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Business Ambassadors Launch

3rd June 2009

Type: News

Categories: Love Middlesbrough News

Love Middlesbrough's Ambassadors The Business Ambassadors Club for the lovemiddlesbrough campaign was launched at the Middlesbrough Business Forum Breakfast Exchange at Sassari restaurant on May 28th.

Business were encouraged to sign up to support the lovemiddlesbrough campaign.

Claire Wordsworth, Image Campaign Manager explains: "The Business Ambassadors Club aims to attract major influencers to support the campaign, spread positive messages and adopt the Love Middlesbrough branding."

A recently formed steering group made up of public and private sector representatives is sure to help the campaign develop and grow.

Claire Wordsworth adds: "The Ambassadors Steering group members bring with them many contacts and a wealth of experience about doing business in Middlesbrough. Together they will be a positive lobbying group for the town and help amplify the brand faster."

Steering group members featured in the photo above are from left to right, Alastair Brownlee from BBC Tees, Tanya Garland from Cool Blue Brand Communications, founding member and chair Mike Maguire from Marton Pharmacy, Graham Ramsay from Ten Feet Tall, Rob Nicholls from Fly Me To The Moon, Lisa Higgins from We Do Marketing, Dave Allan from Middlesbrough Football Club and Claire Wordsworth from Middlesbrough Council. Not shown are Martin Peagam from Middlesbrough College, Dennis Kelly from Teesside University, Steve Cochrane from Psyche and Tony McDonald from OM Consulting.

Becoming an Ambassador

We are looking to recruit Business Ambassadors to spread positive messages about living, working, learning,visiting, doing business and investing in Middlesbrough.

You might be able to influence the media, come up with a suggestion, provide positive news stories or interesting facts.

Examples of what some ambassadors have been doing:

Graham Ramsay from Ten Feet Tall coordinated the effort to name the main stage at Middlesbrough Music Live the lovemiddlesbrough stage.
Tanya Garland from Cool Blue Brand Communications is working to get National press visits to Middlesbrough around Music Live.
Lisa Higgins of We Do Marketing is helping with merchandise, branding and the setting up of the Ambassadors Club.
Dave Allan from Middlesbrough Football Club has helped (alongside many things) in devising questions for both animation games currently featured on lovemiddlesbrough.com
Rob Nicholls from Fly Me To The Moon helped set up an online forum to compile 100 Reasons to Love Middlesbrough.

Benefits of Being an Ambassador

All ambassadors will receive a monthly e-newsletter.

Business Ambassadors will receive a toolkit consisting of a USB portable pen drive containing useful content about Middlesbrough, as well as printed materials.

lovemiddlesbrough merchandise may be available for your event or business.

Opportunities to network at the monthly Middlesbrough Business Forum Breakfast Exchange.

Sign up today

Stay tuned for the launch of Community Ambassadors.