Category: ‘Pie Factory’
Mammoth Graphics have opened an office within The Pie Factory, MediaCityUK; their first base outside London.
Established just over ten years ago, Mammoth (who have an office in Ealing Studios in London) design and produce graphics for a host of broadcasters and production companies across a diverse range of sectors and genres.
Phil Long, Managing Director, Mammoth Graphics. “It’s exciting times for Mammoth Graphics and we are really pleased to be moving into The Pie Factory. We know it’s the ideal base from which to expand our business. By sharing a creative environment with other likeminded businesses, we feel that we can keep delivering to our current clients as well as building new relationships for the future.”
Sinead Greenaway, CEO of Peel Media said: “We’ve built a great close knit community at The Pie Factory and are very excited that Mammoth Graphics will become part of it. We hope that their business will benefit from being located here at MediaCityUK”.
Formerly a food production line, The Pie Factory now accommodates three sound stages ranging from 3,000sq ft to 6,800 sq ft and a choice of office accommodation. It also incorporates a costume department, make-up rooms, dressing rooms and green rooms together with 24/7 security and parking.
Extra office accommodation was recently created within The Pie Factory to cope with the growing demand for space. To date there are 25 businesses located in The Pie Factory including Hive, Web Potential, TSL, Toasted Productions, Gallowglass, MK-V, Axon Birch and Purple Crew.
The Pie Factory and MediaCityUK sponsor the under-17s Swinton football club and we’re glad to hear they’ve made it into the semi-finals. Well done!
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Top radio ‘indie’ & PR company moves to The Pie Factory MediaCityUK
Made in Manchester have re-located from Manchester city centre to MediaCityUK becoming the first radio production company and first PR/marketing agency to move to the Peel Media development at Salford Quays.
Having built a name for producing award-winning radio, television and new media content across a wide range of sectors and genres, the company (established in May 2005 by world swimming champion, James Hickman, and broadcaster and journalist Ashley Byrne) also operate a successful PR and marketing division.
Sinead Greenaway, CEO of Peel Media said: “We have a diverse mix of companies in The Pie Factory and are very excited that Made in Manchester have decided to make their home here. They have built an enviable reputation in the radio sector and we hope they will benefit from being next to our anchor tenant the BBC and becoming part of the already bustling community at the heart of MediaCityUK”.
Made in Manchester Creative Director Ashley Byrne said: “We have become well known for leading the way in both areas of our business and we are delighted to be the first UK radio independent production company and PR/Marketing agency to make our home at MediaCityUK.”
Formerly a food production line, The Pie Factory now accommodates three sound stages ranging from 3,000sq ft to 6,800 sq ft and a choice of office accommodation. It also incorporates a costume department, make-up rooms, dressing rooms and green rooms together with 24/7 security and parking.
Extra office accommodation was recently created within The Pie Factory to cope with the growing demand for space. To date there are 25 businesses located in The Pie Factory including Hive, Web Potential, TSL, Toasted Productions, Gallowglass, MK-V, Axon Birch and Purple Crew.
Hive aim to create an even bigger buzz at The Pie Factory, MediaCityUK
Advertising and design agency Hive, is the latest company to move into The Pie Factory at MediaCityUK taking advantage of the extra office accommodation that has been created within the former ‘freshbake’ factory.
Founded in 2006 by Manchester advertising man, Edwin Jones, Hive has gone from strength to strength and the move to MediaCityUK is the next stage in the agency’s development.
Having worked in some of the north’s leading advertising agencies, including TBWA and Poulter’s, Edwin’s experience has enabled Hive to produce work across all media for a diverse range of clients both large and small.
Hive believes the move will help raise its profile as well as putting the team at the heart of the creative community.
Edwin Jones said: ‘We had a great 2009 which saw us shoot our first TV commercial, in South Africa of all places, for a major consumer brand. We are determined to build on that success and being in The Pie Factory, with its prestigious location will allow us to do that.” www.hivemanchester.co.uk
Sinead Greenaway, CEO of Peel Media said: “We are delighted that Hive has decided to make its new home The Pie Factory. We hope the agency benefits from being part of the thriving creative community at the heart of MediaCityUK”.
Formerly a food production line, The Pie Factory now accommodates three sound stages ranging from 3,000sq ft to 6,800 sq ft and a choice of office accommodation. It also incorporates a costume department, make-up rooms, dressing rooms and green rooms together with 24/7 security and parking.
Over the past six months Web Potential, TSL, Toasted Productions and MK-V have opened offices at The Pie Factory.
We’ve recently developed some new office space at The Pie Factory. For more information please contact Suzie Facer (suzie@thepiefactory.co.uk) or Felicity Allan (felicity.allan@mediacityuk.co.uk).
MK-V and Web Potential have moved into The Pie Factory at MediaCityUK taking advantage of additional accommodation that has been created to house media and creative businesses.
The Pie Factory, owned by Peel Media, celebrated its third birthday in January and is already home to twenty businesses offering an array of services from camera and lighting hire to casting, design and IT solutions.
Adel Rawlinson from Web Potential said: “Knowing the reputation The Pie Factory has as an epicentre of media creativity, we welcome this move as an exciting step forward for Web Potential Ltd. The majority of the work we do is for the internet and taking into account the explosion in online video this is an area of the business we are keenly focusing upon. The Pie Factory has some real attractions for us as a company housing some of the largest green screens in the country and with the development of MediaCityUK it’s a great place for us to be! We see the move a positive one with a view to growing the business to new heights”.
Howard Smith CEO/MD MK-V Group said: “I am delighted to announce that MK-V has found a home in the MediaCityUK site. We’re taking place along some old friends such as Take2 and 24/7. We look forward to meeting other residents”.
Sinead Greenaway, CEO of Peel Media said: “The expansion to accommodate more media businesses is testament to the success of The Pie Factory. It is hard to believe that in just over three years it has transformed from a derelict food making factory to a venue where creative companies and individuals make first class content”.
Formerly a food production line, The Pie Factory now accommodates three sound stages ranging from 3,000sq ft to 6,800 sq ft and a choice of office accommodation. It also incorporates a costume department, make-up rooms, dressing rooms and green rooms together with 24/7 security and parking.
Over the past six months, the international broadcast systems integrator TSL and Toasted Productions both opened offices at The Pie Factory.
The Pie Factory, 101 Broadway, Salford, Manchester, M50 2EQ. T: 0161 660 3600
