twestival local - Tweet.Meet.Give. - March 24, 2011

We're please to announce that Maclure Barbers has donated a bespoke hair restyle, a shave and hair cleansing products!

Maclure Barbers is a relatively new addition to the Northern Quarter. Owner Nick Maclure was keen to find a space that matched the brands ethos of being creative and artistic whilst staying true to Manchester’s industrial root.

Nick has been cutting hair for nearly 25 years, originally training as a sculpture and then finding a real passion for hairdressing. He found that the trades became complimentary with the skills developed training as a sculpture in terms of using your hands in a certain way to produce a specific cut providing a great creative foundation for hairdressing.

The team at Maclure’s offer the very best in cutting, brow trims, scalp treatments and sculpted styles plus traditional cut throat shaves with hot towels, with prices starting from a very reasonable £12.

The salon is open Monday to Saturday, 9-6pm.

Call 0161 425 5628 / 0759 061 9571 to make an appointment.

PushON, the online marketing people, have kindly donated tickets to SAScon - Search, Analytics and Social Conference, which takes place 19-20 May at The Hive, Manchester.

SAScon delivered in association with Manchester Digital and SEMPO will be the UK’s leading Search Marketing conference. It exists to provide a UK platform for the finest thinkers in Search, Analytics and Social Media to share where they are leading, not where they are following.

SAScon 2011 will feature a range of keynote speakers and interactive panel sessions, speakers will include many of the world’s experts in search engine optimization (SEO), analytics and social media marketing.

PushON is an Online Marketing agency dedicated to promoting and improving the website visibility of Northwest companies by enabling the people who are looking for the products and services you provide, to find your website quickly and easily.

PushON do this by developing strategies and campaigns which enable companies to gain maximum business benefit and value from their investment in the web by increasing relevant site traffic, increasing conversion rates, and ultimately increasing revenues.

The recently established Omniversity of Manchester has donated a place on one of their upcoming courses to Manchester Twestival!

The Omniversity of Manchester provides training and professional development in near-future skills. Part of the pioneering Manchester Digital Laboratory, we provide a range of unique short-term courses lead by renowned practitioners and experts. From HTML5 to SAP, Internet of Things to Podcasting and Net Radio Production, the Omniversity provides affordable and high-quality practical skills unavailable elsewhere.

The Omniversity is contributing a place on the Beginner's Guide to Arduino and Physical Computing for Twestival. You'll start by learning about the history of physical interaction design, through building Arduino-based circuits, to making a digital theramin on this one-day course. Included in this package is a free Arduino, components, breadboards, as well as software and 60 page course manual and reference guide. You'll also be part of the Omniversity online community, connected in perpetuity to your peers on the same course as you to continue your development and learning. 

The prize is redeemable for any of the courses in this strand of programming, so you're not tied into attending on a particular date.

Massive Manchester Twestival love to Orchard for supplying our banners for Thursday night. The lovely chaps at Orchard kindly sorted us out, despite a rather hectic last minute scramble from us!

Orchard is a Digital Creative and Marketing Recruiter with offices in Manchester and Leeds with over 18 years experience.

At Orchard they are committed to knowing what their clients need. They find out first hand, face to face, up close and personal, manna a manna and woman a woman. They do the same when you apply to them too. They like to meet, greet, chat, gossip, assess, weigh up, ponder and peruse you.

Its what they like to call "know-who". And its why employers like to call them when they've got a vacancy to fill.

Journey9 is a marketing services company with offices in the UK and the USA. They create and execute innovative marketing strategies for some of the world’s leading brands. They are known for their local knowledge and their ability to uniquely and seamlessly combine the latest developments in event based marketing, PR, social media, field marketing and the production and use of digital video and other rich media assets. Journey9 operates out of Quay House in Spinningfields and their own offices in the US.

We're delighted to announce that Journey9 is donating its very own corporate seats for the home game at Eastlands between Manchester City and Sunderland on Sunday, 3rd April, kick off at 4.00 pm.  You will enjoy the game in 4 executive seats, with match day programmes and a car park pass included.

A fab present to the City fan in your life - or to yourself!!