Blackbridge Communications recently moved to Silicon Roundabout. We pop in to say hello!


Blackbridge offices
Zetland House, Scrutton Street is in the heart of ‘Silicon Roundabout’. An old print works for The Bank of England, it now provides refurbished loft style open plan offices with original restored timber floorboards, good natural daylight and central courtyard. For founders Tony Andrews and Jamie White it has hopefully provided a point of differentiation from the competition based in Noho, Soho and Covent Garden and another successful relocation by Kushner!

With a developing client base including BAA, STA Travel and Olswang and an increasing staff roster we popped back to catch up with founder Tony Andrews and asked him how things were going and what the future held?

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Just two weeks until Tech Entrepreneurs Week!


Martin WarnerThe momentum behind the growth of ‘Silicon Roundabout’ shows no sign of  abating. Barely has the ink dried on the photographs of David Cameron leaving White Bear Yard, having met amongst others Stylistpick, that Jimmy Wales and Martin Warner are bringing Tech Entrepreneurs Week to London! Taking place over 4 days (5 days for participating finalists in the Investment competition) it is a conference/ networking event that invites companies from all fields of technology and investors together (particularly those at seed or venture stage of growth). Jimmy Wales (Co founder of Wikipedia) will be Head of Jury for those businesses that take up the offer of pitching for £50,000 of venture capital funding. For those not wishing to pitch it will be an opportunity to participate in workshops and network. We caught up with angel investor Martin Warner ahead of the event;

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Five minutes with…..Tristan Celder, founder of Silicon Roundabout based, Zolmo


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Turn on your television, open a magazine, go shopping and he is never far away…..Jamie  Oliver.

A brand and incredible success story but scratch beneath the surface and you will find  amongst others software house, Zolmo co-founded by Tristan Celder, and the  subject of our ‘Five minutes with…..’ this week. From Mr Oliver to Social  media to ‘The Only Way Is Essex’ its an interesting chat!

So lets begin;

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Silicon Roundabout jobs hotspot


Silicon MilkroundaboutThe Evening Standard story on 30th September 2011 headed ‘Silicon Roundabout jobs hotspot on networking boom‘ was, of course very interesting. As Harvey Nash chief exec Albert Ellis was quoted as saying “We want to be closer to that whole Shoreditch area. It’s a big opportunity. The whole tech sector has been robust all the way through the economic crisis, particularly in social networking which has created a whole new job market in software programming….”

The truth is…. he is not the only one to have noticed!!

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Silicon Roundabout’s Ticket Tailor look to ‘disrupt’ traditional ticket sales!


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The market is buzzing with digital startups ‘disrupting’ the status quo across a vast range of business sectors. The world of ticket sales, whether for sporting or music events, is no different.

Our blog followers may already have come across LA  based, Scorebig, which aims to solve the problem of unsold event tickets. In that case the tickets come from the venues, teams and promoters directly and you name your price! If your offer is accepted, you get the tickets.

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Wired 2011 Conference; A stellar line up and a 10% discount!


Wired conference logoIf there is one conference you must attend , the inaugural Wired 2011, has to be it on 13-14th October.

The streets around Silicon Roundabout could be very quiet as a stellar group of speakers and delegates, which reads like a who’s who of those at the forefront of change in our environment on so many levels, meet up at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel.

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Startups; its the era of the “Unhotel”


For many simply flying into a City and staying in a luxury hotel for a weekend feels, well, a little detached from reality and real life. Too ‘clinical’ perhaps.

Startup onefinestay.com, the creation of Greg Marsh, Tim Davey and Demetrios Zoppos, based in Bowling Green Lane offers something rather different and is creating quite a stir!

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Don’t miss the ‘Future of Web Apps Conference’ in London


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One of the most exciting events in the web industry lands at The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, London, EC1 between the 3-5 October 2011

Aimed at web developers and entrepreneurs the conference brings together many ‘leading lights’ such as Dave McClure (500 Startups), Eric Wahlforss(Soundcloud), Chat Pytel(Thoughtbot), Dan Martell(Flowtown) and JoeStump(SimpleGeo)!

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Five minutes with Robin Klein, founder of the Accelerator Group and partner at Index Ventures


robin kleinWe are thrilled that this week’s ‘Five minutes with …’ interview is with Robin Klein, the entrepreneur who has invested in more than 60 early stage companies including Lovefilm, Wonga, Moo, Moshi Monsters, Zoopla, Graze, Skimlinks and Onefinestay! We caught up with Robin at the end of Seedcamp Week 2011 (www.seedcamp.com)  which culminates today, as the cream of the European and International start up scene, present to a packed room of investors and venture capitalists such as Amadeus, Wellington, Bloomberg Ventures, Doughty Hanson, Charlotte Street Capital and Index Ventures.

Let’s begin;

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‘Shoreditch Unbound’ Don’t miss the launch on 1st September!


At the cutting edge of keeping you aware of the latest events in the
area, how about the launch of ‘Shoreditch Unbound’ a limited edition
unique format book at Circus Square, Shoreditch on 1st September 2011!
The book provides a view of Shoreditch through the perspective of those
who occupy the area such as artists, visitors and residents. We understand

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