News and Events

Despite the economic downturn 2011 looks bright for Nick Harris Media Communications.

We will be attending all 18 rounds of the 2011 MotoGP World Championship. For the 12th year in succession Nick will commentate to millions of television viewers world-wide during practice. qualifying and the races. Nick will also host all the major press conferences and NHMC will provide a specialised MotoGP service for the British media.

Nick will continue supplying reports and interviews to BBC World Service. NHMC will write features and releases and organise competitions for Tissot while continuing to look after the media interests of British Moto2 star Bradley Smith.

Once again NHMC has produced the very successful MotoGP Media Brochure,VIP Booklet and Circuit Cards on behalf of the International Road Racing Teams Association.

Finally of course there is the BBC football commentary following the fortunes of Oxford United. Nick has also hosted some of the Saturday afternoon sport programmes on BBC Radio Oxford.

Another very busy and exciting year ahead for NHMC and that’s just how we like it.

For the first time in the 63 year old history of grand prix motorcycle racing a pre-season
MotoGP guide will appear in a British national newspaper with NHMC playing a crucial
part in the planning and content.

After six weeks of planning Raconteur Media announced at the beginning of March that
they will publish a MotoGP 2011 season guide in the Times newspaper just one week
before the opening grand prix of the season under the Qatar floodlights.

Nick Harris will write much of the content working closely with fellow World Feed
commentator Gavin Emmett and publisher Giovanni Arotta-Tarino. The guide will reach
a potential readership of 1.73 million people and further illustrates the impact that the
MotoGP World Championship has made in the world sporting arena.

NHMC have entered into an agreement with Tissot to supply features and press
releases throughout the 2011 MotoGP season.

They will also organise two competitions for the international media on behalf of the
renowned Swiss watchmakers.

NHMC played a big part in the success of Motorcycle Live at the NEC in Birmingham
last December.

Working with Motocom, Claire Sobas organised all the media
accreditation for the second biggest consumer show at the NEC in 2010 while Nick
Harris organised presentations and looked after the special guests. Despite the ‘artic’
weather the event was a resounding success.

The success of Oxford United in the Blue Square Conference play-off final at Wembley
was brought to tens of thousands of Oxford fans throughout the world by Nick Harris.

Commentating for BBC Radio Oxford, Nick brought listeners all the action from
Wembley, including Oxford opening two goals. The next day he travelled through the
streets of Oxford on an open top bus with the triumphant team bringing live coverage of
the historic bus ride to the listeners.

NHMC organised television, radio and newspaper features on the Donington Park Formula One simulators following the success of Lewis Hamilton.

NHMC organized full Media service for British journalists and attended the Australian, Malaysian and Valencia Grands Prix in the space of three hectic weeks.

NHMC handled all media enquires regarding Donington Park’s planning application for the new Formula One circuit.
NHMC completed the media plan and handled all aspects of both the World Superbikes and MotoCross des Nations at Donington Park.

The media plan for both the World Superbikes and MotoCross des Nations at Donington Park was organised and started.
IRTA confirmed they wanted NHMC to produce their Media Coverage and Audience Statistics brochure, the VIP brochure and Circuit sheets for the 2009 season.

NHMC handled the media onslaught when the FIA announced that Donington Park would be hosting the British Formula One Grand Prix from 2010.

In one day we conducted over 40 radio and television interviews.

NHMC conducted a very successful media campaign to launch the return of Truck Racing to Donington Park.

Nick Harris spoke at the Honda Dealers convention and also to guests of a travel company at the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.