Category: events

Royal Wedding mug gets royal treatment!

Mark Campbell Motors of Breaston commissioned a Royal Wedding mug from Debra Yates of Vivid Creative. She used various car parts including seatbelts and exhausts, to form a royal crest, and the words within were the tongue in cheek phrase ‘The Worlds largest car dealership in Breaston”. We felt morally compelled to film it, and…


FiveLamps films triumph again at The Quad in Derby

Had a really great evening at the FiveLamps film night held at the Quad in Derby. Carl and Sam held it all together despite a rogue laptop, and there was some really inventive films shown. Big Ant also had their mini documentary on the big screen, and many thanks for the feedback we received. The…


Great networking event at the Quad – Hatch’d Out

Went to the Hatch’d networking event at the Quad in Derby this evening. Hatch’d is run by Holly Booth and a fantastic team consisting of Sharon Stevens Cash, Chris Seddon, Samantha Eynon, Pete Salter, Katherine Cory, Ash Bird and Debbie Longridge. Really appreciate everyone making us feel very welcome – and met some very interesting…


Five Lamps films free film night at the Quad, Derby

Five Lamps Films hosted an evening of short films at The Quad in Derby. Carl and Sam were ace hosts, and played off each other very well. There was also a really good turn out, with people having to stand because all the tables were taken. Really worth a visit, not least to get some…


Creative Garden event in Derby at the University of Derby Corporate (UDC)

Had great fun today at the Creative Garden event. Loads of talented creative businesses all under one roof. We shared space with Inspiritive Arts, Katherine Cory, Martin Broadhurst, The Snug Recording Co, and Benjamin Talbot. Met up again with our good friends Claudio and the guys from Black Apricot, Pam and Damian from Best of…


BNI Big Breakfast

Great networking event this morning – early start though! Setting up at 6am, coffee and danish, but wow! Met some great people, loads of interest in our stand, and some great leads and sales. Really productive, and a real buzz! The new hybrid Pixel8Creative / Big Ant Video stand really stood out, yet was amazingly…


Every day is a school day

Phew! We are excited, exhilarated and exhausted! We’ve had a fabulous day with Patrick Welsh who offers mentoring and marketing services. Patrick has helped discover how to use our marketing more strategically and cost-effectively. We’ve been through everything we do, identified an action plan and now have to put it into practise. We have 13…


Big Ant in Action

Big thanks to Simon from Mackney Photography for the ace photos.


Erewash Partnership Winter Networking Event

WOW! What a day – BNI Two Valleys at 6am and then straight over to The Arena Ilkeston for The Erewash Parnership Winter Networking Event. We set up our display, which was very kindly loaned to us by Pixel8 Creative. We were impressed with how easy it was to assemble the display for the 1st…


Big Ant Video and Dave Smith Team GB Bobsleigh

What a day! Woke up to deep snow and an appointment at BBC Radio Derby at 8:00am. Left at 7:00am and arrived in the car park at 07:45 after a slippy journey into Derby. Dave Smith Team GB Bobsleigh arrived shortly after, and we soon had the bobsleigh unloaded and ready. Phil Trow from BBC…