The 2012 Rugby League calendar gets underway as Wish proudly continues their sponsorship of  Castleford Tigers.  After building and strengthening a fantastic relationship with the Club last year, Wish have massively increased their financial investment for the 2012 season as they partner as one of the main shirt sponsors, alongside significant investment that has funded the refurbishment of The Wish Hospitality Suite which is ready to open its doors to welcome numerous companies this coming year.

Get ready to support the Cas Tigers boys and cheer on the team for the first game of the season on 4^th February away at Salford Reds.  The game is due to be televised on Sky Sports – Kick Off at 18.00hrs.

Look out for the new team away shirts featuring the Wish Communications logo in all its glory!

Monday 5th December 2011

Story in brief:
The club wish to thank sponsors Wish Communications for funding the refurbishment cost to the tune of five figures plus

The Wish Communications Hospitality Suite opened its doors for the first time on Friday after an extensive refurbishment with the Rangi Chase Man of Steel celebratory dinner.

The evening proved a huge success with Rangi and new head coach Ian Millward both giving insightful and entertaining speeches.

The club wish to thank sponsors Wish Communications for funding the refurbishment cost to the tune of five figures and more.

Ben Parker, Wish Communications sales director (North), is pictured with Rangi, as were many of the capacity 110 guests in attendance.

The Wish Communications Hospitality Suite is now the perfect venue for parties and special occasions; so much so on Saturday it hosted Rangi Chase’s engagement party!

Over 80 Golfers took to the fairway last August and raised a fantastic £7000 for The Steve Prescott Foundation.

The Day was a phenomenal success, so much so that 17 Teams have already committed to take part in next year’s event on August 1st at Oulton Hall Golf Club Leeds.

If you would like to take part in next year’s Golf  Day please Contact Wish Communications Ambassador Garry Schofield OBE on 07827342472.

Steve Pictured with Garry Schofield OBE (Wish Communications Ambassador) Mark Saunders (Steve’s Consultant) & Theresa Percival (Head of Marketing Wish Communications)

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WISH COMMUNICATIONS GOLF DAY
For THE STEVE PRESCOTT FOUNDATION

OULTON HALL LEEDS AUGUST 3rd 2011

On Wednesday 3rd August Wish Communications staged their inaugural Golf Day at Oulton Hall Leeds with all monies raised going to The Steve Prescott Foundation that supports The Christie Cancer Hospital and the Try Assist Fund (Formerly known as the Rugby League Benevolent Fund).
After surviving torrential rain plus an electric Thunderstorm, where play was suspended for one hour, all 18 Teams thoroughly enjoyed the splendid settings and golf course.
Wish Communications and The Steve Prescott Foundation are pleased to announce that once all monies are collated over £7,000 will be raised for the Steve Prescott Foundation. Martin Blondel Secretary of The Steve Prescott Foundation said “On behalf of the SPF I cannot thank Wish Communications enough for their efforts on producing a tremendous day for all concerned. It is great for Rugby League that they are now established in the Rugby League fraternity. Wish personnel provided a totally professional golfing experience and we are highly honoured that they choose our cause and we look forward to working alongside Wish Communications in the future. I would also like to thank all the Rugby League Celebs who once again supported Steve and his foundation especially Garry Schofield OBE who worked tirelessly before, during and after the great event!”
Simon Pickering, Operations Director at Wish Communications said:- “Wish are delighted to have staged their first Charity Golf event on behalf of The Steve Prescott Foundation and are truly grateful to all the companies and celebrities that gave up their day to compete and to all the organisations for their kind donations and contributions in making this event such a great success. We are proud to have raised such a significant amount of money for the Foundation and the worthy causes it supports and look forward to this becoming an annual event on the calendar!”
Ex Rugby League Players Paul Sculthorpe, Darryl Powell, Mal Reilly, Grant Anderson, Neil Harmon plus Superleague Referee’s Phil Bentham, Ian Smith joined teams from Castleford, Bradford and Try Assist Trustee Gary Hetherington all took part in day’s proceedings.
For those interested in getting their team entered for next year’s event please contact
Garry Schofield or Theresa Percival at Wish Communications on: 0845 3011902

May 2011

Wish Communications scooped the Best Acquisition and Best Mobile Email awards in the Platinum Partner category at the first Vodafone Partner of the Year Awards that took place in London last month. Vodafone staged the event to recognise the achievements of its Silver, Gold and Platinum Partners across the UK.

Wish Communications, based in rural Northamptonshire, with regional offices nationally, was one of 130 Partners to attend the awards ceremony held at the Mayfair Hotel in London, with special guest comic Rory Bremner compering for the evening.

Mike Hallam, Wish Communications Managing Director said “We are delighted to again be recognised by Vodafone for our performance in 2010/11. Wish have a very clear goal and strategy to drive customer acquisition coupled with service excellence, our vision is wholly in keeping with that of Vodafone Partner Services and together we will continue to build a very successful customer experience”

Dale Parkinson, Head of Vodafone Partner Services, said: “The team at Wish Communications always demonstrate an immense drive for new business and are willing to go to the extra mile to win new customers. They also recognise the benefits of selling a wider range of business services and have come out on top with Mobile Email which helps to keep businesses connected on the move. These achievements have been recognised by them winning the Platinum award for Best Acquisition and Best Mobile Email and we wish them every success for the forthcoming year.”

Mike Hallam, Managing Director, Wish Communications receiving award

The Vodafone Partner Of The Year Awards were held on 14th April 2011 at the prestigious May Fair Hotel in London. 

The Event was attended by around 130 partners and was supported by RIM, HTC and Vodafone’s team of VIPs to include Peter Kelly – Enterprise Business Director, Peter Boucher – Enterprise Marketing Director and Dale Parkinson – Head of Vodafone Partner Services.

Wish Communications picked up two awards on the night in recognition for Best Acquisition & Best Mobile Data Partner for 2010 – 2011 and were received by Mike Hallam, Managing Director, Wish Communications

Multimillion campaign targeted at SMEs launched on Friday and will run through to year’s end

Vodafone has launched a multimillion pound, multi channel advertising campaign to boost its OneNet custom.

The campaign, first reported in Mobile News in January, will cost between “£1 and £5 million” and will run through online, radio and print channels.

The campaign will run intensely for “at least two months” and then through until the end of the year, a Vodafone spokesperson told Mobile News.

The spokesperson said the campaign will help contribute to the operators ambition to have 175,000 new business OneNet customers by 2015.

The Vodafone spokesperson said: “The best way of describing it, is showing them how they [SMEs] can punch above their weight in terms of communications.

“Today, most businesses function with a combination of landlines and mobiles – and employees use different number for each.

“As people send more and more time out of the office it becomes increasingly difficult to stay in touch, make key decisions and keep business moving forward.

“SMEs tend to be very much ‘owner owned’ and the decision makers tend to be those people as well so this campaign is very much targeted at them.”

Vodafone had 10 dealer partners selling OneNet at Christmas, and claimed a 10-fold increase in sales in the past quarter.

At the end of January a further 40 dealers had passed accreditation to sell the products since the turn of the year.