One of the key benefits promised by the City of Culture bid and win has always been economic – but our local industries aren’t always best placed to benefit. Case in point; the marketing and promotional industries are an obvious potential winner but at present many of the services in this space are being sourced [...]
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Winning UK City of Culture Could be Major Boost to Marketing and Media Industry in Derry-Londonderry
Jul 13th, 2010 by Mark Nagurski.Ahead of this week’s City of Culture announcement, Donal Doherty, owner of Derry-based PR firm Converse Communications, talks about the benefits that a win could bring to the media and marketing industries – and what we’d need to do to capitalise on it. The team behind the UK City of Culture bid have done an [...]
A Look to Derry’s Future: What Do You Think?
Jun 25th, 2010 by Mark Nagurski.Pic: ecastro If you’re the opinionated type, the last few weeks have provided ample argument fodder: what do you think of the new look civic spaces and regeneration plans now being made tangible in our city centre? what will Saville mean for the city and NI politics? what would a City of Culture win offer? [...]
