Ethos Public Relations Manchester

A weekend in Blackpool

by Rob

Although the title of this blog entry does sound like a weekend of drinking and dancing I was actually in Blackpool (for only the second time in my life) to work.

One of our clients were holding a weekend conference on the seafront at the north west of England's version of Majorca - minus the sun of course! Sean and I made our way to the venue with our Ethos public relations/Blackpool postcards in hand to promote our business and also to help our clients.

Throughout the weekend I did many things that I don't usually do on a normal weekend. Out went the football practice and a couple of quiet beers and in came getting our blood pressure and cholesterol measurement taken, becoming a cameraman and having 'lessons' on photography, stitching and tree felling (yes that's right - tree felling - ask me anything about it because I am an expert now)!

It was my first Co-operative Congress - the annual event for the co-operative sector in the United Kingdom - and I was pleasantly surprised by it. I even got to do some celebrity spotting - well that is if you call Hazel Blears and Camilla Parker Bowles celebrities.

Right I must go - I have to fell a tree - I am an expert now don't you know!

Posted at 12:56pm on 9^th July 2008