Welcome to the weekly Wrap from How-Do - media news for the North West.

The Wrap's guest editor this week is Sean Marley 

 Firstly I’m going to abuse this position of guest editor and make a personal plea…I’ve just returned from a couple of weeks away and, after taking my mobile for an unplanned swim, I’ve lost my numbers. So if you think you were lucky enough to have been stored on my now defunct old mobile, send me your number please!  I’ll share the results of this plea with the How-Do sales team to provide further evidence of the power of this site!

It’s that time of the year when things go a bit quiet. There’s no queue at the Mersey Tunnel, the email inbox is not brimming over as usual and you get an even higher percentage of voicemail when trying to get hold of people.

But the world moves on and it still seems like many a deal has been done by the hungry North West media community. Great to see Liverpool digital firms Mando and Rippleffect announcing their latest ventures. It may just be my imagination but I can’t remember a week on How-Do without a mention from these guys.

Now that the Tall Ships are heading off towards Norway, Liverpool can reflect on what seems to have been a hugely successful weekend.  This success was backed up by some great coverage on the local media including unique takes from The Daily Post & Echo and Radio City.

I was also delighted to see the successful return of Manchester produced Dragons Den. The world of television drama is always looking for unique ways to plug deficit finance so maybe I’ll pay Theo and the team a quick visit to see if we can entice some of those millions from them. 

Talking of television drama….Lime Pictures is as busy as ever. Hollyoaks is on the crest of a wave and new projects are in production while Conker Media continues to lead the way in unique approaches to short-form content ideas for the future.

Don’t forget to send me those numbers!

Sean Marley is managing director of Lime Pictures

Elsewhere on How-Do this week:

• E.On appoints MediaVest's MVi to handle search
• Research company B2B celebrates its tenth anniversary
•  SKV dances the night away
• McCanns' double signings from Orange and Cheetham Bell
• Digital agency New Mind wins Daily Post award
• Vimto celebrates with Key103
• Former journo Jason Green joins Oakbase
• Avante wins EU media training contract
  
• LOVE to redesign travel company Carrier's website
• Online soap Spinning Jenny goes live with daily show
• moneysupermarket.com appoints Efficient Frontier
• Newsquest digital staffer Rob Woods dies after crash
• Future of The Darrener uncertain after banning order
• jwt replaces McKay with Scott as head of digital
• Mando teams up with CALM charity
  
• Jonathan Brown new northern correspondent of The Indy
• Radio City reports huge interest in its Tall Ships web cam
• Moorfield Media and Urbis repeat Manchester fashion show
• New Dragons' Den attracts the show's fourth biggest audience
• Morse editor in chief at Sport Newspapers as McIlheney gets new role
• Cube3 creates new exhibition at National Football Museum
• Scott Partnership wins Sterilin PR healthcare account
• Rippleffect launches new site for angling retailer John Norris
• The BusinessDesk.com exploring North West launch
• Post & Echo's Tall Ships blog attracts over 9,000 visitors
• ICE design for Liverpool First wins best stand at CIH conference
• All Out celebrates new website and BBC and GMG Radio commissions
• Manchester council invests £5m in new digital media production hub
  
• Home Bargains in huge expansion but still no (overt) promotion
• GDR PR recruits Lancs Telegraph's assistant ed Andrew Turner
• Former Oakbase senior staffers launch new agency Klebenleiben
• Flame Digital creates peer idea sharing website for Gate Films
• The Co-op's £50m relaunch to kick off with McCanns £10m campaign
• Smoothe wins scene visualisation work for new movie Splintered
• McCanns retains Sainsbury's Finance digital business
• Hard cheese and more for Brazen
• Tula relaunch with 999 Design
• New BBC base designed by ID:SR
• Ian Singleton to news ed at Lancs Telegraph
• Lambrini takes to TV with BJL
• Decade for Bird and Field
• Wish FM for a better future
• Stan wins BroomeJenkins account
• FC Business print media for North West Football Awards
• Smooth retains regional lead in latest RAJARs
  

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