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An Afternoon In The Pub Announces a Strategic Partnership with Digital Response, The UK's Leading Full-Service Digital Marketing Agency for Local Businesses
 

Hertfordshire, Wednesday 29^th August 2012 - An Afternoon in the Pub is delighted to announce a strategic partnership with Digital Response, the UK's leading full-service digital marketing agency for local businesses.
 

Digital Response is sponsoring all three events for September, in Harpenden, Berkhamsted and St. Albans and Matt Bigg, along with co-founders Simon Gold, Tom Palmer and Chrissie Saunders are delighted with the association.

‘Digital Response share our enthusiasm for the promotion of local businesses in a fun, relaxed and non-pressurised environment and while this initial sponsorship agreement is for September's events only, we are using it as a test-bed for an on-going collaboration' says Matt.

Following the success of An Afternoon in the Pub in St. Albans which is a year old, and the success of the recently launched Berkhamsted group, the third group launches in Harpenden on September 21^st with more to follow in the coming months.

Local Merchandise & Business Editor at Digital Response, Fredric Rothman says ‘we were looking for a business social group to align ourselves with who mirrored our ethos of supporting local businesses in a relaxed and informal way, yet being professional and forward-thinking enough to want to grow exponentially. We hope that our partnership will also grow and that we will be in a position to share resources and to deliver a service across the country that truly reflects what ‘local business' really means.'

About Digital Response - Digital Response have an extensive network of upwards of 300 localpeople websites across the UK as well as providing industry-leading web, online marketing and online advertising solutions for local businesses. Owned by Northcliffe Media, a division of Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT), Digital Response packages all of Northcliffe Digital's offerings, including website creation, search engine optimisation, online video creation and social media services, together to arm local businesses with the best chance of response and visibility within a cluttered digital marketplace.

About An Afternoon in the Pub - An Afternoon in the Pub was conceived by four local St. Albans businesspeople, Matt Bigg, Simon Gold, Tom Palmer and Chrissie Saunders as a ‘business social' event to bring together local businesses to chat and have a drink in an informal, friendly setting with no rules.

For more information, please contact -

Angie Cronin, Loudbird Communications angie@loudbird.co.uk 07970 810 302

Matt Bigg, An Afternoon in the Pub matt@thecollectivedesign.co.uk 07768 472 365

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