The Scottish Borders Brewery, Scotland’s only plough-to-pint microbrewery, has been celebrating its first anniversary with a specially commissioned ‘beer candle’. Lauder-based PR and marketing consultancy Artisan PR proposed the creative candle idea after being approached by brewery owner John Henderson to gain media coverage for the landmark date. The candle was chosen to communicate visually…
Three Borders Creative members are celebrating with their clients after making the shortlist for the Marketing Campaign of the Year in the Scottish Borders Business Excellence Awards. The shortlisted teams are: The Border Mill - and their agent Cohorts by Design Borders Vintage Automobile Club Ltd – and their agent Fruitful Advertising and Design The…
An innovative range of card birds by Selkirk company Flights of Fancy has scored a hit at the recent National Exhibition Centre Gift Fair in Birmingham. Orders have been taken throughout Europe for the new gift range, which combines paper engineering along with detailed bird photography. Designed by Deryck Henley of Borders Design, the flat…
Borders Creative members headed to Moondogs in Galashiels on 29th March for a coffee meet on a pressing subject: the effect of smartphones et al on website design. Alan Mathieson from Vantage Events and Justin Reynolds from Lucent Web Design shone a light on what’s ahead for businesses and web designers, with some excellent slides and fairly sobering…
Interested in a six-month free trial of the FreeAgent award-winning online accounts system? And one-to-one support to help you get set up? That’s the fantastic offer to Borders Creative from FreeAgent’s Business Manager Thomas McCudden, at his recent talk to members at the Townhouse Hotel in Melrose. The system is great for freelancers and small…
Panoramic photographer Jason Baxter has been shortlisted for the Scottish Nature Photography Awards not once, but twice! ‘Sheep Grazing was taken from on top of Cademuir Hill near the Manor valley on a late autumnal evening,’ Jason says. ‘It may look like it’s taken from the air, but it’s a field taken from high above…
Eyemouth-based diving company Marine Quest are playing a major part in the rise of Eyemouth and St Abbs as a magnet for divers. Recently they upgraded their accommodation and were keen to attract more long-stay divers and continental visitors, so it was time for a new website. Iain and Jim Easingdale worked with Galashiels web…
Aikman Smith Creative Photography and Fruitful Advertising & Design have teamed up to create a brochure for the Autumn/Winter collection for Hawick-based knitwear firm Peter Scott. The two Borders-based businesses saw off stiff competition from creative companies in Edinburgh to land the project. The collection was photographed at Aikman Smith’s Melrose studio, using international models….
Borders Creative is sponsoring the business pages of the Southern Reporter for six months starting in April. What’s the plan? To promote members’ B2B services and raise the profile of the fantastic creative work being done by Borders companies. If that sounds like you, get in touch! We’ll be profiling a number of member companies, and…
Congratulations to the many Borders Creative clients who made a great showing at the recent Scottish Borders Business Excellence Awards! The Marketing Campaign of the Year Award went to Borders Vintage Automobile Club, supported by the Melrose agency Fruitful Advertising and Design. The runners-up in the Marketing Campaign category were the County Hotel, Selkirk (agency:…