'Contactus Ealing' Sep/Oct 2015 - Issue 16 by Contactus magazines

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ISSUE 16

EALING Local business magazine

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Sep/Oct 2015

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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

Cover illustration: Runners in the Mini Mile of the Ealing Half Marathon

page 20 Hogarth Property Services Julie and Andy

page 16 Westside Radio Sone Palda page 17

Painting by Carlene Bender

Ealing in Business Who’s exhibiting at our B2B expo at the Ealing Town Hall on November 19?

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13 �� Matthew Coltman Bowmaker Limited bow restoration and repair The cover painting is our tribute to the Ealing Half Marathon, and features the Ealing Mini Mile for children aged 6-11. This sports-themed issue of Contactus comes out on the same weekend as the Ealing Half, which has done so much to boost sport and business in the borough. All best wishes to this year’s participants. Cover painting by Carlene Bender

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Christmastime

Features SPORTING EALING

o time to lose – we start work right away on our always-chocca Christmas issue. Remember that this will be our third-to-last regular magazine, as Contactus switches to being an annual (i.e. just once a year) in 2016. The theme of this Christmas 2015 edition is “Christmas Specials”. So if you’re a small business in Ealing, be sure to make the most of this magazine to spread the word about what you’re offering, whether it be a free gift, or a discount, or a limited edition product. Contactus advertising prices are on page 22: the smallest advert is still £20. Contactus is funded entirely by advertising. Let’s keep it in Ealing! contactusealing.co.uk @ContactusEaling ContactusEalingHomebiz

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• Business opportunities • Working together Q&A • Vox Pop and views • Local sports in pictures • The Ealing Sports Calendar • Where to play

EALING AUTUMN FESTIVAL 800 years of freedom 12-14

EALING HOMEBIZ

Where to network Ealing in Business update ‘My Best One-Minute’ – Roy Summers A hub for West Ealing?

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Contactus Wordfinder (a bit of weekend fun)

Sports to play in Ealing Find the words in the puzzle below (What exactly qualifies as a ‘sport’ anyway? We think it’s defined by whether it’s in the Olympics or not. But we could be wrong.) HORSERIDING ATHLETICS SWIMMING NETBALL CYCLING HOCKEY RUGBY ARCHERY JUDO MARTIALARTS CRICKET FOOTBALL RUNNING TENNIS GOLF BOXING SQUASH

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Hello All work and all play I haven’t always tried to hide the fact that I play a bit of cricket for the Old Actonians Ladies team (pictured above). And as these two beloved worlds of mine – sport and local business – intergrew, the more I saw how they depended on each other. This was the message I hoped to share with other business owners in this annual sport themed edition (p4-11): sports clubs are a rich source of leads; ignore them at your loss. Another theme this month is the Ealing Autumn Festival, proving that music and art and poetry are business-related too (see pages 12-14). Happy clicking through this issue (use the live links (where you see ) to connect with your favourite biz. Thanks for ‘shopping by’. Carlene Bender Editor-publisher, Contactus magazines Web: 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 edition is due online on 6 November 2015, and it’s our bumper Christmas edition. See our prices on page 22.

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Local business magazine, West London 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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Glory in Hanwell Rugby World Cup fever may be happily raging across Ealing, but a few leagues lower down, the battle is just as keen. Photo of Hanwell RFC (wearing sponsors W5 Physio shirts) courtesy Chris Slow

Clubs and players spend a lot of money locally: take note, business-owners

port is big business in Ealing and many of the same rules apply across both worlds: sports clubs need “clients” (i.e. players; members), and businesses often need to work together as a team to get a product out or deliver a service. Sports clubs are consumers of a wide range of business services and products, from logo branding to equipment to home ground upkeep. Take for example Old Actonians Sports Club in South Ealing, one of the few multi-sport clubs in Ealing. For each of the nine sports you can play at Old As, there is a not-so-micro system of business support built up. This includes services like website design and upkeep, transport, catering, fundraising, printed material, local advertising, PR, trophies, accommodation, coaching staff, club photographer, and so on.

Sport is business In the past many of these jobs would have been done by club volunteers but increasingly these tasks are being outsourced to local businesses. There is also of course the symbiotic relationship of sports clubs and players needing sponsors to help pay for kit and running costs, and businesses using that need to gain positive exposure in front of a crowd. Sporting events often inspire a whole raft of service industries to build up around them. Later this year for example it will be interesting to see how Pitshanger Lane changes once London Broncos relocates close by to the Ealing Trailfinders complex in Vallis Way. Will there be more takeaway food services (a pop-up food market along Scotch Common?) for the rugby league fan passing through? More therapy options

available on the Lane to treat the influx of sports-people to the area? Or car parking services (park and ride? private parking space rent? valet parking?) off Argyle Road on match days? Even non-team sports create a system of businesses around them: think of the thousands of runners who participate in the Ealing Half Marathon. They boost hotel sales, restaurant takings, and spot-buys like sports clothes and equipment, not to mention the post-run massage and pub celebration. Multiply this by the number of fans and supporters they bring along and the amount of business we’re talking becomes clear. The Ealing Half Marathon has helped raise over £500k for charity, which is big business in itself. But that story is for another edition of Contactus... – Carlene Bender

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Working together to promote one another Contactus

Q&A

Kevin Mahoney Chairman, Old Actonians Sports Club

Q: How much interaction with local businesses does the club have, and what form does that interaction take? A mixture of everything – logos on playing shirts, banners at the ground, website advertising, donated raffle prizes. Also a number of local businesses use the club and grounds to host parties, team

building days and sports days. Recently the club has hosted TalkTalk, Kantarmedia, Carphone Warehouse, London Transport, and British Gas, among others. Q: As a businessman yourself (Kevin is a retired director of Savills), in what ways would you say running a sports club is similar to running a business? It’s exactly the same I would say. But balancing providing affordable support for all, in place of profit, although we do need to build and hold reserves for rainy days. (See ad on p2) www.oldactonians.net

VOX POP: COMMENT We put the question of mixing sport and business out on the social media, and got a few responses. This from the #TuesdayQuestion over on our Facebook group, ‘Businesses in Ealing Contactus’: “What similarities do you see between playing a sport and running a business?”

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Alan Outten If you can successfully manage a large group of 14-15 year-old boys, the rest is easy! Mandy Lightfoot Each sport has rules to follow. I help businesses follow the rules, ensuring they are compliant with Health and Safety Law. I enjoy outdoor swimming, and keep checking where I’m heading, so I don’t drift off course. Similar to my business, I’m always checking if I’m going in the right direction, and change course if needed. Alexandra Merisoiu In sport as in business it is about building strong foundations. With strong foundations we can then build a strong structure. Weak foundations will weaken the whole structure and even bring it down. I was lucky to have found a business mentor who helped me do just this, build strong foundations for my business and it is now a strong structure.

“By sponsoring local sports clubs and events, W5 Physio gets closer to clients and potential clients so they already know a bit about us and know where to find us if they need any physio treatment.” – Greg Bagley, physiotherapist, W5 Physio (sponsors of Hanwell RFC, SaddleDrunk Cycling Team and Old Actonians Ladies Cricket)

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In a happy confluence of business, sport and leisure, Contactus, W5 Physio and Bubble co-sponsored this summer’s Cricketforfun sessions (in photo above). Local businesses – like Natalie here from LetterboxLovers – came out to play and network at the same time.

Photo: contributed

Summer of fun

W5 Physio’s Stewart (left) and Greg with Stefano from Saddle Drunk.

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Martial art life Make contact

Over 70 people attended Go View London’s most recent property seminar on 21 September. Director Donald Collins shared up-to-date tips about the West London market. Contact 020 8992 0333 for details of upcoming seminars. www.goviewlondon.co.uk @goviewlondon goviewlondon

Get a free introductory lesson when you sign up to learn the unique martial art technique of Choi Kwang-Do, at The Martial Art For Life, with master Jason Wright. Book with Jason at 0800 310 1223 or email him at info@TheMartialArtForLife.com. TheMartialArtForLife.com @EalingCKD EalingCKD Improve your health, develop self defence skills and increase your mental focus with martial arts

For no obligation advice on sales, lettings or management please call 020 8992 0333 or email enquire@ goviewlondon.co.uk

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Here are our three quick tips for pitching your business proposal to a local sports club: 1 choose a sport you know 2 attend the club’s events 3 give the sport a go Showing a real interest in the sport, the club and its members will go a long way towards getting your proposal considered. Good luck. www.contactusmagazines.co.uk

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nfortunately, some of us are going to get hurt during the Ealing Half Marathon. Here are three bits of injury advice from Ealing Broadway physiotherapists W5 Physio: 1 Use the RICE protocol: Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation for the W5 Physio’s Patsy Hayden first 72 hours, after and Stewart Ramsay which you may take running the Ealing Half anti-inflammatory tablets Marathon last year only if safe to do so; 2 Avoid any activity that causes further pain, i.e. we wouldn’t recommend running on a sprained ankle; 3 Once you’re mobile enough, book in to see us and start the road to recovery – the sooner physio treatment can begin, the faster we can accelerate the healing process. www.w5physio.co.uk @W5Physio W5Physio

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VOX POP: TWITTER Here’s what we got from Twitter when we asked the question during #EalingHour: “Parallels between sport and business, any?” @chatnmeetcoffee sooo many! #discipline #routine #motivation #teamwork Great question

Another side to her business “My business Get Fit with Zahra is about bringing fitness to all. Sponsoring the Hanwell Hedgehogs has enabled my fitness business to bring sports, exercise and fitness to children across Ealing” – Zahra Shah, Get Fit with Zahra

Sponsoring individuals We are approached a lot to undertake sponsorship, normally in the form of direct monetary donations for bike rides. Rather than give money we have a programme of supporting riders in the form of products; so our riders test our products and report back. We support about half a dozen individuals and one racing team, none of whom overtly promote our company but it’s something we are considering doing. We also support our staff in undertaking community events – so here are three of them (Michael, Martin and William, in photo at left) taking part, in obligatory Bike Hub clothing, with our bikes. – David Eales, London Bike Hub

@ealingtfrugby Spot on! #nevergivingup #celebrateSuccess #pursuitofexcellence @PeterPrickett I think you have to try to eliminate self doubt in both. Sometimes irrationally. @EalingHour Like in The Phantom Tollbooth (just read it to my son) it is only impossible if you know it is.. @BennettCoEaling ...sometimes doing business admin can seem like a marathon! So you need #discipline #hardwork

Where’s the overlap?

Parallel worlds

Do you agree that running a sports club is like running a business? London Broncos’ Tom Williams:

The parallels between business and sport manifest themselves in teamwork, perseverance, discipline and fairness. In business, I think it is fair to say to be successful you need to exhibit these qualities day in, day out. – Donald Collins, director, Go View London (sponsors of Ealing Acton Whistlers FC, Old Priorians Rugby Club, and a player at Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club)

A sports club is a business first and foremost, especially at the professional level. We have a product to promote and sell and this is no different to any other business.

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Donald (left) with Ealing Trailfinders’ Daniel Kenny

@PeterPrickett #competition #innovation #1percenters #budgets #recruitment the list goes on and on

How can being a Broncos Business Member benefit your business? • Promotion via our social media channels, databases and in our monthly magazine; - We have over 14,000 Twitter followers, over 7000 on Facebook, 6000 in our email database and our magazine will be distributed to 3000 people every month • Regular opportunities to meet new people to make new contacts and find new customers • Monthly Networking Meeting Match Day Hospitality Open Training Sessions Fans Forums

Business Membership Benefits: • Membership of London Broncos Business Club • Provide an exclusive discount to our members and sponsors • Premium listing on our online business directory and coupons website • Opportunity to promote an exclusive offer in the London Broncos monthly magazine • Invitation to London Broncos open training sessions £300 + VAT

To find out more email Commercial Manager Tom.Williams@londonbroncosrl.com

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When business and sport go networking Contactus

Q&A

Tom Williams

Commercial manager, London Broncos Rugby League Club

Being a Business Club member means you get exposure via the powerful London Broncos social media channels, and the opportunity to come to some exclusive events like open training sessions and private players events. Q: How are you planning to

(The club is relocating to work with local businesses? Ealing in November 2015) The club as a whole wants to

Q: A lot of networking goes on in Ealing; how will your club be different from all the others? The London Broncos Business Club takes elements from other networking organisations to create a relaxed environment but one that encourages all members to share contacts and generate business for one another. There are some great additional benefits as well, such as the fun of meeting first-team players, and getting to sit in to talks from London Broncos head coach Andrew Henderson, sharing his tips and skills for leadership and team building. We also get some very interesting speakers to come along that you would probably not find anywhere else. Q: Is it membership-only? There is a membership structure but anyone can attend meetings for £15.

find new suppliers in Ealing as we want to be of benefit to the local community. You would be surprised at how much a professional club has to source and we are very focussed on building relationships locally. Our players are also very keen to use Ealing businesses and they will be very much present in local cafes and restaurants – and a local butcher will be very lucky as they eat a lot of meat! www.londonbroncosrl.com/ commercial/business-club @LondonBroncosRL LondonBroncosRL

“A local butcher will be very lucky as they eat a lot of meat!”

Tom Williams, London Broncos

Photos from recent London Broncos Business Club networking

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Ealing Riding School, Gunnersbury Will-to-Win tennis in Pitshanger

Football at the Brentham Club

Ealing Choi Kwang-Do in Acton

Will-to-Win tennis courts in Pitshanger Photo: contributed

Old Actonians Ladies Football - 3rd team (South Ealing)

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The Ealing Sports Calendar Here’s a Contactus roundup of local sports dates; it is by no means comprehensive! Dates shown are for 2015/2016. SEPTEMBER - Rugby season starts - Brent Valley Archers (Perivale) beginners course 14 Fencing season opener and start of season rankings at Saxon Fencing Club (Acton) 18 Rugby World Cup starts 27 Ealing Half Marathon OCTOBER - Brentham Lawn Tennis Club mixed doubles league (October-March) 31 Rugby World Cup ends NOVEMBER - London Broncos Rugby League Club relocates to Vallis Way (Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club) DECEMBER 6 Perivale 5M & 2km Fun Run - Ealing, Southall and Middlesex Athletics Club (ESMAC) 25 Christmas Day JANUARY 1 New Year’s Day FEBRUARY MARCH - Freshwater fishing season closes 2-6 World Track Championships (cycling) - London

APRIL - Cricket season starts (continues to mid-September) - Old Actonians Cricket open day - bowls season starts (continues to end-September)

WHERE TO PLAY

The Ealing Council website lists 38 sports in its ‘Sports Clubs in Ealing’ download (under Council Services), last MAY updated March 2015. - Pitshanger 5k and Fun Run These 38 sports, including - Ealing Eagles 10k 21 FA Cup Final (football) such local favourites as underwater hockey, croquet JUNE and boccia, are played across - Old Actonians Ladies Football Open 155 named sports clubs. Day There are only a handful - Freshwater fishing season opens 10 UEFA Cup (football) begins of multi-sport clubs, i.e. Old 27 Wimbledon starts (tennis) Actonians (nine sports) and Brentham (four sports) in W5, JULY and Ramgarhia Sports Club - Brentham Lawn Tennis Club (six sports) in Southall. Open events (Juniors, Seniors and Nearly three-quarters of Veterans) the listed clubs have junior - Ealing Golf Club Open Events sections. (including Seniors, u-21 and Ealing By far the greatest number Scratch Open) - until August - London Youth Games finals of clubs by type is martial arts 10 UEFA Cup (football) ends (26 clubs), followed by football 2 Tour de France (cycling) begins (20), cricket (13) and tennis 14-17 British Open (golf) (10). AUGUST Have a look at the - Football season starts (Premier list at tinyurl.com/ League kickoff 8 Aug in 2015; finishes SportsClubsinEaling. May 2016) The list includes websites - MJSR Annual Sports Tournament (some click-through), and (Ramgarhia Sports Club, Southall) 5-21 Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, shows which clubs have achieved Club Mark status. Brazil

Pitshanger Park Bowls Club

The Ealing Half Marathon finish line in Lammas Park Boxing at Hanwell Community Centre

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Local Magna Carta paintings currently on tour of Ealing libraries

Ealing celebrates 800 years of the Magna Carta Dreaming of freedom in West London Gillian Spragg, artistic director of the Ealing Autumn Festival explains the theme behind this year’s festival:

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elebrating the Magna Carta is a tremendously exciting idea to take up this year. How we exercise our democratic rights can really matter and there could not be a better moment to delve into the origins of our freedom, human rights and democracy. “It is Gillian fascinating to see how all the fundamental ideas of what is fair and right have changed very little over the last 800 years, though there are also aspects which at that time depended on rather different customs from ours.”

his year’s Ealing Autumn Festival is celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, with one of the main events an exhibition of unique coloured paintings in libraries across the borough. ‘Magna Carta turns 800’ launched in June and visitors have been admiring the 26 paintings based on the coatsof-arms of the 25 Magna Carta barons and King John which are on display. The exhibition is designed and organised by Diana Braybrook, a practising artist in west London, and tutor to the 4020 Art Group based

Batrisyie Hussain with her coat-of-arms based on those of William de Forz, Earl of Albemarle

at Hanwell Community Centre. Other Magna Carta themed events being held include a poetry competition, musical concerts and big draw sessions. Full details are available at: www.ealingautumnfestival.co.uk

How you can support the Ealing Autumn Festival

West London Sinfonia orchestra will be performing on October 17. See performance schedule, page 14

• Attend Festival events • Donate prizes • Tweet or post about events • Put up a poster • Enter a competition • Plan to get involved next year ealingautumnfestival.co.uk @EalingAutmnFest ealingautumnfestival

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Russian choir to sing One of the highlights of the festival is a three-day tour from outstanding Russian chamber choir Voskresenije of St Petersburg. They will be engaging with school and community groups and giving a full scale performance during their visit. One of the works they will be performing is excerpts from Vespers which was written out of all Russian text and reference books by the new government regime of 1917. The choir will perform at Acton Library (October 19 3.30-4.30pm), Southall Library (October 20, 5.30-6.30pm) and Ealing Central Library (October 21, 6-7pm) and will be joined by singers and players from Ealing schools and community musicians.

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EALING AUTUMN FESTIVAL

Festival programme

Copland - Lincoln Portrait Barber - Adagio for Strings Arnold - Peterloo Overture • Oct 19: Acton Library 3.30-4.30pm. Voskresenije Chamber Choir • Oct 20: Southall Library 5.306.30pm. Dominion Centre. Voskresenije Chamber Choir • Oct 21: Ealing Central Library 6.00-7.00pm. Voskresenije Chamber Choir

EALING AUTUMN FESTIVAL 2015 In collaboration with Ealing Libraries Cultural Community Solutions. Funded by: Ward Forums of the London Borough of Ealing; Heathrow Communities Together; Bubble; Ealing Arts & Leisure MAGNA CARTA EXHIBITION October • Until Oct 31: Ealing Central Library; Wood End Library • Oct 10: Magna Carta Open Day – Wood End Library 2.00-3.00pm November-December • Nov 3 -21: Greenford Library; West Ealing Library • Nov 10: Magna Carta Open Day – West Ealing Library 10.15-11.45am • Nov 21: Magna Carta Open Day – Greenford Library 2.00-3.30pm • Nov 23-Dec 5: Tour will continue in community centres MAGNA CARTA POETRY DAY • Oct 11: Ealing Central Library 1.15-

2.15pm. Open mic – all welcome! • Oct 11: Ealing Central Library 2.30-4.00pm. George Szirtes – Magna Carta Poetry Competition Readings with discussion; presenting prizes: 18 yrs & under competition. • Oct 11: The Drayton Court, George Szirtes West Ealing 7.00pm. George Szirtes – Magna Carta Poetry Competition. Readings with discussion; presenting prizes for the adult competition MAGNA CARTA MUSIC • Oct 13: Maurice Fowler Hall, Ealing Abbey W5 2XP, 11am-12pm. Coffee-time Concert. Members of Da Rocha Pastorale bring a light-hearted view of Magna Carta. Margaret Morrell (soprano); Gillian Spragg (piano) • Oct 17: St Michaels and All Angels, Bath Rd W4 1TT, 7.30pm. West London Sinfonia (orchestral concert): Beethoven - Symphony No 5

MAGNA CARTA ART Ealing Autumn Festival and Ealing Central Library bring together a display for Black History Month and The Big Draw. Workshops at Ealing Central Library in Ealing Broadway: • Oct 3: 2.00-3.00pm Role Models • Oct 10: 2.00-3.00pm Jimi Hendrix • Oct 17: 2.00-3.00pm Portrait by Ealing artist, Rosa Osborne • Oct 24: 2.00-3.00pm African Art • Oct 31: 2.00-3.00pm African Art TICKET PRICES Please visit our website: www.ealingautumnfestival.co.uk All events in Ealing Libraries are free.

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Plaza Pianos now offers in-house piano lessons – phone 020 8566 3111 for details

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laza Pianos of Cherington Road, Hanwell, is a long-time supporter of the Ealing Autumn Festival. Contact shop owner Paul Lazarus with all your piano-related enquiries. A piano is a complex and expensive investment, explains Paul. He will help with making sure the piano is in good working order – i.e. no moth or woodworm damage, and that the tuning pins and pitch are set correctly. If you are seeking to purchase a piano, Paul’s team will take the piano apart and submit a written report and valuation and advise if the piano is suitable for your needs. If you’re looking to sell your piano instead, Plaza Pianos can put you in touch with people looking to buy at all different prices, and will also assist in the whole selling process – from advertising the sale to getting in touch with recommended removals companies. www.plazapianos.com paul@plazarus.freeserve.co.uk

SEP/OCT 2015 / Issue 16

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

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Westside Radio Sone Palda page 17

Ealing in Business Who’s exhibiting at our B2B expo at the Ealing Town Hall on November 19?

Dream Doors Salil Dhavale 16 / •Findpagenetworking

events in Ealing page 17 / Roy Summers: ‘My Best One-Minute” page 19 / A coworking hub for West Ealing?

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Go impromptu There was a bit of a networking slow-down over the summer holidays, and it’s taking me a while to get back up to speed. Not all business networking has to be super-organised, however. You can get by without the high-profile speaker, agenda and full list of attendees. This month for example our Contactus Meetup showed the beauty of less than a week’s notice. It was a small meetup, but the ideas and conversation flowed, and I even took notes to follow-up with. As we ramp up to the hectic Christmas season I’m expecting to look back with fondness on that quiet meeting! Keep up with local networking events listings updated every Monday morning in our Ealing Business Diary at tinyurl.com/ EalingBusinessDiary. – Carlene Bender Editor-publisher, Contactus

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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 • The Athena Network (Ealing) Jo Sumner @AthenaWLondon • BNI ISIS (Perivale) @BNI_ISIS_Ealing

Ealing Mums in Business: Local Business Meetup at the Drapers Arms. (Photo: Shraddha Pande) FREE/SPONSORED • Ealing Business Forum Geoff Langston @GeoffLangston • Ealing Business Partnership @GeoffLangston • Ealing Mums in Business Shelley Henderson @ealingmumsinbiz • Link4Coffee Sukhi Bhogal @SukhiSolutions

• 4N Ealing Karen Sterling @kazzylady

• Ealing Tweetup Michael Greer @MGreer_PR Catherine Gunnewicht @CathPG

• The Best of Ealing Chris McIntosh @TheBestofEaling

• Ealing Homeworkers Lunch Elisa McCafferty @FlyingFishComms

Reach your audience with the power of radio

ucked away in a black-painted building in the heart of Hanwell, Westside Radio pumps out hip hop and R&B music 24/7 on 89.6FM. “Westside has a dedicated audience who not only listens to us on the radio, but online and via our mobile app,” says station manager Sone Palda. Station manager With an average listenership Sone Palda: “we are at the cutting edge” of 40,000 per week (250,000 potential reach), this community station is a useful place for Ealing-based businesses to advertise and get heard (listen out for our Contactus, Ealing Hour and Ealing in Business ads on there!). See their rates at: tinyurl.com/WestsideRadioRates. Sone is proud of the impact of the station, which started in Southall in 2007 and moved to Hanwell four years ago. “We are at the cutting edge of urban trends, new technology and social media,” he says. thisiswestside.com @thisiswestside Thisiswestside

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Contactus Ealing / Sep/Oct 2015 / Page 17

‘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. Here is Roy Summers of Bodyline Fitness Studios.

ith nearly all of our 36 or so exhibition spaces already taken at the first business-to-business Ealing in Business expo set for Thursday 19 November (quick! if you hurry you can smash-grab the last available stand for £199 – click on the ‘Apply to exhibit’ button on the ealing.biz website), we are happy to start sharing information about our exhibitors. For visitors, we know this information is crucial as it helps with pre-planning a day out at the expo. Under the Exhibitors tab at the top of the ealing.biz homepage, drop down to ‘Who’s exhibiting?’ to see a list of exhibiting businesses, either alphabetically or by category. Clicking on the company logo leads to a contact details page, which you can use to schedule informal (or formal, depends on you) 1:1s on the day of the expo. We’ll continue updating the website with details about the remaining exhibitors, and how to get in touch with them

before – and after – the expo. Also check out the timetable of events (above), so if you can’t stay for the whole day, you can decide which bits are most useful to you, and organise accordingly. Special mention to James Dean Digital for our website design. The Ealing in Business expo is brought to you in partnership with Ealing Council Regeneration Team (see page 19), working together with three local businesses – The Training Pack, Ealing Mums in Business, and Contactus Ealing. ealing.biz @EalingBiz ealinginbusiness

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At our personal training gym in Springbridge Mews in Ealing Broadway, our personal trainers find out your long term goals and then create a tailored fitness programme designed for your body and needs. We then work with you for the long term to help you achieve your results. We love being in Ealing and have tried really hard over the years to serve our local community well by sponsoring and supporting as many events as possible that help to promote health and fitness. We are the only personal training gym in W5 and we cherish our unique position, continually striving to offer our clients the best possible support in their efforts to achieve their health and fitness goals. Established in 2003, we now have the strongest team of health professionals we have ever had, consisting of 11 highly qualified personal trainers and including three professional sports people from the worlds of squash, boxing and athletics.

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Contact the Ealing Council Economic Regeneration team by email: harrisdem@ealing.gov.uk

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Contactus Ealing / Sep/Oct 2015 / Page 19

The hub question Ealing Council needs local businesses’ help to win funding for a new workspace in West Ealing

Kings Cross Impact Hub

s Contactus was going to press, the Ealing Council Economic Regeneration team was busy seeking the views of local businesses to support its bid for a competitive new Mayor of London fund which will provide new shared workspace across the capital. This new £20m fund, the London Regeneration Fund, will “breathe new life into London’s high streets and places of work. The aim is to make the most of the city’s wealth of talent in creativity and technology,” according to the london.gov.uk website. Building on the success of the Ealing Blueprint workspace, a proposal for new coworking space in West Ealing is under development. If successful it would offer space for new, start-up and micro-businesses as well as for home workers: somewhere to network, rent a desk, and access meeting rooms. Users will be able to tap into a range of support features

Photos: www. impacthub. net

Is this what a coworking hub should be like?

Westminster Innovation Hub

Or should it be like this? Answer at tinyurl.com/WestEalingHubSurvey – or access by scanning the QR code into your smartphone including: training, seminars, mentoring and coaching to help their businesses grow. Membership will be flexible,

Remember to register for the Ealing in Business expo The Ealing in Business expo, put on by Ealing Council in partnership with three local home-based businesses (including Contactus; for more information see page 17) is on 19 November. Register for news and updates by clicking on the ‘Register’ button on the homepage website ealing.biz. Also follow us on Twitter: @EalingBiz If you’re one of our exhibitors, we look forward to seeing you on the day.

ranging from drop-in to full co-location. The Council wants to see first class facilities available in Ealing on a par with Central London, for example like the Westminster Impact Hub. If you’re self-employed in Ealing, and a co-working space in West Ealing is something you would like to see happen, you can make your views known: complete the Council’s questionnaire at tinyurl.com/ WestEalingHubSurvey. Deadline for replies is 1 October 2015. www.ealing.gov.uk www.ealingblueprint.co.uk @EalingCouncil

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Running an estate agency from their home office

Andy and Julie on Turnham Green in Chiswick

• Chiswick • Ealing • Acton

ulie Brazier and Andy Berthier are prepared to challenge the typical high street estate agents, so they’re doing it all online. Their Chiswick-based business, Hogarth Property Services, a “family-owned local independent residential sales, lettings and managing agency” is expanding across West London into Ealing and Acton. “We wanted to offer something different,” says Andy. “We’d like to be ‘not-so-corporate’: we’re a local couple in business, interested in the community, and providing a quality property service to local people. “And although we’re an onlinebased agency, we have all the relevant accreditation and we

are proud of our high standards of professionalism and adhering to industry regulations.” Julie explains that in the current market, “there’s space for everyone, including our online service, as clients all have different needs. “Some people are not comfortable dealing with a ‘big corporate’, they appreciate a more personal, individual service.” “We also support the #keepitlocal campaign,” adds Julie, “working with our neighbours who are tradespeople and who offer property-related services. This all benefits the local economy.” hogarthpropertyservices.co.uk @Hogarthproperty hogarthproperty

We set up Hogarth Property Services to offer the level of service that we would have liked to receive ourselves – a personal, friendly service where we really listen to our clients’ needs and expectations. We offer complete transparency for all parties including a fixed fee pricing structure. Not having a High Road branch allows us to pass these savings on to our clients. Get in touch with us if you’re moving into, out of, or somewhere else in West London, or if you just have a property to sell or rent. – Julie and Andy

info@hogarthpropertyservices.co.uk

0208 747 0218

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Contactus Ealing / Sep/Oct 2015 / Page 21

Dream Doors West London officially opens in Hanwell

urrounded by friends and family, new Dream Doors franchise owner Salil Dhavale celebrated the official opening of his Boston Road showroom on 26 August. Photo above shows Patricia Plummer, Salil’s very first customer, cutting the ribbon to open the shop. “I found his ad

in the Ealing Gazette, and Salil came to East Acton to fit my entire kitchen,” Patricia explained. Above right – Salil and wife Bhagyashree toast the business venture. At right – 17 Broadway Buildings, W7 3TT. www.dreamdoors.co.uk @DD_WestLondon Dream-Doors-West-London

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BUSINESS SHORTS

Advertise your ‘Business Short’ here for £20

• Ideal for sales and notices • 140 characters (the length of a tweet!) plus your website address • info@contactusealing.co.uk

Leaflet distribution

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

Fencing and carpentry

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tinyurl.com/OakyDoky (Link goes to Facebook page) Local carpentry services. Fencing. Flooring. Any woodwork. 3 St Mary’s Road, South Ealing. Call Roman 07901 566055

www.twitter.com/EalingHour A weekly Twitter chat about anything going on in Ealing. To participate, tweet and include the hashtag #EalingHour. Join in 8pm-9pm Tuesdays

Listen to Westside Radio

thisiswestside.com Urban contemporary community radio station based in Hanwell, playing a mixture of “Old Womb Wisdom Keepers ToTheNewSkool” hip hop and www.wombwisdomkeepers.com R&B music. Download the app. Circles every month Coaching for Women. Advertise for Christmas Reconnect with your feminine contactusealing.co.uk wisdom and heal your sexuality. Our always-bumper Christmas Call Orianne 07538 045233 edition is due out 6 November

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Learn to code Alexander Adu-Sarkodie aims to “nurture innovation and entrepreneurship from a younger age”, by teaching youngsters how to write computer programming code. Children as young as eight learn languages like HTML, HTML5, and Raspberry Pi at his Code School – Next Gen+. goldhawk-college.com/csng *

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I Do you run your own business in Ealing? Come join our Facebook group:

Businesses in Ealing – Contactus • online networking and bi-monthly meetups • great for biz-to-biz sharing and support • tips for local shops and services • discussions, surveys, news and offers

www.facebook.com/groups/ businessesinealing scan the code with your mobile reader to go straight to the page

f you’re a start-up with a limited budget, just trying to spread the word that your business exists, Contactus has a price for you (£20). If your business is growing and you’d like to target a wider local audience than you already reach using your social media, we also have a price for you (between £50 and £200). And if you’re more established and would like to invest in a high-impact advert to make sure you’re unmissable and unforgettable, we have a price for you too (£400-£1k). Book with us online. contactusealing.co.uk @ContactusEaling ContactusEalingHomebiz

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Contactus cartoon

Photos: contributed via @EalingHour

Ealing Tweetup BBQ Lots of comments have been coming in bemoaning why Contactus has to go down to just one magazine a year in 2016. Thought it might be easier to illustrate than extrapolate. ‘Family’, ‘Freelance Work’ and ‘Obligations’ had been forced to make way for ‘Contactus’. But they couldn’t all quite fit, really. - CB

Staying active

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t Care Concern, they have lots of experience supporting people with mobility issues. Moving and handling specialist carer Bernadette Kendall explains: “We promote the independence of our clients by encouraging them to do as much as they Carer Bernadette can for themselves. Kendall: “support “With mobility aids and with mobility” guidance from Care Concern carers to use the correct moving and handling techniques, our clients can stay as active as possible for as long as possible.” All the training is delivered on a one-to-one basis in the client’s home so the carers know exactly what their clients are able to do and how to support them. “It’s wonderfully rewarding supporting people to maintain their independence,” adds Bernadette. careconcern.org.uk @CareConcern careconcernhomecare

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