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We’re delighted to have hosted an end of year networking event for businesses this week to celebrate our best year in business to date. We hosted the event on Wednesday 29th November at the newly opened Neighbourhood bar in Leeds. The evening saw more than 50 business professionals, entrepreneurs and journalists come together to celebrateRead more

We are delighted to announce that our founder, Ellie MacDonald, has been awarded a community values award at Entrepreneurial Spark Leeds’ Celebrate Success Event, for her fundraising efforts alongside four other entrepreneurs in Simon on the Streets’ recent sleep-out event. The news follows Ellie’s recent shortlisting in the Inspiring Women Changemakers award, where Ellie hasRead more

Wow, what a fantastic year it has been for MacComms! We’ve continued to grow alongside our fantastic client base and even more exciting times lie ahead. We understand Yorkshire folk ‘dun’t like change’ but we’d like to use this opportunity to reassure you that the upcoming developments for MacComms are nothing short of exciting andRead more

We’re proud to have partnered with the world’s largest free business growth accelerator programme, Entrepreneurial Spark powered by NatWest. Entrepreneurial Spark is an enablement programme tailored to start-up and scale-up businesses operating in hubs across the UK, including Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, and Belfast. Having joined the Entrepreneurial Spark programme in February 2016, we haveRead more

We are set to host an intensive workshop for entrepreneurs to plan their PR strategies in a bid to make 2018 their best year yet. The event, which will take place on 17th November 2017 at Wiz Workspace, Park Cross Street, Leeds will be led by our founder and managing director, Ellie MacDonald who hasRead more

MacComms is proud to announce a trio of new client account wins. The contracts will see us working with an array of local businesses operating in event services, print management and the healthcare sector. Maintaining an impressive history of fast expansion since forming in 2015, we’ll manage PMG Print Management’s PR and marketing requirements; withRead more

Our founder spoke to an audience of students at The University of Liverpool, about her entrepreneurial journey on 3rd October 2017. Ellie MacDonald, addressed the The Liverpool Entrepreneurs Network Society (LENS) at The Shankly Hotel, Liverpool. The Liverpool Entrepreneurs Network Society is a student-led business community and network for budding entrepreneurs and business-minded individuals at theRead more

Having been an avid supporter of Simon on the Streets homelessness charity for some time, I couldn’t say no when the team asked me to take part in their biggest fundraising event, their annual sleep-out held on my doorstep in Leeds. Held Thursday 28th September at the Royal Armouries’ Tilt Yard, 100 other brave participantsRead more

This month at MacComms, we launched our corporate social responsibility initiative, which will see us undertake one charity day per month, where a team member will offer support to a charity of their choice. This month, as part of my ongoing voluntary work with Leeds-based young women’s organisation, Getaway Girls, I travelled to London toRead more

We’ve appointed our third director to support the company’s fast expansion since inception in April 2015. We have appointed Sarah Darbyshire from HR Solutions Yorkshire to support our growing team and recruitment requirements as outsourced HR Director. Sarah joins our founder and managing director, Ellie MacDonald, alongside fellow outsourced finance director, Martin Mellor of MellorRead more