It’s official. We love autumn, a truly spectacular time of year!

For Natalie and I it means the winter clothes are finally in the shops and we can plan our ‘look’ for the new season (Louise is going for military chic with a splash of goth thrown in, Nat has had a neat bob for a very classy winter look) and for Colin it means rugby on the telly with one of his famous hearty winter stews to accompany it. What’s not to love?

It is that wonderful betwixt and between time, when summer ends and winter arrives, when the sun is still strong but early morning frosts are beginning to become part of our daily windscreen scraping ritual.

Work wise Colin Higgins & Associates is as busy as ever. We spent time with client MemorialWoodlands at the Frampton Country Show mid September, talking to the public about their woodland burial ground as well as enjoying a fabulous day out in spectacular late summer sunshine. This beautiful photo was taken in the grounds of Frampton House early on the Sunday morning before the gates were open to the public. Can’t you just feel the tranquility?

Members of the team also spent an evening in London with client Aviance organising their staff Prize Draw. Two lucky members of the Aviance staff walked away with brand new cars and unfortunately for us we weren’t entered into the draw but we were there to film the draw and make sure the whole evening ran smoothly.

On something of a roll, we took on another new client last month ‘Great Local Offers’. Great Local Offers is an online discount voucher company with a difference; it tries to focus on truly local companies, and even tells you how many miles away the offer is from your house. Genius! Currently in Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Yorkshire, we are working hard on brilliant ideas to expand their customer sign ups and recruit new ‘Great Local Offers’ across the country.

Natalie and Colin took a trip to visit our client Interserve in the Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Cumberland Infirmary.

Le Spa continues to keep us on our toes with beauty therapist to the stars Deborah Mitchell making a visit to train the staff in her amazing LIA Therapy treatment (including the Bee Venom Mask). Naturally we told the press about her visit and the coverage received has been phenomenal with pieces in all the local papers including the Gloucestershire Echo, Swindon Advertiser, Wilts & Glos Standard, Stroud Life and Stroud News & Journal. We also had a mention on Star Radio’s Breakfast show thanks to a cheeky text by one of the team! We are now pushing forward with plans for Christmas at Le Spa including corporate entertainment menus and of course the ever popular Twlight Spas.

We were delighted for Water & Stone’s Alison Ebanks, when she was inundated with calls after people saw the pieces about her reaching finalist in the Contract Bathroom Designer of the Year Awards. The power of PR at work again! Results are due out any day, and we are keeping everything crossed for her!

With the Cheltenham Literature Festival on our doorstep and about to start any day now, this literature loving company is chomping at the bit to see some of their favourite authors in the flesh. Nat is going to see Nigella Lawson, Chris will be gutted if he can’t get tickets for Armando Ianucci and Peter Capaldi, doing a talk based on Malcolm Tucker’s character in TV programme ‘The Thick of It’ and Louise is hoping to hear Rachel Johnson talking about her time as editor of venerable magazine The Lady.

What would be on your ‘dream authors’ list?

So, it’s heads down through autumn and in to winter now, keep doing what we do well, do more of what we don’t do enough of, do enough of what we need to and do less of what’s bad for us. Sorted.

Regards

‘The Team’