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Shooting has started at the Bottle Yard in Bristol on a new supermarket-set Sky 1 HD sitcom starring Jane Horrocks.

Trollied, helmed by Shameless director Paul Walker, is the latest production to start filming at the Bottle Yard in Hengrove, Bristol’s new dedicated film and TV production facility.

Launched by CompanyX in March, The Bottle Yard is an innovative partnership initiative supported by Bristol City Council and the South West Regional Development Agency, and is managed and promoted by South West Screen. Trollied will focus on the staff of the fictional Valco budget store in Warrington.

An entire supermarket has been built from scratch at the Bottle Yard, containing thousands of products. Horrocks, best known as Bubble from Absolutely Fabulous, will lead the cast, appearing alongside Game of Thrones star Mark Addy, Being Human's Jason Watkins and This Is England actress Chanel Cresswell. Production on Trollied has already started at the Bottle Yard. Filming will continue until June and the series will air on Sky1 HD in July.

Ever been to a hotel and accidentally come away with a slightly heavier suitcase? Especially 'complimentary' toiletries? Here is a novel way to put such light fingers to better use from Super Furry Animal front man Gruff Rhys.

This has to be one of the most amazing examples of how best to promote 3D technology without wearing silly glasses.

CompanyX's very own Jo and her band 'The Redhillbillies' are supporting the mighty Wurzels on Friday 12th March at Double Tree Hilton Cadbury Hotel in Congresbury. Like to drink up thy zider or enjoy the lesser known 'Peter Crouch in Lederhosen'? Tickets £15. You know you want to.

Many thanks to Lynne Elvins at South West Design Programme (www.swdp.org.uk) for telling us about this brilliant initiative from VW.

For those of you that think that the majority of industry awards take themselves a bit too seriously, check out the Chip Shop Awards 2010. It's designed for creatives to let off some steam, poke fun at D&AD and submit an idea that would never get past the spoilsports. Often with good reason. Irreverent, silly and a bit rude in places.

www.chipshopawards.com

The entry deadline if you're tempted for 2010, is Friday 12th March.

Hello and welcome to our new website. It's finally ready to be unveiled to the outside world. Massive thanks to the developers for doing such a good job (and Ian in particular) and bearing with us with our never ending list of fiddly tweaks. We are designers, what did you expect! Have a look around and a play and hopefully you'll like what you see. If you do, then drop us a line and say hello.

If you see something that is brilliant that you want to share then send it to us and we could put it on the noticeboard (with a name check of course!).