Category: Event
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Announcing the Charity Ball Auction List!
We are very pleased to announce some of lovely donations that have been made for our auction at our big charity ball on Saturday 4th February 2017. Take a look at this list of awesome goodies! Remember you can book your place (or table) by contacting Jo on 0800 298 2119 or email [email protected] What…
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Exciting Charity Black Tie Ball – February 2017
In May 2017, Eddy and Jo will be braving the heights of Peru and partaking in a 5 day trek through the jungle to reach Machu Picchu! The aim is to raise £7000 for Transitions UK. To help us with this task we’re putting together a fun, fantastic charity black tie ball at The Old…
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CEO Sleepout – A Night Sleeping Rough
I have donated to homeless charities for many years. This year with the advent of my twins going up to University and the reality of empty nest setting in I found myself thinking about those less fortunate. So, when an advert for CEO Sleepout popped up on Facebook, then on LinkedIn I felt compelled to…
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Striking Places First Birthday since our Rebrand
We can hardly believe it but it’s Striking Places FIRST Birthday already. It is also National Honey Bee Day! We’re really chuffed to share it with bees! Bees are one of our favourite things; apart from wine, cheese and chocolate! So we’re popping open the champagne to celebrate our one-year anniversary. Not our first…
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HTA National Plant Show 2016
HTA National Plant Show 2016 Lives Forever as a Virtual Tour If you’ve been following our news posts you’ll know that Striking Places have had a busy year with the Horticultural Trades Association. It began with attending the HTA Technology Conference in February 2016. The HTA asked Jo Hailey, our MD, to speak to the conference delegates…
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Educational Funding Company Martial Arts Summit
In March 2015 Chris Allen, owner of Tring Martial Arts Academy, was updating the business details on his Google My Business page when he noticed a button inviting him to add a virtual tour. Intrigued Chris clicked the button. Within 48 hours Jo from Striking Places rang to find out if Chris would like to…
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Striking Places Sponsor MK Dons Striker Alex Revell
Striking Places Sponsor MK Dons Striker Alex Revell Striking Places first came across MK Dons in January 2016. Jo Hailey encountered Tim Lee, the Corporate Sales Executive there, after an introduction from Leigh Frost. Leigh runs her own marketing and web design company, Truesilver, and had just set up the networking group Business Buzz Milton…
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HTA Technology Conference
Striking Places Present at the HTA Technology Conference 2016 Striking Places involvement with the HTA (Horticultural Trades Association) began whilst working with Aylett Nurseries. We had lots of fun meeting Adam Wigglesworth, Julie Aylett’s husband, whilst shooting a 360 virtual tour there. Among other things he boosted me up in a forklift truck cage! This was so…
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Jennie & James’ Wedding | Event Photography
Striking Places shoot Jennie & James’ Wedding In the very hot summer of 2015 Jo Hailey, of Google Award Winning Photographers Striking Places, was contacted by Mary Deuchar. Mary was one of Jo’s colleagues at the University of Hertfordshire and also taught on her masters course. Her granddaughter, Jennie Wakelin, (nee Fletcher) was getting married…
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London-based Hammond Organ Trio through Striking Places’ Lens
Google accredited photographers Striking Places music performance photography of the London-based Hammond Organ Trio, MOJO’d. It was a sunny Sunday afternoon when we at Striking Places found ourselves on a shoot in a lovely little local pub, The Harringay Arms, in the heart of Crouch End. We were there to take a collection of stills…