Leather. Lace. Dramatic chord changes and thunderous drum rolls. The unmistakeable whiff of hairspray and raw emotion. They’re hallmarks of one of the most simultaneously maligned and celebrated forms of popular music of the past fifty years…The Power Ballad. There’s been a lot of talk about them in these parts this week, prompted by the [...]
If you thought the content on the Gocompare staff blog was cheesy, then wait until you get a load of this. A straw poll was taken by Mark G earlier this week in regards to the most popular cheese in the business development and marketing teams. The tech-savvy head of partner products even knocked up a [...]
Head of marketing Nick H is an unlikely master baker. But the high trouser-sporting Bristolian confounded expectations this week with a real humdinger of a chocolate and orange sponge. When members of the GoCo team reach milestone marks of working here, it’s customary for them to bring some cake in for the delectation of everyone else. [...]
Five-a-side football at a nearby artificial pitch is always a high point of a week for Gocompare’s creative copywriter, Kristian D. While he’ll never set the world alight (read: “he’s absolutely awful”) what he lacks in talent he makes up for in sheer application, regularly giving what he dubs a “full-blooded performance”, getting in the [...]
Sally H was up against it. Sent halfway across the world with Gio Compario himself, her mission was tricky enough – to oversee the filming of an eagerly-awaited advertising campaign in Cape Town, South Africa, before jetting home with the footage in the can within a six day time frame. Ideally home in time for [...]
The gocompare office was draped in an uncharacteristic hush this morning, wallowing in the aftermath of last night’s action-packed partner party at Cardiff nightspot Revolution. By all accounts, it was good clean fun. Highlights included the fresh moves of Mark G on the dancefloor (described by one gobsmacked onlooker as a cross between ‘Mr Soft’ [...]
It’s been a bumper week for babies in the Gocompare.com office. Search and web optimisation manager Alex G, soon to temporarily depart on maternity leave, was treated to a customary baby shower by the ladies of the office…as well as head of marketing and five-a-side midfield terrier Nick H. Meanwhile, business development director Lee G, ever the [...]
The gocompare.com HQ is basking in the sun, and it hasn’t taken long for somebody to bust out the summer gear. Optimistic product consultant Chris D has spent the past two days conducting his daily business in a fetching pair of baggy shorts and flip flops , giving the office a flavour of Benidorm and [...]
In this series of missives from the front line of the comparison website industry, we’re going to offer you a unique insight into the goings-on in our spiffy Newport premises. So, read on for the inside track… After recovering from some chastening results in an inter-office charity football tournament on Monday, the office bustles onwards [...]
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