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Victoria Barker’s Coconut Flapjacks Trademark’s new practice note!
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Meet our new joiners..
Prosecco Bros
My name is...Rebecca Baker (known as ‘Bex’) I am...a HR Advisor My hometown is...Brentwood, Essex Most interesting/unusual job... working for GÜ Puds, where I watched the delicious puddings being made in the factory! We also had a staff fridge full of them… I am happiest when...on holiday, sitting by a beach, with a G&T!
Welcome to K&S
Her LinkedIn profile here. My name is...Naomi Koji-Paton, I’m also known as Nay I am...PA to Richard Howson My hometown is...East London, Hackney Most interesting/unusual job... I’ve had a lot of these during uni, best ones were working for Kiss100 and getting the chance to see Michael Jackson and presenting some street dance documentaries for the BBC I am happiest when...I’ve got a cocktail in my hand, the sun on my face and sand under my feet Her LinkedIn profile here. My name is... Jeyani Nadarajah I am... Client Support Administrator My hometown is... Toronto Canada Most interesting/unusual job... VIP Hostess for Drake I am happiest when... travelling Her LinkedIn profile here.
My name is... Rob Coates I am... Associate in the Electronics/IT team My hometown is... Leeds Most interesting/unusual job... Underbelly Theatre Tech at the Edinburgh Fringe festival for a couple of summers I am happiest when... (finishing) doing some mad endurance sporting event His LinkedIn profile here.
My name is... Emma Elizabeth Poland (friends call me Polly or Poland) I am... a Paralegal in EIT patents team. My hometown is...Waiheke Island. Auckland. New Zealand. Most interesting/unusual job.. Selling buckets of mini chocolate chip cookies to businesses around Auckland as a summer Uni job (then delivering them bucket by bucket and doing the banking each day lol) I am happiest when...with my family in NZ, with friends around a dinner table drinking wine and listening to good music & 2 reading Sunday paper with coffee and croissants
Monthly Drinks!
and the games...
a tied win to Freddy and Carrollanne!
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Bits & Bobs CSR Days Alexandra Seymour-Pierce - On Thursday March 30 Alexandra attended a STEMNET design and make day at a primary school for her CSR day. Alex said ‘it was super fun, I was working with year 6’s making land yachts and then racing them with giant fans in the school hall’. Amy Langton - On Amy’s CSR day she attended the Professional Women’s Day at Kelmscott Secondary School on March 23. The Head of Careers and Education said ‘our girls really enjoyed the experience and we are truly grateful to everyone who gave up their free time to attend’. * Kelmscott Secondary School are hosting a Professional Men’s Day on May 18 so if you are interested please ask Mychelle or Amy for the details.
The neighbourhood For savers... Salvador and Amanda in Bloomsbury are offering on of the best tapas and happy hours around with 50% off cocktails and bottles of wine until 9pm! A bit of fun... Just five minutes walk from Holborn Station you will now find a new London arcade of satirical homemade machines called Novelty Automation. Travel by magic carpet, probe an alien, cycle pong, dream generation and more!
Lexis Nexis Practice Note Carrollanne and Lorraine have been working on our first practice note for Lexis Nexis titled ‘Managing a trade mark portfolio’. This is a very exciting project for the firm and to celebrate we joined the Lexis Nexis team for some drinks at Zetter Townhouse. We will be sending around a branded copy of the note shortly but for now it can be viewed here with a login. 6
A minute with...
Ellie-Mai Lyme, Records Clerk, and Matt Kilner, Technical Assistant.
If you could have a superpower what would it be? E. Invisibility -you could be anywhere at any time and no one would know. M. The ability to stop time. A few more hours in the day would be useful. Do you have any phobias? E. Rats, even the thought of them makes me shiver! M. Bot flies (google them). If you could be anything/anyone for one day what/who would you be? E. Marilyn Monroe, the secrets that woman must have. M. Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin on 20 July 1969 so I could be the first to walk on the moon (or to find out whether the 1969 moon landing was a hoax). If you had a time machine that will allow you to take one trip, what point in the future or past would you visit? E. 100 years into the future, we know what happened in the past, the future is completely unknown. M. I’m tempted to say 20,000 years in the future, but it would be so depressing if I got there and found out that humanity wasn’t around anymore. There’s also a good chance I wouldn’t be able to comprehend the world in 20,000 years’ time. To avoid ruining my life in the present by finding out that humanity doesn’t survive, and to avoid being baffled and confused by mind boggling languages and technologies, I’ll go with 100 years in the future. 2117. 100 years would be mind blowing, but with less of the risks associated with travelling forward millennia. What do you like most about Kilburn & Strode? E. The people and the monthly drinks M. They were great guys.
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K&S Kitchen Victoria Barker’s Coconut Flapjacks Serves 3-4 people Ingredients 120g plain flour 200g caster sugar 100g oats 85g unsweetened desiccated coconut 125g butter 1 tbsp golden syrup 1 level tsp bicarbonate of soda
How? Preheat the oven to 170°C. Grease a 20cm square tin. Mix the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Put the butter in a pan with the golden syrup and melt together. Pour the butter/syrup over the dry ingredients and mix well. Tip the mixture into tin and press down. Bake for 20 minutes, then allow to cool in the tray for a few minutes before cutting into slices. This works well with dairy free margarine for a vegan version. Alternatively, they can be made gluten free with GF flour and oats. I sometimes make a “healthier” version by halving the sugar, swapping honey for the syrup and adding 100g of dried fruit. 10
Relevant information regarding business updates will be published in the next bulletin in June. The next Newsletter will be sent in July.
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