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Vol 1 No 15 > Mon 11 Apr 2016
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Vintage tea HANWELL Above: Claire Hearn of Rose and Olive Vintage Tea Events inviting visitors to have a slice of cake and a cup of tea at The Fox Pub Vintage Fair in Hanwell on Saturday. The fair is being held every second Saturday of the month until November.
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• p2: Q&A – Barry Nicoll of Burlington Motors in Acton • p3: community – Ealingers learning lessons from Hackney • p4: business – Upcoming business networking events
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marriages and departures. I have loved – and continue to love – every minute! Congratulations on 60 years in business: that’s a lot of hard work! Was there ever a bit of luck? Celebrity endorsements? Every business has its ups and downs and if ups are considered lucky breaks then yes, we’ve had a few. We have worked hard to establish a trustworthy, reliable and reasonably priced service. Of course over the years we have had a notable amount of well known customers but to us it’s a privilege to provide a service to all our customers.
A sixty-year run What was Barry Nicoll’s dad Len thinking when he started Burlington Motors in Acton in 1956? Could he have imagined the garage still going 60 years later, looking after the cars of later generations of his original clients? We ask Barry in our Q&A.
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urlington Motors is a family-run independent garage, established in 1956 by my father Leonard John Nicoll, who was a tool maker by trade,’ says Barry. “The business’ first home was just below where I and my older brother Colin were born and where we all lived with my mother Sybil (who had also grown up there with her mother) in Burlington Mews. “The garage was located there for 32 years until a developer at
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auction bought the whole mews. “We are now just a few hundred metres up the road, next to Acton Central train station, and have been right here for just over 28 years. “I have personally been running the business since 1977. “As you say, we have dealt with and retained many of our customers over the years. “We are very proud to be dealing with second and third generations of the same families, witnessing births,
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What’s the family side of the business like these days? My wife Rosemary has been in the Burlington office with me as financial secretary for the last 17 and a half years, and in the last five years we have also been joined on a permanent basis by our youngest son, Henry. For 36 years we have experienced family events alongside many of our customers – we’ve even been on holiday and bumped into customers and suppliers with their children. It’s been very good. burlingtonacton.co.uk @BurlingtonW3 Burlington-Motors – Carlene Bender
Car repairs, MOTs, vehicle servicing. Free estimates 020 8992 6971. Come in to us on Birkbeck Rd, Acton W3 6BQ.
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Home care for the elderly
careconcern.org.uk Care Concern is a leading independent homecare company providing dignified client-led care services to the elderly in Ealing and Chiswick. @CareConcern
Hackney visit SHOREDITCH As part of their research and planning for the new West Ealing coworking hub due to open in late 2016, Ealing Council’s Economic Regeneration team, led by team manager Carol Sam, organised a visit to several shared workspaces in Hackney, East London. Local businesses/groups invited to join Monday’s visit included Contactus (The_Ealinger), OPEN Ealing, West Ealing BID, and Action West London.
Ealing Tweetup 12 April
tinyurl.com/EalingTweetup12Apr Come along to the next #EalingHour #EalingTweetup: Tue 12 April 2016 from 7pm at The Fox Inn, Hanwell W7. @EalingHour @MGreer_PR Three Hackney workspace providers were visited on Monday: Bootstrap Company (photo above), The Mill Co Project (below), and The Trampery (bottom photo). See our comments about the day on the Contactus Facebook page (online readers click here).
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Old As cricket open day
oldactonianscricket.com Come have a go: Old Actonians Cricket Club’s Cricket Open Day, Sat 30 April: Gunnersbury Drive, South Ealing W5 4LL from noon. @OldAs_CC @OldAsLadies
Ealing biz Facebook group
facebook.com/groups/ businessesinealing Do you run your own business in Ealing? Come join our Facebook group for some friendly online networking.
Acton biz Facebook group facebook.com/groups/ BusinessesinActonW3 To promote local business news, offers and events in Acton. *Little sister to the Businesses in Ealing group.
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*parking onsite *meet in the Club Cafe
Carlene Bender @ContactusEaling or The Park Club @the_park_club 020 8743 4321
*free event*
Mon 25 Apr | 12-1pm The Park Club
East Acton Lane W3 7HB
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WEST EALING Geoff Langston (standing) starts off the Ealing Business Forum networking meeting on Tuesday, this month held at Waitrose supermarket. The EBF is on the first Tuesday evening of every month. Photo: Rhian Aubrey-Martin
Acton stands still available
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Businesswomen network
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