Oodles of Noodles!!!

Check out today's news piece on Brand Republic about our upcoming uniform design competition for Wagamama.

The power of You Tube

Load's of video posts on YouTube for our recent Lynx Fever activity, I wonder why.... I just found this one on You Tube.

Moon - simply go and see it

Go to see it at Curzon Soho

Fresh Fruit Revitalises Team

I've just had the most marvelous plate of fresh fruit. It's transformed my afternoon!

James

If Carlsberg did weddings...

mysterious hands....

Have you seen these????

What are they for, who is behind them? What can we they mean?

Get yourself down to SE1 and see for yourself.

James

A-hum

By God after Ashley's recent post regarding the i-Tunes festival I felt compelled to attend one for myself. So Ashley and I ventured out to A-ha. Now whilst not quite as new to the music scene as Mumford & Sons you'd hope that old faithfuls A-ha would titillate the audience of 30-35 year olds with solid hits.

Sadly this was not the case. A-ha had the stage presence of a corpse and the rapport of arch enemies. As a result even the now 30 year old women blinded by teen infatuation with lead singer Morton could not "get into" these i-Tunes.

My conclusion, A-ha are shit live. Fact.

Mash Up!

Denise Van Outen announced as A&L's second celebrity mentor!

We recently announced Denise Van Outen as Alliance & Leicester's second celebrity mentor for A&L's 'Inspired Choice' campaign.

We are really excited to have Denise working with us and she joins Danny Cipriani's quest to inspire young adults.

The master class will be taking place on 25th September so check out the Premier 21 website to find out more info http://www.prem21.co.uk/

We will also be announcing our very exciting third and final celebrity mentor later in the year.

The iTunes Festival

OK, so before I get “blogging”, allow me to introduce myself. My name’s Ashley James, female, aged 22. I’m one of the new additions to the team.

Interests: Boris Johnson (!)
Skills: Having the remarkable ability to refer to Boris in any topic of conversation
Dislikes: Abbreviations, bad manners, P.D.A (public displays of affection)

If I’m honest, I’m a blog virgin - yup that's right, this is my first time! I’m slightly more traditional when it comes to writing, so don’t expect too much of me (or any cyber chat!).

Anyway, let’s get down to business. I thought I’d write about the iTunes Festival I went to at the Roundhouse in Camden last night. I applied a while back because one of my favourite bands, Mumford & Sons (check them out), were due to play. What an amazing bonus that The Temper Trap and the one and only Stephen Fry were added to the evening’s line up! I invited one of my best friends, Amelia, as it was her birthday a few days before – and being a recent graduate, my bank is still suffering (or is it the credit crunch...) so I couldn’t splash out on anything for her.

So, in chronological order ... Stephen Fry! Taking us right back beyond even his years (no offense Sir) to the time of the caveman, Stephen talked us through the history of music. Here’s a great fact (it interested me anyway) – tape cassettes were invented by the Nazis during World War 2! He also, somewhat controversially, defended illegal downloading – if you’re a student and you love music but can’t afford to pay for it, then you cannot be labelled a criminal (according to Mr Fry – I’m staying out of it!). Next, the Temper Trap – what an amazing front man, his voice is incredible. I love the song Sweet Disposition, which I knew before, but I found their other stuff a little heavy, although I definitely can’t knock their passionate performance. And now the main act – Mumford & Sons. They were aaaaah-mazing. The lead singer, Marcus, is a born performer. They all play so many different instruments (all at once) – I really hope they go far.
Something else that really can’t go unmentioned is the couple that were stood in front of us – other than their uncomfortable displays of P.D.A - when the guy went to the loo, the girl was slightly edgy about being parted from him for so long and continued to call him non-stop (he was in her phone as fiancé)... !

All in all an amazing evening – you can’t knock anything that is free. I recommend applying for one of their other evenings.

Anyway, in the words of Bugs Bunny... That’s all folks!
Ash xx