The French Riviera’s best kept secret has just been revealed – Welcome the Ellisium Partners.
For all of you who haven’t yet heard the whispers and gossip in the luxury market circles here on the south coast, the Ellisium Partners are taking the Côte d’Azur by storm. The idea behind the company started bearing fruit [...]

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The packing has carried on through the night with boxes mounting around us, the Apple Macs being the last boxes to fill….
During the packing some of the smaller members of our team were packed away making a calmer move possible : )
Our new phone number will be:
+33 (0)970 446 297

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For anyone based on the French Riviera, the recent ‘chatter’ and gossip about THE new online lifestyle magazine soon to launch here on the Côte d’Azur has been gaining pace. Pure Design were first contacted back in December 2008 by Wayne Brown and his team regarding project assistance on the ‘machine’ we now know as FR2DAY.
Launching [...]

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So here we are 7 days into 2009.  We closed our doors over Xmas and New Year and enjoyed a nice relaxing time back in Preston in the UK with the family.  I managed to get through all my “to do’s” from my list this time: – drinking locally brewed beer, playing the drums in [...]

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On the 9th November 2003 we packed our little Corsa up and set off down the M6 heading for the south of France. Today, we have celebrated 5 years in France with a warm baguette, slab of cheese and some cheap, but rather lovely red wine. Our 5 year anniversary in France funnily coincided with [...]

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Between email, MSN, Skype, SMS, and the office phone, I am pretty well “connected”. In fact, just flying over to the UK recently was strange as I was “offline” for four hours at a time! Wooooohhhhhh, shock, horror!!!!
Many people nowadays expect an immediate response. I cannot tell you how often I have had someone email [...]

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This video really summed up one of my reasons for moving to France and how some people have REALLY bad days in the office – especially when it comes to computers!!!

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English food, in France?  How VERY dare you!!! The thought of moving family, friends, cats, dogs, jobs and all the junk you have accumulated over the years to go and start a new life in France may seem daunting…. but the rewards of sunshine, blue skies, fine wines and provencal food make up for all [...]

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The world is my lobster! I have complete control! I’ll let my fingers do the talking, creative juices flow…….and yet my mind is blank! What sort of image will this be portraying to any friends, clients or just general readers…..Ben Collison, director of Pure Design International, and he’s gone blank!!!
A good friend of mine, [...]

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