1. Wales Millennium Centre’s Llais Festival lineup revealed
With festival season just around the corner, this week we worked with the Wales Millennium Centre to announce the first phase of their lineup of Llais Festival. Cardiff’s International Arts Festival is dedicated to the instrument that we all share – the voice- and comes to Cardiff Bay this October with special performances Cate Le Bon, Joan As Police Woman and Sweet Honey In The Rock. LLAIS as part of Cardiff Music City Festical (27 September – 20 October 2024), a city-wide extravaganza bringing three boundary-pushing weeks of gigs, immersive happenings, residencies, installations and pop-ups to all parts of Cardiff. We’re working Wales Millennium Centre on a multichannel comms campaign – including social media, paid social and digital, OOH advertising and TV advertising. This week, we launched ads across Meta, X, Google and TikTok encouraging people to buy tickets. Experience the extraordinary by buying tickets here.
2. Be nice, say hello, share the space
Did you know that saying hello to people is not only good for you, but is also part of the Countryside Code in Wales? We partnered up Natural Resources Wales with Mind Cymru to produce a film on why it’s important to follow the simple message of ‘be nice, say hello and share the space’. We went out with the local Mid and North Powys Mind group to join them on a weekly wellbeing walk to capture the benefits of getting into the great outdoors and the importance of following the Countryside Code. Watch the film here.
3. Revving up for a PestSmart summer
With summer on our doorstep, we’re getting our gardens ready the PestSmart way! To kick off the gardening season we launched a digital ad campaign on Google and Meta featuring our favourite gardener- Radio 2’s go-to Terry Walton- to get people excited about what can be achieved with a little soil, a passion for planting, and the consideration of pets, people, and wildlife. Since launching in May, the ads have already garnered over 1,000 link clicks and 40,000 impressions on Meta and 2,700 clicks and 7.5m impressions on Google. For more advice on how to be pesticide-free this summer check out the PestSmart website and look out for our ads on social media.
4. Step into summer with a trip to Swansea Bay
The Gower Peninsula is drawing crowds from across the UK, as North East-based travel blogger, @tashajsteel shares her weekend staycation with her followers. Over her action-packed trip, Tasha crammed in a huge range of activities, from sea and sauna to spotting wild ponies and mini golf. Check out Tasha’s Swansea Bay highlight on Instagram to see everything she got up to on her trip, and make sure to follow for more upcoming content from her time visiting the stunning Welsh coastline.
5. Milestone export deal for Welsh startup
Finalrentals, a Cardiff-based fintech startup, has secured its most lucrative deal to date worth a projected £5m over five years. The deal will see the car rental platform add ten key locations across Turkey, giving access to a network of over 500 vehicles. Supported by the Welsh Government, the company recently attended a trade mission to Berlin where the milestone deal was negotiated. You can read more about Finalrental’s export success in Wales Business Insider, Business News Wales and Wales 247.
