Client Services Director, Tristan Morris and Account Manager, Martin Dixon will be enjoying a bottle of the best this weekend for their Birthdays.

Well it’s the ninth of January already and according to the Daily Mail, today is the day most people will give up on their New Year’s resolutions. If you’re still having trouble thinking of one (let alone giving up on them!), try this brilliant New Year’s resolution generator.

We did a straw poll in the office and most popular resolutions are:

1. Spend more time with family and friends.
2. Get fit
3. Be kinder
4. Lose weight
5. Stop smoking
6. Stop drinking
7. Get out of debt
8. Learn something new
9. Help others
10. Get organised

It’s Olympic Year of course and according to the Daily Telegraph Boris Johnson’s New Year’s resolution is: “To deliver a truly epic Olympic and Paralympic Games and entrench London’s lead as the greatest city on Earth”. Former MP Ann Widdecombe has a different perspective and said: “They are tedious things and life is much better without them.” TV presenter James May has a more satisfied response: “My resolution is generally not to have a resolution, because I am already pretty happy with the way I am.”

So, whatever your resolution is, if you have one, be it learning to talk Swahili, to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, to stop biting your nails or to train hard enough to become an Olympic medallist, we wish you well and hope that you all have a successful and very happy New Year.

Here’s a selection of resolutions from the team at One:

Owen Evans, copywriter:
To get all my spelling write this year.

Amy Watson, senior pr account executive:
To do something exciting like walk the Great Wall of China. Or learn sign language.

Robyn Percy, senior pr account manager:
To be less bossy and more fabulous.

Ric Turner, senior designer:
It’s boring but to booze less and get more active.

Graeme Wood, MD:
To make Pat, my PA, her lunch at least once per week.

Pat Froggatt, PA to the MD:
To try to eat the lunch which Graeme makes for me.

Chris Leigh, web manager:
To learn to cook (…but don’t tell my wife).

Sarah Knight, head of PR:
To climb a mountain in the UK.

Martin Dixon, advertising account manager:
To teach my daughter to moonwalk.

Tristan Morris, client services manager:
To get less upset when there’s so much as a piece of paper out of place in the office.

Keith Higginbotham, accounts interface:
To become an even more loveable curmudgeon.

Claudia Manns, digital project manager:
To learn Dutch, Chinese and maybe Burmese

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Last Friday afternoon saw Mancunians unite and share the love they have for their wonderful city.

The #ILoveMCR campaign created by Marketing Manchester, Manchester Arndale and Manchester City Council has been gathering pace over Twitter and Facebook over the last few weeks and the social media buzz came to climax with Manchester Day, a celebration to show that Manchester is much more than the shameful scenes of violence that were broadcast around the world on the 10th of August. The event was designed to encourage people to visit and spend in the city centre to help to boost the city’s economy which has been quieter since the riots.

It’s a fantastic example of how a campaign can gather pace when all marketing channels work together and the strong, iconic identity is now visible on billboards, posters, social networks, t-shirts, keyrings and mugs and was even projected on key buildings across the city centre.

One Marketing was very proud to be a part of the campaign, which culminated in an amazing balloon release. 800 biodegradable balloons were inflated, and people attending the day were asked to fill in a tag about the things they love to do in Manchester. These were attached to the balloons and released at 5.30 at Exchange Square. Anyone who finds a balloon is encouraged to take a picture of it, post it to the campaign page on Facebook and do what was written on the balloon.

Have a look at the gallery below to see what we got up to on Manchester Day.

Blog by Gemma McCall and Mammy Kufuor