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Apple Continue to Move on Corporate Sector

Geoff Wilcock — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:37:53 +0000

From the register. Even the mighty BlackBerry is feeling the heat of cool Apple.

Service Update – 05-10-09 (21.48)

Geoff Wilcock — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:59:55 +0000

Our main leased line supplier believes they have resolved the problem of slow access. We will continue to monitor the situation.

Open Brolly New Office

Geoff Wilcock — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:26:27 +0000

We have finally moved into out new home. We are very pleased with our space. Our collegue, Rene, is in the photo (he’s Dutch) and he is our resident tourism / film tourism expert. We are still at the same address in the Enterprise Park in Forres in our sustainable building.

Edinburgh Film Festival 2009

Geoff Wilcock — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:59:18 +0000

The Kent Film Office and Screen South hosted a reception to celebrate the premier of ‘The Calling’ starring Brenda Blethyn. Brenda congratulated Gabrielle Lindemann and her team at Kent in their work; we were please to hear her mention the MovieSite databases.

Social Media Workshop for Film Makers

David Sim — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:25:00 +0000

4TM will be running a practical workshop for film makers in Forres, discussing how social media like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube can be used to connect with the audience and with other creative talent.

The workshops will be run on 29 May 2009 as part of the new Moray Film Festival. To provisionally book one of a limited number of free places on the course, find out more, or to discuss running a similar workshop in your area, please contact 4TM or email david@4tm-services.com.

New Data Protection Standard Published

David Sim — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:33:50 +0000

From Pinsent Masons LLP:

A set of instructions on how organisations can stay within the Data Protection Act (DPA) while storing personal information has been published by British Standards (BSI).

National standards body the BSI wants its instructions to become a standard and has asked for comments on a published draft. It wants the eventual standard to help organisations to store personal information legally.

“This standard is the first of its kind in the area of Data Protection and is expected to be used widely by both public and private sector organizations,” said Gordon Wanless, chairman of BSI’s data protection forum.

http://www.out-law.com/page-9710

Merry Christmas from Open Brolly (watch us move!)

David Sim — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:22:31 +0000

A very Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2009 from the Open Brolly Team. The home of quality services and systems to screen agencies and film offices. Right this way! However, if you are interested in exploring new marketing channels using the Internet and Social Media please visit our alternative site at www.4tm-services.com.

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Festive Opening Hours

David Sim — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:17:09 +0000

Open Brolly’s offices will be closed from 3pm, 24th December 2008. We re-open on Monday 5th Janaury 2009 at 9am.

Throughout the Christmas and New Year period support will be available by contacting support@openbrolly.com, and all our web services will be fully supported through this time.

Best wishes to all our clients.

Websites need Phone Numbers or Web Forms

David Sim — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:55:42 +0000

A heads up for any of our clients who manage or are involved in web sites.

This from Pinsent Masons:

Companies have to provide a means of contact on their websites in addition to their postal and email addresses, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. A telephone number, or a contact form that is answered within 60 minutes, were deemed acceptable.

Companies must include an email address and a geographic address on their website. The ECJ has ruled, though, that something else is required. That could be the provision of a telephone number but it does not have to be. They have to provide some other way for a consumer to communicate with the company in a direct and effective manner.

The ECJ has ruled that a web form filled in by a consumer and responded to by the company via email was acceptable in a case where the company answered queries within 30 to 60 minutes. It stopped short of suggesting that all companies should respond to web form queries within 60 minutes.

For more, read the article at Outlaw.com.

4TM Blogging Workshop: 24 Nov

David Sim — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:37:02 +0000

Open Brolly’s sister company, 4TM Social Media, will be holding a workshop in Forres on 24 November. It will cover blogging: what is it, how to do it and how it can be used for business.

For more information, please head over to 4TM’s site for the Blogging Workshop information.