27th February 2003

New Video Conferencing facility now open

Cookham-based Protean Marketing Communications has installed a high-tech video conferencing suite, available to hire now at highly competitive rates. The company invested in the equipment to solve an issue that many organisations face in today’s increasingly competitive global business environment – that of communicating across different counties, countries and even time zones. The suite has now been opened for the use of other businesses in the area.

“Being able to communicate efficiently and cost-effectively with colleagues, clients and customers located a significant distance away is an important issue for us and for many other organisations,” says Protean Managing Director Greg Robinson. “Video conferencing enables a level of interpersonal contact that is unrivalled in any other form of business communication. Utilising high speed ISDN telephone lines, our clients are now always accessible when their markets are open, ensuring that we do not miss any opportunities. We quickly discovered, once the equipment was installed, that it made our business relationships much closer.”

Robinson sees the new facility as an extremely convenient way of increasing communication across the business arena, whether for interviews, meetings, presentations or training. “Any psychologist will tell you that a great deal of human communication is in eye contact and body language”, he explains. “Video conferencing allows people to talk ‘face-to-face’ with as many others as necessary in real time, without the cost and time implications of travelling hundreds of miles to do so.”

He is also convinced that others will see immediate benefits now that Protean’s resources are available to other companies in the region: “It is a natural progression to open the suite up to other organisations. It helps the business community in general, and that is good for everyone.”

Protean’s video conferencing suite seats up to eight delegates, comes fully equipped with refreshment facilities, and is charged at a competitive hourly rate. The company is located in the heart of Cookham, Berkshire, a village that boasts many fine restaurants and pubs for pre- or post-meeting meals. Alternatively, catering can be organised by Protean. The convenient location of the village allows fast and easy access to both the M4 and the M40 motorways.

 

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Protean Marketing Communications Ltd is a comprehensive, business-to-business communications agency based in Berkshire, UK. Founded in 1991, the company has in-depth marketing and account-handling expertise, combined with a passion for communications and a wealth of creative energy. Using marketing, advertising, PR, direct mail, electronic media and design, Protean aims to convey the core business message of their clients to target audiences effectively.

Contact for further information: Greg Robinson
Protean Marketing Communications Ltd
Communications House
Station Road
Cookham Rise
Berkshire SL6 9BU
Tel: +44 (0)1628 648530
Fax: +44 (0)1628 529087
Email: greg.robinson@protean.co.uk
Web: www.proteanmarketing.com