SH Comms

May Highlights from team SH Comms - it’s been a pleasure 🗓❤️ Some of May’s best moments... 🎉Launching brand new concept Trippy Chippy at YES with a chip-tacular giveaway and launch event, with tonnes of coverage secured in the likes of Secret Manchester, Manchester Confidentials and The Manc 🍺Working with Society to launch the UK’s first ever National Beer Garden Day, in celebration of the Great British love of beer gardens 🍻♥️ 🌿Capturing a whole host of incredible community members and local legends to kickstart ‘Rooting for Stretford’ in Stretford Town Centre 📖Watching Henry Normal and Brian Bilston perform at RNCM as part of their national UK tour - a hilarious night full of poetry, comedy and insightful anecdotes 🌮Meeting the cracking team behind Society’s brand new street food offering El Piloto - head down and try their grub ASAP 🤤 🎵Announcing the release of Freya Beer brand new single Cry Baby with a ‘One to Watch’ feature secured in The London Standard 🎨A busy month of events for Stretford Town Centre with plenty of exciting dates in the pipeline - including the upcoming Art Battle and Nite School Radio We’re already sinking our teeth into a mega packed June and it’s set to be a scorcher 🔥

Last week our client @navigatorsap opened their brand new community hub in Wythenshawe, bringing their specialised alternative education provision to another incredible community in South Manchester ❤️📚 We’ve loved being a part of Navigators’ journey over the past two years, and it’s brilliant to see this amazing organisation grow. The hub was officially opened by Lord Mayor Councillor Paul Andrews, with a whole host of sector leaders & professionals in attendance for the launch organised by team SH Comms 🙌🏻 As well as being a place for alternative education provision, the new learning hub will also provide employment skills, learning development and be a hub for the community… you can read all about it in the @mcrconfidential feature via the 🔗 in bio 🙌 For more information about Navigators pre and post-16 provision, follow @navigatorsap 📸 by the very talented Jody Hartley

We're buzzing to announce that our very own @official_jcc will be receiving the Live Nation Northern Music Award at this year's @nordoffrobbins Northern Music Awards 🎙❤️ Sitting alongside a mega line up of Northern talent including @BlossomsBand , Lightning Seeds, @ZutonsThe , Chiedu Oraka and Luvcat, JCC will also be performing some of his most-loved poems live at the Liverpool Olympia. The money raised from this year's awards will help Nordoff and Robbins deliver more music therapy to those who need it most across Northern communities - you can grab a ticket for the awards too via the 🔗 in our bio 🎟

February - fleeting but FABULOUS at SH Comms 🎉✨ Our top moments of the month include… ♥️Making a news splash for the launch of @StockExHotel 's new afternoon tea, curated by Michelin-starred Niall Keating and served in the GORGEOUS Tender Restaurant ♥️Sharing Society 2025 Valentine’s Day campaign - calling for Mancunians to share the most iconic breakup text they’ve received! ♥️Working with the one and only @JohnnyVegasReal to announce brand new tour dates for “IDEAL” the stage adaptation of the award-winning BBC sitcom ♥️Securing a mix of national, broadcast and regional coverage for britpop legends @TheBluetones UK who are BACK with brand new music and an upcoming spring tour ♥️Helping to creating a media buzz 🐝 for the return of Stretfest including Rainy Heart‘s World’s Smallest Listening Bar and @StretfordTown ‘s Stretford Socials. ♥️Securing tonnes of coverage for the fantastic @official_jcc ahead of his new UK tour next month and seeing him on the likes of @WILTY_TV ♥️Working with @BruntwoodSciTec to announce the brand new “Mersey Makers” festival for Liverpool innovators - coming to the city on the 20th March ♥️Gearing up for the launch of @navigatorsap new dedicated learning centre, Wythenshawe Hub - keep your eyes peeled for more on this in the coming weeks Roll on Spring! 🐝🌿🐣

AWARD WINNING BBC SITCOM IDEAL COMES TO THE LOWRY THEATRE, STARRING JOHNNY VEGAS 🎬💫🎭 We're buzzing to be working with the incredible Johnny Vegas and @EdgeStreetLive on the special 20th anniversary stage adaptation of beloved BBC Sitcom ‘IDEAL’ - coming to @The_Lowry from 8th - 13th September 2025! 🎟️ Tickets are on sale NOW via the 🔗 below and you can read all about this exciting screen to stage adaptation in @chortle, @BritishComedy & @filmstories 🗞 tickets.thelowry.com/en-GB/shows/id…

The award winners will be announced during the MFDF gala dinner on Monday 27th January 2025 at New Century If you'd like to get some tickets for the event, please email isabella@foodanddrinkfestival.com 📧 Time to get voting 🗳

We're delighted to announce that the MFDF Awards are BACK for 2024 🙌🏻🏆 With 17 categories and a nominee list filled with the very best venues, traders, pop-ups and people in the industry, it's now up to you to choose your faves from this year's shortlist 🫵🏼💜 Visit the link below to see which Manchester bars, restaurants, chefs, coffee shops, traders, pubs and takeaways have been nominated for the 2024 awards. foodanddrinkfestival.com/awards/

Meet our new team member Anna Hewitt! We’re delighted to announce that Anna has joined the SH Comms team as a Senior Account Executive. With fantastic PR agency experience under her belt, and a passion for writing, Anna was keen to dive right into the wild and wonderful world of SH Comms...and she has done just that! So far, Anna’s loved getting stuck into supporting upcoming events and campaigns andgearing up for some more big launch events in the coming weeks! Welcome to the team, Anna 💫

Pleasure to work with the legend that is @official_jcc alongside @MoltonBrownUK and @portasagency for their Artists of Note campaign ✍🏻 A chance to hear John’s distinctive dulcet tones translate fragrance to poetry... 🎙

The shelves are lined with skincare, fragrances, cosmetics and there’s even a blow dry salon and treatment studio. You’ll catch us there for the foreseeable 👀 An amazing new opening for the community and it’s brilliant to see a world first on the Altrincham high street thanks to @Bruntwood_UK 👏🏼

The brand new @lookfantastic store is now OPEN in the Stamford Quarter and the queues stretched all the way down George Street this morning ✨🙌🏻💄 We were lucky enough to have a full walk around the BRAND NEW store this morning ahead of it’s official opening, and BOY what a fit out. The brand’s first ever concept store is now open in Altrincham’s Stamford Quarter and it’s been great to see coverage land in the likes of @altrinchamtoday, @MENnewsdesk & @McrFinest

REE KATSU CURRY TOMORROW! MCR Far Eastern OGs @TampopoEats are set to celebrate National Katsu Curry Day tomorrow by giving away 400 FREE curries 🍛💸 Running at their sites in and around Manchester, the team will be giving away FREE curries from 11am - 1pm and hungry Mancs need to act fast as when they’re gone, they’re gone 😳 Following on from their biggest menu revamp to date, it was great to ‘own’ the day dedicated to celebrating everyone’s favourite Japanese comfort classic with coverage landing in the likes of @ManchesterEven, @SecretMCR_smn, @TheMancUK, Taste of Manchester and @ILoveMCR 🙌🏻

✅ Brand aligned collaboration ✅ Beautiful birds ✅ Lots of Rum! ✅ Mega local coverage ✅ Supporting conservation work With hits across Chester Standard, @CheshireLive, @VisitChester_ and through @ChesterBID channels, this fun and fabulous collab not only hit lots of great brand goals for Turtle Bay but also spreads the word about the arrival of their new site in Chester. 📸 Thank you to the fabulous @thevainphotos for capturing too!

Anyone fancy a Caribbean Flamingo Cocktail?!🦩🍸 As part of new Chester restaurant pre-launch activity for our longstanding client @Turtlebayuk, we created the collaboration of dreams with iconic local attraction @chesterzoo. Introducing the Caribbean Flamingo Cocktail... where £1 from every cocktail sold will go towards the zoo's vital conservation work 🙌🏻

🎙️Hosted a media day to generate max coverage in limited time 🗞️ Hit national media titles including @IrishIndependRX & @IrishMirror 📻 Covered national broadcast like @rte and popular podcasts 📍Complemented by local coverage in the likes of @DublinLive to maximise ticket sales Read more about it all here: irishmirror.ie/whats-on/john-…

Making headlines in Ireland 🇮🇪🍀 We’ve been generating mega coverage overseas for our client @official_jcc who was back in Dublin for a show @TheHelixDublin last Friday. The brief was to make a splash in Ireland and its fair to say we hit the mark… 👇🏼