Samsung Gala Dinner 2008 - PART ONE

Last night saw the Samsung Gala Dinner, in aid of The Cystic Fibrosis Trust, held at the exclusive suroundings of 'Bluebird' in Chelsea, south west London. The event organised by The Lounge at the request of the Vice President of Samsung Mobile UK, Mark Mitchinson (pictured). The event raised thousands for charity and was hailed as a great success!
Recognisable faces in attendance included Sarah Harding , Kate Lawler, Ben Shepherd, Joe Cole, Naomie Harris and Konnie Huq amongst others. Dave Spikey star of Pheonix Nights and Bullseye, was the host of the nights proceedings.

More pictures and details to follow soon...

CELEBRATIONS

Happy Birthday to us! The Lounge is three years old today. We're celebrating another birthday today too. James (MD) is not three, he's thirty (something)

It's no co-incidence that the two days fall together. Back in Jan 2005, James decided the best present to give himself would be opening his own company!

2008

We're slowly creeping back to the office like timid sheep... The new year is well and truly here.
We've got a big year ahead!

There's lots more to come. In the meantime here's some extended highlights of the 'trutap - Battle For The Enemy' gig held at Portsmouth University just before Christmas. They were the overall winners, so congratulations to them. It was a great night and The Enemy were awesome...

A&L appoint The Lounge for second year

LOUNGE SHOWREEL

A snapshot of Autumn 2007...

EA IN THE HOUSE

The Lounge teamed up with EA to deliver a fantastic competition which was open to 8 universities across the UK. The team here has delivered 32 events each showcasing the new releases from EA so it’s been a really fun and busy time in the office. So what did they all have the chance to win? A luxury house rent free for 12 months for one student and 3 friends. An amazing prize! Eight students were selected nationwide from a process of elimination events and went head to head to try and win the big prize. Other prizes include a holiday, HD kit for the home, including Flat screen TV and DVD player and a PS3 with games. As the Lounge and the team at EA don’t believe in losers, all the runners up received a Nintendo Wii. The lovely photo shows the winner – Paul Gleave – from Liverpool University. He received the most amount of votes on-line so won the house. Obviously a popular guy. http://www.eainthehouse.com has all the details!

PORTSMOUTH UNI WINS 'THE ENEMY'

10 universities have been competing to win a free gig from The Enemy in a campaign created by The Lounge for trutap (new mobile application) Students at the 10 unis had to vote for their own university to win. The uni with the highest number of votes won the gig. Portsmouth Uni were declared the winners last week and the gig was performed live last night to a massive crowd. The Enemy - who have just got back from touring in Japan - performed a riotous set. Pier Powell of Portsmouth uni said 'I still can't believe that we won it. This is amazing!'

MORE XMAS PHOTOS...

LOUNGE XMAS 2007

It was our xmas team outing yesterday. Twas lovely. Started by skating on mass at Somerset House, followed by dinner and Brazilian dance at 'Guanabara club' in Covent Garden. Final resting place - 'Funk' on Soho Square. Few stragglers made it to 'Bar Italia' on Frith street where espressos were adundant. Seems a bit hazy now but there's something oddly nice about sitting on a pavement in Soho in the middle of winter at half four in the morning... Office is looking pretty quiet today.

A&L MENTOR DAYS SUCCESS!

Over the last year we've worked closely with Alliance and Leicester bank to produce some fantastic 'Mentor days' with 10 Celebrities. They include DJ Trevor Nelson, David and Carrie Grant, Tim Campbell, Chef James Martin, Heat Journalist Lucie Cave and more..! They all gave a day of their time to give one to one advice to new members of the 'Premier 21' Bank account, from Alliance and Leicester. The campaign was so good that we won two awards!! Click on the photos to see the highlights