Acton Business Expo 'Expo Guide' 19 May 2016

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Acton

Business Expo Thu 19 May 2016 | 10.30am-3pm Acton Town Hall actonbizexpo.co.uk

@ActonBizExpo

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Acton Town Hall illustration by Carlene Bender

EXPO GUIDE

• Free event • This is a Contactus publication

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Acton Business Expo at the Acton Centre: where to go

1. Head to the Acton Town Hall

2. (The swimming pool entrance)

3. Second floor: Rooms 1 and 4-5

Rooms 4-5 (the exhibition hall) are across the corridor from Room 1

How to use this Expo Guide 1 Use the floor plan below.

For example, if you’d like to visit the Burlington Motors stand (no.

12), check their stand number against the floor plan on this page to find out exactly where their stand is located.

2 Check the seminar times.

You wouldn’t want to miss one

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of the featured speakers, would you? Find out about the talks and panels on page 3.

– these photos are provided to help you break the ice, so say ‘hello’ confidently!

3 Refer to the exhibitor profiles. On pages 4-5 are mini-profiles of the exhibiting businesses. We’ve included headshots of people who are likely to be present on the stand

4 Save this guide. With all its handy contact details, this ‘Expo Guide’ may come in handy again soon. Bookmark the online version so it’s easy to find at: contactusealing.co.uk

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Exhibition Hall floor plan Rooms 4-5, second floor, Acton Centre

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sink Acton Business Expo numbers Exhibitors and stand

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(The_Ealinger weekly online) 4-5 Floor plan -4-5 Thursday 19 May 2016 Ealing Council Economic Regeneration •Rooms See profiles on pages tables; chairs; microphone; wifi •34 Note that 74 there may be more exhibitors 1 (information on initiatives) added to this list by 19 May Contact: Carlene Bender 07960 392677 Ealing Fit Club - 9 (personal trainer) Forever - 30 (aloe vera products) Fragola - 10 (Italian restaurant, coffee Affluent Portraits - 5 (portrait shop and ice cream parlour) photography) Home Instead - 21 (senior homecare Badalyan Fashions - 11 (fashion design) services) Bommie Media - 24 (websites, social Iconic Creative - 6 (photography, graphic media, marketing) design, film-making) Burlington Motors - 12 (family-run Isabelle Scott - 4 (interior design & build) garage) Chryseis - 26 (psychic, holistic healing, reiki) London Life Solutions - 15 (hypnotherapy; NLP practitioner) Co Work Hub - 25 (shared workspace Northfields Estates - 7 (estate agents) provider) Old Oak and Park Royal Development Contactus magazines - 2

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Corporation - 14 (developing West London) Orchards of London - 18 (estate agents); with Paul Alexander (mortgage consultants) Paragon QMS Ltd - 23 (specialist ISO consultancy service) Post and Packing Acton - 3 (independent post shop) ProVantage Property Solutions - 19 (property management) The Athena Network - 20 (business networking for women) The Coffee House - 17 (coffee cafe and caterers) West London Business - 13 (business networking group)

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19 May: what’s on 10.30-10.50 Nichola Schwarz, London Life Solutions, W3 based NLP practitioner and hypnotherapist: “How to make the most of your Acton Business Expo experience” interactive workshop (Room 1) 11.00-11.15 Dr Rupa Huq MP Ealing Central and Acton, and Julian Bell Leader of Ealing Council officially open the Acton Business Expo exhibition (Rooms 4-5) 11.20-11.35 Andrea Laffey, Ealing Council: “Acton’s Regeneration – the work that Ealing Council is doing” talk (Room 1) 11.35-11.45 Andrew Jackson, Ealing Council energy officer: “Smart Business Grants – free advice and money for Acton businesses” presentation (Room 1) 11.50-12.10 Laura Forsyth, The Village Trading Store: “Discover Churchfield Road, a gem in Acton” slideshow and discussion (Room 1)

12.30-13.30 “If I were an angel investor” – Dragons’ Den style business experts panel (Room 1) Chair: – Yuri Bender (journalist, Financial Times) Panel: – Carol Sam, Ealing Council Regeneration manager; – Andrea Laffey, Ealing Council project manager for Acton; – Andrew Dakers, chief executive of West London Business; – Charlie Suchak, owner of Presentz and Partiez on Acton’s High Street.

13.45-13.55 Alex Molokwu, Co Work Hub: “What it takes to start up a business in Acton – the Co Work Hub story” (Room 1) 14.05-14.45 Speed Networking session, sponsored by Co Work Hub, and led by Alex Molokwu (Rooms 1-2) 15.00 Exhibition closes (Rooms 4-5) Visitors (and exhibitors) are welcome to attend any or all of the talks and panels.

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hank you for joining us at the Acton Business Expo, an event created, designed and organised to show off how business is growing and thriving in Acton.

Acton has always been a busy businessplace, with an enviable flow of footfall on its high street, and manufacturing businesses always springing up the industrial outskirts of the town.

What makes now a special time to stage this Expo is the new types of businesses bringing attention to the potential of the area: the coworking hubs, a new shopping centre and cinema on the high street, and the stretch of independent shops making Churchfield Road a real shopping destination.

Enjoy making your new business contacts in Acton.

For more information about the Acton Business Expo, contact expo organiser Carlene Bender

actonbizexpo.co.uk @ActonBizExpo ActonBizExpo

Ealing Business Survey Ealing Council is conducting an online business survey to help us plan future work to help support and promote local business growth.

To complete the survey, please visit: www.ealing.gov.uk/ebs

Supporting business in the borough

Acton Business Expo is an Ealing Council Regeneration event, made possible by the Mayor of London’s High Street Fund.

Photo shows project manager for Acton, Andrea Laffey, at a recent Acton Business Meetup, explaining the work that the Council is doing locally.

See what she says at: tinyurl.com/ RegenActon (YouTube)

Acton Business Expo

‘Expo Guide’ Produced by Contactus.

Editor/publisher: Carlene Bender

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Contact us MAGAZINES Email feedback about the Expo to: acton@contactusealing.co.uk

Meet the Acton exhibitors

Thirty-odd Acton-based businesses have taken stands at the Expo to promote the products they make or services they offer. Look here to get an idea about which ones you’d like to find out more about.

The numbers refer to their stand numbers. Read their business profiles online: actonbizexpo.co.uk/exhibitors

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Visitor Etiquette Please remember that exhibitors have paid to promote their businesses at the Expo. Visitors may use the speed networking session to publicise their own businesses.

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Affluent Portraits

Badalyan Fashions

Bommie Media

(portrait photography) Meet: Alex Pemberton

(fashion design) Meet: Diane Gevorgian

(websites, social media, marketing) Meet: Anita Wong

bommiemedia.com

badalyanfashions.co.uk

affluentportraits.com

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Burlington Motors

Co Work Hub

Ealing Council

(family-run garage) Meet: Henry Nicoll

(shared workspace provider) Meet: Alex Molokwu

(information on initiatives) Meet: Carol Sam

ealing.gov.uk/regeneration

coworkhub.co

burlingtonacton.co.uk

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Ealing Fit Club

Forever

Fragola Cafe

(personal trainer) Meet: Zahra Shah

(aloe vera products) Meet: Shraddha Pande

(Italian restaurant, coffee shop and ice cream parlour) Meet: Simin Hassani

fragolacoffeeandgelato.com

lifewith4ever.com

getfitwithzahra.co.uk

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Home Instead

Iconic Creative

Isabelle Scott

(senior care) Meet: Maddy Alemayehu

(photography, graphic design, film-making) Meet: Nicola Gaughan

(interior design & build) Meet: Isabelle Morley-Fletcher

homeinstead.co.uk/ hammersmith-and-chiswick

iconiccreative.co.uk

isabellescott.co.uk

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London Life Solutions

Northfields Estates

Orchards of London

(hypnotherapy; NLP practitioner) Meet: Nichola Schwarz

(estate agents) Meet: Rachel Spencer (Acton branch)

(estate agents) Meet: Liam Doherty

orchardsoflondon.com

northfields.co.uk

londonlifesolutions.com

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Paul Alexander

Paragon QMS

Post and Packing Acton

(mortgage consultants) Meet: Shoaib Arshad

(specialist ISO consultancy service) Meet: Aisha Matata

(independent post shop) Meet: Keith Dowling

postandpackinguk.com/acton

paragonqms.com

paulalexander.org.uk

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ProVantage Property Sol.

The Athena Network

The Coffee House

(property management) Meet: Ashley Bombal

networking) Meet: Joanne Sumner

(coffee cafe and caterers) Meet: Jakub Forejt

provantagepropertysolutions.com

thecoffeehouse.london

theathenanetwork.co.uk/ JoanneSumner (businesswomen

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The_Ealinger (Contactus)

West London Business

Chryseis

(weekly online magazine) Meet: Carlene Bender

(business networking group) Meet: Andrew Dakers

(psychic, holistic healing, reiki) Meet: Athanasia Panagakou

tinyurl.com/The-Ealinger

westlondon.com

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Expo newsletters #ActonBizExpo

Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation london.gov.uk/opdc (developing West London) Meet: Lori Hoinkes

chryseis.co.uk

Please do tweet about your experiences at the Acton Centre today. Tag us at @ActonBizExpo or just use the hashtag #ActonBizExpo – all tagged tweets will be retweeted!

If you enjoyed today’s event. do keep in touch! Sign up to our Expo mailing list here:

tinyurl.com/ ActonBizExpo-register Find links to our previous newsletters on the actonbizexpo.co.uk homepage (scroll to the bottom)

Networking: the Acton Business Meetup The Acton Business Meetup was started last December as a way of spreading the word about the Acton Business Expo and helping businesses to connect.

Thanks to the businesses who hosted the monthly meetups: The Doughnut Factory; North Acton Co Work Hub (pic below);

London Paragon College, and The Park Club (twice).

And thank you to the business-owners who attended and shared their connections.

To be kept in touch about future meetups, please join the Facebook group ‘Businesses in Acton W3 - Contactus’.

Thanks Acton Business Expo was brought to you by Ealing Council, organised

by Contactus magazines and supported by the Mayor of London High Street Fund. Additional local support came from Burlington Motors, Co Work Hub, The Coffee House, and West London Business. With special thanks to Fragola Cafe, The Village Trading Store, and Presentz and Partiez.

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.

More networking, in NW10 coworkhub.co Enjoyed today’s networking hosted by Co Work Hub? Join Alex for the next West London Networking meeting, Wed 8 Jun 6.30-8pm @hellocoworkhub

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For London coffee lovers

The Acton Business Expo was heavily promoted in the weekly online mini-magazine The_Ealinger, with added media exposure in local newspaper Ealing Gazette and Ealing radio station Westside FM. This piece (see photo) in the ActonW3.com weekly online newsletter explains what the “If I Were An Angel Investor” panel at 12.30-1.30 is all about.

Read it online at: actonw3.com

West London Business wine

thecoffeehouse.london Located at 135 High Street, Acton, The Coffee House is ready for summer with outdoor seating, milkshakes and frozen yogurts. @CoffeeHouseHQ westlondon.com Follow us on Facebook & LinkedIn for a chance to win 2 bottles of wine. The winner will be announced on social media on 31 May. @WestLBusiness

Gifts on Churchfield Road

FREE COFFEE r stand visit ou Expo! at the

Fragola, 54 High Street, Acton Show this advert in your Acton Business Expo ‘Expo Guide’ on 19 May 2016 & get a free coffee at Fragola cafe (opposite the entrance to Acton Centre). @fragola_cafe

Christina Martin

DHNP, AIT, SNHS Dip Advanced Nutrition

Metabolic balance coach

futurehealthmanagement.co.uk

Struggling with weight loss that won’t come off, or going through bad menopause symptoms? Metabolic Balance is great for all the above!

thevillagetradingstore.com The Village Trading Store is happy to support the Acton Business Expo. Visit our shop at 29 Churchfield Road, Acton W3 6BD @ActonW3Gifts

Presentz and Partiez

www.facebook.com/ fireworksandballoons West London’s number one stop for all your party and fancy dress needs: 163 High Street, W3 6LP. Call 020 8992 9000.

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Thank you for visiting the 2016 Acton Business Expo

From father to son Burlington Garage is very much a family business, started in 1956 by Len Nicoll. We asked Len’s son, Barry, what his own son Henry is like with Barry Nicoll a wrench:

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Henry Nicoll

s a teenager, as soon as he could take a weekend/holiday job, I couldn’t shake him off. He re-built his first mini alongside me when he was 16, ready for driving when he passed his test at 17. I actively discouraged him from joining the family business at first, but there is no denying though that the business has always had a pull for him.

“So now he has been working with us for four years, building himself into the business.

“Yes, he’s pretty handy with a wrench and a spanner and a spray gun as well as invoicing, ordering parts and chatting with the customers; he loves a good chat!” burlingtonacton.co.uk @BurlingtonW3 Burlington-Motors

Car repairs, MOTs, vehicle servicing. Free estimates 020 8992 6971 Come in to us at Station Yard, 52 Birkbeck Road, Acton W3 6BQ

burlingtonacton.co.uk

Ealing Business Survey Tell us what your business needs

To access the survey please go to: www.ealing.gov.uk/ebs

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Ealing Council is conducting an online survey to find out about the current business climate so we can plan future projects to help support and promote local business growth.