May 2016

Audiences will be howling in the aisles as ventriloquist and comedian Nina Conti brings a one-night show to this year’s Lytham Festival.

Digital marketing experts Get Your Mobi is celebrating its fifth anniversary by unveiling plans for expansion.

One of Lancashire’s major business success stories in recent years is set to get bigger with the company now looking to create further jobs and take its employee’s up to 100 in the next 18 months.

Get Your Mobi started life in June 2011 with just two staff, a pair of laptops and a phone.

Last year the company – led by entrepreneurs Lee Brady and Adam Blakey – moved into new state-of-the-art offices at Lancaster’s White Cross Business Park as well as opening a second office at Blackpool Business Park.

Lee said: “It has been an amazing first five years for Get Your Mobi. We started small but always had a vision for where we wanted to take the company and both myself and Adam are immensely proud we have managed to achieve that.

“But there is no resting on our laurels. We now employ close to 50 people, have thousands of happy customers and want to continue the momentum.”

Get Your Mobi offers all aspects of online solutions for businesses no matter how big or small.

Its bespoke, ultra-personal services include web design, making websites responsive to suit any platform, specialist web hosting and an array of digital marketing tools, including social media and video marketing.

The company prides itself on its personal service and is a great believer in face-to-face and telephone contact with its customers rather than an endless stream of faceless emails.

Adam added: “Our customers value our service and that has made us stand out from the crowd.

“We are a Lancashire firm, and proud of it, but our customer base stretches across the UK. Our products are cutting edge, we know our business and most importantly we take time to fully understand our customers’ businesses and match services to their needs. The results speak for themselves.

“The team we have built share our passion for innovation and making sure our customers’ needs – be they a sole trader, family business or national company – are not only met but surpassed.

”We are expanding all the time and we are now looking at creating further positions in our company over the next 18 months .”

Although statistically more than half of visitors to websites are using mobile devices, such as smart phones or tablets, more than 90% of websites are not optimised for such devices.

Get Your Mobi began by providing solutions to this issue, but has expanded its range of services way beyond web design and now offers a full range of digital business marketing tools and solutions.

Lee said: “The world of digital marketing and web design is changing all the time and so we have built a team who not only fully understand the trends and market changes but lead them.

“The most important feedback is from our customers. They give us a challenge or an issue which needs to be resolved and we develop a bespoke product to do just that. It makes this sector so interesting and hugely rewarding.

“We have loved the first five years of Get Your Mobi – we can’t wait to see where the next five years takes us.”

For more information visit www.getyourmobi.co.uk

A hundred thousand festival-goers are expected to descend on the quiet Lancashire seaside town of Lytham this summer for seven days of global names and emerging talent from the world of music.

Global superstar Joan Collins will be Joan Collins Unscripted touring the UK in a brand new one-woman show.

This all-new show for 2016 provides fans with a once in a lifetime opportunity to spend an intimate, entertaining and unforgettable evening in the company of a true Hollywood legend.

Dame Joan will visit 12 towns and cities across the UK in September and October including a not-to-be-missed night at the London Palladium on Friday September 30.

Tickets for Joan Collins Unscripted go on sale at 9am Friday February 12 and are available from www.seetickets.com or www.ticketmaster.co.uk

Actress, philanthropist and best-selling author, Dame Joan will share stories and secrets from her celebrated life and career as one of the world’s most glamorous and intriguing actresses.

Speaking about the tour Dame Joan said: “I so enjoyed my 10 years performing “One Night with Joan” all over the world that I am delighted to be doing an entirely new show. Each performance will be different so if you liked me in Salford come see me in Edinburgh…and if you don’t then stay at home and watch Corrie.”

Promoters Cuffe and Taylor by arrangement with Jonathan Shalit OBE for Cole Kitchen and Neil O’Brien Entertainment present this brand new tour for 2016.

Cuffe and Taylor Director Peter Taylor said: “Joan Collins is a global icon and we are delighted to be able to present her brand new one-woman show Joan Collins Unscripted at theatres across the UK.

“Dame Joan is a true national treasure whose amazing career was born in the golden age of Hollywood and transcends the decades through her film, television and literary work.

“As you can imagine Dame Joan has a pretty unique and engaging story to tell! Audiences are in for a special night where they will be regaled with stories from a bona fide British entertainment legend.”

Joan Collins Unscripted will see audiences enthralled as Dame Joan reveals some of the exciting stories and secrets from her long career and also includes a question and answer session with the chance to ask questions about her life and career.

Dame Joan has appeared in more than 118 feature films and TV shows, including creating the role of Alexis Carrington on Dynasty, one of the most highly rated television dramas of all time. Her novels and memoirs have sold more than 50 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 30 languages.

On stage, Dame Joan has performed on Broadway, the West End, and in national tours across the UK and North America.

Tickets for Joan Collins Unscripted go on sale at 9am Friday February 12 and are available from www.seetickets.com or www.ticketmaster.co.uk or by calling 0844 844 0444

Tour Dates: Joan Collins Unscripted

09 Sept – Northampton, Royal & Derngate

11 Sept – Southend, The Cliffs Pavilion

12 Sept – Salford, The Lowry

13 Sept – Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury

18 Sept – Norwich, Theatre Royal

19 Sept – Bury St Edmunds, The Apex

22 Sept – Guildford, G Live

24 Sept – Edinburgh, Festival Theatre

26 Sept – Birmingham, Town Hall

27 Sept – Crewe, Lyceum Theatre

30 Sept – London Palladium

03 Oct – Brighton, Theatre Royal

Legends WET WET WET are joining the bill for Tatton Park Concerts by the Lake taking place this July, adding to the already show stopping line up that is set to delight festival goers.

The Glasgow lads have an incredible back catalogue that includes four chart-topping albums and 13 Top 10 UK singles – including three number ones – making them one of the most successful bands in British pop history.

And it is today announced Wet Wet Wet will play at Tatton Park Concerts by the Lake festival on Friday 29 July 2016.

Tickets go on general sale at 9am Friday 6 May, and are available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk or by calling 0844 888 9991 .

The band replace rock legends Roxette who had to cancel their appearance while singer Marie Fredrikkson takes time off from touring for health reasons.

The Tatton Park Concerts by Lake festival is being organised by promoters Cuffe and Taylor.

Director Peter Taylor said: “Wet Wet Wet are one of the most successful British pop bands of all time. Having performed for over three decades their songs have provided a soundtrack to many people’s youth and beyond, and they sound as fresh and as vibrant today as they ever have.

“Their recent UK tour was fantastic and proved, once again, that they are an incredible live act with an almost unequalled jukebox of classic pop hits which everyone knows and loves.

“Having the boys perform at Tatton Park on Friday 29 July further enhances the fantastic line up for the three day festival. We are of course saddened that Roxette could not join us but are sure that people will be delighted with this outstanding new addition to the bill.”

Wet Wet Wet – Graeme Clark, Tommy Cunningham, Neil Mitchell and Marti Pellow – have sold in excess of 15 million singles and albums to date and have featured in the UK official singles and album charts for an immense 510 weeks.

Bursting onto the scene in 1987, the band, whose hits include, Goodnight Girl, Sweet Little Mystery, With A Little Help From My Friends and the massive Love Is All Around (which topped the charts for an incredible 15 weeks) have played to more than four million people in over 25 countries around the world.

Their recent Big Picture tour was a critical and commercial smash with packed venues across the UK and both audiences and reviewers giving the shows five star ratings.

Tickets for Wet Wet Wet’s Tatton Park Concerts by the Lake gig are priced from £45.

Tickets go on sale at 9am Friday6 May from www.ticketmaster.co.uk or by calling 0844 888 9991 .

*Anyone who purchased tickets for Roxette at Tatton Park Concerts by the Lake is able to transfer them for the Wet Wet Wet gig or alternatively can obtain a full refund by going directly through the ticket agent they booked with.