A live educational programme for university students who want to enter the film and TV industry has been forged by a partnership between UHI (University of the Highlands and Islands), local film liaison offices and Openbrolly‘s flagship product, MovieSite. The programme will additionally have a special focus on filming in remote areas so that production … Read more
The events industry has been hit extremely hard this year due to Covid-19 with over 126,000 jobs and an average of £2.4 million per event has been lost in the UK alone and although no one can promise they can turn it around, a new innovative system might just make the difference in supporting the … Read more
Industry reflections on 2021 Congratulations everyone on getting through the year. 2021 was meant to have been easier than 2020, with Covid easing and restrictions lifting. Unfortunately, this was not the case. The covid pandemic followed by the ping-pandemic forced us all to think creatively and find new, innovative methods of doing business. Fortunately, the … Read more
This year sees the 20th anniversary of Openbrolly! 🎉 This is a very special birthday for our company and our customers, we plan to celebrate throughout the whole year with a series of ‘lookbacks’ and ‘look forwards’. Last year was by far the hardest year for every industry around the world, so it seems only … Read more
Well, that was some year to live through. Congratulations to all for working through it. We, at Openbrolly, have worked hard with clients, old and new, to help them deliver their services in 2020 in a very changed world. Our world HAS changed and it will not go back to the way things were. We … Read more
Introducing the newOpenbrolly.com The heart of everything under our umbrella Openbrolly first opened its doors 20 years, in that time the company and its products has never had a true rebranding. Until now. For the past few months the team have been working extremely hard to ensure our clients best interests are front and centre … Read more
We at Openbrolly are a small and mighty team that work hard to make the magic happen for our clients. Each team member is unique and brilliant in their own way. Want to get to know us? Read on… Lindsay Ebner Position: Chairman Location: Scotland & Spain Favourite food: Macaroni & cheese Best advice received: … Read more
Openbrolly was started 20 years ago, continually innovating and changing the lives of our clients. But how did Openbrolly come to fruition? We started in the year 2000, when Geoff Wilcock and David Sim left local government to set up Openbrolly. Whilst in local government they had twice received awards for innovation across the public … Read more
2020 has seen industries around the globe navigate through the unprecedented times that the Coronavirus outbreak has created. The TV and film industry has been no exception. The pandemic has created a structural threat to the survival of many companies and freelancers in cultural and creative production. [x_image type=”none” float=”none” src=”https://openbrolly.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/4/files/2020/09/covid_blog_post_photo.jpg” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”] Today, … Read more
