team600greenmessage are specialists in low-cost environmental communications, helping organisations to reduce carbon footprints and become more pro-active in the marketplace.

“greenmessage provide a professional, reliable service designed to fit with our branding and then support this with statistical analysis so we know exactly how effective this activity is” says Rob Mitchell, Commercial Manager of AFC Bournemouth. “We are great supporters of greenmessage, without their expertise and advice we could not market our services and events so effectively, their costs are a very small fraction of a postage stamp but the results are fantastic.” For more information on AFC Bournemouth’s successful e-newsletter, you can contact Rob Mitchell on 01202 726322, or read other testimonials on the greenmessage website (www.greenmessage.co.uk).

What do greenmessage do?

greenmessage offer a fully-managed and professionally-designed e-newsletter, using their extensive graphic design, html coding and marketing knowledge to create, maintain and deliver a regular communication tool for your organisation, directly into the inbox of both your current supporters/clients and potential ones. Read more

firstfixcablesystem2In the worst cases, equipment can be mothballed for weeks, and engineers have to make two visits - which costs! Football & Sports Arena has found something which could help a lot of us reduce both the time it takes to get machines back into action and the repair bill.

The First Time Fix Cable from Sportsafe UK is an innovative bit of kit specially designed to get gym equipment running again without having to call out an engineer. Almost anyone can fit the new cable, because you don’t need expert skills to do it - and the only tool you need is a 14mm spanner. Read more

san-siroDuring World Heart Day this year (26th September 2010) we will be working together to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and address health challenges through workplace wellness initiatives.

Sports stadia offer an excellent setting to support the delivery of public health interventions, in particular those relating to cardiovascular disease. Such interventions are of benefit to our wider communities, whilst supporting the corporate objectives of individual stadia, and can include initiatives such as promoting increased physical activity, healthier diets and tobacco free environments. Read more

manchester-city1When the City of Manchester Stadium became the first all-smart card stadium in the country, it was a major step on the road to next generation event and venue management. People had been talking about smart cards for years, but it took the arrival of new “contactless” smart cards (like London’s well-known Oyster card) and a bit of vision to make the technology work quickly, reliably and safely in a stadium environment. Today, the public are familiar with contactless: their new Barclays’ debit cards are contactless, their transport cards are contactless and soon their phones will be contactless too as “near-field communication” or “NFC” interfaces arrive for mass market handsets. Read more

leicester-flagFive Championship clubs entered the final round of games still in contention for promotion through the Play-offs. Nottingham Forest, Cardiff City and Leicester City were all guaranteed a Play-off spot, with Blackpool and Swansea City going into the last day  to gain their place.

Paul Rawnsley, Director of the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, commented: “The Championship Play-off Final winners will benefit from at least £40m of additional revenue in 2010/11, the vast majority of this coming from television income and the rest from higher gate receipts and increased commercial income. In addition, even if a club is relegated after one year in the Premier League, parachute payments may be received over the following four seasons of up to £48m.” Read more

old-trafford-stadiumThe two latest refurbishment projects, completed in 2008 and 2009 respectively, comprised the installation of a further Andrews Supa-Flo water heater and two Potterton Commercial NXR3 cast iron sectional boilers. The former has been fitted to provide hot water to the Players’ changing rooms and some of the South Stand hospitality suites, whilst the boilers supply low pressure hot water (LPHW) to the South Stand heating and air conditioning systems. Read more

worldcuppospackWith the 2010 World Cup only a few of weeks away UK Point of Sale Group Ltd (UK POS) is launching a 2010 World Cup POS kit to help the leisure industry maximise their World Cup promotions this summer. The promotional kit will be offered at a special rate of £225 as a further incentive to encourage the leisure industry to maximise sales during this event period. Read more

wolves3‘Self-Service’ mobile platform from Oxygen8 Communications allows Wolves to send fans mobile phone alerts about upcoming games, club news and promotions

Premier League football club, Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. http://www.wolves.co.uk has partnered with Oxygen8 Communications to launch a new range of mobile services for its fans. Read more

everton_1Premier League club Everton http://www.evertonfc.com, one of the oldest in the history of the English game, has invested in new mobile technology to enhance interaction with its fans. Read more

gary-corbettFor all of their wealth, even the biggest sports clubs have so far failed to wake up to the unique opportunity represented by mobile marketing to nurture their fan bases and drive new revenue. Read more