March 12, 2020
We had the pleasure of attending the opening night at Rodizio Rico Brazilian restaurant on Corporation Street, Coventry, on Wednesday night and the night was electric! This venue is ideal if you are planning a meal out or you could team it with a visit to the theatre. A children’s menu is also available. The CovHour team were greeted with delicious zesty caipirinha cocktails on arrival followed by trays of parmesan dough balls. The atmosphere was alive with t...
March 9, 2020
Here are a few of our few highlights…
February
In February I discovered that I had been nominated for Woman Who Achieves award.
March
On International Women’s Day - 8th March I found out that I had become a finalist for the Woman Who Achieves for Networking award. I felt like a winner right there and then.
On 24th March I put on my running shoes to take part in the Coventry Half Marathon and I will be taking part again in 2020.
June
It was a busy one!! I was very pro...
March 9, 2020
After a little persuasion from Emma at Piece of Cake Marketing I went along to the information evening for Strictly Christmas 2019. This event raises essential funds for Zoe’s Place (a baby hospice in Coventry). After some thought I applied to be one of the 24 contestants.
In August I found out that I had been chosen to be a contestant and went along to the meet and greet evening. Here I found out that we would be learning 2 dances - the jive and the waltz.
Octo...
April 30, 2019
Over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend the Coventry Bid Team laid a treat with the Chocolate & Gin Festival. The #Covhour team thought it would be rude not to get in on the action so we took it in turns to take a look at what was going on.
On the Friday Emma took her family into the town centre. They started by taking a look at the breath taking Knife Angel which is currently positioned outside Coventry Cathedral. The sculpture is fashioned from 100,000 kni...
April 27, 2019
Another week another fantastic restaurant opening Coventry City Centre! This time it was the turn of MOD, a pizza restaurant that fills one of the final spaces in Cathedral Lanes new restaurant quarter.
MOD describes itself as ’the original superfast pizza experience. A pioneering fast-casual concept that puts you in the driver’s seat. Artisan-style pizzas and salads are individually sized, made on demand, and ready in just minutes.’
Jo, Kate & Emma couldn't wa...
April 10, 2019
From Sunday 17th to Sunday 24th March 2019 the people of Coventry came out for the Festival of Running which included the Children’s Mile, Toddler Dash, 5k and Coventry Half Marathon. This year’s event was bigger and better as Coventry is the European City of Sport for 2019.
The children were up first on Sunday 17th March for the Children’s Mile. Over 2000 children and their parents descended on the War Memorial Park which was organised by the team from CV Lif...
March 14, 2019
Back in February Kate decided to nominate Jo for a Woman Who Award in recognition of the countless hours she puts into managing #covhour week in week out over the last 5 and a half years.
The Woman Who Achieve Awards are described as an opportunity ’to inspire and celebrate the achievements of Women in Business and Rising Stars of the future. The aim of the Awards is to encourage women to recognise their achievements, celebrate their successes, motivate others,...
February 7, 2019
With the City of Culture 2021 plans continuing to develop and European City of Sport there is definitely plenty to get excited about.
Some exciting things to look out for…
European City of Sport 2019
As part of the European City of Sport celebrations there will be an event taking place every weekend. These will range from City of Sport takeovers at the big sporting clubs to smaller sporting events from clubs around the city.
Find out more information and sign u...
January 14, 2019
Coventry really is the place to be at the moment! Why with significant investment and City of Culture 2021 there is so much to get involved in. Using hashtags will help to get your business into the right conversations.
At Piece of Cake Marketing we research hashtags to try and help us understand what will work best for our clients. If you’re a Coventry business these may be of interest to you!
Obviously at the top of our list is #covhour, Jo has built a follo...
December 20, 2018
As we near the end on 2018 we look back on another fantastic year for #covhour and our wonderful city.
We've sent thousands of tweets and now have in excess of 12k followers and we’ve hosted 3 fantastic #Covhourlive events.
Our first event back in March was held at the CET building, which we were lucky to view before it was closed for refurbishment.
Our second event in October was held at the Old Grammar School, home to Coventry BID.
Finally our third event took...