Re: UKNM: Brighton Rock

[Anna Pedroza]

>

Trevor May <trevorre-flex [dot] com> wrote:

> 

> >Anyone fancy tapping an as-yet badly managed/marketed area, then? It's

> >odd really, considering Brighton considers itself the most 'wired' place

> >in Britain.


Just a few facts on Brighton and the fact it's not a dormitory town ..... 


Wired Sussex is an economic development agency promoting new media

companies located in Sussex.  We have mapped over 400 new media companies

located in Sussex (check out our new media directory which lists them on

www.wiredsussex.com) and estimate that 2 thirds are based in Brighton.  In

total these companies employ over 2000 staff and work predominantly with 

blue chip companies not located in Brighton or Sussex.  


In addition the scale of the cluster means that smaller companies can

easily call on the skills and resources of other companies often based just

round the corner.  I am sure many of you are aware of the PR agency

Midnight Communication who are based in Brighton and were included in our

new media factfile last year and said: 'There's a whole wealth of new media

talent in the Sussex area - and it's on our doorstep whenever we should

need it.'


I rest my case :-)


Anna

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Anna Pedroza

Project Manager

Wired Sussex


www.wiredsussex.com


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>

From: Ray Taylor <taylornmcadplan [dot] com>

>

To: uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: UKNM: Brighton Rock

> Date: 08 July 1999 14:53

> 

>

Trevor May <trevorre-flex [dot] com> wrote:

> 

> >Anyone fancy tapping an as-yet badly managed/marketed area, then? It's

> >odd really, considering Brighton considers itself the most 'wired' place

> >in Britain.

> 

> >If that were really true, would I spend 3 and a half hours of my day

> commuting?

> 

> Which brings us on to the question of location, remote working and

> telecommunting. Lots of people live in Brighton and work in London or the

> surrounds. How can anyone bear a 2 hour commute?

> 

> easyEverything shops might well provide adequate facilities for someone

> stuck in town between meetings to catch up on some mail, etc. But why are

> there no remote-working facilities in dormitory towns?

> 

> There are currently over 1,000,000 home workers and remote workers in the

UK

> including many in the mushrooming telesales/teleservice business. Why not

in

> the supposedly "revolutionary" "new media" biz? All it takes is a bit of

> organising to do it well.

> 

> Advantages:

> 

> reduce cost

> reduce stress

> more efficient

> saves travel / avoids pollution

> more time for leisure

> etc. etc.

> 

> Disadvantages:

> 

> 1. Badly-organised operations/managers find it difficult not having

people

> near them that they can shove work on at zero notice when it should have

> been done two weeks ago

> 2. It makes it difficult to show off your smart office in the City/Soho

> jammed full of lots of busy people

> 3. It goes against the 1990s filofax-down-the-trousers culture generally

> (oh, sorry, that's an advantage)

> 

> Ray Taylor +44 181 249 6313 (NB new tel No)

> NMC/Adplan


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