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Leeroy Thornhill signs the Wrongstars
The Prodigy's Leeroy Thornhill, has signed The Wrongstar Society to his record label, Electric Tastebuds
After their debut album crashed into peoples lives, The Wrongstars are going from strength to strength having just signed to Leeroy Thornhill of The Prodigy new label Electric Tastebuds. With 5000 sales of Beats, Rhymes and Conflicts behind them, the rowdy bunch are now lined up to destroy more dance floors with 2 new singles. With song titles such as “Running people over on a Tuesday Afternoon”, “Dog Brain Soup”, “Get Wrong” and “The Wild wild wild wild wild wild wild west” its obvious what to expect. Pure dancefloor filth. Along with releasing singles on Leeroy’s label, the Wrongstars are currently working on new material with the man himself and the Prodigy’s tour guitarist, Jim Davies. If you love any of The Prodigy’s guitar driven songs then you will know Jim’s work well!
On top of this after rave reviews in NME, DJ Mag, Loaded, Mixmag and a host of other media giants. The Wrongstars have been short listed for the Best Album at the dance music awards Breakspoll 2009. With competition from The Plump Djs and other superstar producers please support The Wrongstars as they line up for one of the biggest underdog victories ever.
Click this link to vote for The Wrongstars… it doesn’t take long!
Design to overcome the downturn
The Design Council have compiled research showing that more than half of UK's businesses are looking to design their way out of the recession
It may be easy for companies to cut their budgets when times are tough, but design can be a powerful tool for any company.
The Design Council have compiled some facts, figures and case studies showing that when the going gets tough, the tough get going (thank you Billy Ocean)
Facts
The Design Council research shows that more than half of the UK’s businesses:
Are looking to design their way out of downturn
Over half (54%) of the firms in our survey thought design would contribute to a large or great extent in helping maintain their competitive edge in the current economic climate.
Think design is more important now
Similarly, 53% thought that design had become more important in helping the firm to achieve its business objectives over the last three years.
Think design is integral to the economic performance of the UK
The same number agreed or strongly agreed that design is integral to the country’s future economic performance.
Case Studies
Our favourite case study from the research gathered shows how the Nottingham based brewery, Castle Rock, used design to improve its image and strengthen its main corporate identity and portfolio of brands. Since the rebrand, Castle Rock’s growth rates have doubled and its brewery is running at full capacity, with demand currently outstripping supply.
Take a look at some more case studies that have used design to overcome the downturn
Design Funding
Independent research shows that companies that don’t invest in growth, research and development during a recession are 2.5 times more likely to fail than those that do. But what happens if you just don’t have the money to invest into research and development? If your company spending is more than £10,000 during the tax year, then research and development tax credits could be available to you. (This includes design projects).
To find out how R&D tax credits can help your company, click here.
Or click here to see if you can claim R&D tax relief
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