HRG have joined a select group of companies, including retailers, brands and point of purchase manufacturers, to formulate strategies to reduce the environmental impact throughout the entire P.O.P lifecycle.The "Green Project" will provide industry decision-makers with insight and strategies to improve their environmental performance to meet the consumer demand for more environmentally responsible products. It is also a good opportunity for business innovation and better design with less resources, recyclable materials and lower costs, resulting in a more competitive solution.

A sustainable point of purchase display will be defined as one that can be produced, distributed, used and recovered with the minimum of environmental impact. For more information please visit www.popai.co.uk/greenproject

• Scotts - In-store Displays for Garden Care 
• Black's Leisure - In-store shoe displays
• Topflite - In-store Golf Ball Displays
• Thornton's Chocolates - Sampling Point of Sale
• Activia - New product launch 
• Phones International - Vodafone display
• Electolux - In-store Point of Purchase
• Dunlop Slazenger  - Tennis Ball Display
• Pets at Home - Instore FSDU

The POPAI nominations are out and HRG have been shortlisted in no less than 3 different categories, meaning we will pick up at least 3 Bronze Awards!

The projects are:

Category 2: Sports, Toys and Accessories - for our Callaway Odyssey 2 tiered putter display

Category 4: Grocery, General Merchandise & Snack Products - Permanent - for our Mars Petcare Showcase FSDU

Category 7: Home, Garden & Tobacco - for our Marley Eternit outdoor roof tile display

Many thanks to all those who entered the prize draw to win tickets to watch England vs South Africa at Egbaston.

Congratulations to the main prize winner of the tickets: Annelize from London

Runner-up Prizes (each will receieve an England Cricket Hat or Special Edition Branded Pint Glass): Eve from Alfreton, Nicola from Burgess Hill, Natasha from Brentford, Sarah from Brooklands, Carla from Redditch, Ruth from London, Neil from Hatfield, Elizabeth from Tunbridge Wells, Britta from London, Emma from Nottingham, Gary from Surrey, Simon from Birmingham, Nicola from Feltham, Brendan from Feltham, Barry from Nottingham, Nicolette from North Acton, Emma from London, Jenna from Brentford, Wayne from Croydon, Gillian from Andover, Grant from London, Kate from Hatfield and Nicola from Lancs.

HRG have made it into the Design Week league of top 10 UK design agency "leapfroggers" for the second year running! A move of 14 places from 67th up to 53rd reflects yet another great year of success for the company.

Thank you to all those clients and suppliers, existing and potential, who visited our stand at this years In-store show. A special mention also to the large number of competing agencies who came onto our stand and asked if we were recruiting!!

• Warburton's Bread - In-store Sampling
• New Pig - Point of Purchase 
• Cussons - Point of Purchase
• Crown Paints - Point of Purchase
• Fox's Biscuits - In-store Sampling
• Lend Lease - Exhibition design and install
• 3v Transaction Services Ltd - Point of Sale
• Karcher - In-store POS

Please join us in welcoming Becky Morrison, formerly at Carlson Marketing, to the HRG client services team. Becky joins us to strengthen the Account team and will be working on our new client wins.

HRG have been successful in a four-way pitch to work with Crown on developing a new colourcard display unit for their trade decorating centres. The originality of HRG's concepts coupled with their understanding of manufacture and installation experience won them the tender and crowned them the champions. The units, which will consist of 3 variations of a modular system, will be rolled out to the first 30 stores during in July 2007.

Danone have selected HRG to spearhead the key point of sale and sales promotion activity surrounding their sponsorship of this year's Wimbledon Tennis tournament. The winning concepts demonstrate HRG's expertise and understanding of making brands stand out in busy retail environments. The POS kits will rollout to all the major supermarket multiples during 2008.