Welcome to PUK Thursday
Its all here - venues, dates, pictures, winners, sponsors and essential info
Next PUK – July 30th
Universal Publishing Production Music will be hosting the second summer PUK night at the Prince Albert pub in Notting Hill. We will be taking over their tented beer garden from 6:30pm ‘til closing for wine and 40 exotic beers, plus some nibblin and networking. And to celebrate the British summer Universal will be running a competition on the night for you to be in with the chance of winning a pair of tickets to Bestival! You will also be in with a chance to win a dinner – a great night worth £275 at the Hilton for the 2009 Promax UK Awards.
If you have a PUK card don't forget to bring it for your fast track entry and free drinks - and if you haven't, don't worry, you can get one on the door (fill a form and pay a fiver). You can find the Prince Albert at 11 Pembridge Road, London, W11 3HQ – nearest tube is Notting Hill Gate.
Exactly 42 years since The Beatles “All You Need Is Love” became the first global television link, the Summer of Love was back in Soho. PUK celebrated at Jrink where the promo posse enjoyed chilled beers and cocktails. And Piers Helm from Nuts was the lucky winner of a ticket to attend this year's prestigious Promax UK Awards Dinner in November worth £275.
Dates 2009
For those of you who want to plan ahead here are the upcoming dates for PUK Thursday events in London. Please check back nearer the time in case of late changes and for confirmation of venue.
- July 30th supported by UNIVERSAL
- Summer break – August
- September 10th – New date! - details TBC
- October 15th Awards Nominations supported by UNIVERSAL
- November 12th Conference Special supported by WEST ONE MUSIC
- December (date to be confirmed)
Awards Dinner Winners
Hannah Cartwright - De Wolfe Music
Pete Edmunds - Eclipse Creative
Vicky Sandalls – CNN
Delphine Lamande-Frearson – Petrol
Piers Helm - Nuts
Beautiful PUK – May 14th
Hot motion graphics studio Beautiful TV were our generous sponsor for a packed and balmy night at Bar Soho. Those who made it were up to win a 3 foot long Star Wars Millennium Falcon courtesy of Beautiful TV anda ticket to this year's Promax UK Awards Dinner worth £275 on November 12th. And following the draw, Delphine Lamande-Frearson, Producer at Petrol will be going at absolutely no cost to the Awards Dinner, and to celebrate George Lucus's birthday, Tim Hardy, Director at Repertoire Music will be flying around Soho in his new Millennium Falcon - move over Han Solo! Congratulations to Delphine and Tim from Promax and Beautiful TV.
Boot Camp Revealed
April 2nd was PUK Thursday at the Century Club in Shaftesbury Avenue. Promax UK announced its all new look n learn conference theme - Boot Camp.
2009 conference chair, Matt Scarff, Head of Creative at UKTV briefed the assembled troops and showed the all new venues, Vinopolis and Hilton Hyde Park, for the Conference and Awards.
Congratulations to Vicky Sandalls from CNN who was our latest PUK attendee to win a ticket to the 2009 Promax UK Awards worth 275. Vicky will join our previous Dinner Winners Hannah Cartwright and Pete Edmunds on November 13th for the big night at the Hilton. And welcome to our 42 new recruits who joined at Century including new faces from Lambie Nairn, ITV, ODG, Getty Images, NatGeo, Turner, Petrol, Th1ng and Trailer Trash.PUK Thursday is back on May 14th supported by the most excellent motion graphics studio, Beautiful TV. Venue? - we'll be upstairs at Bar Soho. See you then.
February PUK - Did you win?
We gave away a ticket to this year's prestigious Promax UK Awards Dinner (worth 275) - the lucky winner was Hannah Cartwright from De Wolfe Music - congratulations! Don't worry if your name isn't Hannah we will be giving away a place at every PUK until November. The PUK posse gathered on February 26th at the v popular Jrink and enjoyed early beers courtesy of those cross-media gurus at creative production company, Knifedge - big thanks to Jon and Tim. Knifedge added to the fun and ran a draw for a pair of concert tickets. The lucky winner is Benjamin Knapp from Five - go Benjamin! To see who else was there check out the PUK paparazzi pictures on the left.
PUK Cymru
Thursday 5th of March saw the 2nd successful PUK Cymru Big Pub Quiz and yet another piss up at the Brains Brewery, Cardiff. Over 80 individuals representing BBC, Bait, Cranc, Derwen/Eclipse, Green Bay, Greenfield, JM Creative, Mwnci, Roughcollie, S4C, Sounds in Motion and Soundworks came together at the exclusive Crawshey Arms to test their general knowledge. The Green Bay team came out top with each member collecting an i-Tunes voucher courtesy of Universal Publishing. Pete Edmunds from Eclipse Creative won the ticket to this years Promax Awards & Dinner in London, and Soundworks picked up the booby prize for coming last. Better luck next time! A big thank you to Gareth Roberts for hosting the quiz, to SA Brains for allowing us to use their facilities, to Matt Jones for the photos and to Helen and Hannah from Universal for their sponsorship and practical help on the evening. Look out for the next PUK Cymru in June. Aled Wyn Phillips Producer/Organiser
Be in the know
To keep you up to date with PUK events we will send you texts from the PUK Mobile. If you would like to receive texts on your phone text the PUK Mobile on 0753 310 3706 with your name, mobile number and PUK card number. No premiums - normal operator tariffs apply.
Carte Blanc
Our white PUK Thursdays membership cards are available on the door at all London PUK events. They allow you fast track entry to all London PUK events (just show your card and let us log your membership number), complimentary drinks when available, and other benefits that may be announced here from time to time. There is a one-off charge of 5 for each card. This is about the same as the price of your first couple of free beers - and the card is valid for more free drinks at future events. Don't forget to bring it with you to subsequent events as there will be a similar charge for a re-issue. No membership card is required for our nationwide PUK events outside London, but we do require you to register at the door.
Sponsorship
If you would like to be a PUK partner and sponsor an event, please contact Tony Jackson on 020 7228 3015 Tony@idslondon.co.uk
PUK Team
Marc Ortmans, Tony Jackson, Jonathan Brigden, Aled Wyn Phillips
