By Jamie White – Head of Communications
It’s been a busy week for the head office team, mystery shoppers and valued clients of mystery shopping and performance improvement company, Douglas Stafford.
Today (Friday) a dress down day has been held at the company’s Lakeside North Harbour, Portsmouth head office in support of Toyota UK’s £1 million Comic Relief fundraising campaign. In the run up to Comic Relief, which takes place on Friday, March 13th, Douglas Stafford will be raising money through a series of fundraising initiatives.
On Monday, Toyota – an official partner of this year’s Comic Relief campaign and a valued client of Douglas Stafford – unveiled a one-off laughing Yaris for Red Nose Day.
Officially unveiled by celebrity consultant, Mr Tickle, the Yaris is the world’s first ticklish car. Read more here.

David Cameron with The News Editor, Mark Waldron. (Picture by Jamie White)
On Tuesday, Britain went flipping crazy for Pancake Day. You can read more about the day and find out how to make the perfect pancake here.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister, David Cameron, was on the south coast and paid a visit to the head office building of Douglas Stafford.
Mr Cameron dropped into Lakeside North Harbour to visit The News, as part of a whistle-stop tour of Portsmouth and Gosport.
Douglas Stafford Head of Communications, Jamie White, managed snap some shots of Mr Cameron’s brief visit. You can read more and see pictures and a video here.
The judging has been finalised, the scores are in, and the countdown is officially on to this year’s The News Business Excellence Awards.
Douglas Stafford – based at Lakeside North Harbour, Portsmouth – is the proud sponsor of this year’s Apprentice of the Year category at the coveted awards, which take place at The Guildhall, Portsmouth in March. Read more about the event here.
Also this week, Dacia announced special editions of the Sandero, Duster and Logan MCV will be unveiled to commemorate the 10thanniversary of the Dacia European re-launch. Read more here.
A new campaign has been launched by Honda UK – valued clients of Douglas Stafford – challenging viewers to echo the brand’s thirst for relentless improvement by pushing themselves to new limits.
A series of short films have been created encouraging viewers to push the limits of what they can achieve, echoing Honda’s philosophy of surpassing its limits. Read more and see the advert here.
Burger King has revealed it is trialling a new delivery service in the UK for the first time ever – but only to certain locations. See if your area is covered here.