Balloonies 180 2014

180 Issue 3 2014 NABAS The only independent trade association for the party & promotional balloon industry in the UK

BALLOONIES NABAS The National Association of Balloon & Party Professionals

Helping You Take Your Business To A Higher Level

NABAS Management Committee The Committee are pleased to welcome Matthew Lewis of Matthew Lewis Displays onto the committee. Matthew was approached by the Chairman and agreed to be co-opted.

There is still a vacancy in both the Wholesaler/Manufacturer/Printer and Retailer/Decorator categories for which the committee will be looking to co-opt some willing members.

If you are interested in being co-opted onto the committee or would like to know more about what is involved please contact the NABAS office.

If you have an issue or idea that you would like to put to the committee for discussion then please let the NABAS office know - you can call 01989 762204; fax - 01989 567676; or email info@nabas.co.uk

NABAS LOGO The Committee have been deliberating over changing the NABAS logo to bring it more up to date and would like to know members thoughts.

Below is the proposed design. Please let us have your thoughts and comments.

FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN Dear Member

BALLOONIES EDUCATE - PROMOTE - INFORM

Your committee, for which there are still places available to sit on for any of you who would like to get involved with the running of your association, have been working hard again to put together the 2015 NABAS Show, with innovative seminars for the benefit of building your business's and improving your skills in our industry.

As many of you have diversified into other areas of our industry, enabling you to offer your clients more than your competition, as well as having new members from other associations joining us, we are now introducing you all to our new logo (see opposite). We hope you like it and welcome your comments. We think it's a great improvement.

We have a new NABAS Approved Teacher on board, her name is Angie George and she currently teaches at Capel Manor College of Floristry.

On the NMBA qualification courses, we had hoped to start them by the end of June but with so many unexpected situations that the committee had to deal with, one of them being the balloon release problem where environmentalist's were accusing us of killing wildlife, has put a delay on it. For those of you who were keen to get going on it, I apologise. We are now working on the first one and will let you all know within the next few weeks, which, when and where. Stay busy!

John Lee CBA; Your Chairman Balloonies No. 180 Issue 3 2014 Front Image courtesy of Julie Sargeant, Balloons of Stafford Š NABAS - The Balloon Association 2014 Published by

NABAS Committee

Philomena Groome, Amiee Hughes , John Lee, Matthew Lewis, Steve Marsh, George Oustayiannis, Paul Widdowson

NABAS The Balloon Association Ltd Katepwa House, Ashfield Park Avenue, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5AX 01989 762204 Content Editor: NABAS

Secretariat

Gill Hinton, Kate Walker, Hilary Pulsford, Elizabeth Malcolm, Jo Maguire

CERTIFICATED ONE DAY NABAS APPROVED BASIC COURSE Sunday 21st September 2014 10am to 4.30pm The Smithaleigh Hotel, Plymouth PL7 5AX TOPICS COVERED Safety of Gases, Helium v Air Regulators & Filling Kits, Using Cylinder Balloon Gas Balloons & Inflation Techniques, Sizing Balloons Balloon Safety, Balloon Accessories Effects of Temperature on Balloons Foil Balloons, Latex balloons Hi-Float Balloon in a Box, Layered Table Arrangement Single (string of pearls) Arch Spiral Columns/Swags Decorators Kit Spiral Garland Chart Arch Length Formula Marketing & Selling, Advertising Pricing/Costing A Job Customer Service & Public Relations Job Costing Form Balloon Releases - Code of Conduct The Truth About Balloons and our Environment

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Prices: ÂŁ250 per person to include NABAS Membership for one year; for information on the benefits of Membership of the only independent trade association for the balloon & party industry please visit: www.nabas.co.uk/join/membership_benefits.php

ÂŁ180 for NABAS Members and their employees Price includes VAT, all product and use of equipment on the day, buffet lunch and unlimited tea/coffee contact the NABAS office 01989 762204; info@nabas.co.uk

PLACES ARE LIMITED

B A L L O O N A R T I S T S C O N V E N T I O N I TA L

BACI 2014 took place this year on the beach in Sicily!

Theme: “Wild Life: Tropical & Jungle”

Large Sculpture Master Championship

BACI - all images courtesy of The Darkroom, Florence

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1st - Olga Baranova 2nd Alessandro Patane 3rd Tania Torre

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Large Sculpture Italian Championship

1st Vadim Shuskanov 2nd Irina Tkatzevich 3rd Barbara Biagioni

Large Sculptu Master Championshi

“Beach Bar” Colin Myles

Large Sculptur Master Championship

1st Place Columns

“Big Bird On A Rock” Fiona Fisher

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NABAS members have been doing some amazing jobs - just take a look over the following two pages. If you have something that you want to share then do let the NABAS office know - info@nabas.co.uk what better way to promote your work to show future clients than an article in your industry association's magazine.

Julie Sargeant of Balloons of Stafford created these lovely arches above for a local garden centre; whilst the dĂŠcor below was created by Sergey Kuznetsov of Party Balloons, Ireland

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Hayley Allcoat of 1st For Balloons created this wonderful wedding décor. Using a lot of big balloons… which is great … big balloons = big profit ☺ A customer wanted a photo backdrop which Hayley suggested might as well be used behind the top table first.

Caryn Steele of Balloonatics created these colourful columns and arch for a client celebrating 50 years in business so the theme was 60’s

Annabel Grange of Butterflies & Bows created these for different events this year.

Some wonderful creations from Sandra of Final Touch: A Balloon Female Rugby Player that she made for the local ladies team who were playing to raise money for Breast Cancer ~ hence the "pink" The balloon pink plane was made for the wedding of two pilots getting married!

Very popular at the moment is anything to do with the latest Disney film “Frozen” - the décor below was created by Amy at Kreative Celebrations

Roslyn Gaunt, Abracadabra balloons - The arch was for a surprise proposal in Manchester. And the multi-coloured balloons was for the launch of a fancy dress company in a well known supermarket.

Matt Dawson of The Balloon Room created this large scale balloon dĂŠcor for the Grande Depart as part of the Tour De France. This was also featured on Eurosport

Mick & Julie of Huggs n Puffs Balloons and Crafts created this dĂŠcor for the Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance.

NABAS NEW MEMBERS 3764 Raquel Reynolds Funky Balloons Dublin 5 Ireland 35 318 329 898 3765 Emma Packard Em's Balloons Stowmarket Suffolk IP14 1UQ 07799 401137 3766 Lisa Jackson Glynde Flower Shop Glynde East Sussex BN8 6SB 07732 046174 3767 Gerald Smith Gezajans Balloons & Party Shop Dover Kent CT17 0SS 01304 332286 3768 Rakesh Patel Ralson London NW11 0QS 07920 483 643

3770 Hayley Bright Custom Chair Covers Dunstable Bedfordshire LU6 3JT 01582475843 3771 Jenny Murphy Red Balloon Co Cork Ireland 00353214879098 3772 Modinat Abimbola Olalere Musteeb Party Celebration London SW9 7EH 07951 559 440 3773 Linda Moore DĂŠcor And Delights Ruislip Manor Middlesex HA4 9BZ 01895 470 903 3774 Gillian Lloyd Gill's Wirral Merseyside CH62 5BJ 07714 797450

3775 Pauline Maxwell-King Charmed Events Dunstable Bedfordshire LU6 1DZ 07077 082324 3776 Oluremi Jones Remi Jones London N17 0TL 07460 135165 3777 Naomi Spencer Candy Bubbles Birmingham B7 5PG 07904 804419

NABAS NEW MEMBERS 3781 Andrea Kinsella Ultimate Party People Bury Lancashire BL8 1XR 07534 973012 3782 Gurpreet Hayre Timeless Elegance Willenhall West Midlands WV13 2SF 07983 416372

3778 Sally Harris The Balloon Lady Dereham Norfolk NR20 5PQ 01362 684398 3779 Gurpreet Kaur Virdee Almond Balloons Hayes Middlesex UB3 1JQ 07547 918814 3780 Maria Kontoeidi Salonica Consulting Ltd T/A The Fairy Box Romford RM7 0AZ 01708 606 664

Please note that inclusions of any inserts/adverts within Balloonies are paid-for advertisements and therefore members should not consider this action as an endorsement by NABAS of the products or services.

NABAS APPROVED TEACHERS/TRAINERS

Yvonne Baynes Lodge Cordell Balloonery Tel: 01986 894482 yvonb@tiscali.co.uk Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2;

John Lee CBA & Jane Lee ANBA International Balloon Academy Tel: 01908 605960 / 07852 204706 www.international-balloonacademy.co.uk iba@bloonoccasions.co.uk Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2; Basics & Beyond; Beyond the Basics; Varied range of Master Classes

Area Covered: East Anglia Area Covered: Milton Keynes and beyond

Jo Uddin CBA Balloon Training Academy by Inflated Ideas Tel: 07904 178024 www.inflatedideas.co.uk jo@inflatedideas.co.uk Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2 Area Covered: Hertfordshire & throughout UK

Janie Bacon Just Janie Promotions Tel: 0141 883 4259 Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2 Area Covered: Scotland

Rita Kyriacou CBA Marguerite's Academy of Balloon Artistry Tel: 01279 639508 www.marguerites-academy.co.uk ritakyriacou@btinternet.com Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2; Wedding Workshops Area Covered: Hertfordshire, Essex & the South East

Mitch Gilbert CBA Rainbow Balloons Tel: 01625 585910 www.rainbowballoons.me.uk info@rainbowballoons.me.uk Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2; Advanced level; 260’s Course; Balloon Drops Area Covered: Cheshire, NW England & Nth Wales

NABAS APPROVED TEACHERS/TRAINERS

Philomena Groome CBA School House of Balloons Tel: 07956 226824 www.fantazia-decorations.co.uk info@fantazia-decorations.co.uk Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2; Exploding Balloons; Wedding Workshop Area Covered: Yorkshire & throughout UK

Mary George Gretna Green Creations Tel: 01709 818636 www.gretnagreencreations.co.uk info@gretnagreencreations.co.uk Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2;

Area Covered: Yorkshire and the North East

WHOLESALERS, MANUFACTURERS & PRINTERS B-LOONY LTD

BELBAL UK

Buck House Sunnyside Road Chesham, Bucks HP5 2AR T:01494 774 376 F:01494 791268 balloons@b-loony.co.uk www.b-loony.com

Broadgate House, Church Street Deeping St James, Peterborough Lincolnshire PE6 8HD T:01778 343 445 F:01778 347 230 info@belbaluk.co.uk www.belbaluk.co.uk

BALLOON SUPPLY & DISTRIBUTION Unit1B. Woodside House, Woodside Park, Catteshall Lane, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1LG T:01483 808121 F:01483 808 141 sales@balloonsupply.co.uk www.balloonsupply.co.uk

BOC LTD

BALLOON WORLD

CTI BALLOONS LTD

Unit E Parkside Business Park, Kirkstead Way Golborne, Cheshire WA3 3PY T:01942 719888 F:01942 719 988 sales@balloonworld.co.uk www.balloonworld.co.uk

6 Consul Road, Rugby Warwickshire CV21 1PB T:01788 546299 ctiballoon@aol.com www.ctiballoons.co.uk

The Priestly Centre, 10 Priestly Road The Surrey Research Park, Guilford Surrey GU2 7XY T:01483 244035 www.bocballoongas.co.uk

FOLKDEAN LTD BALLOONS AROUND SCOTLAND 100 Carnegie Road, Hillington Ind Est Glasgow G52 4JZ T:0141 882 8107 F:0141 882 9925 sales@balloonsaroundscotland.com www.balloonsaroundscotland.com

Unit 2 Lydney Harbour Estate, Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4EJ T:01594 841545 F:01594 844 577 sales@folkdean.co.uk www.folkdean.co.uk

GO INTERNATIONAL (UK) LTD

BALLOONZ 12 Coltsfoot Close, Wildern Gate, Hedge End, Southampton SO30 4UN T: 01489790893 sales@balloonz.co.uk www.balloonz.co.uk

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Unit 15, The IO Centre, Arlington Business Park, Whittle Way, Stevenage SG1 2BD T:01438 745746 F:01438 745747 george@gointernational.co.uk www.gointernational.co.uk

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WHOLESALERS, MANUFACTURERS & PRINTERS HOUSE PARTI

SOUTH WEST LONDON BALLOONS

20 Mandervell Road, Oadby Industrial Estate, Oadby, Leicestershire LE2 5LQ T:0116 271 0100 F:0116 271 0300 sales@houseparti.com www.houseparti.com

The Old Coppermill, Coppermill Lane London SW17 0BN T:0208 971 7022 balloonstogo@hotmail.co.uk www.swballoons.co.uk

NORTHSTAR BALLOONS

TALKING BALLOONS

Saundhurst, Micklea Lane, Longsdon, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire, ST9 9QA T: 01538 382998 ismith@northstarballoons.com www.northstarballoons.eu

McGregor’s Way, Turnoaks Business Park Chesterfield, Derbyshire S40 2WB T:01246 270555 F:01246 270566 sales@talkingballoons.com www.talkingballoons.com

OAKTREE UK LTD

VIBORG BALLON A/S

66 James Carter Road Industrial Estate Mildenhall, Suffolk IP28 7DE T:01638 716655 F:01638 711211 sales@oaktreeuk.com www.oaktreeuk.com

Gortlervej 7 DK8800 Viborg DENMARK T:00 45 866 21200 bini@viborg-ballon.dk www.viborg-ballon.dk

PARTY DELIGHTS LTD

WORTHINGTON CYLINDERS

Unit 4 Tallow Way, Fairhills Road Irlam, Manchester M44 6RJ T:0161 776 1133 F:0161 776 1144 steveg@partydelights.co.uk www.partydelights.co.uk

PREMIUM BALLOON ACCESSORIES PO Box 352 Sharon Centre, Ohio 44274 USA T: 00 1 330 239 4547 info@coolaire.com www.premiumballoon.com

PARTY PLUS 16/42 Canham Road, Acton London W3 7SR T:020 8811 2898 steve@partyplus.co.uk www.partyplus.co.uk

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Beim Flaschenwerk 1 A-3291 Keinberg bei Gaming AUSTRIA T:00 43 7485 606 272 F:00 43 7485 606 694 Timo.snoeren@wthg.at www.worthingtoncylinders.com www.balloontime.com ZIBI GmbH Kalkdarren 15 D-79713 Bad Sackingen GERMANY T:00 49 776 192 4010 info@zibi.de www.zibi.de

Please see the NABAS website for full details of our Wholesaler & Manufacturer Members

www.nabas.co.uk

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