Call For Entrepreneurs & Creatives As Town Centre Pop Up Studio Opens
A town centre studio has completed its first day of filming today – with a call out for entrepreneurs and creatives in the area to get in front of the camera and showcase what Wrexham has to offer!
Throughout the week Welsh ‘Presenterpreneur’ Samantha Jones and Leighton Cox, Wrexham TV, will be hosting their ‘Pop-up Studio Live’ in Henblas Street.
The event will put the spotlight on entrepreneurs, creatives and business owners based in Wrexham.
Today was the first day of filming and a number of local businesses, including the team from King Street Coffee, local artist Rhi Moxon, Sami Blackford from Love Yourself Naturally and B&B owner Pamela Morris have popped by to explain their work.
We spoke with Samantha earlier today to see how the project came about and how the first day went. She said: “We’re setting up a popup studio in the town centre and filming interviews with those who have gone out there and built a business of their own and speaking with creatives who do what they love for a living.
“We want to inspire everyone to realise they can do what ever they want in life.”
Samantha added: “It has come together in about six weeks. I did a quick Periscope with the King Street Coffee guys and it had about 200 views in ten minutes. Leighton spotted that and asked if I wanted to work with him.”
Speaking of his Wrexham TV online channel, Leighton said: “Previously things have been presenter led, so I suggested when she was back in Wrexham we should do something together. It was just going to be pieces to camera but has grown into this.
Sam added: “I am doing some work with the New Entrepreneurs Foundation later in the year so this fits as a summer project, with the community of Wrexham and the opportunity to do something positive.
“The plan went from just filming people to a full pop up studio. The aim being to speak with creatives and entrepreneurs as many do not realise they are entrepreneurs as well.
“The first day has gone really well, there are people watching us on Facebook with over 500 views on the first video we have done. The people we have spoken with already are all talking positively of Wrexham. We are looking for more engagement, so if you are watching don’t be scared to ask a question as we do look at the questions live in the interviews!”
Sam outlined the work to make the pop up studio – with the Henblas Street space provided by Wrexham Council for the week. Decorating the space has largely been provided by the generosity of local businesses, along with Topshop in Chester who provided clothing for the week.
She added: “I had a bit too much fun doing the studio, we cleaned the space up with a proper clean. We were left with just chairs and a white wall, so I was sat on Pinterest getting very excited. Thanks to loads of people who have helped, the guys at Colour Supplies, ASAP Signs did the signage, King Street Coffee Co, and Geoff the farmer who has given us hay bales – he even brought them down to us!”
As someone living in the proverbial big smoke of London, but with links to the town we asked Sam about an external perspective of the town: “It is back on the up as far as I am concerned. There has been low points but a lot is due to the perception of the town not actual problems. I have never done any of this type of thing before but it would not have had this type of traction in London.
“The community of the town is so strong, it is very close knit. There are a minority of people who think the town is ruined and broken, but it really is not.”
There is a wide line up over the next week, with perhaps a highlight being Wrexham’s own Ben Barlow of Neck Deep appearing live on Friday evening.
If you are in business, an entrepreneur or a creative in the area and you want to drop in for an interview then emails Sam on [email protected] she says, “If we find space, we’ll get you on camera!”
You can view the videos filmed so far, with the replay ability via Facebook Live via https://www.facebook.com/TheeSamJones/ and we have embedded their twitter feed below:
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