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Giving the gift of Christmas in 2017

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Making a difference with Manchester

I hate knowing that children will not have a Christmas! At MID Communications and alongside Cash For Kids, work tirelessly to improve Christmas every year, with an amazing bunch of people to help reduce poverty right across Greater Manchester and the North West.

We have built this over the years to be the biggest toy appeal in the UK!

Why do we support Mission Christmas with Cash for Kids?

Because we always want to help more children every single year, as 1 in 4 children live in poverty.

Christmas is all about spending time with friends and families and sharing experiences full of laughs, smiles and enjoyment. A quarter of our children across Greater Manchester and throughout the North West do not get to enjoy the festive period like the majority. At MID Communications, we love to put smiles on the faces of these children and will continue to support this fast growing cause that is doing everything to try and remove poverty from our communities.

The Mission Christmas VR Experience

As part of Cash for Kids Mission Christmas, we visited the children’s hospice Francis House in Didsbury, Manchester along with Key 103 to surprise kids under their care and their siblings in the run up to Christmas. Francis House helps families of children with life limited conditions. Christmas is a special time for all the families to create amazing memories together however it can sometimes be interrupted by unexpected visits to the hospital. Key 103 Cash for Kids Mission Christmas asks you to buy one extra present this Christmas for a disadvantaged child living in Greater Manchester and help put a smiles on their face this Christmas.

A quick message from Key 103:

Huge THANK YOU to O2 Franshise, MID Communications for help making this possible by providing all the latest virtual reality technology. More information about Mission Christmas can be found at key103.co.uk/mission.

How do we contribute to helping this fantastic cause?

  1. Helping to raise money and donate by hosting events across all of our communities, fundraising and working tirelessly with our partners.
  2. We also encourage shoppers buy an extra gift and drop it off at any of any one our stores or any other drop off point.
  3. Volunteer your time, become a drop-off point.

Make it simple and inspiring others to help. An easier way is sending a text to donate.

I tried to inspire people on the night by saying ” Helping this cause doesn’t have to cost anything, but YOUR TIME. We know time is the most expensive currency, that’s why we value you and yours…”

Please help myself and our teamsat MID Communications give a little more this Christmas and help make a difference with us and the rest of Manchester.

MID Supports Rochdale Business Awards 2017

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The 7th Year of Rochdale Business Awards

This year, we supported the business awards by putting an award together to celebrate local retailers, that are independent within the Rochdale borough.

It was a great process, as we teamed up with local entrepreneur Gregory Couzens. Greg’s hair salon, Gregory Couzens, has been in operation for years in Rochdale and is possibly one of the longest trading retailers in the town.

Our second partner was with Chris who is the Regional Sales Director for Shoppers Anonymous, a customer service delivery business who are experts in helping businesses deliver excellence in sales and customer services.

Above is Rochdale Council CEO, Steve Rumbelow, kicking the event off.

We Were Overwhelmed with the Positive Response

We were blown away by the response from the Rochdale borough, and applications, for the awards first year out. From all these amazing businesses, we did manage to make the cut of applications down to three finalists based on their applications and business history plus a series of face-to-face meetings and interviews and, of course, encounters with our mystery shoppers.

Rochdale Business Awards 2017: High Street Retailer of the Year
Top Three Finalists

  1. Nailz by Olive
  2. Chantilly
  3. Blue Rose Gifts and Balloons

All three finalists were amazing but there could only be one winner! A huge congratulations to Chantilly.

Such an amazing business that’s delivered exactly what they said they did. They are a great bunch of Passionate, people that go always above and beyond at every point they do.

A shining example of not just great retailers in Rochdale but an excellent example of British retailing and what retail experiences should be. I am proud to have presented the award to them.

Furthermore doing this was amazing to allow smaller independent retailers to step up and show how great they are,and have a voice amongst the larger retailers, who in my opinion could learn so much from the smaller passionate retailers, who aspire to be the next big retailer.

Putting passion back into Retail

I am passionate about wanting to get retailers working better together in 2018.  My conclusion is we have become so comfortable with online shopping and trading and that we are neglecting our best part of any business… the part that involves people.

Consequently, we must work together to improve the standard in retail to inspire people to start online and finish in store, because they get amazing experience in store, from the people in those stores!

After all, people buy people… let’s not forget or overlook this.

Watch this space next year, as I try and inspire more retailers to seek WORLD CLASS SERVICE, just like Chantilly does, and our teams do every single day.

Do you have fun with your Teams?

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Business Fun – MID Comms Summer Ball 2017

Last night we held our MID annual Summer Ball. We do this every year and get all the Store teams, Call Centre, and the Head Office Team together and have a social drink and tons of business fun. This year we hosted at Hotel Football at Old Trafford, a great venue.

The team loved it. Especially as we let them plan it. I give the team a budget and they put the night together. Empowerment of your people is really important. They grow as people and as a team when given responsibility, which is always a must for me.

This year we played loads of different games like Family Fortunes, Krypton Factor, Play Your Cards Right and much more. We had a bucking bronco and a great indoor penalty shootout on the roofless top floor.

A great highlight of the night was our singing waiters. The theatrics they displayed and made the entire room think it was a real argument, and then burst into a superb Italian Opera Performance which was brilliant and comes well recommended for me, for any event.

The Team Really Love The Evening, They All Come Together As One!

As a business, we have 17 sites across the northwest, so this is one of four times a year we get together as a team of teams. Yes, it can be seen as quite a big gesture for any business to organize and fund, to why my response to many other business owners is:

“It’s all relevant based on the scale of economy and business size.”

It doesn’t matter about the scale or the investment into the event as there is always someone doing a bigger event. The point I am wanting to make is about the importance of getting your people together, to make sure they feel valued, have fun, let their hair down and you can keep a real community feel.

The Teams Share Ideas & Collaborate About Different Topics

They share ideas, challenges, goal progress, and support each other with lots of other social topics. They love to see who the rising stars and upcoming talent, they love to tell each other how well they are doing, all of these conversations give the entire business, exciting energy as we go into H2.

I can not tell you how important it is to get together and have some fun. So ask your self these questions, when did you last get your business together?

When will you next get your team together? Ask any of our team they will tell you they like the night.

So if the answer to the first question is a long time, Christmas or even never, then make sure you answer the next question with soon…

Best regards
Danny Simpson
CEO

O2 Hyde Raises £2,000 For Local Charity Cash For Kids

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O2 store in Hyde raises £2,000 in charity cyclothon

Money to go to Cash for Kids in Greater Manchester.  Staff in O2 Hyde and shoppers at Clarendon Square have successfully pedalled their way to £2,000 after clocking up 500 miles in a superhero-themed cyclotron to raise funds for Cash for Kids.

Over the course of six days, the team at O2 donned superhero attire to host the ‘Superhero Spin’ cyclotron. The fundraiser was part of the annual Key 103 ‘Superhero Day’ for its charity Cash for Kids, which provides essential care and support for disabled and disadvantaged children across the Greater Manchester area.

Local Shoppers At O2 Hyde Loved It And Got Involved…..

The staff at O2 invited local shoppers to join them in-store for the 500-mile challenge, with customers also able to indulge in some home baked goods and enter raffles in exchange for donations. Rachel Armitt, the Store Manager at Hyde’s Clarendon Square’s O2 branch, was full of praise for her teammates and all who got involved in the activities.

 

“The fundraising efforts for ‘Superhero Spin’ were nothing short of amazing,” she said.

 

“The amount of people who supported the cause – either jumping on the bike or buying tasty treats on offer – showed just how close Cash for Kids is to many people’s hearts. It was a real community achievement so thank you to the public and of course, my superstar team at O2. The charity will be over the moon with this contribution.”

 

Paula Wood, Manager at Clarendon Square, was thoroughly impressed by the outstanding completion of the challenge.

“Well done and thank you to Rachel, her team and the people of Hyde for getting fully behind the cause and raising a terrific amount of money for Cash for Kids,” she said. “The funds will directly help children and young adults across our county so it’s really wonderful.”

Issued on behalf of Clarendon Square Shopping Centre by Bewonder*. For further information, please contact Natalie Walker on 0113 261 6214 or at Natalie.walker@bewonder.co.uk

For more information from O2 Hyde please contact press@midcommunciations.com