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Bromley Mayor Visits
Today’s (3 April) 1230 members and non-members at the Chislehurst meeting were totally inspired by vibrant Mayor Councillor Pauline Tunnicliffe whose business life and Mayoral year have been more than action-packed! Coming soon – 1230 Beckenham meeting 16 April has Guest Speaker Gill Twyford from Suzy Lamplugh Trust, telling us how we can keep safe. For this April 1230 Beckenham meeting only, a free place for 1230 members bringing a new guest. Details and booking here http://www.1230.co.uk/meetings.asp?meeting=149&month=4#meeting
Croydon & Purley meeting up and running
Another successful meeting for Croydon & Purley on Tues 1st April, attendees were no fools on this day. The Kelong restaurant looked after us and served a great selection of food from their menu followed by coffee or tea and plenty of networking was down over lunch.
I sat next to Fiona from Electra jewellery whom was wearing a fantastic necklase and earrings from her collection. Take a look for yourself at www.electrajewellery.com or come along to the next meeting Tues 6th May, when Fiona plans to have a table selling her goods.
If you’re a new business you can also get some free business advice from Valerie Leggett of Prevista; or maybe you are looking for an alternative therapy such as hypnosis from Paola Bagnell of Inner Power or various massage options from Eva Cadalso, South Norwood Clinic Ltd. These are just a few of the varied businesses that come along to the Croydon & Purley group. Why not come and meet them for yourself at our next meeting on Tuesday 6th May. You’ll enjoy great company, get new ideas for your business, make great contacts and have a delicious lunch too!
£50,000 for Bright Start-up Star
The 2008 HSBC Start-Up Stars Awards has just been launched. Some excellent cash prizes are on offer. Are you a start-up star? We believe that lots of our 1230 members are start-up stars so we hope some of you will decide to twinkle and enter this Award.
The top prize is £50,000 and there are also rewards for runners-up and regional winners. There’s a special Green Award – £5,000 prize – for young businesses that show they’re dedicated to addressing environment issues.
To find out more go to
http://www.startupstars.hsbc.co.uk/
Win Free Utilities for a Whole Year!
As if saving loads of money wasn’t enough, there is now yet another reason to switch. Every month from May 08, one new Utility Warehouse Discount Club customer will win Free Utilities for a whole Year!
How do you enter? Just by agreeing to save money on your utilities in the first place!
Customers will be entered into the draw automatically in the month during which their first service goes live. We will draw one name at random on the first business day of the following month. The first draw will be on 1st May 2008 and one lucky household will see their utility bills (up to a maximum of £100) vanish – for a whole year.
For your chance to win, email fionasyrett@telecomplus.org.uk or call 020 8133 8505
Conventional cleaning Products Contain Toxic Chemicals – Yea and?..
You could be forgiven for thinking that the title of this blog means nothing to you. We are brainwashed into thinking that anything on the supermarket shelves must be ok to use otherwise the goverment would ban it, wouldn’t they? Not necessarily. Because I have an eco friendlly cleaning company, I have carried out some research on the web into the toxic chemicals that are used in conventional cleaning products and the results are staggering.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the air inside the typical home is on average 2-5 times more polluted than the air just outside—and in extreme cases 100 times more contaminated—largely because of household cleaners and pesticides.
Toxic Chemicals can be taken in through the skin and the breath. Babies crawel around the floor all the time, yet most people give no thought to the chemicals that they are breathing in. Skin scoriacis and asthma are on the increase. Taking in toxic chemicals into the body does not start when we are ready to begin crawling, it starts way before in the womb. We are told of the green issues via the media in the form of recycling and driving our cars less often, walking more, but I never hear anyone mention cleaning products, yet these polute the air and us just as much.
Helen Perivier, Toxics Campaigner for Greenpeace International said: “It is shocking that such chemicals are in the human body at any stage of our life, let alone at the very start, when the child is most vulnerable.”
Andrew Lee of WWF-UK said: “These chemicals should not be in products, let alone in developing babies.”
next time you pick up a cleaning product, take a look at the label before you use it.
If you feel strongly like I do about toxic chemicals in your cleaning products, leave a message on this blog site and perhaps together we can make a change.
Get that post holiday feeling back…in an hour!
Floatation is a place where you can de-stress, relax, rejeuvanate and get that post holiday feeling back in a very short space of time! After a luxury shower you slip naked into your private space age float tank. Each tank is filled with just 10 inches of body temperature, extra buoyant, Epsom Salt water and a liberal sprinkling of Fairy Dust!! As you enjoy this feeling of being enveloped by warm, liquid silk you are also receiving the equivalent of 4 hours sleep, a detox, and are allowing your body’s own natural repair system to kick in. All those tired, aching muscles and stiff joints completely relax as you drift away with the fairies! After your float your skin will feel amazing and the good feeling will last for days! There is a make-up room with mirrors and hairdryers and a stunning chillout room with complementary beverages for further relaxation. Find out more on www.floatation.biz
Woking’s off to a flying start!
Phew! I’ve held my first meeting as a 1230 manager and it was a great success! What a lively bunch! I couldn’t have wished for a nicer group of ladies for my first meeting and there was some great feedback:
“A vibrant, professional & relaxed atmosphere to do business” “Have met some excellent contacts, very much look forward to next event!”
Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday 16th April, so….what are you waiting for?!
Off to Woking!
What are you going to today to grow your business? Come and join me at the inaugural meeting in Woking! Check out the web site for details of this and other 1230 meetings taking place today…. see you there!
Offices in vibrant Clerkenwell!
The offices have been let nowConvenient for the City and West End, Clerkenwell is a vibrant place in which to work.
If you are looking for offices Coldbath Square, EC1R 5HL has so much to offer. Communication links are good – within walking distance of the intersection of the Thameslink rail network and the proposed Crossrail network.
The air-conditioned offices are set in an attractive square and have access to a private garden. Spaces are flexible and so are the leases!
There is parking and nearby car parks. A full-time caretaker is on site.
Available at the end of August for £35 per square foot please email me or call in first instance for further details.
Penny – 01689 859012 or email me at pdenby@thewomenscompany.com
Look out East Dulwich!
Well done to Managers Rhian Wheeler and Lola Fayemi for an excellent meeting today in East Dulwich, and much to my surprise parking was extremely easy in a side road.