Midlands UK – 1st August 2007
iceni, a Midlands business video production and broadcast design agency, is celebrating after scooping two awards at the prestigious US International Film and Video Festival in Hollywood. This takes the company’s worldwide award haul to fifteen in 2006 and 2007.
The Staffordshire based production company received Certificates of Creative Excellence in the Advertising / Marketing category for promotional work for Teka and the Environmental Issues and Concerns category for a creative energy saving drama produced for Birmingham City Council.
The awards from Hollywood join trophies from the New York Film and Video Festival and the CiB*, a coveted IVCA** award, and an Every Child Matters and Creative Curriculum award from the government’s Creative Partnerships programme.
The Midlands company is also celebrating new commissions from the Royal Bank of Scotland, Manchester Metropolitan University, Everest, First Group and Wolverhampton City Council.
Cathy Bentley, Director of iceni said, “Our company’s focus on quality, creativity and effectiveness has made iceni a leader in the UK visual communications industry, growing year on year since the company was formed in 2001.
“The two new awards, from one of the leading business communications festivals, demonstrate the standard of our work on a world stage. It makes companies that have traditionally worked exclusively with London agencies look outside the M25 and see the talent available.”
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* Communicators in Business
**International Visual Communications Association
Read more at iceni-tv.co.uk – UK Corporate Video Production and DVD Design
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Background
iceni® is an established Midlands visual communications company delivering film, video and broadcast design projects to an impressive list of public and private sector clients including the Ministry of Defence, First Group, Welcome Break, Teka, Kleeneze, the Learning and Skills Council, and the Disability Rights Commission.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Defence Nurses to Star in iceni Film
The Defence Medical Services Department (DMSD), part of the Ministry of Defence has appointed iceni Productions to produce a unique Defence Nursing web video project.
The year long project will see the Midlands based video production company iceni, filming Defence Nurses across the UK giving a fresh perspective on the world of Nursing within the Military.
The nursing video, which will be available online via the DMS website, www.dmsd.mod.uk will form part of a Defence Medical Services (DMS) DVD; which will explain the role of the DMS who provide medical support to the UK Armed Forces both in peacetime and during military operations worldwide.The DVD is part of DMSD’s external communications programme which seeks to inform the public about the work of the UK’s 6000 regular medical forces.
Commenting on the project the Defence Nursing Advisor to the Surgeon General, Group Captain Wendy Williams said ‘I am pleased to be part of the appointment of an award winning company to promote Defence Nursing. This project will highlight the varied work of our military nurses who operate world wide to provide first class clinical care and support to injured service personnel’
Director of iceni Cathy Bentley commented 'We're thrilled to be working with DMS on this exciting project. It's a unique opportunity to document the vital work that nurses do across the services, and tell the positive stories that can sometimes be overlooked by the press.'
Read more at iceni-tv.co.uk – UK Corporate Video Production and DVD Design
Prepared by Andi Jepson - for more information call iceni on +44 (0)1283 792 990.
The year long project will see the Midlands based video production company iceni, filming Defence Nurses across the UK giving a fresh perspective on the world of Nursing within the Military.
The nursing video, which will be available online via the DMS website, www.dmsd.mod.uk will form part of a Defence Medical Services (DMS) DVD; which will explain the role of the DMS who provide medical support to the UK Armed Forces both in peacetime and during military operations worldwide.The DVD is part of DMSD’s external communications programme which seeks to inform the public about the work of the UK’s 6000 regular medical forces.
Commenting on the project the Defence Nursing Advisor to the Surgeon General, Group Captain Wendy Williams said ‘I am pleased to be part of the appointment of an award winning company to promote Defence Nursing. This project will highlight the varied work of our military nurses who operate world wide to provide first class clinical care and support to injured service personnel’
Director of iceni Cathy Bentley commented 'We're thrilled to be working with DMS on this exciting project. It's a unique opportunity to document the vital work that nurses do across the services, and tell the positive stories that can sometimes be overlooked by the press.'
Read more at iceni-tv.co.uk – UK Corporate Video Production and DVD Design
Prepared by Andi Jepson - for more information call iceni on +44 (0)1283 792 990.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Midlands No.1 Specialist Video Production Company
iceni is once again the leading corporate communications company in the Midlands, according to a survey by top industry magazine Televisual.
The company is ranked as one of the top 5 corporate video production companies in England with its head office north of London.
The top 50 list is compiled each year; corporate video production companies in the list are awarded scores for the number of video commissions; hours of content delivered; turnover for corporate work; and reputation among their peers.
Thanks to another exciting year filming in Brazil, Mauritius, Thailand, Hungary, Germany and across the UK, and receiving a clutch of industry awards from New York, Hollywood, Birmingham and Manchester, iceni has climbed the top 50 list to number 32.
Cathy Bentley, Director of iceni said, ‘through 2006, we’ve added some great new talent to the team with a variety of broadcast experience, and that means exciting new ways to make an impact on our clients’ staff and customers.’
‘We brought online a sister company 123iceni delivering high quality DVD and CD print, packaging, duplication and replication, and introduced a dedicated Educational media team, working with Creative Partnerships to deliver high quality film and video projects for schools and colleges.’
‘We’re very proud to be the number one corporate video production company in the Midlands.’
iceni has begun 2007 with a move towards climate neutral production services that has sparked interest throughout the industry.100% of the electricity supply to the company’s Midlands studio comes from renewable energy sources, and every mile of essential road rail and air travel, by all production crew is now offset through an approved carbon offsetting scheme. This is offered at absolutely no extra cost to our clients.
iceni is currently working on screen advertising, video, interactive DVD and web based projects for Everest, Birmingham City Council, First Group, Siemens, HSBC (UK) Rail Ltd, Creative Partnerships, Kleeneze and Findel.
Read more at www.iceni-tv.co.uk – UK Corporate Video Production and DVD Design
Prepared by Andi Jepson @ iceni® - for more information call the studio on +44 (0)1283 792 990.
Sunday, March 04, 2007
BROADCAST VIDEO AND CORPORATE FILM PRODUCTION GOES CLIMATE NEUTRAL
iceni®, a Midlands business video production and digital design agency, is offsetting greenhouse gas emissions from every mile of road, rail and air travel, on every project in 2007. This offsetting is offered at absolutely no extra cost to clients.
Through an approved offsetting scheme, carbon emissions from essential travel are ‘balanced’ by payments to companies dedicated to reducing global warming. As well as cutting greenhouse gases, the projects help to improve people’s standards of living and protect wildlife habitats.
iceni’s 2006 offsetting contributions have gone towards projects in India and Uganda that promote renewable energy, energy efficiency and rainforest restoration.
Andi Jepson, Director of iceni® said, ‘It’s not always practical to transport production crew and kit to locations using public transport, and during the course of a year we have to fly a lot of miles to produce and film programmes, conferences and events.
In addition to offsetting, we continue to look for ways to minimise energy consumption and our impact on the environment. 100% of the electricity supply to our studio is generated from wind, wave, small scale hydro and solar power, creating zero grams of CO2.
Our travel and our energy consumption are the largest part of a business video or corporate DVD production’s carbon footprint. Now we can say that our clients’ communications projects will have a positive effect on the audience with minimal effects on the environment.’
Here are some other simple things that iceni® has done to reduce impact on the environment –
The company’s stationery is printed on recycled paper and all of the copier paper is recycled stock. Around the studio there are scrap paper boxes, and staff are encouraged to reuse paper whenever possible. All used paper is shredded and sent to a recycling facility.
In the office, iceni® use solid ink printers producing 90% less waste than an average laser printer.
Bottles and cans are recycled and any food waste is put into a wormery, where hungry tiger worms turn it into compost. Cosmic!
And there are happy hippos in the toilet cisterns, reducing the amount of water used with every flush.
Read more at iceni-tv.co.uk – UK Corporate Video Production and DVD Design
Prepared by Andi Jepson @ iceni® - for more information and high resolution images and video clips call the studio on +44 (0)1283 792 990, or email andi@iceni.tv
Background
Climate Care is an organisation that reduces greenhouse gas emissions on behalf of companies and individuals by running projects across the world. As well as cutting greenhouse gases, the projects help to improve people’s standards of living and protect wildlife habitats. To find out more about Climate Care and its projects, see http://www.climatecare.org/
Good Energy Ltd aims to save one million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year by 2008. http://www.good-energy.co.uk/
iceni® is an established Midlands visual communications company creating innovative solutions for an impressive list of public and private sector clients including First Group, Welcome Break, Teka, Kleeneze, the Learning and Skills Council, and the Disability Rights Commission.
Through an approved offsetting scheme, carbon emissions from essential travel are ‘balanced’ by payments to companies dedicated to reducing global warming. As well as cutting greenhouse gases, the projects help to improve people’s standards of living and protect wildlife habitats.
iceni’s 2006 offsetting contributions have gone towards projects in India and Uganda that promote renewable energy, energy efficiency and rainforest restoration.
Andi Jepson, Director of iceni® said, ‘It’s not always practical to transport production crew and kit to locations using public transport, and during the course of a year we have to fly a lot of miles to produce and film programmes, conferences and events.
In addition to offsetting, we continue to look for ways to minimise energy consumption and our impact on the environment. 100% of the electricity supply to our studio is generated from wind, wave, small scale hydro and solar power, creating zero grams of CO2.
Our travel and our energy consumption are the largest part of a business video or corporate DVD production’s carbon footprint. Now we can say that our clients’ communications projects will have a positive effect on the audience with minimal effects on the environment.’
Here are some other simple things that iceni® has done to reduce impact on the environment –
The company’s stationery is printed on recycled paper and all of the copier paper is recycled stock. Around the studio there are scrap paper boxes, and staff are encouraged to reuse paper whenever possible. All used paper is shredded and sent to a recycling facility.
In the office, iceni® use solid ink printers producing 90% less waste than an average laser printer.
Bottles and cans are recycled and any food waste is put into a wormery, where hungry tiger worms turn it into compost. Cosmic!
And there are happy hippos in the toilet cisterns, reducing the amount of water used with every flush.
Read more at iceni-tv.co.uk – UK Corporate Video Production and DVD Design
Prepared by Andi Jepson @ iceni® - for more information and high resolution images and video clips call the studio on +44 (0)1283 792 990, or email andi@iceni.tv
Background
Climate Care is an organisation that reduces greenhouse gas emissions on behalf of companies and individuals by running projects across the world. As well as cutting greenhouse gases, the projects help to improve people’s standards of living and protect wildlife habitats. To find out more about Climate Care and its projects, see http://www.climatecare.org/
Good Energy Ltd aims to save one million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year by 2008. http://www.good-energy.co.uk/
iceni® is an established Midlands visual communications company creating innovative solutions for an impressive list of public and private sector clients including First Group, Welcome Break, Teka, Kleeneze, the Learning and Skills Council, and the Disability Rights Commission.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Top CiB Midlands Video Award goes to iceni®
The British Association of Communicators in Business (CiB) awards were announced on February 2nd with the top award for Corporate Video / Audio productions going to Midlands company iceni®
iceni® were presented with three awards in total at the gala event, which celebrates the very best in internal and corporate communications.CiB Class winning film, ‘Are You Ready?’ had already received recognition from the US corporate film and video festival. Closer to home, this movie trailer style film wowed the judges with its innovative and effective approach to launching a £250 Million fleet of passenger trains.
iceni® also took the second place Award of Excellence in the Video / Audio category for ‘Including Children with Visual Impairment in Mainstream Schools’, a series of real life stories about children with different support needs successfully included in state schools.
This accessible DVD, produced for Action for Inclusion and Birmingham City Council, follows on from a series of programmes promoting inclusion of autistic and hearing impaired children in mainstream schools.iceni’s third commendation was the Award of Excellence in the Electronic Media category for a popular podcast website, Kleeneze-stars.co.uk. Produced for Kleeneze UK, the website has become a hub for their sales teams based across Europe, giving access to hundreds of hours of motivational speeches recorded at events worldwide.
On the same day, over three thousand miles away at the New York Film and Video Festival awards another iceni® project was awarded a finalist certificate in the Employee Relations category. Commissioned for Kleeneze’s 2007 International Travel Incentive, The One&Only Mauritius was commended as among ‘The World’s Best Work’ in informational, educational, and industrial film and corporate video.
Cathy Bentley, Managing Director of iceni® says, ‘it’s an exciting start to 2007, receiving recognition from the CiB, the UK’s leading professional body for internal communication, and the New York Film and Video Festival on the same night.’
‘Looking to the future, we’re continuing to bring onboard new clients with exciting new projects. We're further establishing iceni® as an industry leader in the convergence of traditional video and film production crafts, digital design and innovative delivery avenues, producing the very best in effective visual communication.’
Read more at iceni-tv.co.uk – UK Corporate Video Production and DVD Design
Prepared by Andi Jepson @ iceni® - for more information call the studio on +44 (0)1283 792 990. BackgroundKleeneze is part of the FTSE 250 listed Findel Group. It is a leading network marketing company, specialising in supplying a wide range of household and health & beauty products to customers through a network of independent Distributors across the UK.
iceni® is an established Midlands visual communications company creating innovative solutions for an impressive list of public and private sector clients including First Group, Welcome Break, Teka, Kleeneze, the Learning and Skills Council, and the Disability Rights Commission.First is the UK's largest surface transportation company with a turnover of nearly £2.7 billion a year and some 67,000 employees across the UK and North America. Transpennine Express, one of the company's successful UK passenger operations, provides intercity services between the North West, Yorkshire and the north east of England.
iceni® were presented with three awards in total at the gala event, which celebrates the very best in internal and corporate communications.CiB Class winning film, ‘Are You Ready?’ had already received recognition from the US corporate film and video festival. Closer to home, this movie trailer style film wowed the judges with its innovative and effective approach to launching a £250 Million fleet of passenger trains.
iceni® also took the second place Award of Excellence in the Video / Audio category for ‘Including Children with Visual Impairment in Mainstream Schools’, a series of real life stories about children with different support needs successfully included in state schools.
This accessible DVD, produced for Action for Inclusion and Birmingham City Council, follows on from a series of programmes promoting inclusion of autistic and hearing impaired children in mainstream schools.iceni’s third commendation was the Award of Excellence in the Electronic Media category for a popular podcast website, Kleeneze-stars.co.uk. Produced for Kleeneze UK, the website has become a hub for their sales teams based across Europe, giving access to hundreds of hours of motivational speeches recorded at events worldwide.
On the same day, over three thousand miles away at the New York Film and Video Festival awards another iceni® project was awarded a finalist certificate in the Employee Relations category. Commissioned for Kleeneze’s 2007 International Travel Incentive, The One&Only Mauritius was commended as among ‘The World’s Best Work’ in informational, educational, and industrial film and corporate video.
Cathy Bentley, Managing Director of iceni® says, ‘it’s an exciting start to 2007, receiving recognition from the CiB, the UK’s leading professional body for internal communication, and the New York Film and Video Festival on the same night.’
‘Looking to the future, we’re continuing to bring onboard new clients with exciting new projects. We're further establishing iceni® as an industry leader in the convergence of traditional video and film production crafts, digital design and innovative delivery avenues, producing the very best in effective visual communication.’
Read more at iceni-tv.co.uk – UK Corporate Video Production and DVD Design
Prepared by Andi Jepson @ iceni® - for more information call the studio on +44 (0)1283 792 990. BackgroundKleeneze is part of the FTSE 250 listed Findel Group. It is a leading network marketing company, specialising in supplying a wide range of household and health & beauty products to customers through a network of independent Distributors across the UK.
iceni® is an established Midlands visual communications company creating innovative solutions for an impressive list of public and private sector clients including First Group, Welcome Break, Teka, Kleeneze, the Learning and Skills Council, and the Disability Rights Commission.First is the UK's largest surface transportation company with a turnover of nearly £2.7 billion a year and some 67,000 employees across the UK and North America. Transpennine Express, one of the company's successful UK passenger operations, provides intercity services between the North West, Yorkshire and the north east of England.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Leading Network Marketing Company Looks East for Sales Travel Incentive
Midlands UK – 10th January 2007
2007 started with a bang for Europe’s leading network marketing company: Kleeneze is now part of a FTSE 250 company, and recruitment and sales look set to soar as their biggest ever travel incentive launched to an audience of 5,000 delegates at the New Year conference in Birmingham.
Management from Kleeneze and the Findel Group commissioned video production specialists iceni® to launch the incentive with a spectacular film produced on location in Thailand.
Presented by Kleeneze management and filmed over 6 days during an inspection visit to beautiful Phuket and Bangkok, the BBC Holiday-style programme introduces the amazing activities that qualifiers for this all-expenses-paid trip will experience.
Cathy Bentley, Director of iceni® said, ‘These sales travel incentives are all about motivating people and recognising their achievements; they’re a massive celebration of distributors’ success.’
‘Using a video to launch the event was especially effective; the film was the climax of a highly charged New Year conference, and there was a real air of excitement around the auditorium as the lights dimmed and the programme started. ‘
‘After the event, copies of the programme were presented to delegates to take home and watch with their teams across the UK and Republic of Ireland. The DVD will be watched almost every day throughout the 2007 qualification period for the incentive.’
The stylish film, featuring the company staff that will welcome successful distributors to Thailand in 2008, personally addressing the audience from some fabulous locations, created the sense of a truly amazing, but attainable incentive. It’s going to be a great year for networking!
Read more at iceni-tv.co.uk – UK Corporate Video Production and DVD Design
Prepared by Andi Jepson @ iceni® - for more information call the studio on +44 (0)1283 792 990.
Background
Kleeneze is part of the FTSE 250 listed Findel Group. It is a leading network marketing company, specialising in supplying a wide range of household and health & beauty products to customers through a network of independent Distributors across the UK.
iceni® is an established Midlands visual communications company creating innovative solutions for an impressive list of public and private sector clients including First Group, Welcome Break, Teka, Kleeneze, the Learning and Skills Council, and the Disability Rights Commission.
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