Our virtual ‘news studio’ has been in demand again – this time to promote the prestigious World Veterinary Association Global Animal Welfare Awards.

Following the successful WVA Animal Welfare Awards 2017 WVA, our client, Ceva Sante Animale,  is supporting the 2nd WVA Animal Welfare Awards that will be presented during the World Veterinary Association Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Spain on 5th-8th May 2018.

Animal welfare will be celebrated at the event

Green Screen studio creates the feel of a real news programme

We have used our ‘green screen’ studio to create the feel of a mainstream TV news programme to publicise the Awards and also to give people important information on the timing, location and detail of the ceremony in Barcelona.

Click here to see the teaser video.

The aim of the WVA Animal Welfare Awards is to recognize and reward veterinarians who are contributing in their daily lives 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.

Good Call Media’s, Nik Wood, hosted the 2017 awards on stage in Incheon, South Korea. Our company also organised video reports highlighting the work of each of the winners in Colombia, the USA, Kenya, the Philippines, the UK and Egypt. The Awards will be staged as part of the World Veterinary Congress being staged in Barcelona between May 5-8, 2018. Nominations closed at the end of January and watch out for further studio-based trailers for the event in the coming months.

The Awards follow the success of the Ceva UK Welfare Awards which will also be staged again in 2018. That event will take place in Birmingham, UK, on 4 April and Good Call Media will be at the event to record interviews with the winners immediately they leave the stage. These interviews are then posted on social media within minutes of being recorded.

The speed and profile of this approach is particularly popular with the Awards sponsors as they too are interviewed and these clips, together with their company logos are included in the social media videos which they can then ‘share’ immediately after the ceremony finishes. “Because of our background working in BBC news and current affairs, we are able to turn video content around very quickly,” said Good Call Media’s Nik Wood.

Our long standing client, XP Power continued breaking records with its latest full year financial results.

Click here to see our video report highlighting the company’s financial performance over the last 12 months when they recorded record order intake, revenues and earnings achieved during 2017.

The video was recorded in XP’s UK headquarters – we have been working with the business as it has grown dramatically in recent years, acquiring businesses in different regions including the US where we filmed XP’s impressive production facility.

James Peters, Chairman, commented:

“We are encouraged by the strong performance in 2017 and a good start to 2018. The Group entered 2018 with a strong order backlog and will also benefit from a full year’s trading from the acquired Comdel business which expands our addressable market.

Although we cannot be immune from all external economic shocks resulting from cyclicality in the capital equipment markets we serve, we are optimistic regarding our prospects for 2018.”

Good Call Media’s co-owner, Fiona Molloy, who manages our relationship with XP, said:”It’s great to be working in partnership with such a dynamic company and we have seen year on year growth throughout the years of our operations with XP.”

2017 was an extremely busy year for our client Volition RX, the multi-national company developing a simple, cost effective blood test to diagnose a range of cancers. They continued the drive to get their product approved and on the market starting the year with the opening of a new state of the art 20,000 square foot laboratory at their facility in Namur. Volition America was formed shortly followed by the start of a large colorectal cancer screening trial in collaboration with the Early Detection Research Network part of the prestigious U.S. National Cancer Institute. In Asia a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the National Taiwan University to conduct two large colorectal clinical trials.

As we continue to document their journey to market, these are just some of the highlights featured in the 2017 overview film we recently created for them;  collating footage from across the year with interviews from many of the team. To watch the film and hear about the continued development and growth of the company and learn about another exciting year ahead with some key clinical milestones coming up in 2018 click here.

Good Call Media is celebrating its tenth anniversary year and we would like to thank all our clients, some of whom have become personal friends, for all the fantastic work they have trusted us with over the years.

What started out as the germ of an idea to set up a small business making commercial video and hosting live events has developed into a multi-national operation which works alongside major companies and worldwide organisations in a variety of different sectors.

Our business was originally formed when former BBC business correspondent Nik Wood, set up Nik Wood Communications Ltd after working as marketing and communications director with several multi-national companies, latterly BNP Paribas Real Estate. Good Call Media is now co-owned by Nik and his partner, Fiona Molloy, who worked as a director and producer with a series of leading broadcast organisations including the BBC.
“I had been watching the development of online video and also the invention of a new idea called You Tube and had been writing articles in the marketing and communications trade press warning companies that a revolution was about to begin in video and what we now know as social media,” said Nik. “However I lacked the confidence to resign from a well paid City of London job and start my own operation. I remember thinking, no-one has to pay me once I start in business myself but people I respected at senior level in corporate life convinced me that I was capable of building a successful business – it was the best advice I ever had.”

Initial contracts included work with The Brookwood Partnership. A pioneer in its time, Brookwood put fresh food back on the menu and skilled chefs back in the kitchens of many of the UK’s independent schools and the fact that they are still an excellent client of our company is a testament to the strength of that relationship. Another contract, with the UK’s Department For International Development (DFID) involved regular work in over 15 African countries and resulted the setting up of a new project called Research Into Use, which pioneered the use of video filming in the field of agriculture and livestock management.

As the business grew bigger covering many different sectors including finance, manufacturing, leisure, hospitality, technology, healthcare and communications, it became more difficult to cope with the growing demands from clients. About this time, Fiona Molloy, who had worked with Nik Wood on flagship BBC business programmes such as ‘Working Lunch’ on BBC 2, “Business Breakfast’ on BBC 1, the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 and ‘Wake Up To Money’ on BBC Radio 5 Live joined the business to work on existing projects and also develop new business.

Those new clients have included Variety The Children’s Charity. We produce videos to kick off their major fund raising events such as the Yorkshire Property Awards, The Yorkshire Business Awards and also events in central London that raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for young people who face a variety of different challenges in life. Volition RX is another growing client which is quoted on the New York Stock Exchange and is developing a simple and affordable blood test to help diagnose a range of cancers at an early stage which can lead to successful treatment.

“It’s obviously great to partner with new clients but when those organisations are also helping to improve or even save lives, it makes our work even more rewarding,” said Fiona. “These companies really seem to value our heritage working in the BBC because we can tell their stories in a compelling way.”

In recent years we have started to work on a retained basis for clients such as Ceva Santé Animale the international animal health company which has offices in over 40 countries. We work all year round for Ceva and have helped to develop a world leading video platform for the business which is marketed as Ceva TV. Nik Wood also regularly appears on stage, leading professional debates, question and answer sessions and also interviewing key opinion leaders from some of the world’s most respected universities.

2017 was the most successful year yet in the history of the business.

“After such a year, it’s hard to think of further growth but demand is still increasing for what we do,” said Nik. “Our success is obviously down to hard work but we also thank those clients who have helped Good Call Media to get where it is today.”

“So a Happy New Year for all those people 2018 and if you need help or advice on developing innovative communications, don’t hesitate to give us a call!”

Congratulations to Variety The Children’s Charity for raising a massive  £111,200 at this year’s Yorkshire Business Awards, held in Leeds.

Our videos were used to kick off the main awards and also featured a video report on the special appeal held at the lunch to raise funds for a project at a children’s hospice in the region.

Click here to see the Awards video.

Click here to see the Variety Bluebell Wood appeal video.

Guest speaker Sir Chris Bonington, the UK’s most accomplished mountaineer, spoke about his inspirational 60 year career and Rosemary Shrager was named winner of the Yorkshire Legend

Variety Awards at Queens Hotel, Leeds. Pictured Rosemary Shrager who received a lifetime award and guest speaker Sir Chris Bonington, with the choir from Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Wakefield. 8th December 2017. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

Award, as well as being named an ambassador for the charity.

Dean Hoyle said: “It’s not about individuals, it’s about the team. “I had a wonderful team there (at the Card Factory). They really helped me deliver. I couldn’t have done it by myself. “Football is very similar. You can have the best players on the pitch, but if you don’t have the leadership, and we had the magnificent David Wagner, then I wouldn’t be standing here today.

Speaking of Huddersfield Town’s promotion to the Premier League he said: “It’s put the town on the map, it’s put Yorkshire on the map.”

Accepting the award for board of the year Julian Bailey, PR director of Morrisons, said: “We’re really known for being a Yorkshire company, so it’s great to win an award in Yorkshire. “It’s a team effort; we’ve got 100,000 people working every single day to deliver customers brilliant food at a fair price.”

Pelsis CEO Peter Mangion said: “We’ve grown mainly by acquisition over the last seven years or so. We’ve done seven deals. That will continue to be the case going forward.”