World Veterinary Welfare Award Winner – Ghana

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In the first of our individual films highlighting the winners of the 2019 World Veterinary Association Global Animal Welfare Awards, we feature the work of:

Dr Anthony Akunzule, Ghana

See the video by Clicking Here

Dr. Akunzule has been a champion of animal welfare both in his home country of Ghana and on a global scale. His work spans different species, poultry, ruminants, including beef and dairy cattle, goats and sheep and also companion animals.

In recent years he has pioneered specific welfare programmes for the use of donkeys for agriculture and transport, particularly in Ghana’s northern region. This has involved developing more humane harnesses andcargo carrying methods as well as providing advice on general health and nutrition for working donkeys.

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Dr Akunzule receives his award in Costa Rica

 

He is actively mentoring young vets in Ghana, some of whom struggle to find employment once they have qualified at vet university. His work also influences government policy in Ghana related to animal welfare issues.

Dr. Akunzule is also a veteran of the Pan-African Rinderpest Campaign which worked across Africa to combat the deadly cattle plague known as rinderpest, which was eventually declared eradicated in 2011 – only the second infectious disease to be eradicated globally following that of smallpox in humans.

Speaking about his award, Dr. Akunzule said: “I am happy and honoured to receive this award and I will use it to further the cause of animal welfare both here in Ghana but also worldwide.”

 

The Gamechangers – Glass Works

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Barnsley in Yorkshire may be an unlikely setting for a property Gamechanger but, as we show in our latest property sector video, that’s exactly what is taking place in the very centre of the town.

See our video report below

Work begins on the Glass Works project

Good Call Media’s growing expertise in the property sector has been illustrated by the development of The Gamerchanger series in conjunction with the Yorkshire Property Awards, organised by Variety the Children’s Charity, and in the latest of our videos we spotlight the amazing work that is being carried out to transform the town centre of Barnsley while trade there carries on as normal.

The Glass Works includes Cineworld and Superbowl UK as well as a range of new shops and family friendly restaurants. At the heart of it will be Barnsley Market, rated one of the best markets in Yorkshire and a state-of-the-art community facility and library which will look over a stunning new public square. Barnsley town centre will be transformed into a place where people can shop, socialise and relax, both during the day and into the evening.

Over the next three years visitors will see this transformation taking shape; the re-housing of the famous markets, hoardings around key areas of the development and a changing landscape, as buildings are demolished to make way for the new scheme.

Market traders have been relocated to light and airy purpose built temporary market buildings whilst their new home is ready and have been well received by both shoppers and the traders.The flagship in The Glass Works, the new £5.3m library and community space, will be the first part of the development to complete in autumn 2018, providing the community with a state-of-the-art facility in which to learn, unwind and socialise.

Throughout the transformation the town centre remains open for business. The markets are bustling; the major high street names continue to thrive, town centre events are drawing the crowds, and the stunning Victorian Arcade and wide range of new independent businesses are bringing people in to the town.

Volition Video Report From New York Stock Exchange

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We followed up our work with Volition RX for their Capital Markets Day at the New York Stock Exchange with a film highlighting the huge success of the event (see video below).

Over 70 investors, potential investors, analysts and key opinion leaders attended the event which highlighted new directions for the company.

Volition is a multi-national life sciences company developing simple, easy to use, cost effective blood tests to help diagnose a range of cancers and other diseases. Early diagnosis has the potential to not only prolong the life of patients, but also to improve their quality of life. The tests are based on the science of NucleosomicsTM, which is the practice of identifying and measuring nucleosomes in the bloodstream or other bodily fluid – an indication that disease is present.

Volition’s research and development activities are currently centered in Belgium, with additional offices in London, Texas and Singapore, as the company focuses on bringing its diagnostic products to market.

Good Call Media has produced numerous videos for Volition and regularly features it earnings calls four times a year, creating video and audio to highlight the events. We have also filmed at the company’s impressive new facility in Namur, Belgium, where many of the tests involved in their cancer detection trials are being carried out. Watch out for further announcements of new developments in the Volition RX story, coming up soon!

Costa Rica Awards A Huge Success

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We played a major role in the highly successful 2019 World Veterinary Association (WVA) Global Welfare Awards, held in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica.

To see our overview video Click Here More videos highlighting the individual winners, will be published in coming weeks.

The awards were sponsored by our key client, Ceva Santé Animale and Good Call Media’s Co-owner, Nik Wood, was on stage to host the event in front of a excellent crowd at San Jose’s International Convention Centre in the capital.

This was the 3rd edition of the awards co-created by the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and Ceva Santé Animale (Ceva) to promote ever better international standards of animal welfare by rewarding 6 veterinarians and one veterinary student.

The Award ceremony took place during the 35th World Veterinary Association Congress on 28th April 2019 in San Jose, Costa Rica where the selected winners were invited to receive the WVA Animal Welfare Award and a monetary prize of 5.000 Euros.

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The 2019 winners on stage after the ceremony

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The Global Animal Welfare Awards recognise and reward veterinarians who in their daily lives contribute to the protection and welfare of animals and have provided outstanding and exemplary welfare-related services to animals, animal owners, fellow veterinarians and the public.

Following the success of the WVA Animal Welfare Awards in 2017 and 2018, Ceva and the WVA incollaboration with the International Veterinary Students’ Association (IVSA) this year agreed to expand the scope of the awards by adding a new category recognising a veterinary student. Animal welfare is more and more a central societal issue and its inclusion within the training of young veterinarians is key to improving global standards.

 

 

Our Images Promote Convention

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Today sees us travelling to Brussels where we have been asked to report on the latest convention staged by AnimalhealthEurope (AHE) and one of the JPEGs we shot on a filming assignment in Spain has been chosen as the key image for the event.

Our image that was used and the centrepiece for the Convention

We recorded the JPEG together with a dynamic video (see below) explaining the importance of animal health to Sandra Garcia Carmona, a poultry farmer who, together with her sister, is running a business that was first started by her grandfather. Today the farm is implementing a new way of thinking regarding poultry production including an innovative approach to free range chicken raising.

The film was one of a series that we produced when we managed the “Animal Health Matters” video campaign for AHE. Food And Farming – Well Fed Or Fed Up is the title of the Convention, held on June 6 and it is being attended by a range of key opinion leaders and industry experts.

With high standards for animal health, food safety and an increasingly sustainable livestock sector, Europe’s population is generally considered to be well-fed in terms of choice, nutrition, quality and assurance of safe food.Despite these high standards and the willingness of the livestock chain to continue making improvements, conversations and reporting on livestock gives a growing impression of people feeling fed-up with our current food system.

AnimalhealthEurope is the association representing manufacturers of animal medicines, vaccines and other animal health products in Europe.

It is a not-for-profit body representing both corporate members and national animal health associations in Europe. It represents both innovators and generics alike, as well as large, medium-sized and small companies. AnimalhealthEurope’s membership covers 90% of the European market for animal health products.

Watch out for a series of video and social media reports from the event.

 

New Showreel Launched

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Good Call Media’s new Showreel has just been launched.

The video shows some of our best work and highlights the different sectors that we cover in just a few minutes. As well as investing in the latest state of the art cameras and equipment, the Showreel also highlights the use of our drone, which records full 4K high definition video.

As the Showreel illustrates, Good Call Media handles subjects ranging from the highly charged financial markets of Wall Street and the City of London, to veterinarians who are making an incredible contribution to global animal welfare.

Take a look and if you feel we could work with you…give us a call (see Contacts Page)…we don’t charge anything for a brainstorming meeting over a casual coffee – or something stronger!

 

Open Farm Sunday: Hall Hunter

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Our cameras will be lurking behind the beautiful berry bushes of the Hall Hunter Partnership when they open their doors as part of the 2019 Open Farm Sunday project.

Our work with the innovative company follows the publication of a series of videos (see below) in various different languages highlighting what it’s like to work with the business, which supplies berries to most of the UK’s leading supermarkets.

Hall Hunter Partnership was started by Mark and Mary Hall, in 1966 and continues to grow, in every sense of the word.

Hall Hunter supports local schools

These days the business is run by their son Harry who has continued the tradition of driving the business to be ever better. He and his family live at Tuesley Farm, the largest farm that the company owns.

The business covers seven sites: from Berkshire to Surrey to Sussex, and in 2016, the business ventured overseas to start a farm in Portugal. Their approach combines decades of experience, expertise and passion with modern, innovative techniques. They strongly believe in supporting the communities where their businesses are based, often working closely with local schools and also take part in Open Farm Sunday each year

Hundreds of farms all over the UK will open their gates for LEAF Open Farm Sunday 2019. As the farming industry’s annual open day, it offers a fantastic chance for people to discover real farming at first hand and see for themselves how their food (and much more besides) is produced. It is also a great way for farmers to shine a light on what they deliver and why supporting British farming matters. Over 5000 people attended the event at Hall Hunter’s Tuesday Farm near Godalming Surrey in 2018 and the farm will be the location for the 2019 open day.

Watch out for our video reports highlighting the event.

Wolves of Wall Street

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Well not quite Wolves maybe but our visit to the world famous Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange prompted howls of appreciation from all of those who saw our videos to support the Capital Markets Day organised by one of our favourite clients – Volition RX

See the video we prepared for the event by Clicking Here

Volition staged the event to update interested parties on its recent progress. Watch out for further announcements and videos from Volition, including the launch of a new venture into the world of veterinary health. Good Call Media also recorded videos at the event itself and these will be released shortly.

Good Call Media’s co-owner, Fiona Molloy, filming on Wall Street

“It has been a busy quarter with the public announcement of a number of initiatives and we were delighted to have the opportunity to discuss our plans at the Capital Markets Day event today,” commented Chief Executive Officer, Cameron Reynolds. “We would like to thank all those who attended, especially our speakers Professor Axel Imhof of Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich and Associate Professor Heather Wilson-Robles of Texas A&M University.”

Following recently announced preliminary results from two proof of concept studies in lung cancer, Volition has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the prestigious National Taiwan University through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Belgian Volition SPRL (“Belgian Volition”), to conduct a large-scale lung cancer study. Principal Investigator Professor
Chen Jin-Shing commented: “The early data of the Nu.QTMtechnology platform is promising but clearly larger scale studies are required. Lung cancer remains the deadliest of all the cancers and there is a high unmet clinical need for either a non-invasive early stage lung cancer detection test or for a triage test which can improve the specificity of the Low-Dose CT scan currently used.”  Volition expects to release preliminary data relating to the first 600 patient samples in first quarter of 2020.

Volition has also executed a nonbinding Memorandum of Understanding with Shanghai Fosun Long March Medical Science Co., Ltd. with an expectation of negotiating and entering into a binding agreement to help facilitate the entrance of the Nu.QTMplatform into China. Dr. Jasmine Kway, Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Volition, commented: “We are happy to be able to announce this Memorandum of Understanding with Fosun Long March because, in addition to our plans to undertake clinical studies in colorectal cancer, lung cancer and ovarian cancer, we are also planning to jointly explore the development of Nu.QTMassays utilizing Fosun’s LUMIART-II Automated Chemiluminescence Immunoassay System, which could provide us with an additional platform for the Chinese market.”

Two Hundred & Eighty Grand!

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£281,000 – that was the grand total raised by Variety the Children’s Charity at the glittering 2019 Yorkshire Property Awards and Good Call Media has been thanked for our significant contribution.

Within just a few minutes of the Awards finishing, Good Call media was putting the finishing touches to a colourful and dynamic overview video which captured the many highlights of the evening and featured key figures from Variety and, of course, the local property scene. To see the video Click Here

Host Martin Bayfield and Variety Yorkshire Chairman, Elaine Owen

We have partnered with Variety Yorkshire and also Variety London for several years now and support many of their headline events which help to raise badly needed funds for children and young people who face challenges in their everyday lives. The Yorkshire Property Awards, held in a huge marquee in the beautiful grounds of Rudding Park Hotel, near Harrogate, now attracts over 1000 property professionals from the region and it’s a sell out every year!

Good Call Media prepared no less than 16 videos for the event itself, including a spoof video based on the Peter Kay version off the song ‘Amarillo’ and featured a cavalcade of well know property figures from the Yorkshire industry.

Variety Yorkshire’s Chairman, Elaine Owen, contacted us after the event and said: “All the feedback we received about your films was extremely positive, Amarillo was said to be the best opening video to the awards yet – bring on next year.”

The evening was a total success and part of the £281,000 will be used to fund the next Variety Big Build project in aid of Green Meadows School in Guiseley, Yorkshire, to improve the lives of the children at the school for many years to come.

This year’s Awards was presented by former rugby star Martin Bayfield who is popular with the Yorkshire crowd. Watch out for further details of the winners’ videos from the event in our Breaking News section in the weeks to come.

2019 Continues At Pace

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It’s been an unbelievable first half to the year for Good Call Media – which is why we have hardly had time to update our newsroom!

But news was very much on the agenda for one of our latest projects.

Old fashioned newspaper skills used for modern internet writing

We travelled to Bordeaux to the headquarters of one of our main customers, Ceva, to stage a dynamic training session in writing new stories. Our background as newspaper and broadcast journalists came to the fore when communications ambassadors from Ceva’s 55 offices worldwide to share their skills and learn new ones as the global veterinary health company continues to grow.

Good Call Media’s Co-owner, Nik Wood, said:”We take it for granted that we can easily construct a news story because of our training in journalism but for many people, writing an article for a website or intranet or even a press release can be quite stressful.

“Ceva’s own intranet has expanded so rapidly that they communications ambassadors are expected to write regular articles so we were asked to use our expertise and design an interactive news writing course for this gathering.”

Good Call Media designed a realistic scenario that was played to the audience in video format. They were then challenged to write a news story based on the video in one hour. The winners received an ice cold bottle of champagne at the dinner in a Bordeaux restaurant that evening. Needless to say we were on hand to help them drink it!