NEW: Business Promotion Service

THE HU12 BUSINESS PAGE (see link tab at the top of this page) has been provided as a source of information so that local residents can easily find local businesses. Primarily it has been set-up for residents' use.

However, we now want to offer opportunities for local businesses to benefit from new promotional opportunities available through social media.

Our BUSINESS PROMOTION SERVICE will aim to get your business recognised and followed by a new audience of internet customers. You will benefit from:

1. An enhanced listing on the HU12 Business Page with photos and links to news items about your business from across the internet and the media;
2. A link on the left-hand side-bar of this website; 
3. Dedicated Facebook and Twitter accounts set up linking directly back to your website for you to use - or we can manage the accounts for you at no extra charge;
4. Optional: YouTube and Flickr accounts for those who intend to do lots of video or photo promotional work;
5. Regular posting of your news, special offers and other information to the HU12 website and Hedon Blog, to your Twitter and Facebook accounts and also sent to local media outlets (newspapers, radio and TV);
6. A monthly report sent to you, listing your number of new followers, friends, 'Likes' and additional publicity gained.

Of course, we encourage you to set up your own social media accounts and engage directly with your new customers and contacts. BUT if you haven't the time or the inclination we can do this promotional work for you at no extra cost. 

All that we ask is that you regularly send us at least one e-mail a month outlining your latest news and information that you wish to share. Of course you can send us as much information as you like - but we can only promote the information that you send to us.

We are offering this new unique service at an experimental £1 per month! This amazing low price will allow you to easily test us out.

If you have already got a listing on HU12 then e-mail hu12@gmx.com for further information - otherwise fill in our Online Form and tick the box at the end.

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Co-operatives Fortnight Petition

SIGN THE CO-OPERATIVE PETITION to narrow the gap between rich and poor.

The gap between rich and poor is at its highest since records began. One half of the UK population now owns just one percent of the wealth. A generation ago, they had twelve per cent.

We can change this. Co-operatives Fortnight, is taking place until 9th July 2011, and is the co-operative sector’s national campaign. It aims to show how co-operatives help narrow the gap by giving everyday employees, customers and residents an equal say in decisions and share in the profits.

The central element of the campaign is an ambitious aim of getting 100,000 signatures in support of its petition to trigger national debate on co-operative action to help narrow the gap between rich and poor.

Click to here to sign and share the petition.

As well as signing and sharing the petition there are plenty of ways to get involved, online and offline. Visit www.uk.coop/yourstoshare/getinvolved to get involved. Join on Facebook and Follow on Twitter.

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Royal Wedding and Social Media

YOU CAN WATCH THE ROYAL WEDDING 2011 in many ways thanks to the advent of new social media.

The Official Royal Wedding 2011 website is the portal through which to access everything about the wedding.

There is the official Facebook Page to share your Royal Wedding Stories (it seems it's now compulsory to have a FB page for any event!) and The British Monarchy has its own Facebook Page with a special 'wedding' tab.

You can follow on Twitter at @ClarenceHouse. There is the official Royal Channel on YouTube which will be showing events live as they happen.

The British Monarchy's Photostream on Flickr will gather and collect the photographic record from the big day.

So I think this can quite rightly claim to be the top social media event of the year as well!

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humberMUD: Focus on the photographic business

THE LATEST REGULAR MONTHLY gathering of networking and knowledge-sharing organisation humberMUD will be focused on photography. Four speakers will each share their perspective on this growing aspect of the economically vibrant media industry.

Speakers on the night, which is a free event and takes place this Thursday (November 18), include Jacobs Digital Photography and Video, who will be showcasing the latest developments in camera technology.

Hedon Icon - Image by Neil Holmes

Neil Holmes will also speak. Neil has been a photographer for thirty years, and has spent the last twelve years as a freelance embracing the transition to digital photography. Neil, who showcases his work online, brings some contemporary insight with a talk entitled 'the photographer, blogging & social media'. Neil has been quite a friend to the Hedon Blog over the last 18 months with some of his images being featured on that website.

In addition, photographers and long-term collaborators Scott Wigglesworth and Chris Oaten will speak about their many and varied creative and artistic projects in the city and beyond.

The new Clear As MUD forum during the evening will provide members with an update on creative and business developments in the Humber Street/Fruit Market area.

To kick-start networking, everyone attending is invited to bring promotional material with them, including pop-up banners, posters and flyers.

humberMUD chair Mal Williamson said: “We've now settled into our home at Fruit and have enjoyed increasing attendance month-on-month. What we now want to encourage is more networking and to be seen as the place where business can be done.”

The evening starts at 6pm with free food and nibbles plus drinks available from the bar. Presentations take place at 7-9pm and are followed by networking and music from DJ The Reverend.

For more information about humberMUD visit www.humbermud.com search for humberMUD on Facebook and follow on twitter @humberMUD.

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Save Flamborough Coastguard Station Campaign

FLAMBOROUGH COASTGUARD STATION has been closed. All the services once stationed there have been relocated to Bridlington. A Facebook Campaign has been working tirelessly to reverse this decision.

Flamborough Coastguard Station on the tip of the eastern peninsula was closed down following a routine visit to the station by the Fire Service which revealed that the station was in breach of new fire safety regulation standards. The Maritime Coastguard Agency closed this station down, according to campaigners, rather than make the necessary improvements. The station's emergency search and rescue team and other emergency life-saving equipment have now been moved to Bridlington Coastguard Station

Mr Mike Bill Coastal Safety Manager for the Maritime Coastguard Agency has responded to the campaign:

"I can assure you that we have not only considered the safety and well being of our own volunteers but also that of the general public and the maritime community in our decision to move the team to Bridlington. The facilities at Bridlington far exceed those currently available at Flamborough and response times will probably improve"

However, campaigners say that life will be at risk needlessly on this particularly treacherous part of the coastline due to time delays in getting onto the cliffs, beach or holiday camps at Flamborough from Bridlington. The Campaign has also raised the idea of local people establishing a voluntary organisation to operate the station and would like to explore this as an option.

Flamborough born George Traves set up the Facebook Group to oppose the closure - and now to reverse the decision. The Facebook Group has attracted nearly 2,700 members and over 950 of those have signed an online petition. George is calling for more concerned people to sign the petition before its closure on Friday (27th August 2010).

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