Marchday - Part 2

May 21st, 2010 - Marchday’s Spring Lambs.

Just another day in the office...

Last Saturday, artists Christian Barnes and John Kennedy spent many happy hours chasing lambs around one of our customer’s office spaces – and photographing the results! The fruit of the labours is the fantastic image which will appear on Futurescope from the end of May.

Christian became excited about the link between the heritage of the site as a wool factory and the future plans for a sustainable mixed community some time ago;

Although this image started with an city/urban farming idea.. the idea that it really might be practical to ‘farm’ the soft estate at Lingfield… we both felt that the image really touches on the heritage of the site as a wool factory in a way we had not expected. It really stuck us as we noticed for the first time on the Friday that the meeting rooms in the SLC are named after wool manufacturing processes.

More photos of the shoot can be viewed by clicking on the link below;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vistaprojects/sets/72157624060537842/show/

We’ll be previewing the chosen ‘Lingfield Lamb’ Futurescope image here next week so watch this space!

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May 13th, 2010 - My new bike.

OK, so now I’ve progressed from owning not one new bike but two – one for the North East where I spend two days a week and the other for home in Kent.

I’ve already blogged on my first bike, a reckless purchase of a Giant Defy3 back in January. Having made sure the cycling bug is here to stay I’ve taken the plunge and bought an Orbea Onix TTG for home. Described by the bloke in the shop as ‘an eyeful of a bike’ this carbon fibre beauty is a peach. As I write this I still haven’t ridden it as it arrived from Epic Cycles, Tetbury yesterday morning. Epic gave me fantastic advice and service, delivering on all their promises.

In the meantime Colin continues to inspire us; he even allowed me to ride with the Darlington Cycle Club on their 38 mile training ride this week. This new bike is built for hills – now to make my legs that way!

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May 13th, 2010 - Marchday’s ‘Magnificent Seven!’

At Marchday we try to be creative in our approach to providing people with the business space they need. We like to come up with ideas which make us stand out from the crowd. At Lingfield Point, Darlington we’ve created the ‘Magnificent Seven’ – seven good reasons for choosing Lingfield Point as the home for your business. Here they are;

1. Great location, Access & Parking

Excellent location and access from the surrounding road network. Great for trains and buses; fantastic for bike routes. An unrivalled parking ratio is one of our knockout features.

2. Customer Service & Security

We do ‘customer service’ like no other property company. From Ed and the team to Ted. Our on site Security team are a critical part of our customer service and offer unrivalled levels of peace of mind.

3. Value, Flexibility, Business Support and sense of Community.

We are more cost competitive (and certainly better) than our competition. We offer flexible terms, tailored to suit the customer’s needs and have access to unrivalled business support networks. By basing your business at Lingfield Point you join a thriving business community with all the benefits that brings.

4. Fantastic Space of all sizes available right away.

From 250sqft to 100,000sqft we can offer fantastic space which is ready to go. None of our competitors can offer such a range of fantastic award winning spaces .

5. Hotdesking, meeting rooms and on-site facilities

Uniquely, Lingfield Point offers a great range of on site facilities. Café, Nursery and Creche, fitness classes, communal meeting rooms and breakout areas. The newly launched Hotdesking facility ‘Alaska’ gives potential customers the chance to feel the ‘Lingfied Point Experience’

6. Sustainability

This is at the heart of Lingfield Point’s future. We soon hope to have on site Combined Heat and Power and District Heating giving customers the benefit of low carbon energy. Customers will be part of one of the UK’s most visionary Sustainable Mixed Communities.

7. Design, Art & Futurescope

Design excellence and Art are all around at Lingfield Point from the award winning Memphis building to Futurescope and Tickle Me. They combine to give LP the truly unique, trendy, arty feel businesses often like to be associated with.

So that’s it, the Magnificent Seven! Come to Lingfield Point, say ‘How d’you do’ and feel the Lingfield Point Experience for yourself.

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May 5th, 2010 - Marchday “Now that’s what I call customer service” Nomination No.2

Tim tells us about his latest customer service triumph;

Is it really that easy for starbucks? Great example of customer service this morning from a global brand – Starbucks;

Quite simple really Kate had an undercooked muffin and took it back expecting a straight swap. I think it is fair to say that nearly everyone would be happy with that. However, the polite member of staff took it step further by not only explaining the reason for the issue and removing the rest of the muffins that had come from the same packet, from the display, but furnished Kate with a voucher entitling her to a free beverage the next time she goes into a Starbucks.

Importantly the staff member made a record of the issue and each voucher has a number. Although I didn’t ask (perhaps I should have) I assume that all these results are analysed and used to improve the Starbucks experience.

Most companies big or small would have stopped at just replacing the item… Starbuck took it a little further.

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May 4th, 2010 - New Lodge autumn photo winners anounced

The inaugural New Lodge photographic competition entitled ”autumn at New Lodge” is now complete. The judges deliberated long into the night before awarding the top three places. To see the full competition and the judge’s comments please visit www.newl odge.co.uk/art and open each picture.

The winning picture has been mounted and exhibited in the conference room on an easel, and receives a print to take away. Those placed 2nd and 3rd receive a framed print to take away as a memento.

However it doesn’t stop there, the winter/spring season is now upon us and the New Lodge art page on the website is set up ready for new entries, the more the merrier.

The first season has set the bar high as acknowledged by judges and New Lodge staff alike. Enjoy looking through the pictures and reading the judges comments, the closing date for winter/spring is middle of June.