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ISSUE 12

EALING Local business magazine

Mar/Apr 2015

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page 21 Chat&Meet Gita Langston

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How to make the most of #EalingHour

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17 / •Mypage best one-minute: Jess Baker

page 26 / •Esther Needle drops in to moan about freelancing

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On the day of the “eclipse”, March 20, the sun later came out in stunning glory. Which thus prompted a visit to Pitshanger Park (see a bit of the Playcentre over to the right). Cover acrylic painting by Carlene Bender. Check out this and our other cover art progress videos on the ‘Contactus Ealing’ YouTube channel.

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Features THE SPRINGTIME EDITION 4-9 • the season for business • 5 ways to rejuvenate • Contactus cartoon • Vox Pop • Some Dickens Yard answers • spring photos in Ealing • featured advertisers

(a bit of weekend fun)

Ealing parks – can you find them? Find the words in the puzzle above: Pitshanger Lammas Walpole Elthorne Bunny Gunnersbury Montpelier Ravenor Southall Blondin

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Where to network 16 Maximising #EalingHour 17 ‘My Best One-Minute’ Jess Baker 17 Free training in InDesign 19 Contactus March meetup 23 Esther Needle: freelancing 26 Featured advertisers

Starter for £40 Let’s tweet... The first thing you need to do on Twitter is just be on Twitter – make sure you have an informative profile, including a photo and a link to your website. But then, what next? That’s the point where so many local businesses get stumped. And that’s what our Let’s Tweet Together sessions (not quite ‘classes’) are for: an opportunity to practise tweeting in a safe setting. The first round of these hands-on sessions were well attended; so more are planned. Keep in touch on Twitter to find out dates of the May sessions, which will be held at Chat&Meet coffee shop (see p20). @ContactusEaling

Ads in Contactus Ealing come with free matching story space. This is where we share the interesting bits about your biz. Stories also feature ‘live’ Twitter and Facebook links plus website urls, for easy click-throughs. Contact Carlene Bender. www.contactusealing.co.uk @ContactusEaling ContactusEalingHomebiz

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Hello Here comes sunshine Little green shoots appear, temperatures spike over 10, jackets replace woolly coats, and then one day all of a sudden the clocks change and we’re in a tizzy, and in no time it’s the mad countdown to summer. But let’s stop and herald the spring, a good time for businesses in Ealing, where so much of our day-to-day life is full of trees and plants that show the clarity of the season. I hope it’s a good time for your business too. Remember if you’re reading this magazine online, to clickthrough on the live links (look for the symbols ) and connect with your favourite featured businesses on Facebook and Twitter, and via their websites. Thanks for ‘shopping by’. Carlene Bender Editor-publisher, Contactus magazines Web: www.contactusealing.co.uk Email: info@contactusealing.co.uk Twitter: @ContactusEaling @ContactusMagsW4 Tel: 079 6039 2677 Find me on Facebook and LinkedIn If you would like to advertise in Contactus Ealing local business magazine, the next issue is due out online on 22 May 2015. Advertising booking deadline: 8 May.

‘Contactus Ealing’

West London business magazine Content (articles, photos, drawings), advertising and marketing – Carlene Bender, unless otherwise credited. Magazine concept, design and layout – Carlene Bender Created and produced in Ealing, just for Ealing

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Tis the season to refresh and renew. In this issue we celebrate some of the businesses who get their best customers when the weather switches between winter and summer

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Springtime plan

Personal trainers; beauticians Temperatures climbing back into double-figures only means one thing to some people: summer is coming, i.e. beach, bare skin and bodies on display. Wonky Estate agents bits don’t get fixed overnight so Why? Because houses look spring is the time to work hard. better in the sunshine, and the Personal trainer Roy Summers photos for the website turn out of Bodyline Fitness (in this issue better too. It’s just easier going in on page 25), and Metafit leader and out looking at houses without Zahra Shah will be booked up. all the winter baggage of coats, Beauty therapist Agnes boots and umbrellas. And by Gaudron (p6) is standing by summertime it’s too late to apply for urgent mani-pedis; while Dr to schools in the new house’s Giorgia Ratta (p12) is the safe catchment area, so for families place for procedures like skin with school-age children, spring peels and teeth whitening. is the time to move. Home improvers Local estate agents like Whether it’s an all-new set of Northfields, Colin Bibra and Go bespoke cupboards (see West View London will be having a London Carpentry on p13) or a busy April.

snazzy kitchen update (Dream Doors, p8), now is a good time for customers to fit in home improvements before the big annual spring clean. And then it might be time to put the house on the market. Full circle... – CB

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5 ways to rejuvenate your business Maybe you miss the thrill of the startup phase of your business, or you’d just like to spark some enthusiasm among your staff. Here are a few ideas to make things interesting again 1. Spring clean There’s no other way to say it – tidying up, filing away, and throwing away; even a fresh coat of paint on your office wall can work wonders. 2. Outsource something So many business-owners feel a sense of relief, gratitude and release once they let someone else do what they’re no good at. For example stop trying to do all your own leaflet distribution. Or all your cold-calls. It may not be as expensive as you think to pay a specialist company to do these humdrum tasks. Or, you may find the cost is well worth it. 3. Add a product or service Have your customers grown used to you providing the same old product or service? Maybe

think about introducing a related add-on. Remember to publicise your new offer, however, so that your loyal clients won’t miss out. 4. Rebrand At a talk at the Ealing Business Forum last year, Richard Palfreeman, CEO of Northfields Estate Agents, gave his top tip: rebrand every four years. That could include a revised logo, a new slogan, new website or new marketing theme or project. Smaller firms may not be able to afford a full rebrand, but make sure something about your business looks new. 5. Collaborate & partner Imagine chugging along in your business, and along comes another business that completely fills in the gap around yours. For example, for a media buyer looking to place clients’ adverts, the perfect fit would be the local newspaper. There’d be no competition, only mutual support. So look out for that kind of natural synergy that makes working with another business sometimes so beautiful. – CB

VOX POP What will you be doing to freshen up your business? (via Businesses in Ealing Facebook group)

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Sharon McLean: 1. Review your customers and look for more 2. Review your expenditure Nicola Gaughan: I’m looking at ways of monetising my photography with products Gabriela Flores Cerbone: Promoting the business ... We are launching a new menu soon... Leila Louise Butt: Pat yourself on the back for what you have achieved through the dreary winter, streamline processes and organise resources, plan and launch new marketing. Glenda Shawley: I think it’s about staying in tune with our target market, listening to their changing needs and adapting our services accordingly. Aisha Ejaz: Well, with spring upon us, my business is rebranding. A fresh brand with improved value, adding services for clients is part of the growth strategy. Alexandra Merisoiu: I am almost ready with my book, a beginner’s guide for women runners. Then I have two natural movement training programmes in partnership coming out soon and one on career coaching. Of course the usual 1-2-1 and group coaching are booming. Speaking gigs and workshops lined up already until June. For the moment these are the major points, many smaller projects though, but at this point people are reaching out to work with me as partners or clients so many more ways to rejuvenate my business.

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Opening soon in Hanwell

Les Jardins d’Emile • bilingual nursery • organic meals • reusable nappies • environmental awareness

Emmanuelle Guillaudeux

07468 416490 Opening hours: 7.30am/7.30pm Hanwell (close to the Library) W7 3JL

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Beyond bonjour

ilingual children are nearly the norm in Ealing – and here’s a nursery that caters for the local French-English families. Les Jardins d’Emile is set to open its first UK branch in Hanwell this spring, located close to the Hanwell Library on Cherington Road. Founder Emmanuelle Emmanuelle: Guillaudeux – a former Femme strong ethics Entrepreneure Brittany nominee – set up the first Les Jardins d’Emile (named after her third child) in Rennes in 2009, based on strong ethical and organic principles, for example: “to smoothly discover community life”; and where the use for example of chemicals and Wi-Fi is limited. She describes Les Jardins d’Emile as a micro-crèche, which “combines the advantages of having a nanny with those of a crèche”. So the child-to-carer ratio will always be small (3:1). jde.creche@gmail.com @Jardinsdemile www.facebook.com/ lesjardinsdemiledaycarenurseries

Green is for gorgeous

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Helping your body, mind and spirit achieve a natural harmony is the goal of AgnesZen

f you ever wondered about the true colours of spring, take a look at the AgnesZen London logo (in advert at left): a bright green of new growth and revival, together with the deep brown that matches the hue of a rich and fertile soil. “Yes,” says Agnes Gaudron. “We can feel that freshness of spring – when the skin is crying out to be detoxed from the effects of a drying winter. “It’s a time to go back to being more healthy,” she adds. And with the type of season Agnes: for fresh changeover that we tend to spring skin have here in London, where winter often gives way to summer with nary a glance at spring, Agnes is gearing up to a season booked full of manicures, pedicures, waxing, and other beauty treatments. It helps that it is the French standard of beauty that Agnes subscribes to, which means that her skills, products and style are all superior quality. Book early for summer: you have been advised. www.agneszen-london.com @Agneszenlondon agneszen.london

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Italian catering Amalfi Caffe is known on Mattock Lane for its Italian coffees and fresh home-cooked food served up by resident Italian chef Sante Cerbone. The cafe’s owner, Gabriela Flores is now expanding the business into catering, offering “hot food or cold platters, ideal for parties or meetings”. AmalfiCaffe

Simon Hall (left) chairing the Ealing Business Forum hosted by the Dickens Yard developers, St George. St George was being represented by Neo Rakodi, land manager (centre), and Malcolm Wood, land director.

What is happening at Dickens Yard

n our Jan/Feb issue focusing on startup businesses, we wondered what was the plan for the 100,000 sq ft of commercial space at the new Dickens Yard development in Ealing Broadway. We didn’t manage to get a comment from Dickens Yard developers St George in time for that story, but then a few days later St George hosted the monthly Ealing Business Forum networking meeting at the site, and we were able to get some answers for our questions: Q: When will the 23 commercial units be leased and ready for business? A: “When building work is complete in 2018. The retailers who are right for Dickens Yard in 2015 may not be right in 2018 when the building is done.” Q: What type of shops will be “preferred”? “Aspirational brands. Think high

fashion retail and white-cloth table-clothed restaurants.” “A card shop wouldn’t do very well here.” “Nor a pub.” Q: Is there any space provided for smaller businesses e.g. a popup space or market hall? A: “There’s no provision for subsidised smaller business space. Market Square will be available for outdoor stalls and pop-up events.” Q: How will you get footfall to the area (according to campaigners Save Ealing’s Centre, there is no history of shops at Dickens Yard, and no through-traffic to benefit whoever sets up shop there). A: “Once we get the shops, people will come. “Additionally, there will be 300 underground public parking places alongside the 300 residents’ parking, which will also draw shoppers.” – Carlene Bender

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zest4Life talk Northfields-based nutritional therapist Emily Fawell of 4Well People will be hosting a free zest4life weight loss and energy seminar on Wednesday, April 22 at 8pm at Bridge to Health, 12 Broomfield Road, W13 9AP. Contact Emily on 07967 639347 to reserve your place. www.4wellpeople.co.uk @Emily4Well 4WellPeople

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Time for a kitchen facelift

Salil: offering a new kitchen “without the stress and mess” – Dream Doors, the UK’s largest kitchen facelift retailer, opens soon in W7

he latest Dream Doors franchise will be opening soon on Boston Road in Hanwell, offering timeand money-saving kitchen makeovers. Salil Dhavale, himself an Ealing resident on and off since 2001, decided to base his shop in this “home improvement” corridor in Hanwell, and he is ready to service all areas of West London – from Kensington to Southall. While the showroom is being fitted, Salil explains that he’s been taking the time to visit customers in their home, providing free estimates and non-obligatory quotes. “I’ve had plenty of interest already, and that’s before we’ve even put the signs up on our showroom,” Salil says. “Anyone interested in a new kitchen, but who doesn’t want

“Dream Doors is a good company to work with”

Salil Dhavale, Dream Doors

the stress and mess that comes with a traditional re-fit, should visit the website or contact me today,” he adds. “Also, take a look at Checkatrade.com – there you can find out what our customers really say about us.” “Dream Doors is a good company to work with. I like them because they are transparent,” says Salil. Contact Salil on 020 3411 4560. www.dreamdoors.co.uk @DreamDoorsHQ Dream-Doors-West-London

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Spring: Ealing Our beautiful borough. Photos: Carlene Bender

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Cupcake heaven on the Lane

t 90 Pitshanger Lane, just about midway on the sunny north side, is Cinnamon cafe. It’s mum-friendly, child-friendly, dog-friendly and rather importantly when it comes to Ealing: cupcake-friendly. Owners Rachael and Dan Scott have been running the cafe since March 2013, and are proud of their menu packed with award-winning coffee, specialty loose leaf tea, milkshakes, smoothies, and a wide range of fresh food dishes. But it is the amazing cupcakes, homemade by local supplier Terry Norris, and the “bespoke Cinnamon and Orange Cake exclusive to Cinnamon” that gets the cafe the most attention in Pitshanger village and beyond. Local resident Emma Chard-Cumming gives

the cafe five stars on Facebook, so we asked her to comment on the cupcakes. This is what she said: “Where else could you get a homemade moist sponge cupcake with the choice of

your favourite sweet on top; from laces to dolly mixtures? Cinnamon is the place!” That sounds about right. cinnamononthelane.com @TheCinnamonCafe Cinnamon-On-The-Lane Jo puts out the day’s offering at Cinnamon cafe on Pitshanger Lane

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Carlene Bender, Contactus Ealing

Get the most from your ad

custom URLs e.g. via the Clipit feature or the direct link to the advert page itself • use the custom URLs to embed the magazine on your You’ve spent your hard-earned website (especially if you have a money on advertising in ‘news’ or ‘testimonials’ section), Contactus; here are a few tips or on LinkedIn/Facebook, etc. to make sure your ad gets seen • feel free to re-use your by as many people as possible… matching story in your newsletter or other promotional • share the link to the advert on materials – please add “Source: any social media that you use • like, share and comment on the ‘Contactus Ealing’ magazine” at magazine, especially when you’re the bottom • if you have a premises-based tagged or @mentioned business, take a few copies of • visit the online version of the the printed version to display, magazine at www.issuu.com/ and also share with customers contactusealing to access

• even if you don’t have a premises-based business, collect a few of the printed copies from a distribution point (local libraries and shops), and share with customers • if your ad artwork was custombuilt at Contactus, you can use it somewhere else; but please add this at the bottom: “Artwork courtesy Contactus Ealing” • enlarge and print, or cut out the advert and story and display in your office, shop window/ counter, or notice board. contactusealing.co.uk @ContactusEaling ContactusEalingHomebiz

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Even more beautiful Q&A

At the Dr Giorgia Contactus make up for bridal, and Ratta Cosmetic camouflage. Clinic on South She was recently on Ealing Road, clients an advanced training Dr Giorgia Ratta course as a “Beauty can now not only access Dr Giorgia’s Recovery Specialist” in clinical cosmetic treatments, order to work with aesthetic but the expertise of on-site doctors. She had her own beautician, Emilia Malesci. beauty shop in Italy before moving to London. Emilia joined Q: Do customers see the my team only one month ago start of spring as their but I see very good potential. countdown to summer and Q: Which treatments will looking beautiful? A: Yes they you continue doing yourself, do! Spring is a very good time Dr G? A: I will carry on with to plan to renew the image to all the aesthetic medicine get smoother face skin and a treatments like dermal fillers, reshaped body. wrinkle relaxation, collagen Q: What sort of treatment stimulation, chemical peel and does Emilia offer? A: She microdermabrasion. has 15 years’ experience and drgiorgiaratta.com training in various specialties, @drGiorgiaRatta including shellac manicure, Dr-Giorgia-Ratta-DDSlymphatic drainage massage, and-Aesthetics semi-permanent make up,

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For storage units that look like ‘they’ve always been there’

explain my theory of springtime customers to Tim BywaterOwens, who agrees there’s something to the idea of people liking to have a refresh between the months March to May, especially when it comes to their home furnishings. Tim’s company, West London Carpentry and Decoration, specialises in contemporary fitted furniture. He makes shelves and cupboards look

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like they’ve always been there. “All the odd things about these old West London properties – corners that aren’t square, floorboards with gaps, it’s our job to make them look like they all fit together.” Tim’s business has grown over the past eight years, and is now expanded to a team of five or six decorators and carpenters – “you need to work with individuals who are good,” he says.

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Sport support

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aling Broadway based physiotherapists W5 Physio are extending their support for sport and fitness endeavours in the borough. W5 Physio’s Stewart (left) and Greg In addition with Stefano from Saddle Drunk. to sponsoring local rugby team Hanwell RFC, W5 Physio are now happily displaying their sponsor’s logo on the Saddle Drunk cycling racing team uniform. They have also teamed up with Old Actonians CC to help fund a new Ealing-based initiative, Cricketforfun, to get ordinary people playing (see p23). This is all in addition to the company’s support of nationwide health campaigns such as Movember (2014 was their fourth year participating), and Breast Cancer Research (for which they raised over £250 earlier in 2015). www.w5physio.co.uk @W5Physio W5Physio

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High quality dignified homecare

ocal homecare company, Care Concern, “experts in caring for the elderly”, attended the recent Skills for Care Accolades as a finalist in the category of ‘Best Employer of Under 250 Staff’. Despite not coming away with the award, the company is proud to have been named in the top three nationally. Care Concern staff at the awards Registered Manager, Catherine Gunnewicht said, “To be short-listed as a finalist is very exciting. I’m very proud of our standards and the commitment our carers have to their work and their continued professional development.” The Skills for Care Accolades recognise organisations who are committed to delivering high quality care and developing their workforce. careconcern.org.uk @CareConcern careconcernhomecare

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Ealing Homebiz We’re here to promote over 16,000* home-based businesses in Ealing Read online at: www.contactusealing.co.uk Photo: Jens Marott

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Bodyline Fitness Roy Summers

Angle Glass Zoe Angle

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How to make the most of #EalingHour

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Give it a try

hen it comes to business networking, it’s important to find the “tribe” that suits your personality. You also need to make sure you can get enough business from whichever group you decde to stick with. So for example it doesn’t make sense to only meet up with local mums, as cosy as that feels, if your business is geared to office workers in the City. If it’s a social group you’re after, that’s fine. But if you’re doing serious business networking, it has to make business sense. On the other hand, don’t give up if after one meeting you feel completely out of depth. Give it another try, or maybe visit another group. Use this page to help you. – Carlene Bender Editor-publisher, Contactus www.contactusealing.co.uk @ContactusEaling

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WHERE TO NETWORK Here are some of the business networking groups in Ealing. Check out our Ealing Business Diary updated every Monday at www.contactusealing.co.uk Tweet me: @ContactusEaling MEMBERSHIP/PAY-AS-YOU-GO: • Contactus meetup Carlene Bender @ContactusEaling • Ealing Chamber of Commerce Vesna Nall @EalingChamber • Fabulous Women (Ealing) Carole Ann Rice @CaroleAnnRice @Fab_Women

Christina Martin of Future Health Management talks about stress and breathing at Athena Ealing meeting FREE/SPONSORED • Ealing Business Forum Geoff Langston @GeoffLangston • Crowne Plaza Breakfast Meeting @CPLondonEaling

• The Athena Network (Ealing) Jo Sumner @AthenaWLondon

• Ealing Mums in Business Shelley Henderson/ Erin ThomasWong @ealingmumsinbiz

• BNI ISIS (Perivale) @BNI_ISIS_Ealing

• Link4Coffee Sukhi Bhogal @SukhiSolutions

• 4N Ealing Karen Sterling @kazzylady

• Ealing Tweetup Michael Greer @MGreer_PR

• The Best of Ealing Chris McIntosh @TheBestofEaling

• Ealing Homeworkers Lunch Elisa McCafferty @FlyingFishComms

For the reviews

he Best of Ealing has been helping local businesses to find new customers for the last five years. Acton-based Chris McIntosh took over the company in June 2014 and has since increased the number of services on offer. He aims to help recommended local businesses grow, by Chris: providing providing value-for-money value-for-money marketing support. marketing Membership provides access support to a range of marketing tools and strategies under one umbrella. However, it’s the friendly support that you get from Chris which is what makes The Best of Ealing stand out. Chris explains: “I really enjoy working with local businesses and doing something positive for the community. “Seeing clients receive amazing reviews and hearing how The Best of Ealing has brought them work gives me tremendous job satisfaction.” www.thebestof.co.uk/ealing @TheBestofEaling BestofEaling

Contactus Ealing / Mar/Apr 2015 / Page 17 Charcoal drawing: Carlene Bender

Ealing Town Hall (as the clock strikes at 8pm for Ealing Hour)

How to maximise #EalingHour

ince I started running Let’s Tweet Together hands-on Twitter classes, I started looking more closely at how local businesses use Twitter, and specifically during Ealing Hour on a Tuesday night. Ealing Hour, which has run from 8-9pm every Tuesday since March 2014 under the hashtag #EalingHour, is a great way for local businesses to spread their message. Here are a few suggestions about how to make the most of the hour: 1. Type in the hashtag. Just because you’ve tweeted between 8pm and 9pm on a Tuesday doesn’t mean you’ve taken part in Ealing Hour, unless you include the letters exactly like this: #EalingHour 2. Click on the hashtag. That way, you get to see all the discussions taking place during the hour, and you can choose which one(s) to join.

3. Retweet and follow others. This helps to spread the reach of Ealing Hour, and increases the chances that others will retweet and follow you back. 4. Draft tweets beforehand. Make sure you have your own messages to send out every

“Messages can come in at a frantic rate, and you don’t want to miss a thing!” week so that you don’t miss your opportunity to promote your business. Drafting your messages in advance means that during the hour you can focus on interacting with others. 5. But be live online. Scheduling your tweets in advance (using Buffer, Hootsuite, etc) is useful, but will fall flat during the hour when other tweeters try to engage with you and you’re not there. 6. Remember to refresh your feed. Messages can come in at a frantic rate, and you don’t want to miss a thing! – Carlene Bender, editor (Latest: @cathpg, @Barnabites and I are taking over running Ealing Hour after a superb job done by @NorthfieldsLive. Follow us on @EalingHour)

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‘MY BEST 1-MINUTE’ The one-minute pitch at a networking meeting is when everyone gets a chance to tell the gathering what they do. Jess Baker is here to share her recent presentation.

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Hi, I’m Jess Baker, founder of MIMI Skincare Kits – the only 100% natural skincare that’s made fresh by you. MIMI products nourish and help to protect sensitive and ageing skin by relying on the power of natural ingredients, so there’s no need for synthetics like parabens or SLS. There are currently three kits in the range, including our special limited edition Dark Chocolate Fresh Face Mask – a guilt-free Easter treat – with organic cacao, clays and almond oil to cleanse and leave your skin feeling refreshed. Each kit contains everything you need to mix your product in minutes. Get a little creative, delight your senses, and nourish your skin with MIMI. P.S. Look out for MIMI in Woman, Natural Health magazine, the Daily Express, and The Sun on Sunday. MakeItMakeIt.com

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Montessori school expands into W13 Helena Patterson explains what’s special about the new branch of Apple Montessori School London

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ur first location in Pitshanger opened in January 2014, “Laughter is and through word of mouth our learning” quickly became loved and recommended by parents. Its loving, homely and intimate environment provided a positive learning experience. “We are now proud to open our second location in the fabulous surroundings of Trailfinders Sports Club in Vallis Way, W13. The school is open from 7.30am to 6.30pm, 50 weeks per year. “We will continue to provide a positive learning experience for all the children who attend. We offer the same high standard of learning and development to all children in our care, along with offering Spanish, yoga and music at no extra cost.” www.applemontessorilondon.co.uk @apple_monti Apple-Montessori-London

Get energised NEW ENERGY THERAPY

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lka Dass is a fully qualified bi-aura bio-energy therapist and reiki healer. It’s not your everyday job description, but what it means is that she works with clients who need to feel re-energised and balanced. “We all need energy to survive,” Alka explains. “We are made of energy and sometimes Alka: trained to traumas can cause blockages remove energy in the energy flowing which can blockages cause issues physically, mentally, emotionally and energetically.” This explains why her business is called New Energy Therapy. “You don’t have to have bio-energy therapy just when you’re feeling unwell, or tired,” she explains on her website. “It’s like a massage, treat yourself and retain your wellbeing and energy levels.” Alka is experienced in identifying and locating a person’s energy imbalances, and finding ways to release energy blockages. She also conducts training and workshops. newenergytherapy.com @alkadass New-Energy-Therapy-Alka-Dass

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Free training in Adobe InDesign • Live in Ealing? • Got a Mac? (preferably a laptop?) • Already invested in Adobe InDesign software? (or definitely planning to?) Then this story is just for you.

in one of three places at free basic Adobe InDesign training with award-winning sub-editor Carlene Bender* (publications worked on include Financial Times, Nursing Standard and Contactus Ealing). Participants who have successfully completed the course will be offered freelance design and layout work (advertisements and pages) on Contactus magazines.

Freelance sub-editors using InDesign can earn upwards of £170 a day working on major publications. So learn a new skill for free that puts you in demand, and that can end up earning you a serious income. (Note: a two-day course in InDesign normally costs c£500; while the InDesign software costs over £1000.)

“With a little training and a lot of practice you can gain a very marketable skill”

Eat Me Drink Me food market on Sundays too

ollowing on the success of her Food Truck Friday in the Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre, Kate McKenzie a.k.a Eat Me Drink Me has now launched a twice-monthly Sunday food market. The first Sunday event on March 22 saw the pavement in front of Ealing Town Hall filled with food stalls selling a variety of dishes including Venezuelan arepas, Mexican burritos, and Jamaican jerk chicken. Vegan food was also on offer. Other popular stalls featured Pitshanger/South Ealing butchers Hook and Cleaver, Pitshanger’s Charlie’s Fruit Bowl, and Northfields’ Mags Petite Fleur. #EMDMSundays are on every first and third Sundays, 11am to 4pm, with covered seating, Kate: “delighted” children’s crafts, and live music. “We’re delighted with the response locally. The first Sunday market had such a lovely, community feel and we can’t wait to make it bigger and better,” says Kate, herself based in North Ealing. www.eat-me-drink-me.co.uk @EatMeDrinkMeLDN EatMeDrinkMeUK

Contact Carlene at info@contactusealing.co.uk to apply for a training place. *Message from Carlene (editor-publisher, ‘Contactus Ealing’): “Why am I teaching this course for free? Because it’s time to start outsourcing design and layout work on ‘Contactus Ealing’, and I’d like to make sure whoever’s working on my pages has been trained to the right standard. “You’ll be ok with me training you, as I’ve had many years of hands-on training of newsroom staff and undergrad students in design and layout software including Quark Xpress, PageMaker (yes, that many years), and now Adobe InDesign. “With a little training and a lot of practice you can gain a very useful and marketable skill.” contactusealing.co.uk @ContactusEaling ContactusEalingHomebiz

“This would never have happened without Chat&Meet @Ealing Blueprint” In my role as chair of West Ealing Neighbours I’m delighted that Chat&Meet @Ealing Blueprint is now a part of our community. On a personal level I have dropped in a number of times and always had an interesting conversation with whoever happens to be there. For example, on my last visit I met Niall Cullen, director of Prefacemorn and had a very useful discussion which may lead to his integrated dance theatre company being involved in this year’s West Ealing SoundBite Festival. This would never have happened without Chat&Meet @Ealing Blueprint and the way it’s run by Geoff and Gita. I have also used it for a meeting of the SoundBite Festival organising committee as it offers both a comfortable and convenient meeting place in central West Ealing which is convenient for everyone to reach, whether by foot, car or public transport. Chat&Meet @Ealing Blueprint offers an important meeting place where all sorts of useful business and community connections can be made. It’s not like a big-chain coffee shop where people go in and sit by themselves. Chat@Meet creates an environment that enables people to easily talk to one another if they want and that’s how these connections are made. – David Highton

13 Drayton Green Road West Ealing W13 0NG

Chat&Meet @EalingBlueprint

West Ealing coffee shop & coworking hub

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USERS’ FEEDBACK

The story of Chat&Meet @EalingBlueprint

membership, and events. There is an old-fashioned warm welcome for every visitor, coupled with the newness of high-speed Wi-Fi.

13 Drayton Green Road West Ealing W13 0NG

Membership? Members (membership is free for the pilot project) benefit from discounted hot drinks, free high-speed Wi-Fi, free use of the meeting room for one hour per week (room seats up to six people), and regular events. Come in to join up as a member.

Gita Langston explains how the West Ealing coffee shop and coworking hub came about What? A pilot business hub, with a great coffee shop based in West Ealing, London. Why? To provide small-business owners in the borough of Ealing with a destination to work in, meet with each other, meet with clients, and do business. Who? It’s a joint venture between the Ealing Council Regeneration team (including frontline staff member Mathieu Rogers) and Gita and Geoff Langston of GLconnects.com who are Ealing residents, and run their own business from Ealing. How? Gita and Geoff’s contribution to the project is to manage the café, the hub space,

Local? Chat&Meet @EalingBlueprint supports local businesses by selling locally produced cakes and apple juice and is currently featuring pictures by Ealing artists. When? The pilot started on February 3, 2015 and wraps-up the current format at the end of June 2015. The pilot will inform the Council’s next steps around the business hub initiative. – Gita Langston owns Chat&Meet Coffee Shop, and manages the @EalingBlueprint coworking hub www.ealingblueprint.co.uk @chatnmeetcoffee @EalingBlueprint ealingblueprint

Delicious cakes, cut-price coffees and a very warm welcome for sole traders like me! As an artist I struggle to find places willing to exhibit my pictures so I was delighted to be able to put my paintings up at Chat&Meet. It was also wonderful to be asked if one of my pictures could be used on the membership cards. It really is refreshing to find an organisation so committed to investing in and promoting local businesses like mine. Jessica Rose, painter and printmaker Chat&Meet is great. I have attended networking and workshops there. It’s really friendly in a relaxed environment. Perfect place to meet clients over a cup of coffee. Kate Edmondson, wedding dress designer I would say that it is a great place to relax and meet new people from the local community. You have created a very welcoming atmosphere and it’s fantastic that you are promoting local businesses, including tasty cakes! Robert Pain, business startup mode

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Chat&Meet café is like an oasis for home-workers. I do not usually go for coffee by myself, however after attending a few events there I have popped in a few more times. Not only does Gita give you a lovely warm welcome and make you feel at home, there are always networking opportunities and interesting conversations springing up! I have found out about local events going on, and caught up with the local gossip while promoting my own little business. Nat, LetterboxLovers leaflet distribution

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BUSINESS SHORTS Leaflet distribution

www.letterboxlovers.com Door-drops, hand-to-hand, business-to-business. Individual flyers/leaflets (we don’t do bundles). Across West London. Call Natalie 07927 711600

Tidy up your website

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Happy coffee

Slim for spring

Turn left out of South Ealing station and you’ll stumble upon the sweetest local cafe – L’Amandine. Run by business partners Adel Mouloudj and Shamshaid Cheema, the cafe aims to win – and keep – customers by concentrating on making them “happy and comfortable”. Lamandine-Cafe

“Now that it’s the season of spring – are you interested in losing weight but still want to enjoy eating?” asks Crystal Gultig, confirming that this is indeed possible. Her Slimming World group meets every Monday at 7.30pm at the Ealing Scout Hall, Popes Lane, South Ealing W5 4NB. 078997 11685

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obody can buy from a business they’ve never heard of but businesses can waste a lot of money when they don’t understand how to do their marketing. At a recent Ealing Mums in Business meetup, Glenda Shawley of The Training Pack shared five classic marketing mistakes many small (and some not so small) businesses make. These were: • No consistent marketing activity • Lack of clarity about the target customer • Differentiating on lowest price • Selling features not benefits Glenda: helping • It’s all about me local businesses Glenda is launching a monthly with their marketing business growth clinic in Ealing on April 30 to help local businesses be more effective with their marketing. Find out more at: www.facebook.com/thetrainingpack thetrainingpack.wordpress.com @Glenda_S TheTrainingPack

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Contactus Ealing / Mar/Apr 2015 / Page 23 Twenty or so business-owners took part in the 45-minute speed networking session

Come and play Cricketforfun: an hour’s cricket on a Friday afternoon; just turn up and play. For beginners, the ‘unsporty’, and the Great Unfit. Dates: 8 May, 12 June, 10 July, 14 August. 1-2pm at Old Actonians Sports Club W5 4LL. Sponsored by (Ealing Council) Bubble fund; W5 Physio; and Contactus Ealing. CricketforfunEaling

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Contactus energy Our second Contactus Meetup for local small businesses on March 23 was an invigorating mix of high-energy face-to-face speed networking followed by a powerful walk around Gunnersbury Park, led by Roy Summers of Bodyline Fitness (see p25). The next meetup date is Monday May 18, when we’ll play Cricketforfun on the lush Old Actonians CC cricket green. (Link to event photos)

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Bodyline for businesses Roy Summers of Bodyline Fitness Studios demonstrates tips and exercises to help small business owners get fit and active – at the Contactus March Meetup (see p23).

Escape to exercise Q: Last year’s Bodyline Contactus Q: What’s the Fitness Weekend was advantage of being held in Wales. What away from Ealing? was the feedback like? A: Being away A: Participants liked the Roy Summers, from Ealing gives variety of classes and Bodyline Fitness people the chance sessions catered to to escape for the Studios fitness levels, plus the weekend and food was amazing and healthy. have that “holiday feel” for Most people were surprised a long weekend. that they could actually do five Q: What are you looking exercise classes in one day and forward to most about this they basically all had fun! year’s Fitness Weekend? Q: Will you be doing anything A: This year we are more different at this year’s experienced so we know exactly Cotswolds Fitness Weekend? what we are doing, and we A: This year we have a fourth know what works. member of staff who teaches So, we are looking forward to yoga, so we’ll be introducing upgrading the accommodation, yoga classes to the schedule as the quality and variety of each well as specific stretch classes. session and, most importantly, This year we are also giving the attendees a introducing day passes, so great weekend that they will people can come up for the day remember! at a fraction of the weekend www.bodylinestudios.co.uk cost. The venue is just over an @BodylineStudios hour from Ealing. BodylineStudios

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“Most people were surprised that they could actually do five exercise classes in one day and they basically all had fun!”

Roy Summers, Bodyline Fitness

Last year’s Fitness Weekend

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The working life of a freelancer Working as a freelancer has its pros and cons. Esther Needle highlights some of the cons 1. Nobody knows your name – because you’re always signed in to the company server as “Freelance1” (or 2, 3, 4 etc). 2. You get all the technical, rubbish jobs that nobody wants to do. And then when you mess up you don’t get booked again for six months. 3. The other freelancers pretend you don’t exist – competition is fierce. 4. You never get to attend staff meetings, team lunches, going down the pub after work. None of the benefits; all of the work. 5. When you have a work-from-

home day they demand to call you on your landline so there’s no chance of nipping to the shops. 6. When a permanent job comes up, nobody tells you. It’s not like you could take it anyway. The reason why you’re freelance is why you’re still freelance. 7. It goes without saying that you don’t get sick pay, pensions, paid holidays, birthday cards... 8. Of course you don’t get Easter, Christmas and summer holidays off to spend with your children. No – that’s when the full-time staff get holidays. That’s when you get work. Are you a freelancer? What is it like for you? Email me: esther.needle@ contactusealing.co.uk

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BUSINESS SHORTS

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Window glory

cton-based stained glass artist Zoe Angle, of Angle Glass, is working on the project of a lifetime: a full-sized window to honour the life of Winston Churchill. Zoe explains how she became involved in the project: “Emma Blount of Blount Stained Glass won the commission, and she asked me to help with the glass painting of the window.” “Stained glass painting is my speciality. I use to be the stained glass painter for Goddard and Gibbs Studios, which was the largest stained glass company in England,” she adds. The Winston Churchill Memorial window is to be installed in May at St Martins Church in Oxfordshire, the church where Churchill is buried. Zoe describes it as “a two-light window and tracery depicting St Martin and St Alban and the life of Winston Churchill.” Zoe’s designs www.angleglass.co.uk for the borders

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