In the footsteps of HRH The Queen

Just 5 days after the Queen and Prince Philip were on-board the beautiful 'Alaska' 1883 Thames Steamer, space-pod chartered this beautiful vessel and asked customers and staff to join us for the best seat on the Thames to view the world famous Henley Regatta.

Thanks to all who came and made the day so enjoyable and special thanks to the crew of the Alaska Thames Steamer for all their hard work.

About Henley Regatta

Henley Regatta was first held in 1839 and has been held annually ever since, except during the two World Wars. Originally staged by the Mayor and people of Henley as a public attraction with a fair and other amusements, the emphasis rapidly changed so that competitive amateur rowing became its main purpose.

The 1839 Regatta took place on a single afternoon but proved so popular with oarsmen that the racing lasted for two days from 1840. In 1886 the Regatta was extended to three days and to four in 1906. Since 1928 its increased popularity meant entries exceeded the permitted numbers in several events, and so Qualifying Races are now held in the week before the Regatta to reduce the number of entries to the permitted maximum.

In 1986 the Regatta was extended to five days, with an increase in the maximum entry for certain events.

Here are a few pictures from our day:

Photography from the day courtesy & copyright of Agile Marketing 2012

Big English win in Poland

At the very moment that the England football team was crashing out of the Euro 2012 quarter final, Space-pod was putting the finishing touches to a complete redesign and build of a call-centre facility in Poland for Premier Farnell plc. - a leading multi-channel, high service distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally.

Having worked previously for Premier Farnell refurbishing their London office, space-pod were asked to design a scheme for Premier Farnell's new call centre in Poland. This call centre will become the primary outbound contact centre for Europe, consolidating into one new larger central facility, largely employing new multi-lingual staff recruited locally.

The brief to space-pod centred on a basic requirement to house a fixed structure, i.e. head count, training, meeting rooms, breakout spaces, etc. The USP’s for the scheme were all about fun, a great place to work, attracting and retaining good staff, energy and performance via motivation and well being.

This great brief led us to develop this scheme, which utilises free-flowing curves, pods for meetings and full wall graphics to brand the environment. The scheme has been well received and it seems to be achieving its objectives.

Here's a few pictures of the scheme of works that we completed:

 That's how to get an English win in Poland!

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