1. Product and Packaging Design
Puzzle illustration constructed from various sources with own additions.
Packaging artwork and ‘Big Red’ branding creation.
Photoshoot Art Directing and Retouching
Directing a photographer and two children for a variety of products.
Photoshop retouching and compositional work.
GRAFIX WORK
2. Product Creation, Contents Photography and Packaging Design
Product created - working with the buyer and client.
Contents photography - layout , photography and retouching.
Packaging design from style guides provided.
Packaging design
Design and artworking, including photoshop retouching.
CLIENT BRAND WORK
3. Brand and Packaging Design
Designed exclusively for Poundland.
Product and Packaging Design
Exclusive packaging designs for licensor.
Exclusive product development.
LICENSING WORK - DESIGN EXCLUSIVES
4. Secret Life of Pets - Universal
Concept work for doodle buddy product
Frozen - Disney
Development from brief, working with Licensor and buyer.
Mr. Men - Sanrio
Development from brief, working with a 3d Modeller,
Licensor and buyer.
Minions - Universal
Development from brief, working with Licensor and buyer.
LICENSING WORK - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
5. Thunderbirds - ITV
Development from brief, working with Licensor and buyer.
WWE - WWE Inc.
Development from brief, working with Licensor and buyer.
Avengers - Marvel
Development from brief, working with Licensor and buyer.
Spider-Man - Marvel
Development from brief, working with Licensor and buyer.
LICENSING WORK - PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
6. Power Rangers - Saban
Contents and Packaging artwork
from style guides.
Superman - DC Comics
Contents and Packaging artwork
from style guides.
Jurassic World - Universal
Packaging artwork from style guides.
Ben 10 - Cartoon Network
Contents and Packaging artwork
from style guides.
Shrek - Dreamworks
Contents and Pack aging artwork
from style guides.
TMNT - Nickelodeon
Contents and Pack aging artwork
from style guides.
Shopkins - Moose
Contents and Packaging artwork
from style guides.
Doctor Who - BBC
Contents and Pack aging artwork
from style guides.
LICENSING WORK - STYLE GUIDE
7. WEB / DIGITAL DESIGN
Ian Haslam -
Reporter
Using After Effects, Flash
and Dreamweaver to a
create multimedia site.
The site is now closed but a
basic version can be viewed
via this link:
http://bit.ly/298x7Lo
Bolton Lettings -
Property Site
Developed, working with
client and using Website
Builder, so the client could
easily edit content.
www.bolton-lettings.com/
Britannia -
Building Society
Web banner gif animation.
Showing 3 frames used for
the animated gif.
Butter Yo Popcorn
- Club Night
Adobe Flash animation
to work with video
compilation projection at
the club night.
http://bit.ly/29c12E6
8. Connexions - Monthly Magazine
Designed using copy and some images supplied.
Govnet - Bi-monthly Magazine
Designed using copy and some images supplied.
United Utilities - Magazine Advertisement
Designed working with Creative Director and Copywriter.
Brochure / Magazine work
designs in front of our online panel and asked them to
select which they preferred and why. Designs included
new branding suggestions for our youth centres (hubs), a
new strap-line to accompany our Connexions logo and an
array of cartoon characters for our website.
The feedback we received has been incredibly useful in
helping us decide on the look and feel of our new identity.
It demonstrated that our target audience really connected
with the logos, fonts and characters that had an urban
street feel to them, so this theme has formed the basis for
all of our new branding.”
At the same time Connexions-
Cheshire & Warrington Limited
staff were also invited to take
part and Jenny Hulme (right),
was the lucky winner.
CHESHIRE STUDENTS HELP CHOOSE
CONNEXIONS BRAND
In total 120 young people from schools and
youth organisations across Cheshire took part
in an online questionnaire to help select a
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The Tall Ships Youth Trust is the UK’s leading charity dedicated
to the personal development of young people aged 14-25
through the crewing of Tall Ships. A Tall Ship voyage can, and
often does, have a profound effect on a person whether they
are 14 or 75. The voyage activities are great at developing
potential , improving communication, leadership and
fostering team building skills.
This year the Tall Ships Youth Trust were lucky to be invited to
dock in Liverpool during its celebrations for the Capital City
of Culture 2008, these culminated in a spectacular show over
the weekend of the 18th – 20th July and a race out to sea and
on to Ireland on the morning of the 21st July. There was great
TV coverage of the event and thousands of people visited
Liverpool to see over 60 great vessels.
One of our own Young People, Nathan Boulton, was lucky
enough to be part of this year’s voyage from London to
Liverpool and helped to celebrate the occasion with a formal
evening on the 17th July with key partners and invited guests
in attendance. During the evening guests and key partners
were invited to a whistle stop tour of one of the ships crewed
by young people, and the young people themselves explained
life on board ship, from sailing the Brig, to split watches and
even allowed the guests to see the cramped sleeping quarters,
but there were no complaints from any of the young people
who had formed part of the crew during the 10 day sail from
London to Liverpool. In fact they all expressed their support
and extreme pleasure in being part of the experience.
If you know of any young people who may be interested in
being part of one of these voyages then please contact
Kevin Woods at Connexions-Cheshire & Warrington Limited
Ellesmere Port 0151 355 7135 for further details.
10 | Winter 2008
Thousands of people aged between14
and 75 sail with Tall Ships Adventures
each year. Each person experiences
a unique and very special adventure
that can, and does, truly change
lives. Kevin Woods (a Youth Support
Worker in Ellesmere Port) has been
encouraging and supporting the Tall
Ships Youth Trust for many years and
successfully placing young people on
board one of these fine vessels for an
experience of a lifetime.
Cheshire & Warrington
TALL SHIPS
ADVENTURE!
Full story on page 10
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Hubs get a facelift
page 7Cast of Colourful
Characters page 4
Celebrity endorsement ‘Ads’ weight
to STUFF2DO campaign page 8
ISSUE 1 - Winter 2008
IN THIS ISSUE
Govnet
ith the introduction of increas-
ing numbers of the MAN support
vehicles into the British army,
attention is now turning to the replacement
of a number of currently deployed tactical
vehicles at the lighter end of the spec-
trum. This major programme is called the
Operational Utility Support Vehicle (OUVS)
and as originally conceived the intention
was that this would replace the whole of the
UK’s lighter wheeled unarmoured fleet.
This would include the Land Rover Truck
Utility Light (4x4), Land Rover Truck Utility
Medium (4x4), BAE Systems Pinzgauer (4x4
and 6x6) and the Reynolds Boughton Truck
Utility Heavy RB44 (4x4).
Following the issue of a Pre Qualification
Questionnaire to many contractors in the
UK and overseas, late in September, the
Defence Equipment & Support organisa-
tion made the down select for the first
phase of the OUVS requirement which
consists of two vehicles OUVS (Small) and
OUVS (Large).
For the OUVS (Small) requirement con-
tractors down selected are Babcock (new
vehicle), General Dynamics (MOWAG Eagle
IV), IVECO (development of current Light
Multirole Vehicle), Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
(Dingo 2), Lockheed Martin (new vehicle),
Mercedes-Benz (development of G-wagon)
and Navistar Defense (based on MXT). For
the OUVS (Large) requirement General
Dynamics (DURO III), Lockheed Martin
(new vehicle), Mercedes-Benz (UNIMOG),
Navistar Defence (development of MX),
Renault (Sherpa) and Thales (Copperhead)
were selected.
Contractors not selected for any part of
the OUVS programme were AM General,
BAE Systems, Land Rover, MAN Truck, NP
Aerospace, Oshkosh, Rheinmetall, Supacat
and Universal Engineering. BAE Systems
closed down their UK Pinzgauer facility
earlier this year.
It is now expected that a formal OUVS
Invitation to Tender will be issued in May
2009 with each contractor to submit two
vehicles of each type for extensive trials. It
is understood that funding for these will
have to be provided by the contractor and
not the MoD. “Trials of Truth” similar to
that carried out for the Future Rapid Effect
System Utility Vehicle (8x8) competition at
Bovington late in 2007 will take place at
the Millbrook Proving Ground from August
2009 through to February 2010. Most OUVS
will be issued to the British army but some
will also go to the Royal Air Force and Royal
Navy (Royal Marines).
It was originally expected that up to 16,000
OUVS could be required and backed up by a
25-year through-life support package but now
only 2,000 to 4,000 OUVS will be procured
with the remainder of the fleet probably com-
prising refurbished current vehicles. Some
industry observers believe that the OUVS
programme could well be restructured.
OUVS (small) will have a minimum pay-
load of at least two tones, while OUS (large)
will have a minimum payload of at least
three tonnes and both will also tow a trailer
and probably be 4x4 vehicles. When com-
pared to existing vehicles, OUVS will have a
number of improvements including greater
payload, as well as being required to be fit-
ted for, but not with, applique armour.
OUVS will have a conventional diesel
powerpack and will also have an increased
electrical power requirement to take into
account additional electronic equipment to
be fitted, including communications equip-
ment and devices to help counter improvised
explosive device systems.
In November, the UK MoD started the pro-
curement of three classes of Tactical Support
Vehicle (TSV) for deployment to Afghanistan
and some observers believe there will be a
link between this programme, which is
being funded as an Urgent Operational
Requirement and OUVS. The TSV is essen-
tially a protected load-carrying vehicle and
will carry supplies to support current, or soon
to be deployed, vehicles in Afghanistan.
TSV (Light) requirement will be meet
by a Supacat (6x6) called Coyote, and
about 80 will be procured and will sup-
port the currently deployed Jackal built by
Babcock. TSV (Medium) will be a Navistar
International MXT-MVA (4x4) and called
Husky, with about 260 being procured to
support the soon to be introduced Force
Protection Ridgback Medium Protected
Patrol Vehicle.
TSV (Heavy) will be called Wolfhound
and will be a flatbed version of the Force
Protection Mastiff (6x6) Heavy Protected
Patrol Vehicle already deployed, with about
95 being procured.
The US has a requirement for a Joint
Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) which will
be used by all arms of the US armed
forces, but the US army and US Marine
Corps will be the largest users. JLTV
aims to eventually replace the current
AM General High Mobility Multi-purpose
Wheeled Vehicle, which is used in large
numbers by the US army and many other
countries. It is deployed in a variety of
un-armoured and armoured roles.
Following an intense competition, at the
end of October three teams were awarded
each awarded a 27-month technology dem-
onstration contract worth about $40m under
which each team will build and submit seven
prototype vehicles for trailers for US Army tri-
als in 2010. The three consortiums awarded
contracts were BAE Systems/Navistar Defense
(with Valanx), Lockheed Martin teamed with
BAE Systems Mobility & Protection Systems
and General Tactical Vehicles (AM General
and General Dynamics Land Systems).
If all goes to plan two teams will then be
selected for the JLTV System Development
and Demonstration Phase in 2011. There
will then be a down selection to one com-
pany for production, which could commence
as early as 2013 with up to 60,000 vehicles
being built over an eight-year period with
a possible unit cost of $400,000.
In mid-November however, the General
Accounting Office stopped the JLTV pro-
gramme following protests from two of
the teams that were not awarded con-
tracts. These were Northrop Grumman/
Oshkosh and Boeing/Textron and Science
Applications International. The US is try-
ing to gain more international support for
its ambitious JLTV programme to help not
only underpin the project but also to poten-
tially reduce costs and help interoperability
between allied countries.
Late in October the Australian minister
of defence made a number of significant
vehicle procurement contracts including
the purchase of 1,200 new Mercedes-Benz
G-wagons, additional Thales Bushmaster
Infantry Mobility Vehicles, more BAE
Systems Australia upgraded M113 series
vehicles and participation in the US JLTV
programme. At this stage Australia will take
part in the technology demonstration phase,
and after trials and down select will decide
as to whether to procure the vehicle or look
at alternatives. The US is also trying to sign
up the UK to the JLTV programme.
Christopher F Foss, defence writer
OUVS was heralded as one of the largest vehicle
procurements in recent years – but how has the
programme progressed to date? Defence specialist
Christopher F Foss investigates
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“It was originally expected that up to 16,000 OUVS
could be required and backed up by a 25-year
through-life support package but now only 2,000
to 4,000 OUVS will be procured”
January 2009
4_DEFENCEDIRECTOR
January 2009
DEFENCEDIRECTOR_5
he long-drawn-out process of
transforming the NHS with the
help of IT looks set for a facelift
this year – with a new emphasis on infor-
mation for empowering patients.
The forthcoming NHS reform bill,
announced in the Queen’s speech, will
require primary care trusts to become more
responsive to their communities. It will also
introduce an NHS constitution, published in
draft last summer. Patient access to infor-
mation, including their own electronic
medical records, features strongly.
Some steps in this direction have been
taken. In October, the online health adviser
NHS Direct Online became part of the NHS
Choices website, now run by Capita under
a major outsourcing contract. The supersite
www.nhs.uk is also destined to accom-
modate HealthSpace, the personal health
organiser of every NHS patient. One of
HealthSpace’s functions will be to allow
individuals to view their NHS Summary
Care Record, the creation of which is
the core goal of the £12bn NHS National
Programme for IT.
A number of obstacles lie in the path of
this grand vision. First, the formal go-ahead
for HealthSpace is still subject to a business
case, still with the Treasury for approval.
Among the questions the Treasury is likely
to raise is why the NHS is developing its
own online personal health record when
commercial products are in the works from
both Google and Microsoft.
Another hurdle is the ongoing contro-
versy over security and confidentiality of
electronic medical data. The English NHS
IT agency Connecting for Health made a
crucial concession in the autumn when
it changed the model of consent on the
Summary Care Record to that adopted by
Scotland, where patients are asked before
every access to their data. The new constitu-
tion is likely to come under fire from privacy
campaigners for any moves towards making
data available to identify patients to take
part in new research.
Finally, there is the painfully slow proc-
ess of creating the Summary Care Record
itself, currently being piloted at four pri-
mary care trusts. Here, the main problem
is that the deployment of clinical systems
procured through the six-year-old national
programme has ground almost to a halt.
Last year saw the departure from the
programme of Fujitsu, the local service
provider (LSP) contractor hired to build
the patient record system for the whole of
the south of England. Installations of the
hospital system picked under that contract,
Cerner’s Millennium, appear to have stalled.
Meanwhile in the Midlands and the North,
rollout of iSoft’s Lorenzo care record system
by contractor CSC shows no sign of making
up ground lost in years of delays.
Officially, ministers still hold the line that
it’s business as usual – albeit later than usual.
In November, Ben Bradshaw the minister
responsible for the programme said that the
two breeds of major contract placed through
the programme, the LSP and national appli-
cation service provider deals “include
provisions appropriate to contracts of their
size and complexity to address forseeable
development, delivery and service issues”.
However, Fujitsu’s departure and the con-
tinuing possibility of massive legal action
casts a long shadow. Bradshaw revealed
that Fujitsu’s departure followed 41 breach
of contract notices being issued. He said
none of the remaining major contractors,
BT and CSC, has been issued with such
a formal notice. “However, as part of the
normal contractual processes, a number
of so-called ‘contractor event of default’
notices have been issued, reflecting opera-
tional matters identified during the normal
course of contract delivery that need to be
addressed. All the matters identified have
been addressed using the existing contrac-
tual remedies.”
Such assurances are unlikely to quench
opposition claims that the programme is in
deep trouble. The Conservative Party, which
early last year said it would abandon the
“hubristic NHS supercomputer”, is taking a
more sophisticated approach by commis-
sioning an independent review of NHS IT,
led by veteran health informatics expert
Dr Glyn Hayes. The review is likely to be
enthusiastic about the potential of electronic
health records, but suggest that the best way
of implementing them is not through national
contracts but by local procurement to cen-
trally set standards. Tacitly, the Department
of Health is likely to agree – though it is most
unlikely to admit that the 2003 and 2004
procurements were a mistake.
Reconciling these changes of emphasis
and approach with the political message
that the programme is essentially sound will
be an interesting challenge for Connecting
for Health’s new leadership team in the year
ahead. They will be helped by the contin-
uing acceptance of the programme’s one
nearly unqualified success, the implemen-
tation of digital radiology, and the slow but
steady acceptance of electronic choice of
secondary care.
However, in a significant report published
last year, health thinktank the King’s Fund
said that the NHS had been poor at adopting
technology and blamed systemic problems.
It urged, the Department of Health to
“provide clear, consistent and sustained min-
isterial and board level leadership on the
use of technology”. This includes coordinat-
ing the activities of the multiple bodies and
agencies with a technology remit. Despite
this the report also found that patients and
taxpayers have a role to play. “Consumers
need to be proactive, whether this is by
asking a clinician to provide a particular
technology or by taking the decision to buy
a technology themselves.” In the present cli-
mate of skepticism, such proactive pressure
will be hard to cultivate.
And, although generally highly enthusias-
tic about the potential for IT in healthcare,
the King’s Fund acknowledges that some-
times sceptics have a point. “Technology
can cause unanticipated costs and create
new demands. For example, home-based
monitoring of patients may generate a
higher demand for clinical intervention...
Furthermore, there is a tipping point at
which the cost of collecting information from
patients outweighs the benefits it provides...
Too much information can be disconcerting
for both clinicians and patients.”
For politicians, too, it could have added.
Michael Cross, executive editor
*Weblink: Technology in the NHS, King’s Fund
www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications
The consensus has been reached that ICT can have a positiveimpact upon the NHS – but how and by whom are still the sourceof much political debate. Michael Cross explains
In good health? T
“Reconciling these
changes of emphasis
and approach with the
political message that the
programme is essentially
sound will be an
interesting challenge for
Connecting for Health’s
new leadership team”
4 l November 2008
health director
health director
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