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veryone thinks they know Paris. From the gothic austerity of Notre Dame and the iconic Eiffel Tower to the pompous grandeur of the Louvre, the very mention of Paris conjures up a panoramic cliché of classic architecture, romantic boulevards and avant-garde artists drinking carafes of wine in the louche cafés of Montmartre. The cliché may be successful, as Paris attracts more than 45 million business visitors and tourists each year, with the Eiffel Tower being the single most visited monument in the world. But it is also a city of unparalleled originality and, time and again, the creative culture of the city triumphs over its own stereotype. The sheer scale of ground-breaking exhibitions, festivals and events ensures that the City of Light is constantly reinventing itself – and
explains why the city remains a leading destination for MICE customers. Business travellers to the French capital this summer will have access to an immense range of cultural activities as the city bursts into artistic and creative bloom as never before. The high-tech Pompidou Centre, always at the forefront of pioneering art, has recently extended one of its most unmissable exhibitions until next year due to its remarkable success. The Elles@centrepompidou exhibition is one of the biggest collections by female modern artists ever compiled, showcasing more than 500 objects by award-winning artists such as Annette Messager, abstract sculptor Louise Bourgois and the renowned painter Frida Kahlo. This worldclass display runs at the Pompidou Centre until February 2011.
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On a scorching summer day, history-lovers with a taste for the macabre can descend into the chilly depths and explore a sinister side of Paris on a tour of the awe-inspiring Catacombes de Paris. Built in the 18th century on the Avenue du Colonel Henri RolTanguy, the bones of more than six million Parisians from the city’s overpop ulated cemeteries are laid out in a labyrinth of obscure galleries. Lectures and story-telling tours are available to groups throughout the year.
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For the MICE client seeking light relief from their own gruesome schedule s, Paris chills througho ut August with the Pianissim o Jazz Festival at the Sunset/Sunrise music club, 60 Rue des Lombard . This annual jazz festival showcases the cream of international bands on stylishly intimate stages within the legendary jazz club. The Jazz à la Villette festival picks up where the Pianissimo leaves off, with a celebration of experimental jazz from the likes of Jimi Tenor, Gil Scott-Heron and Napoleon
Cole Porter famously said that he loved Paris in the summer, “when it sizzles”, and the sensatio nal al fresco culture really heats up from July right through to the autumn with an array of outdoor events. A Mediterranean beach – Paris Plage – appears on the banks of the Seine and the Bassin de la Villette until 20th August, complete with sand dunes, boating, outdoor bars and cafes. In the balmy evenings, the ultramod ern Parc de la Villette turns into an open-air Cinema Festival, where visitors can spread out picnics and enjoy their favourite films until 22nd August. Le Festival d’Autom ne à Paris (the Paris Autumn Festival) transforms countless public spaces and venues of the city into a sweltering celebrat ion of contemporary theatre, music, dance and visual arts from 1st September to 31st December. The open-air lifestyle is cultivated in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris’s western park, which is more than twice the size of New York’s Central Park. From May to October , the gardens are an exquisite backdrop to a festival of Renaissance theatre, where plays by Shakesp eare are performed in both English and French – a dream of a mid-sum mer night’s entertainment. The City of Light – so called because of the abundance of night-tim e illuminations – also received its nicknam e because of its fame as a centre of scientific ideas during the Age of Enlighte nment. It is fitting that one of the world’s most ambitious exhibitions on the origin of the universe is displaye d in Paris’s Cité des Sciences – Europe’s largest science museum. The ongoing two-level expositio n
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BUILDING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS
• Make it about the customer and not the product. Traditionally, product is pushed onto the customer. Now, brands can take what customers are looking for and translate it into something meaningful for the customer. For example, a bank could either push their savings products onto a customer or, through social media, they could share money saving tips which shows overall concern for the customers’ well-being and financial health.
• Encourage feedback and listening. Customers like to feel that their thoughts and opinions are valued and considered. Through listening to customers, they become participative collaborators in the life of a brand. For example, Lays Potato Chips asked people to help create the next chip flavour. The campaign resulted in eight million new chip flavour suggestions world-wide.
reputation management for Social Media
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How brands build customer relationships • Making it easy for the customer to share their story: Allowing customers to share their stories unites communities and taps into people on an emotional level. Great stories encourage great interaction and sharing which all contribute to creating a loyal following of customers.
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Where to invest in the UK
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These are the twenty UK cities which not only have large student populations but offer the best potential
Map illustrating overall area ranking and number of full-time students in 2010/11
returns for investors. Top 10 Ranking ccording to leading industry analysts student property is the “best performing 1 London UK property investment sector”. When compared to other residential and St Andrews 7,000 2 Kingston commercial property, student accommodation stands out as consistently offering 3 Brighton Edinburgh 37,000 the highest yields for investors. Furthermore, long-term trends and decades of chronic 4 Edinburgh undersupply have resulted in extremely favourable Glasgow conditions 45,000 for those wishing to enter 5 Durham the market. 6 Manchester Newcastle 42,000 7 St Andrews Sunderland 2010 saw student property offering average annual 14,000 returns of 13.5% (rental yield and 8 Bristol equity growth) in a market where commercial grew by just 8% and standard 9 Oxford Durhamproperty 15,000 residential property fell in value by 1.3% (Source: Knight Frank Student Property 10 York Bradford 15,000 Research 2012).
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property investment sector”, consistently outperforming traditional buy-to-let and other asset classes in terms of both rental yield and capital growth.
Developers have taken on the challenge of undersupply and widened the range and type of properties available, including high quality ‘boutique’ residences. In the main this has been achieved by a twin strategy of building new capacity as well as purchasing existing halls from universities and giving them a funky twenty-first century make over.
Today’s students have higher expectations than previous generations, seeking high-quality accommodation compatible with modern student lifestyles, with a range of on-site facilities and a more of a genuine sense of community than traditional privately rented ‘digs’.
Source:Knight Frank
People from P Li Liverpool don’t move very far”
The Deal
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Arndale House is less than a ve minute walk from Liverpool University and in the immediate vicinity of John Moores University, ideally placed to attract potential students from either institution. Four storeys high with 160 double ensuite rooms, Arndale House is furnished to the highest of standards offering a wide range of communal facilities and
Arndale House
Unit Price
This is an exceptional deal of boutique student double en-suite rooms in one of Europe’s foremost university cities. With assured 8% rental return for five years UNITED KINGDOM LIVERPOOL from an investment of only £49,950.
Location
Property Highlights Assured 8% NET rental yield for five years Minutes from two Liverpool’s major universities (50,000+ students)
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iverpool has an iconic status throughout the world – whether it’s the city’s legendary footballing victories, cultural heritage or vital part in British industrial and maritime history.
High-spec facilities incl full equipped gym, private courtyard and free WiFi Sky TV fitted in communal lounges Units starting from £49,950 Private garden and en-suite kitchen options also available
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amenities. These include a fully-equipped gymnasium, on-site branded coffee shop, bike storage on every oor, a communal laundry, free WiFi throughout the building, Sky TV in communal lounges and access to a private landscaped courtyard, and some rooms have a balcony attached. The developer is in the process of adding two entirely new oors to this repurposed
Liverpudlians, however, are not resting on their laurels, and the city is witnessing a period of economic renaissance, including 2012’s ‘Liverpool City Region Deal With Government’, with £50 billion of new investment in the next decade creating 100,000 jobs.
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5 Year Growth Projection
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Purchase Price
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Total Investment
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5 Year Net Income ranked in the top 1% of worldwide higher education seats, and is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of universities. It shares impressive international connections offering the opportunity for thousands of students from around the world to come and study, including Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, a Chinese partner institution. Liverpool has three universities in all (together with John Moores and Hope) with a total student population of more than 50,000 able to enjoy a friendly atmosphere brimming over with night life. There’s also plenty
Key financials
commercial space – with the project due for completion at the end of 2013. This is a great time to enter into the student accommodation, and investment in this development will give you 999 years leasehold in a prime site situated in one of the UK’s most respected university cities in an outstanding property investment asset class.
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Bpec Rainwater Harvesting Course - 1 day £224.25 inc VAT
Bpec Rainwater Harvesting Course - 1 day £224.25 inc VAT
• 1 day Bpec Rainwater Harvesting course • Nationally recognised certificate from Bpec • Practical and theory training followed by multiple choice assessment
• Full working rigs, covering direct and indirect systems This Bpec Rainwater Harvesting course is a 1 day training and assessment course held at SEA’s newly refurbished training academy. Aimed at existing plumbers, builders and ground works engineers who are looking to extend their knowledge and scope of their activities into Rain Water Harvesting. The course is nationally accredited to Bpec and was designed in partnership with Bpec and the RWHA. It covers the collection, storage and use of rainwater for such activities as domestic washing machines, WCs and flushing urinals and garden watering. The main course objective is for all students to be able to identify, select and install the most appropriate Rainwater Harvesting system. The course concentrates on the two most common types of Rainwater Harvesting system, direct and indirect. The course looks at each system in depth allowing you to judge for yourself the pros and cons of each design.
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Unlike many training centre’s, our tutors all have experience of actual installs of these systems so you will be well placed to receive answers to any of your questions. Other courses available, which compliment RWH are:-
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prospectus • Bpec water regs • Bpec building regs
• 1 day Bpec Rainwater Harvesting course • Nationally recognised certificate from Bpec • Practical and theory training followed by multiple choice assessment
Part L Energy Efficiency 1 day course £247.50 inc VAT
• Full working rigs, covering direct and indirect systems
Approved by CORGI, the Energy Savings Trust and the Heating and Hot Water Information Council, the Bpec Certification Ltd Energy Efficiency qualification has been developed in order to offer an easily administered alternative to the City & Guilds 6084 Energy Efficiency course.
This Bpec Rainwater Harvesting course is a 1 day training and assessment course held at SEA’s newly refurbished training academy. Aimed at existing plumbers, builders and ground works engineers who are looking to extend their knowledge and scope of their activities into Rain Water Harvesting.
The content and focus of both the training and assessment have been made appropriate to the requirements of plumbers and gas engineers whilst still aiming to satisfy the requirements for compliance with Approved Document L1. We are one of the UK’s Bpec Certification Ltd centres who are now approved to offer this qualification which only takes one-day to complete. The one-day course consists of detailed training session which includes the issue of a comprehensive set of documentation to all candidates; this is followed by a 30 question multi-choice open-book assessment. Other courses available, which compliment Part L are:-
• Bpec water regs • Bpec building regs • Bpec Solar hot water installer • Bpec Underfloor design or Installer • Bpec Ground Source Heat pump installer
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“I can now register with the MCS, which will give my customers access to grants” Dave Johnson
“Having hands-on experience with the training rigs made me feel more confident” Paul Dorling
Plumbing Introduction £316.25 inc VAT
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day introductory plumbing course (weekend courses available)
• An excellent way of easing yourself in to a new career or updating your DIY knowledge
• Relaxed training with small class sizes • Refreshments and lunch included over the 2 days • A blend of theory with mainly practical exercises • SEA Certificate of achievement
The basics of Lead Working £517.00 inc VAT Basic welding and bossing techniques - 5 days (can span over a weekend) This course gives a base level of technique and skill in order to dress chimneys, step flashings, gulley’s etc... It combines the two main working techniques into a tailored training programme and includes H&S around lead and safe working methods.
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The course is nationally accredited to Bpec and was designed in partnership with Bpec and the RWHA. It covers the collection, storage and use of rainwater for such activities as domestic washing machines, WCs and flushing urinals and garden watering. The main course objective is for all students to be able to identify, select and install the most appropriate Rainwater Harvesting system. The course concentrates on the two most common types of Rainwater Harvesting system, direct and indirect. The course looks at each system in depth allowing you to judge for yourself the pros and cons of each design.
On completion of the course delegates should know the health and safety procedures for working with lead sheet and be able to form lead work by use of bossing and welding techniques. While there are no special entry requirements this course would be useful for roofing and building contractors who want to become more skilled in the fabrication and installation of typical lead flashing details / chimney weathering sets. You or your staff will gain skills and knowledge of lead welding and bossing techniques and how to manipulate lead sheet. By the end of the course you will be familiar with lead dressing, bossing and welding techniques and where and when best to apply them. Safety boots, overalls or work wear should be brought with you, or we can loan you some overalls if you prefer. All other tools, materials, and lead sheet are included in the price.
Unlike many training centre’s, our tutors all have experience of actual installs of these systems so you will be well placed to receive answers to any of your questions. Other courses available, which compliment RWH are:-
• Bpec water regs • Bpec building regs
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“Having hands-on experience with the training rigs made me feel more confident” Paul Dorling
Bpec & Logic Unvented Hot Water Storage Systems £224.25 inc VAT The BPec Unvented Hot Water Storage Systems course offers the training and assessment for the installation of Unvented Domestic Hot Water Storage Systems. The courses are designed to meet the training requirements of the appropriate Building Regulations and Standards. The training materials in the area of Unvented Domestic Hot Water Storage Systems consist of two different manuals, targeting England & Wales and Scotland, respectively. The Scottish version is very similar to the English one, however, some regulations differ and candidates north of the border thus need a separate training manual. For England & Wales, the training manual provides an introduction to and understanding of the requirements of the Approved Document G3, Part L1 and Part P of the Building Regulations. For Scotland, the manual is very similar but references Part J of the Building Standards. Both training manuals consist of 4 modules covering: • Unvented systems and their operating principles • Design and installation • Maintenance • Compliance with other Building Regulations The prerequisite for attending the courses is that the person holds a recognised trade qualification or is working towards one (this can include the C&G 6129 cert) or has evidence of a number of
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years of experience of working in the plumbing or heating industry. The training course is very comprehensive and kicks off with intensive training in the 4 modules, followed by the completion of three assessments. There is one practical assessment involved in the course. Candidates must successfully pass all three assessments in order to gain the Bpec Unvented Domestic Hot Water Storage Systems certificate and competency card. The course is targeting operatives who wish to install Unvented Domestic Hot Water Storage Systems. Successful completion of the assessment will allow the installer to demonstrate their competence in the installation of Unvented Domestic Hot Water Storage Systems in order to join a Competent Persons’ Scheme which will allow the self-certification of installations. If the installer does not wish to join such a scheme it will demonstrate competency to the local Building Control department when submitting Building Control Notices prior to commencing work. Other courses available, which compliment Unvented Hot Water are:-
• Bpec water regs • Bpec building regs • Bpec Solar hot water installer • Bpec Part L energy efficiency • Bpec Ground Source Heat pump installer • Bpec Underfloor Heating Installer
“I enjoyed the courses I attended, the trainers were very knowledgeable and the facilities are the best I have experienced” Richard Dorling
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