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By Andrew Mccrum August 25, 2026
Discover how Appella helped name the Tata Tigor, a successful model launched in 2017 that has retained its name through two major facelifts.
April 9, 2025
50 years on from its foundation and in the 10th year of its re-naming (via Appella) as Avenues For Justice, the charity now covers all 5 NYC boroughs.
A gibbs aquada car driving down a road.
March 6, 2025
Congratulations to Sir Richard Branson on the - just over - 20th anniversary of the not-so-well-known but high achieving Gibbs Aquada, named by Appella and driven by Sir Richard across the Channel in record time on June 14th 2024. Sir Richard beat the previous record by over four hours! 
Andrew McCrum Appella
February 26, 2025
How do you get started in a career like naming? Find out firsthand from Appella's co-founder Andrew McCrum as he talks us through his background, what it takes to find the right name and what he gets a kick out of, outside work:
A man is sitting in front of a television holding a screen celebrating a milestone.
February 5, 2025
Many congrats to Tim Leech CEO of Appella’s oldest named and thriving charity Wavelength, formerly Wireless 4 the Bedridden, itself over 80 years old when the decision in 2010 was made to re-brand. What great longevity all round!
Tom Hope Our Name Clearance Guy
January 14, 2025
Hear from Tom Hope, our co-founder here at Appella about how he works hard behind the scenes to provide the clearance on prior rights for names. As part of our process we come up with a long list of names which are 'possibles' so Tom's first job is to run preliminary clearance on those names. This involves looking at a number of databases throughout the world - a global name for example could involve 150 trademark registries. Find out more here:
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