Business Action | October / November 2019

Blind Pig Media, which has
creative hubs in both Bude
and London, has been named
a Facebook official Marketing
Partner. Recognition by a
corporation of this size is a
significant achievement for
the growing digital marketing
agency, and will open up more
opportunities for both the
agency and its clients.
According to Facebook,
“Marketing Partners are
painstakingly vetted not only
for capability and expertise,
but also for a solid track record
of success”, meaning that
when a company is in need
A trio of the Bude Blind Pig Team: (from left) Steve Brookes, Alice Edmonds and Erin Michie. Two of the piglets are Hippo and Lily!
Media pigs fly with Facebook approval
of marketing assistance, they
can head straight to this list of
proven partners all across the
world to find an agency who
will help –Blind Pig Media now
being one of them.
The benefits of this recognition
include early access to
new product releases, a direct
connection to the Facebook
team, as well as a wide variety
of training resources and events
right at the tip of the team’s
fingers. These can be fed back
to clients, which include SMEs
and FTSE100 companies, to
further improve their digital
marketing and business success.
Exeter ranked a top five UK airport
Exeter Airport has again
been ranked in the top five
of UK airports for customer
satisfaction, according to the
consumer group Which?
Exeter went up one place
this year to fourth out of
17 airports across the UK
with fewer than 10 million
passengers. Based on a range
of member measures, Exeter
scored 73%, up one percent
on the previous report, in the
survey competed by more than
6,000 Which? passengers.
Matt Roach, managing
director of Exeter Airport,
said: “Our passengers appreciate
the convenience of flying
from their local airport and
the Which? survey results
show that our staff at Exeter
Airport have again helped
bring about the high scores for
customer satisfaction.”
■■Details exeter-airport.co.uk
Steve Brookes, co-founder of
Blind Pig Media says, “We are
delighted to have received this
partnership accreditation from
Facebook and to be recognised
for our expertise and the results
achieved for our clients.
“I am very proud of the
team’s efforts and hard work
that have got us to this stage as
a business, and I am even more
excited for the future of Blind
Pig Media and what’s to come.”
Blind Pig Media was
originally established in
London and relocated to Bude
in 2016, while retaining its
London presence. One of the
William Bolton, 22, has won
the Exmoor Society’s 2019
Pinnacle Award for Young
Entrepreneurs, worth £3,000.
William has a passion for
bee-keeping, learnt from his
grandfather, and is determined
to follow in his footsteps by
producing heather honey
from hives on Exmoor. He will
continue the practice of moving
hives on and off the moor by
reviving these sites and finding
main reasons for moving to
the South West was the level of
creative talent emerging from
Falmouth University.
Client account associate
Alice Edmonds adds: “I also
love the fact that you can get
out for a walk on the beach
in your lunch break or before
work – it definitely helps the
creativity to flow.”
The Blind Pig ‘litter’ now
numbers 14 and its services
range from content creation to
growth and engagement, SEO
and web design.
■■Details 020 3745 65 75 or
blindpigmedia.co.uk
Rural award winner busy with bees
new ones in his enterprise
WBee, based on his initials.
William attended school in
Wiveliscombe before working
on several bee farms in New
Zealand. He said: ‘‘It is an
honour to have been chosen
by the Exmoor Society for this
award and I look forward to
growing my business for the
benefit of the environment and
my community.”
■■Details exmoorsociety.com
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