Category: News Post
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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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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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How to Add or Claim your Google My Business Listing
What is the best way to rank prominently on Google? The easiest and cheapest option is to use your Google My Business listing. In a previous Striking Places news post ‘Why is Google My Business Essential for All Business Owners?’ we listed 5 compelling reasons to be ranked prominently on Google. The most obvious is…
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CEO Sleepout London 2016
We are very pleased to announce that Striking Places very own CEO, Google accredited photographer Jo Hailey, will be taking part in this year’s CEO Sleepout London. What is CEO Sleepout London? CEO Sleepouts are overnight events that raise money to fight homelessness and poverty across the UK. Currently, there are seven in all throughout the year;…
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Why is Google My Business essential for all business owners?
Why is Google My Business essential for all business owners? The answer is that the internet has completely transformed the way customers find what they are looking for. They search, they visit, they buy. Google My Business helps those customers find you! It is the primary way of adding your business to the official Google…
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Striking Places Summer Part Two – The BBC Interview at Westminster Abbey
You may recall in Striking Places Summer Part One we were four hours from Calais in a beautiful campsite in the middle of a forest when we got the call. Did Striking Places Jo Hailey wanted to be interviewed for the BBC London News outside Westminster Abbey the following afternoon? Yes!! You left us stuck in…
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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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Striking Places Summer Adventures – France, Westminster Abbey & BBC London News
Striking Places have had a pretty darned amazing summer. After the whirlwind of the HTA National Plant Show we got back to our St Albans HQ late in the evening of June 22nd. Not for long though! We were leaving the following day – after a morning networking at the Watford Expo – for France. What busy bees…
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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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World-famous landmark Westminster Abbey gets a virtual tour
Take a Virtual Tour inside Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, once described as the Parish Church of the world, is a spectacular building with over 1,000 years of history. When Striking Places’ Jo Hailey got a request for more information about Google Street View Trusted Tours from Westminster Abbey you can imagine her excitement. The site…