Pubs, Bars, Things To Do And Whats On In - drinksinEdinburgh.com

What is drinksin?

drinksin is brought to you by a community of real people who can't get enough of going out and discovering new pubs and bars. We all love what we do, and we're intent on making drinksin the best place to keep in touch with your local and beyond.

Ever had the feeling that you're missing out, there must be something happening but you just cant find it? Wishing that someone that knows what you like would give you the inside information to the best places to go.

drinksin learns what you like and suggests places, events and offers you'd like near to your current location. Use the website to plan your night and then send the details to your mobile.

Meet the team

David Murray-Hundley "LinkedIn Business Leader of the Year 2010" is start-up kid at heart and CEO for drinksin.com. Geek warning: David wrote his first successful game concept on the BBC Micro for Superior Software at the tender age of 11. He went on to bag himself a degree in Artificial Intelligence and has since tackled start-ups including Intelisys, Commerce One, Adaro, Dione, UtilityOne and PodLoco.com. At playtime you'll find David out riding his horses, driving race cars and hunting down the nearest Michelin Star for a bite to eat and a glass of Dom.. He has a passion for all things technology - With the right people and the time to watch them grow, anything is possible.

Mark Wallis CTO and co-founder of the company, offers technical advice and direction to our small team of developers, based on over 12 years of experience in design, support and performance of high class multimedia services across Europe. Marks biggest achievment is his involvment with WAP at a very early stage. Installing one of the first WAP gateways in Europe and working for genie.co.uk (now O2) designing, delivering and supporting the architecture that is still used today to deliver services for O2s mobile internet platform and the iPhone. Mark has a thirst for adventure, fast cars, sunshine and a passion for getting the most out of life.

Jaime Keenan is co-founder of the company and as Head of Marketing, she is responsible for getting the drinksin word out on the street. An honours graduate of London College of Communication, B2B marketing and CRM were her thing but after setting up drinksin she has a new found love for social media as long as it works on her iPhone - she's never off it .. poor thing! In her spare time you'll see her seeking out vintage at a car boot or chatting with strangers at a festival.

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Laurence Williams is in charge of Product Development and co-founder of the company. Also respondsible for much of the content on the site, if there is a venue listed, Lol will of spoken to them. With his impeccable manners and maverick style, he's the perfect man for schmoozing with the trade. Lol also coordinates our growing team of journalists, city ambassadors, graphics designers and photographers. In his spare time he'll either be tucked away in his studio producing music - of the long electronic filmic kind or he'll be at a gig.

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Ellie Broughton is a newbie in the world of media, but she's hit the ground running. She's written for a good few magazines and papers, become addicted to Twitter - @___ellie - and won herself a place to study media at the prestigious City University School of Journalism. But her first love must be a well-crafted gin and tonic! With work experience placements in Paris and Dublin under her belt, she's a well-travelled young boozer, and has a homing instinct when it comes to the best drinking districts in any city. When not, ahem, 'researching' for Drinksin, you'll find her reading Grazia, eating croissants or hanging out with lovely types.

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Joe Edwards designer, marketer extraordinaire and self confessed geek...brandjoe has been putting interwebs together for over 8 years. When Joe's not designing and marketing, he's generally drinking and dining, reading about design, marketing and social media and playing basketball to try and kill some calories. Joe is a great newcomer to the team and his insight into usability and social media has been invaluable. We HEART Joe and if you're into design and/or social media make sure to follow him on Twitter.

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Joe Whitfield is a Researcher and Content editor for drinksin with experience in running various bars and writing bar/restaurant reviews for numerous magazines and websites. This guy knows his stuff when it comes to having riotous fun, partying to excess and has boundless knowledge of food and booze. He also organises concerts, parties and dabbles in project managing charity events. Live music is his bag, so he can be found robotically dancing next to the stage at most live events. If you are looking for the best place to eat, drink and party, just ask Joe !

The Story

drinksin was set up on May 14th 2007 after Laurence heard a phone call on his beloved Robert Elms show on BBC London. The American caller asked listeners for help in finding a traditional English pub with wifi and real ale near his Hotel, Laurence thought there must be a site to do this? After all going down the pub has always been, and continues to be Britain's most popular pastime, there were a few but they weren't hitting the mark?

After purchasing the names and brainstorming the concept, Lol had no idea what to do next. With no coding or programming skills, it was going to be a hard task. Laurence's skills lie in making instantly forgettable jingles for the TV and radio as well as running record label releasing strange techno outings Lol was also mid way through setting up his own website to sell music production software, but immediately veered off into researching all things web and pubs related, this involved numerous trips to many pubs with and without mates, and cost him 22 pounds that's nearly 2 stone!

A few months previously Laurence had met a nice guy at a BBQ, friend of a friend type thing who was involved with all sorts of high tech stuff for a big national company. Lol decided to take this idea to Mark and as luck would have it Mark loved the concept and was getting restless with the corporate game. With a bit of schmoozing Laurence finally convinced him to get on board and take a punt (whilst down the pub of course). He also convinced Jaime that the idea might have legs and after six months of working part time on the idea Jaime took a leap and stepped out of her steadily progressing marketing career.

The website and company took almost 2 years to the day to set-up and the team endured continuous ribbing from friends and family about the ever shifting launch date, but the first site was finally released on May 17th 2009 in Reading. The support and feedback from the Reading community continues to grow as does the list of developments and employees, the team are hoping to expand the offering out to other cities later in the year and are already working with international partners.

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