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Sperm to work with Stuart Golf – February 2012
Sperm will be working with the uber premium Stuart Golf brand in 2012. Stuart Golf is a luxury international golf brand making huge steps in the retail market. We look forward to working with them to develop the brand across the year.
Stuart Golf website
Sperm rebrand G. Herbert Banks – February 2012
Sperm are delighted to announce our pitch win for heritage estate agent G. Herbert Banks. We will be working on all print, advertising and on line work, launching the new identity and website in March 2012.
G. Herbert Banks website
Sperm launch new Oxsprings website – January 2012
Sperm have just launched the new website for Cotswold based Oxsprings Ham. Oxsprings is an award winning air dried ham aged for a minimum of eight months made from English Pork. We look forward to helping develop the brand into 2012.
Oxsprings website
Sperm Win at The Cream Awards – December 2011
Sperm are delighted to announce that we have won a prestigious Cream Award for Best Use of Illustration for our work with The Gloucestershire Chamber of Commerce. The award ceremony was held at The Jam House in Birmingham.
The Cream Awards 2011
Chainsawbars website launched – November 2011
Chainsawbars is a specialist website that allows the customer to find the right guide bar, chain and sprocket for their chainsaw through selector services from a range of 2000+ products. The site features the most advanced chainsaw parts selectors in the world.
chainsawbars.co.uk
Sperm Celebrate at the Business Awards – October 2011
Sperm are delighted to have been finalists for Young Business of the Year at the Business Awards 2011. The awards were held in front of a record 700 crowd at the Centaur Racecourse in Cheltenham.
The Business Awards 2011
Bensons – October 2011
We are very excited to announce that we will be working with Bensons on their branding, packaging and new product development. Bensons have a fantastic range of 100% pure fruit juices and Chilly Billy ice lollies all created fresh from their Cotswold farm.
Bensons Juices
Branding Master Class Seminar – September 2011
Sperm would like to thank The Gloucestershire Chamber of Commerce and Severn Glocon for the joint master class on branding that was held on Tuesday 13/09/2011 at the UCAS head office in Gloucestershire. We would also like to thank everyone that attended the seminar.
Gloucestershire Chamber of Commerce
The Cream Awards – September 2011
Sperm have been nominated for a prestigious Cream Award for the Best Use of Illustration as part of our branding programme for Gloucestershire Chamber of Commerce. The awards will be announced at The Jam House in Birmingham on the 23rd November 2011.
The Cream Awards 2011
Shortlisted for Young Business of the Year – August 2011
Sperm are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for Young Business of the Year. The Business Awards results will be announced at Cheltenham Race Course on Thursday 6th October.
Business Awards 2011
Sperm in the Press – August 2011
Sperm are in the press again with a very positive article on the company, charting the agency’s growth and history. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Gloucestershire Echo Article
Sperm Master Class Branding Seminar – July 2011
Sperm have just announced that we will be doing a master class seminar on branding aimed at MD’s of medium to large companies. We will be running the class at the UCAS head office on the 13th September. The event will be held with the Gloucestershire Chamber of Commerce and Severn Glocon.
Gloucestershire Chamber of Commerce
Severn Glocon – June 2011
Happy 50th Severn Glocon! Sperm are delighted to be creating all the branding and advertising for Severn Glocon’s 50th birthday. The work will include logo development, advertising and exhibition work and will be rolled out this summer.
Severn Glocon
Sperm Launch Ad Campaign – May 2011
Sperm have just launched our latest ad campaign, the campaign will be going across a variety of press including South West Business magazine and regional newspapers, so be sure to look out for it!
Branding! Ad
Brighton Marathon – April 2011
Sperm's Directors Richard and Pat completed The Brighton Marathon for Winston's Wish on the 10th April 2011. We would love to say a heart felt thanks for all your generosity in helping us raise money for a great cause!
Winston's Wish
Chamber of Commerce – March 2011
Sperm will be working with The Gloucestershire Chamber of Commerce on its new brand identity. The new look is designed to give the chamber a more modern image and to do away with the perception that it is an "old fashioned" organisation. Sperm will apply the new look across multimedia, interior design, online and all printed communications.
Gloucestershire Chamber of Commerce
Run Fat Boys, Run! – February 2011
Sperm's Directors Richard and Pat are running The Brighton Marathon for Winston's Wish on the 10th April 2011. If anyone wants to show their support please click the link below which will take you to our donation website. We really appreciate your time and donations!
Donations Website
Sperm Win National Design Award – December 2010
Sperm are delighted to announce that we have won a commendation at the prestigious Design Week Benchmarks Awards held at The Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair! The silverware was won for our work with Severn Ball Valves in the manufacturing category.
Design Week Benchmarks Awards 2010
Chainsaw Bars – December 2010
Chainsaw Bars are a new venture with big plans. The strategy for Chainsaw Bars is to be UK's largest supplier of Chainsaw bars within 3 years. Sperm will be creating the identity and overseeing all branding work.
Chainsaw Bars
Severn Glocon Group – November 2010
Sperm will be developing the Severn Glocon Group, starting with branding, advertising, print, exhibition and online media. The on going brand development will begin in early December and carry through to 2011.
Severn Glocon Group
Design Week Benchmarks Awards – October 2010
Sperm have been nominated for a prestigious Design Week Benchmarks Award. The Benchmarks Awards are designed to set a standard in the recognition of excellence in brand communications throughout the UK. We have been nominated in the manufacturing category for our work with Severn Ball Valves. The gala awards evening will be held on the 30th November in the Grosvenor Hotel, Mayfair, London, so watch this space!
Design Week Benchmarks Awards 2010
Onwards and upwards – September 2010
Sperm have outgrown our previous studio in Suffolk Square Cheltenham and have now moved 5 minutes up the road to our new bigger studio in Tivoli, Cheltenham. The studio is perfectly suited to fit with our growing business. Onwards and upwards!
Click here for our new location
The Cream Awards – August 2010
Sponsored by Royal Mail, Recommended Agency Register and The Drum, The Cream Awards sets out to recognise outstanding branding and design work across the South West, The Midlands, The East and Wales. We are delighted to be shortlisted for the copy writing category for our advertising work with Oxsprings. The awards will be announced at The Jam House in Birmingham on the 24th November 2010.
The Cream Awards 2010
Vinopolis – June 2010
Vinopolis is one of London’s top wine tasting venues and coveted events spaces hosting everything from high profile rock concerts to conferences. Sperm are delighted to be asked to create an interior signage program for this stunning venue.
vinopolis.co.uk
Severn Ball Valves – May 2010
Severn Ball Valves is a new sub brand for the Severn Glocon Group. The group offers world-class engineering products. Sperm will be creating the Severn Ball Valves brand which will specialise in valve production. We are looking forward to creating a market leading brand program for this award winning global organisation.
click here to download the Severn Ball Valves case study
Harrison Clark – April 2010
Sperm are delighted to win a 3 way pitch for leading South West and Midlands law firm, Harrison Clark. The pitch win will see Sperm create strategic positioning, branding, advertising, and multi-media including the launch of a new website.
click here to download the Harrison Clark case study
The Daffodil – March 2010
Sperm have been appointed as the branding agency for The Daffodil. The restaurant is a 1920’s converted art deco cinema, renowned throughout the UK for its stunning location and ambience. Sperm will be working on strategic positioning, packaging, advertising, branding and multi-media.
click here to download The Daffodil case study
MyGeneration – February 2010
Sperm are delighted to be involved with developing the MyGeneration brand. MyGeneration aims to break the cycle of poverty, crime and ill health in struggling communities, through people centered sustainable change. Sperm will help MyGeneration to reach their aim with developing guidelines to be used across a variety of printed collateral.
click here to download the MyGeneration case study
Run Fat Boys, Run! – January 2010
Sperm's Directors Richard and Pat are running The Brighton Marathon for Macmillan on the 18th April 2010. If anyone wants to show their support please click the link below which will take you to our donation website. We really appreciate your time and donations!
Donations Website
Magellan Risk Management – December 2009
Sperm have been appointed to create a brand program for a new risk management venture from Europe’s largest independent insurance company Towergate. The pitch win will see Sperm create an identity, guidelines and website for Magellan Risk Management.
Towergate Insurance
Teamwork Selection – December 2009
Sperm are delighted to win a 3 way pitch for recruitment company, Teamwork Selection. The win involves a radical redesign of the current identity, website and an advertising campaign that will take the brand into 2010.
teamwork-selection.co.uk
Sperm commended at the MIN Awards – November 2009
Sperm are delighted to win commendations for Best New Agency in the UK and Best South West Agency at The Marketing Industry Network Awards 2009. Sponsored by The Daily Telegraph and The Times. The glitzy award ceremony took place at the Ramada Jarvis in Manchester on the 19th November.
Marketing Industry Awards
Sperm celebrate at the Business Awards – October 2009
Sperm received runner up for Communicator of the Year and Best Start-up Business of the Year at the Business Awards 2009. Our Creative Director Richard Edgerton was also a finalist for Young Business Person of the Year.
The Business Awards 2009
The Marketing Industry Network Awards – October 2009
Sponsored by The Daily Telegraph, The Marketing Industry Network Awards aim to identify the very best media, marketing and communication agencies and teams across the whole of the UK. Sperm are delighted to be shortlisted for Best New Agency in the UK, and Best South West Agency. The gala awards evening will be held on the 19th November in the Ramada Jarvis, Manchester, so watch this space!
Marketing Industry Awards
Business Awards – October 2009
Sperm are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for Best New Agency, Best Communicator and our Creative Director Richard Edgerton has been nominated for Young Business Person of the Year. The Business Awards results will be announced at Cheltenham Race Course on Thursday 8th October!
The Business Awards 2009
Blushes – October 2009
Blushes, one of the UK's leading group of salons, they have won numerous awards and their work is regularly featured in Vogue, Hello, Marie Claire, The Times and Wallpaper among many other journals. Sperm are delighted to be onboard as the leading branding and advertising agency for Blushes.
Blushes Case Study
Chesamel – August 2009
Chesamel Communications is a business and market development partner for premium, lifestyle and luxury brands. They work with a network of marketing communications agencies, photographers, designers and printers to develop and implement creative and measurable marketing campaigns for some of the world’s leading premium brands.
chesamel.com
Ferrari Store launches in Regent Street London – June 2009
Sperm worked closely with Jori White Public Relations to win the pitch launching the UK’s first Ferrari Store, which opened its doors on the 6th May 2009 in London’s Regent Street.
store.ferrari.com
Hush – May 2009
Hush are a home lifestyle brand working with some of the world’s leading designers such as Tonin Casa, Antonello Italia and Calligaris. Sperm are delighted to be on board as Hush’s branding agency.
click here to download the Hush case study
Towergate Mardon – May 2009
Sperm are delighted to be onboard with Towergate Mardon. With over 30 years’ experience, they are one of the UK’s leading boat insurance specialists.
towergatemardon.co.uk
Vinopolis – April 2009
Vinopolis is one of London’s top wine tasting venues and coveted events spaces hosting everything from high profile rock concerts to conferences. Sperm were briefed to bring the Vinopolis experience to life.
vinopolis.co.uk
Ascot Design – April 2009
Ascot Design are an award winning architectural practice with an unrivalled reputation for the design of bespoke residential properties. Sperm have been commissioned to build Ascot Design’s online brand.
ascotdesign.com
Putting the spring in Oxsprings – March 2009
Sperm have created a new range of packaging for the Oxsprings brand. The brief was to educate and inspire consumers into the uniqueness and versatility of the product.
click here to download the Oxsprings case study
Sperm in The Drum – February 2009
The Drum have profiled Sperm online and in the latest edition of their bi-weekly magazine, showing our recent work for GUA Africa and the development of the Oxsprings brand.
thedrum.co.uk
Towergate Bakers on Sky TV! – January 2009
Sperm have just launched a national TV advertising campaign for Towergate Bakers that reflects the brand’s vision for 2009.
click here to view the tv ad
Sperm create identity for Pocean Life – January 2009
After the great success of the Pocean brand, our client is now in a position to expand the portfolio with the creation of Pocean Life. Sperm will be developing the brand and all collateral during the first quarter of 2009. Pocean Life will be one of Europe’s premier relaxing holiday packages with the inclusion of massage, yoga, wine tasting and golf.
pocean.co.uk
Sperm in Design Week – January 2009
Design Week is the UK’s leading design magazine with a circulation in excess of 27,000. Design Week have profiled Sperm's branding work for GUA Africa in the first issue of 2009, a great start to the year!
designweek.co.uk
Sperm win pitch for leading insurance giant – December 2008
Towergate Bakers choose Sperm as their lead creative agency. We are planning a major national advertising campaign for 2009. Alongside the advertising we will be implementing brand strategy and consultancy. Watch this space!
towergatebakers.co.uk
Sperm to create a new brand for Oxsprings – November 2008
Sperm have been approached by Cotswolds based Oxsprings Farm to launch the UK equivalent of Parma ham. This premium product aims to provide the UK with its first brand of dry cured hams, the product is already endorsed by the Cotswold Chef among other celebrities. Sperm is working with Oxsprings to create a cult status around this unique range of products.
oxsprings.co.uk
GUA AFRICA – November 2008
A charity with the vision of aiding a continent needs real brand clarity We are delighted by this win and look forward to working directly with the founder of GUA Africa Emmanuel Jal. He has had a very turbulent background, from being forced to fight as a child soldier in Sudan, to his escape and rise as a positive voice in the hip hop world. Emmanuel has recently performed at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday party, representing GUA Africa. Sperm has helped to establish GUA Africa’s core value – helping people to help themselves.
gua-africa.org
Botley Mills – October 2008
Sperm has been approached to rebrand leading animal feed company Botley Mills. This contemporary shift demonstrated a brave move for a company whose heritage goes all the way back to 1928!
botleymills.co.uk
Alaskan Mill – home of the portable chainsaw mill – August 2008
A new content managed, ecommerce website with videos, gallerys and multi language formats all keep Alaskan Mill ahead of the competition as the premier supplier of chainsaw mills in Europe.
alaskanmill.co.uk
IROKO – the conference & events speacialists – June 2008
This dynamic organisation wanted to showcase the best of their abilities. Sperm worked closely with IROKO to help develop their brand personality and online awareness.
irokoevents.com
Provision Golf – May 2008
When you work with clients like Nike, HSBC and Nokia, you want a branding agency that can create and develop your brand so that it really stays ahead of the game. Provision Golf have approached Sperm to ensure they lead the market. We have created an identity and web site that embraces future technologies, and allows Provision Golf to interact with its markets in new and exciting ways. Welcome aboard!
provisiongolf.co.uk
Pocean – liquid magic portugal – March 2008
Creating a brand for Europe’s leading surf camp is easy if you have the magic pocean. Sperm really did bring pocean to life, from name generation, corporate identity, advertising and creating a brand language that reflects the core ethos of the organisation… fun! An understanding of the European market was essential to create a brand that engages audiences equally through Portugal, Spain, France and the UK.
pocean.co.uk
Helping to put the IQ in Mobile IQ – November 2007
Mobile IQ are a leading provider of software solutions and services for mobile content sites at the cutting edge of technology. Sperm will be creating a corporate identity program to ensure Mobile IQ connect with their audience and stay one step ahead of the game.
mobileiq.co.uk
Sperm cater for Shona Pollock – September 2007
Sperm will be working alongside Shona Pollock to create a brand that reflects her flamboyant character and perfectionist nature.
shonapollock.co.uk
Manta Maritime collaborate with Sperm – May 2007
Manta Maritime provide effective safety solutions for the luxury yacht market. Sperm will be creating a new identity and a multi media program to ensure the brand leaves its competitors in its wake.
mantamaritime.com