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Nene Business NewsTRANSCRIPT
Special pointsof interest:
� Here comethe girls 1
� Professionalcomposeron site 2
� Can you helpa worthy localcharity? 3
Inside this issue:
New Occupiers- Salonserve 1- Catapult Creative 2- David Tobin 2- Phoenix
Resource Centre 3
Dry cleaningat Nene Park 1
What’s going onat Nene Park 4
Reception opensearly trial 4
Nene Business News
Salonserve, one of the largestand best national trade suppliersto the professional hair, nail,beauty and spa industry, hasexpanded its operation by movinginto Nene Park at Irthlingboroughin June.
The 50,000 sq ft of warehousingand 7,000 sq ft of office space atNene Park has proved to be theperfect location for Salonserve.The company required muchlarger premises after quadruplingin size and a two year searchfinally identified Nene Park as theideal location.
Salonserve required a locationthat was capable of handling
regular deliveries of containers aswell as modern officeaccommodation.
Nene Park affords all that as wellas providing amazing views ofthe Northamptonshire country-side across the River Nene andnature reserve.
Salonserve manufactures andimports products from all over theworld under its own name as wellas the Zahra brand. Well knownin the professional market for itsquality, reasonable prices andexcellent friendly service. Sincemoving to Nene Park, thecompany has opened a tradecounter which enables local
Volume 1, Issue 1February 2012
New Occupant feature… Salonserve, here come the girls....
It’s so important to look your best.Introducing convenient easy drycleaning service for virtually allitems of clothing.
Whether everyday wear or specialgarments such as formal wear.
Items are dry cleaned with eco-friendly methods.
Simply drop off your items atWaterside House reception asyou would with any dry cleaners,we will let you know when ready.Normal 2 day turnaround.
Please see prices below thatinclude VAT. Payment by card.
Added Service at Nene Business…Quality Dry Cleaning
e n enB U S I N E S S
salons to call in and collect goodson the day they need them.
The move to Nene Park hasimproved the working conditionsfor the entire Salonserve staff,and the company has plans inhand for further expansion with anew range of bespoke hairdres-sing equipment soon to belaunched.
They are ISO9001 and ISO14001registered.
For more information on the vastSalonserve product range visit thewebsite www.salonserve.com orcall Freephone 0800 0181 171.
NEW
2-piece suit ............................ £113-piece suit ............................ £13Dinner suit ..........................£14.50Jacket ...................................... £8Trousers .............................. £6.70Jeans .................................. £6.70Shorts ........................................£6Coat........................................ £123/4 Coat.................................. £10
Tie ...................................... £4.50Knitwear .............................. £6.70Waistcoat ............................ £5.50Silk shirt ....................................£5Cotton shirt.......................... £3.25or 5 shirts for £9Dress suit .............................. £13Skirt .................................... £6.70Pleated skirt ........................ £8.50
1/2 Pleated skirt ........................£8Dress ............................ £12 - £17Ball gown................................ £18Tops ........................ £6.50 - £8.50Silk top ....................£6.50 - £8.50Blouse .................... £6.50 - £8.50Silk blouse............................£6.50
For full price list see Reception.
The views expressed in this publicationare not necessarily those of the Editor orthe publisher. While considerable effortis made to ensure accuracy, thepublisher does not accept responsibilityfor errors or omissions. All images,articles and advertisements copyrightSalonserve © 2012. No reproductionwithout written permission of thepublishers.
Northampton based global cleaning provider Diverseyasked Pilot to deliver a solution to significantly reducetheir EMA print spend. The end result is an onlineweb2print tool delivering central brand integrity with localautonomy and ease of product input for more than 25European countries.
Paul Dowdy, NPI Purchasing Manager said “Pilot haveproved to be real experts in their sector delivering aneffective global solution.”
David Purvis, Pilot’s Marketing Director added “The mark-eting benefits include improved brand integrity, reducedproduction costs, increased accuracy - and losing theheadache of doing it manually, resulting in a reduced timeto market that’s a real competitive advantage.”
Pilot’s Creative Director, Ray Barnett said “By listeningand adding some creative thinking, we’ve developed asuite of online technology for literature and marketingtemplate production that works in any sector. We candemonstrate the time, process and budgetary benefits they provide.”
To contact Ray or David at Pilot call 01933 654821 or visit www.pilotcreativemarketing.co.uk.
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Occupant feature… Pilot Creative Marketing Strikes Gold
New Occupant feature… Composer in the Cupboard
Ray Barnett & David Purvis of Pilot
Nene Park homes many of theleading media companies inNorthants…Here comes a newone… This company’srequirements were somewhatdemanding. No noise! And not tobe overheard! Where oh wherewere they to go? How about theBistro cupboard? Originally DrMarten’s stationery cupboard!Now a fully featured writing studioin less than a week. Only withNene Business! So who is theComposer?
David Tobin has been writing andarranging music for TV, film, videogames and commercialcompanies for nearly 20 years.After completing degrees in bothclassical music and film scoring /orchestration and arranging,
David moved into the productionof commercial and media music -and has enjoyed huge successboth in the UK and particularly inthe United States.
Stylistically he's worked oncommercial albums for TV, he'swritten everything, from BasilBrush to American SoapOperas and many, many others.He's currently busy writing withhis long term collaborator JeffMeegan.
As a writer for commercialorganisations, David has beenmuch in demand. Writing for bothsmall business and largecorporations, he's helpedshape the branding of dozens ofcompanies. He has vast
experience writing music for web,training videos, overall companyaudio branding, and eventelephone systems as well asjingles for advertising - both TVand radio. For more detailsplease see his website atwww.davidtobin.co.uk
“From
stationery
cupboard to
fully featured
writing
studio in less
than a week.
Only with
Nene
Business.”
“Pilot have
proved to be
real experts
in their
sector
delivering
an effective
global
solution.”
“Should this
go ahead it
can only
bring an
uplift in our
area. Are
there any
opportunities
for you?”
David Tobin
Rushden Lakes at Nene Valley has a new owner witha brand new plan.
The site is some 244 acres, of which 31 acres isdevelopable. The site had planning permission formore than half a million sq ft of offices.
LXB Retail Properties Plc has been in discussionswith East Northamptonshire Council to bring analternative scheme of up to 250,000 sq ft of RETAIL.This new plan includes a garden centre, and homeand lifestyle shopping as part of the park.
Development costs are estimated at about £40 million.
The majority of the site is designated as a Site ofSpecial Scientific Interest (SSSI).
The development, subject to planning permission, isintended to benefit from a hotel and various leisureactivities.
Should this go ahead it can only bring an uplift in ourarea. Being just 2 miles away, are there anyopportunities for you or your business?
Local News… Rushden Lakes Retail Park…
Take a look at the flying video presentation:http://youtube/zxS8-AwZTiE LXB Website: www.lxbretailproperties.com
New Occupant feature… Catapult Creative Communications
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While looking for a new tenant forUnits A&B, Nene Business have leta well known local charity makegood use of the space.
Phoenix Resource Centre is anEnvironmental Charity (self fundedby the Trustees) and has beenoperating since September 2009.
Their purpose is the practice andpromotion of recycling, re-use andreduction, with a difference.
They collect clean usable waste(including off-cuts of material, wood,card), books, surplus stocks, end oflines and unwanted goods/returnsfrom industry and local businesses.Nearly 100% of the resources arebrand new and unused.
Anything that can be re-used thengets put onto the shelves for themembers (schools, etc) to takeand re-use, everything else thatcan be, gets recycled.
They also have a members discountarea where educational aids andchildren's furniture can be purch-ased at very advantageous prices.
Ideal for schools, nurseries,childminders, scouts, guides, pre-schools, playgroups, churchgroups, care homes, charities,
youth groups, hospitals, etc, theywelcome anyone interested in theCentre to visit. So please call, popin and have a look around.
They received the following letterfrom a member which explainshow they help.
“On behalf of Friends of OlneyMiddle School, I would like tothank everyone who works so hardat the resource centre in order toensure that quality resources areavailable to charitableorganisations. We joined earlierthis year and have made excellentuse of our membership whicheasily paid for itself after the firstvisit due to the excellentfundraising pack. The school hasbenefitted directly from projectbooks, card, art materials andstickers. In June, we held a big'Fun on the Field' event wherethere was a giant tombola boastingmany items from the resourcecentre such as place mats, caketins, toys, books, dvds, trays,mixing bowls, perfume, earringsand much much more! We had alucky dip which children of all agesseemed to enjoy and again nearlyall of the prizes were from thecentre. We also had a massiveand very popular craft tent at theevent where children (and adults)
came and made the most amazingand imaginative things. There wasa long table for glass paintingwhere the children used glasspens (our only expenditure!) todraw on large and small glassdiscs and made coasters. In thecentre of the tent were 7 or 8 bigboxes with tubes, fabric, foam,paper chains, plastic trays, boxesand a huge range of card andpaper. The children couldn'tbelieve their luck and just let theirimaginations run wild! The onlycomplaints were from parents whohad to carry these creations home!The event raised over £1000which will directly benefit thechildren… Thank you so much forproviding this service.”
Kind Regards, Friends of OlneyMiddle School.
Paul says… “They are an amazingcharity doing good local works, weare lucky to have them on site.AsNene Park is rapidly becoming thepremier media location inNorthants. any help given to thisworthwhile and local charity will beimmensely rewarding. The Phoenixweb site could do with a littleattention. Anyone interested? CallAndy on 01933 626000”.Web: www.phoenix-resource-centre.org.uk.
Phoenix Resource CentreTurning waste things into play things now at Nene Park
Volume 1, Issue 1
New Occupant feature… Units A & B - Can you help?
Peter Clark, Catapult Creative Communications
“Want to help
Phoenix? The
Phoenix web-
site could do
with a little
attention.
Anyone
interested?
Call Andy on
01933 626000.”
Impressive Lexicon House & Units A & B, at Nene Park
Member Dawn Green collectingone token's worth of items for herraffle/tombola,fundraising for herown charity www.pseudomyxomasurvivor.co.uk
All enquiries for Units A & B please speak to Claire on 01933 697946 or email [email protected]
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Catapult improves reputationsby developing sustainableonline and offline marketingcollateral. As a design andcommunications company wepride ourselves on our creativeand technical abilities and striveto provide the highest quality ofservice whatever therequirement.
Peter Clark, Catapult’s MD says“We got started developing for
the internet in 1996 and itquickly became our corebusiness, without losing ourcreative edge. We providesupport for companies such asWhitbread, TGI Fridays,Elizabeth Arden, GM Motors,Daimler Chrysler and liberalsprinkling of small businesses.Over the past 18 months therehas been a paradigm shift inour services as SEO (search),Affiliate Marketing and
mCommerce have become ourspecialist areas.”
Having resided here two yearsago, Catapult have decided tomove back to Waterside Houseprior to an impending expansionprogramme, giving them theflexibility they need to grow theirbusiness.
For more details please seewww.catapultuk.com.
old pumps
Nene Business…Have you heard?
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Meet BillyDo you love pets? We do! Meet Billy... he’s aretired racehorse. His racing days are longgone, however, in his prime he won all of hisfirst six races. In his seventh race hesnapped a tendon and was to be put downimmediately. By some fluke, his owner (notus) could not be contacted, so for legalreasons he could not be shot. Afterrecovering, he came to us at home about 6years ago, full of life and very cheeky. Hespends his days in open fields and openstables with his best mate Colonel never faraway.Paul & Claire
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Congratulations!You may have met Lianne on reception. OnSaturday 10th December at 8.33am, Liannegave birth to the beautiful Greyson, weighing8lb 3oz. We wish her all the best and lookforward to seeing her when she returns fromher maternity.
Reception open at 8.45am trialReception will be open from 8.45am, allowingyou to start work at 9am without having to havea key in hand. Jade (pictured here) will be onreception at this time. Reception direct line is01933 654242.
Three Powerful Reasons YouShould Hold a Seminar HereSeems everyone is saying the UK BusinessWorld will end this year. However did you knowthat Bentley Motor Cars sales are 37% up.Dairy sales up 30.5%. Tablet sales up 264%.Even Office Printer sales are up 6%. Andorganic beef up 18% (all recent, all sameperiod over prior year). On examination thetheme is right product, well marketed, price nobarrier. (Who would have thought!)
So what can you do... With a little preparation...Imagine 50 prospects sat down waiting to hearyou present (sell) your products and services.The rewards can be great. So why here? Wellyou can change a meeting into an EVENT thathas clients and Trade Press clammering! Onsite seminar catering from £4 to £49 perdelegate. Loads of easy FREE parking.
Call Claire on 01933 697946 or email her [email protected] to book yourimportant seminar.
Exciting News - If you have something to shout about, let us now so we can let all your fellow neighbours at Nene Park know about it.
Email Claire at [email protected]
Drains, Gutters and LightsIt’s been six months since the new ownershave taken the site over. Paul says “due to thedifficult issues that have historically afflicted thesite, basic maintenance has taken a back seat!On arrival we found the foul drains blocked(yes that was the smell in reception), guttersleaking, broken lights etc, etc, etc.”
Under the guidance of Nene Business thedrains are now sparkling. (Oh, the glamour!)The lights have been brought up to standard,the grass cut, the trees pruned, etc, etc. If yousee anything that needs doing please let usknow. [email protected]
Under PressureDid you know the site does not have any watermains pressure? In fact, we need a specialequipment to “make” our own water pressure.These water pumps are called “pump sets”because they are typically made of two or morepumps. So if one pump fails or needs a servicethe others can carry on the good work of fillingour kettles and loos! The old set had twopumps and looked like it had not beenmaintained and was just reliant on a singlepump. (its brother long ago given up). The newset (of three) has been delivered (see pic) andwill be installed at a time to give the siteminimum disruption.
new pumps ready for action
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If you would like to know any more details about our services please callClaire on 01933 697946 or email [email protected]
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