bombarded with messages - including advertisers and brands hurling information at us, creating a busy and confusing blur of noise. Our senses can become well and truly overstimulated and inevitably we only pay attention to a handful of sources at any one time. For this reason alone, achieving cut through and attempting to actively influence the information that people consume is both difficult yet increasingly important – and finding a channel where brands can speak directly to customers is like a dream come true. Make yourself heard Adding to the cacophony of advertiser noise is the seemingly endless array of media channels, with each one providing multiple opportunities to tap into the consciousness of the consumer. Making the most of every consumer touch point is essential and can often include tapping into all of the senses - visual, tactile

Viridi Landscape Management - Sheffield

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CASE STUDY Ruby Slippers has been working with Sheffield based Viridi Landscape Management to create a new look and feel for the grounds maintenance business. As well as creating a new brand and visual identity we have developed a new website and a range of marketing materials. So... what do the team at Viridi do? A professional landscape management company that can help transform your garden or premises and create an environment that looks impressive and professionally maintained. Whether you manage a small site or a large estate, the reliable and enthusiastic team will help keep your grounds looking their best and leave a lasting impression. Services include: Tree surgery Grass cutting Hedge and shrub maintenance Vegetation control Weed control Japanese knotweed control Take a look at the website  www.viridilandscapes.co.uk  to find out more. And take a look at our Ruby Slippers website to see full details about the work we have done.

SUMMER HOLIDAY EVENTS IN SHEFFIELD

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To mark the start of the school summer holidays, this weekend is absolutely bursting at the seams with summer events and activities. We are quite literally spoilt for choice. But here are some details about our top three events taking place over the next few weeks... enjoy! PUTTING THE SWING IN TO SUMMER Paradise Island Adventure Golf, Valley Centertainment, Sheffield Thursday 19 – Sunday 22 July 10 am – 9 pm No additional cost to take part in competition (on top of normal cost to play), adults £7, student/cons £6, 5-16 £5.50, under 5’s £3.50 While the pros battle it out at the Open Championship, golfers in South Yorkshire can get a sense of adventure in a championship with a difference. Paradise Island Adventure Golf is putting on an event to find its very own champion. Kid’s, families, couples and friends are invited to take a swing in what is hoped will be one of England’s biggest ever adventure golf competitions. Opened in February 2012, Paradise Island is

FLIPPIN ‘ECK – YOU COULD BE A WORLD RECORD HOLDER

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Have you ever fancied being a Guinness World Record holder? Join us at The University of Sheffield and take part in breaking the record for the most people flipping a pancake. The record breaking attempt will take place on Wednesday 15 February at 1.30pm. What a great way to spend half term week!    The current record stands at 405 people simultaneously tossing a pancake for 30 seconds. They can’t break this record without your help! On the day, you’ll be supplied with a pan and a pancake for the attempt. You just need to register online at: www.sheffield.ac.uk/acs/worldrecord For taking part you will receive a souvenir brochure and certificate and on the day, there will also be a pancake race, a pancake party and a pancake eating competition, as well as free soup for all those who take part. The Big Flip isn’t just about breaking a world record, it’s also a charity event. All donations will be given to three local charities which have been hand-picked by students living in Un

A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS....

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December is fast approaching and here at Ruby Slippers we have a very keen eye on the 19 th Kelham Island Museum Victorian Christmas Market . Taking place on Saturday 3 rd (10am - 7pm) and Sunday 4 th (10am - 5pm) December, the Victorian Christmas Market brings traditional Christmas cheer to Sheffield. There are over 120 stalls with gift ideas for all budgets.  Although it is not all about the shopping! Visitors can gather under gas lamps for hot chestnuts, mulled wine, a hog roast and taste sensations from around the world.  Entertainment comes in the form of Dickensian themed performers, musicians and the Mighty River Don engine. For the children there are fairground gallopers and even Santa’s workshop! Niki Connelly, Events and Marketing Officer at Kelham Island Museum said: “The snow thwarted us last year and everyone at the museum was devastated that we couldn’t hold the Christmas Market. This year we’ve gone all out to make up for last year’s snow. This year’s event will be b

Sheffield Peace Gardens to host its first ever open air theatre

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We want to draw your attention to this fabulous open-air event in the heart of Sheffield city centre... William Shakespeare’s most famous love story “Romeo and Juliet” and the ever popular ”Twelfth Night” will be performed in The Peace Gardens this July. Dressed in traditional costumes, British-based classical GB Theatre Company will entertain guests on Thursday 28, Friday 29 and Saturday 30 July. The Peace Gardens opened in 1998 and this year celebrates its 13th birthday.  It's been used for all sorts of events and festivals but never before for live open-air theatrical performances.  Guests will witness shipwrecks, swordfights, hidden identities, forbidden marriage and of course, the amazing verse poetry and prose of the ‘star-crossed lovers. The cast includes the fabulous Gabriel Thomson (My Family and Enemy at the Gates) as Romeo, and Lucy Wray who is one of London’s hot new talents of the stage plays  Guests can purchase seating or picnic tickets and are advised to b

You've heard of 'Flash Mob' but how about 'Flash Pot'?

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Be part of our 'Flash Pot' You will no doubt have heard of a FLASH MOB, well Junior Chamber Internation (JCI Sheffield) have taken this concept and decided to use it for a very good cause... The aim of the ‘Flash Pot’ is to get as many people as possible to come together at The Cathedral Archer Project (based at Sheffield Cathedral) on Thursday 30th June at 1pm and build a giant pot noodle pyramid. All of the pot noodles will be donated to the Cathedral Archer project who support Sheffield’s homeless citizens (pot noodles are one of the most practical items that the project can use as they can distribute them to their clients who often have no means to cook a hot meal). The idea is that people will just bring along a pot noodle and have fun by placing it in the pyramid then going about their business as if nothing has happened! Be part of the JCI Sheffield ‘Flash Pot’ event Date: Thursday 30 th June 2011 Time: 1 pm Location: Sheffield Cathedral Essential: Bring along a p