A Yorkshire-based distillery has won an international taste award for its inaugural gin. Cooper King Distillery, based in Sutton-on-the-Forest, North Yorkshire, has been awarded bronze in the World Gin Awards. Using vacuum distillation, Cooper King’s Dry Gin is bronze winner for the UK Contemporary Style Gin. In a competition which attracted over 4000 gin entries,Read more
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Last month, the MacComms team slept out for Simon, helping to raise vital funds for the charity. You will have seen us talking about this all over social – as PR partners and advocates in making Leeds a better place, Simon on the Streets is a charity close to our hearts and an organisationRead more
The veterinary industry is about to change – our client, Vet AI is soon to launch an app built with technology that will revolutionise the way we care for our pets. Read the press release below to find out more. A team of eight entrepreneurs and experts have joined forces to launch anRead more
Our amazingly cool clients, Tall, have partnered with trend setting neon light manufactures NeonPlus® to create a digital platform that would truly make its products shine. Tall did just that, and managed to double conversion rates and triple enquiries! Have a read of the press release below to find out more. – Read more
As the leaves start to change and we step out of our strappy dresses and sandals and into our woolly jumpers, we’re dusting off our parker jackets and may have started singing a Christmas song or two… It’s starting to get cosy at MacComms HQ and also a little quieter now that our fantastic internRead more
Our founder, Ellie MacDonald, shares her views on ‘defining success’ in this months ‘founder’s thoughts’ piece: This September I’ve been thinking about success. How do you define it? Is it based on cash in the bank and statistics, the house you live in and car you drive? Or a deeper sense of happiness? Read more
Our senior account executive, Emily, shares her thoughts on her first year at MacComms: I’ve now been at MacComms for a whole year, although to some this may not seem like a long time, in a fast-growing start-up business a lot happens in 12 months. I’ve learnt so much during my time here, onRead more
Leeds boasts a thriving and diverse business community with a host of informal and formal networking events. These are a fantastic way of meeting new faces and improving your business prospects. Unsure of where to go? As regular participants of networking events in Leeds, we have listed some great ones coming up that youRead more
Our ‘meet the journo’ feature allows you to meet the faces behind the names and get to know the journalists, editors and key influencers at some of Yorkshire’s leading publications. This month we interviewed leading Yorkshire journalist Nick Hill, deputy editor at The Business Desk. Writing about breaking news stories across Yorkshire every day, NickRead more
Research has found an increase in the number of consumers looking to friends, family and influencers for recommendations. We are now more likely than ever to make a purchase, and to trust a recommendation from someone we know online or information we have found ourselves, than from push-marketing methods. Typical push-marketing methods such asRead more
