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BDB gives back: a year of charitable giving

BDB makes a sustained commitment to charity throughout the year with team members taking part in a range of challenges as well as coming together to fundraise for nominated charities as a collective. Many of the causes we support are …
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An update from Asia

Greetings from Singapore! As we start to wind down to the end of 2012 and prepare for 2013, I’d like to share some of BDB Asia’s recent highlights. As soon as we launched BDB Asia earlier this year, we hit …
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BDB at in-cosmetics Asia

BDB will be at in-cosmetics Asia, Bangkok, 6 – 8 November. The personal care ingredient show in Asia sees cosmetics manufacturers from all over the region and beyond converging to learn more about the latest ingredient innovations and technologies. We …
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Graduate languages in the world of PR

After four years of studying Modern Languages at the University of Manchester, I’m now working at BDB, learning to master the language of PR and marketing. BDB is an international b2b marketing communications agency that actively recruits graduates with foreign …
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Thinking of joining BDB?

After a couple of years as an English Language teacher and freelance translator, a short stint in South America and a few temp jobs, I was looking for a motivating, more long-term career move. I wanted a role that would …
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GROW-ing!

I recently attended the 2012 International Business Marketing Association Conference in Chicago, titled ‘Grow’. An impressive event, attracting nearly 700 marketers from all over the USA and ten other countries, it brought together the great and the good to hear …
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Rust prevention: keeping a handle on your foreign language skills

Learning languages is the easy part. Everything afterwards is up to you. How is it possible to keep your level of languages in tip-top condition if you’re not using them on a daily basis, as part of your job? Here …
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Showing our support

The ongoing economic climate is hitting charities hard. Reports suggest that up to £5.5bn worth of national and government funding could be cut.[i]  To continue their good work, charities are therefore increasingly reliant on private donations and fundraising activities. At …
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Dipping my toes in b2b waters

Rebecca joined BDB on a three month placement as part of the Manchester Masters scheme which aims to keep the best graduates in the city. Now at the end of her placement, she reflects on her experience at BDB.  For …
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Expectations and reflections: my first FiE

“Plane ticket?” Check “Press packs?” Check “Business cards?” Check With that my final luggage check was complete and I was ready to leave Manchester for three days of press support at Europe’s biggest food ingredients exhibition, FiE.  I was looking …
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Bienvenue à Paris

As Paris hosts Food Ingredients Europe this year, why not take some time out of the exhibition hall to explore one of the world’s most enchanting cities? Having lived in ‘The City of Light’ not (too) long ago, here are …
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The importance of being earnest

Work experience is a concept introduced in school at around the age of 15 – pitched as an opportunity to develop your self-confidence and to prepare for leaving the maternal arms of education. All I can recall of this experience …
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Work experience: in at the deep end

Alice joined BDB on a two month placement for the summer holidays. In her last week at BDB before returning to University, she reflects on her experience. Before I started my internship at BDB, the b2b marketing world was a …
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Mastering B2B marketing

Steve joined BDB on a three month placement as part of the Manchester Masters scheme which aims to keep the best graduates in the city. As he (reluctantly) reaches the end of his time with the company, he comments on …
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Train to gain: seeing the value of training in a changing environment

Marketing has long been one of the fastest moving business sectors. This is even more evident in the current age of online and social media. Taking account of these technological changes marketing best practice continues to evolve – incorporating new …
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Team building: adopting a creative approach for long-term success

With phrases like “there’s no I in team” and “none of us is as good as all of us” conjuring up cringe-inducing David Brent-like images, it’s little wonder that many employees place limited value on the benefits of team working …
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