First Impression won a competitive pitch to rebrand Buxton College beating companies from as far away as Yorkshire and London. Buxton College is part of the University of Derby but they wanted their own identity which reflected their heritage and unique Dome where the College is housed. First Impression understood that Buxton College provides an inspiring place to work and study as well as the many visitors that come through its doors. The new branding was launched this week by the College and their new prospectus will be available very soon! We are very proud of the result and hope the people who work and study at Buxton College will be too.

Find out more http://www.firstimpression.co.uk/news/buxton-college-rebranding.php

Dan Collins and Rob Jenkins who both work at First Impression in Glossop are taking up the challenge with Peak Active Sport on bank holiday weekend to climb Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon – the 3 highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales – within 24 hours!  No mean feat.

And why are they doing it? It’s to raise money for ‘Agapao’ who work in Africa who Peak Active Sport have been closely associated with. Good luck to Dan and Rob and all the Peak Active Sport team members! We’re sure you will do well and will have a few stories to tell on Tuesday, and particularly sore feet…

You can offer your support on the Just Giving site http://www.justgiving.com/danandrob3peaks

A brand new lifestyle and community magazine Glossop Life has been published and is now hitting the streets. The A4 full colour magazine includes a story from Glossop Mountain Rescue and a brief history of how Glossop first came again. It’s also got a great arts and crafts and music section and 32 other pages to keep you interestered. 4,000 copies have been hand delivered, the remaining 6,000 are being distrubted around the town and surrounding district in key points such as Tescos, Co-op, Costa Coffee. They’ve been flying off the shelves in Tescos, we can hardly keep up with demand and the feedback has been tremendous. And we’ve been getting stories for the next issue…

You can see an online copy here http://www.glossoplife.co.uk/current-issue.php

Do Business…Stalybridge took place on Tuesday 3rd November and what a fantastic event it was! With over 60 attendees and a varied selection of exhibitors, there was lots of business being done throughout the day.  The workshops were well received and the speed networking session, although a little frantic, proved to be very popular! To find out what people had to say about the event, to download  the speakers presentations and to see  more pictures click here>

The next Do Business event will be held in Bakewell on Tuesday 26th January 2010. To register early interest in attending or exhibiting the event call 01457 857111 or email us at contact@firstimpression.co.uk.

I will be presenting at the ‘thriving in Bakewell’ event on Thursday 22nd October at Bakewell Town Hall, and how you can market your business to your advantage. With over 60 businesses registered already it should be a vibrant, networking opportunity to stimulate busines sin the area. A free event book with events@businesslinkem.co.uk or call 0845 058 6644

Well this is my first blog….I thought it was about time that First Impression started doing a blog as we tell our customers all the time how they can help with search engine optimisation! Our competition we’ve been running with High Peak Radio came to an end on Friday – Business Bullseye. The business card that was hit on the dart board was Harry Hall’s Joinery from Chapel-en-le-Frith, who will win a website designed and built by us, worth £500. What a great prize! The runners up have also been offered £50 off a website if they still to get a website for their business. Every business, no matter what size needs a website, if you don’t have one, you don’t exist. It’s the first thing you do to check out a business, go and look online! If there isn’t a website you question whether they are real or not. Anyway congratulations to Harry Hall’s Joinery…