By Katie Jordan on April 16, 2012
Credit: G-Form
Disaster of all disasters struck this month when my iPhone was stolen on a night out in central London.
In the days that followed, I began to have iPhone withdrawal symptoms…how was I going to survive without my phone constantly beeping at me giving me live Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and email notifications? And most importantly, what was I going to do on the train in the morning without Temple Run?! In fact, it was here, whilst desperately looking round the carriage for something to keep me entertained, that I noticed the vast amounts of people glued to their iPhones, smartphones, iPads, tablets and laptops etc. Okay, I realise we are in the mobile age but I hadn’t quite grasped fully just how obsessed we had all become with technology. Continue reading “Want to see some really weird uses of technology?”
Posted in Just for fun | Tagged financial services PR, iPhone, KLM's Meet & Seat, technology
By Tom Desborough on April 13, 2012
MRM's Tom Desborough
Tom Desborough gives an insight into a week at MRM, giving all the gossip from his working week while highlighting what news has interested MRM over the past seven days.
Today we heard that China’s annual rate of GDP growth in the first quarter slowed to 8.1 per cent according to data published by the Chinese government. This is down from 8.9 per cent in the previous three months and less than the 8.4 per cent predicted by market analysts. In spite of this Chia-Liang Lian, manager of the Legg Mason Western Asset Asian Opportunities fund, believes the outcome can be viewed as assuring, given the recent downward adjustment of full year 2012 GDP growth to 7.5%. Click here for his full comment. Continue reading “China grows, Google splits and the Wabbit falls…this week at MRM”
Posted in Blogging | Tagged Chia-Liang Lian, China, financial services PR, Google, JP Morgan, Legg Mason, Nucleus, RNIB, Steve Bee, Toni Meadows, western asset
By Katy Allison on April 5, 2012
Katy Allison gives an insight into a week at MRM, giving all the gossip from her working week while highlighting what news has interested MRM over the past seven days.
You may have noticed that a new and high quality operator joined the MRM team this week, but I’m afraid to say that his contract was just a temporary one. Today we wave goodbye to Wabbit, our cuddly Easter Bunny who hopped his way around London delivering a bury of chocolate bunnies to our lovely clients and some very lucky #WheresWabbit competition winners. Congratulations to @hollyblack_ltc, @TheParaplanner, @RussHaworth and @nucleuswrap, and a big thanks to everyone who joined in the fun and helped donate to RNIB, our deserving charity of the year. We feel thoroughly revved up for the Easter bank holidays, and the whole team hopes that Wabbit will be able to visit us again next year.
Continue reading “Nice gnawing you Wabbit! It’s the MRM (Thursday) Blog”
Posted in Blogging, Friday blog | Tagged #WheresWabbit, Barclays, Castle Trust, Easter, financial services PR, Friday, Hearthstone Investments, Holly Black, Nucleus wrap, PMS, RNIB, The Paraplanner, Unbiased.co.uk, Young money research
