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We interviewed acclaimed filmmaker Ken Loach (Kes, The Wind That Shakes the Barley) in the small attic office of his production company Sixteen Films. We discussed Left Unity, the new political party of the left that he supports. The interests and struggles of the working classes has been a theme throughout all of Loach’s films. […]

We interviewed Gail Porter for our Career Focus TV site. Below is a transcript of how she broke into the media. Gail Porter: “I wrote my CV, two pages. It was a decent CV but there wasn’t much work around so I got 100’s of rejection letters. I still have them. So I thought I’d […]

I interviewed Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in his small, bustling, constituency office. He certainly pulled no punches. Davey cited the recent EU pact to reduce Europe’s CO2 emissions by at least 40% by 2030, as his biggest political achievement. Committing the EU to this target was understandably challenging. Davey […]

Our Redditch constituency programme saw us interview Conservative MP Karen Lumley, in addition to key figures within the Police, District Council, County Council and the Mayor. These interviews gave great insights into the key issues that will decide the election. The NHS looks to be decisive, with the uncertain future of Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital bringing […]

The stunning WWF’s Living Planet Centre was designed by environmental design consultants Aterlier Ten and is the home to the World Wildlife Foundation. The complex brief reflected the core sustainability and energy values that the building had to achieve. They also had to incorporate the public car park into the building, resulting in the stilts […]

We’re launching Career Focus TV, to provide a multi-media platform careers service. We’re interviewing industry leading professionals to give the inside track on ways into different sectors. Here’s a taster of some job application tips. Please comment with your thoughts. Get through the first sift Employers receive so many applications that they do a first […]

On Black Friday we avoided the carnage of the sales as we had a packed production schedule of filming in West Yorkshire. For the general election build-up we are producing short programmes that give snap-shots of life in different constituencies across the UK. We arrived at Leeds Bradford International Airport first thing on a very […]

A Parliamentary meeting with Yorkshire’s MP’s takes place tomorrow to address the potential closure of several Children’s Heart Surgery Units including Leeds General Infirmary’s. Closure plans also include units at Leicester’s Glenfield hospital and the Royal Brompton hospital in London. Although these plans were suspended last year after an independent review deemed their analysis “flawed” […]

Mark Reckless’ defection to UKIP has sparked a pivotal by-election in Rochester that could dismantle Cameron’s leadership. You know the PM is feeling the pressure when he resorts to childish taunts about Reckless’ “fat arse”. So why does tomorrow’s Rochester by-election mean so much? The Tories lost Clacton-on-Sea to UKIP, but Rochester looks far removed […]

In 2015 we’ll be producing a series of fly-on-the-wall documentaries about key individuals working in a range of industries. These will offer an accurate snap-shot showing prospective employees what work in that sector actually involves. These films will be shown on our Careers Focus TV website and will offer a fascinating introduction to different industries. […]