Tag Archives: froth and frivolity
Make things better with a sweater!
Posted on 14. Dec, 2012 by DramaQueen.
This Friday finds the Aurora office bright, woolly and very cosy, as we take part in Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day! All of us at Aurora have travelled to work sporting jumpers either bought, borrowed or blinged, and donated money to Save the Children to contribute towards their life-changing work with the world’s most [...]
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Fat fighting fizzy drinks
Posted on 16. Nov, 2012 by AnyNoise.
In the last couple of weeks a stranger has appeared in the Aurora office, or, to be more specific, the Aurora fridge. We have branched out into the new and (mildly) exciting world of caffeine-free Coca-Cola and our trendy 1950’s style fridge is glittering festively with red (full-fat), silver (diet) and gold (caffeine-free) aluminium goodness. [...]
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25 April 2012
Posted on 25. Apr, 2012 by PR Mum.
As the rain pours down and the Environment Agency issues eight new flood warnings in South West England, a region currently in drought, I face the challenge of getting the rotters to school without getting drenched. Having spent a good ten minutes wrapping them up and finding their Tinkerbell and Hello Kitty umbrellas so that [...]
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Note to self: must do better at parenting
Posted on 24. Apr, 2012 by PR Mum.
Note to self: must do better at parenting in 2012. In the last few weeks, there have been a series of unfortunate incidents that reflect badly on my parenting skills. First, the rotter’s stick insect, Georgie, was found dead one morning in her urban jungle. It wasn’t obvious at first, as stick insects aren’t known [...]
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On your marks
Posted on 29. Mar, 2012 by balletfanatic.
The Aurora team were very excited yesterday afternoon as we welcomed one of the official 2012 Olympic torches (unlit) into our office. Here we are pulling our best Usain Bolt poses with the Torch. For those of you planning to attend a pub quiz in Olympic year these top Torch facts might just come in [...]
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Wordless Wednesday: Aurora boar and the Nerf challenge
Posted on 14. Mar, 2012 by Rebecca Crouch.
On leap day, Aurora proudly came ninth out of 21 teams at the Annual Agency Healthcare Quiz, which was brilliantly organised by last year’s winner Fleishman-Hillard. Aurora walked away with a new team mascot, the Aurora Boar, which was modelled by this blog post author as part of the quiz. Our mascot won top slot and gave [...]
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The cake competition continues…
Posted on 02. Sep, 2011 by balletfanatic.
The next entry to the Aurora client cake competition was gratefully received today. Angus brought us these beautiful little cupcakes from LOLA’s: These delightful little cakes swiftly disappeared, and are a worthy entry, thanks Angus! If you’re looking for cake-based inspiration check out the rest of the competition: Health Unlocked Tessa’s egg box cupcakes Berys homemade [...]
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Rainbow over Farringdon
Posted on 26. May, 2011 by neilcrump.
We have had crazy weather here in London today, windy, black clouds as far as the eye can see, thunder and lightening. The sun did pop out for a moment and a lovely rainbow was formed. Enjoy… Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Buzz it up Share on Linkedin [...]
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A sneak preview
Posted on 24. Mar, 2011 by balletfanatic.
Our new office is very nearly finished and the last piece of furniture has arrived! So we wanted to share a couple of sneak previews with you. First up our new artwork… The all important kitchen area where we feed our tea habits! A little splash of colour from our friendly gummi bear lamps! And [...]
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More breaking cake news
Posted on 21. Mar, 2011 by neilcrump.
Readers of our blog will have realised that: A: We like food here at Aurora B: We really like cake C: A client cake competition has started which is all very exciting… We have just got back from a programme development meeting with our new client Berys. She made a cake for the team meeting… [...]
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Aurora loves Health Unlocked too
Posted on 11. Feb, 2011 by neilcrump.
We have been working with the amazing team at Health Unlocked who enable people to share their health experiences online which then helps decision-making, improves health and well-being, and provides support. Health Unlocked work with patient organisations to build these communities and they are really good at it. Learn more about what they do here. [...]
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May the competition commence
Posted on 10. Feb, 2011 by neilcrump.
Just in case you hadn’t noticed, it is official that cupcakes now totally trump the M&S flapjack or chocolate cornflake tubs. So imagine the Aurora team excitement when a moment ago our client Tessa brought in TWO boxes of these miniature cupcakes… We don’t ‘necessarily’ want to start a competition between clients about who brings the best [...]
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Aurora’s delight
Posted on 21. Jan, 2011 by Claire.
The stunning red sky from the office this evening… Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Buzz it up Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later Bookmark in Browser
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Goodbye to Camden
Posted on 06. Jan, 2011 by neilcrump.
After five wonderful years in the heart of North London’s fun and quirky Camden Town, Aurora has moved to our new offices in Farringdon (EC1). It feels like coming home as Claire and I actually met each other (fresh faced in our twenties) at an agency which was based only a few blocks away. This [...]
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Aurora goes racing
Posted on 10. Sep, 2010 by phaedrus.
The Aurora team had an outing to The Raceway in London’s Docklands. Our competitive natures were out in force as we will wanted to be the winner in our go-karts. Who took the number one spot on the podium and who got the fastest lap? Who couldn’t master the trick of opening the crash helmet visor? All is revealed… [...]
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World Cup sickness…
Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by Handbaglady.
As England gears up for the start of the World Cup this Friday, there are a lot of very excited people across the country (including in my house!) Everywhere you go, there are cut price booze offers, flags on cars and pubs, work sweepstakes, Sky HD offers etc etc. The expectations for the England team [...]
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It’s that Friday feeling
Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by neilcrump.
Hope this video of Slow Loris, courtesy of Wired, brings a smile to your face… It’s Friday and we hope that you have a fun weekend lined up. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Buzz it up Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to [...]
