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Vol 1 No 19 > Mon 9 May 2016

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Churchfield Road good looks ACTON Above: Ellie Prohan (far right), founder of ProHands Hair and Beauty Haven has made her business a family one. While she runs the Beauty Haven in the basement of 71 Churchfield Road, mum Sonia (second left) is in charge of the Hair Haven on the ground floor.

Her sister Noosh (second right), and Lidia Barton were also on duty when we stopped by on our Churchfield Road #ActonDayOut last week.

“Ten years ago, when we started, this street was dead,” says Ellie. “Now it’s such an exciting place to be.”

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INSIDE Further east along Churchfield Road, at no.12, the gents were having their hair cut at Arthur Razor, with owner Tony Bonaventura (far left) looking like one of his own movie star clients. More pics on p3.

• p2: Q&A – Alex Pemberton of Affluent Portraits • p3: community – ActonDayOut adventures on Churchfield Rd • p4: business – Details of the #19May #ActonBizExpo day

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who worked at home and are expanding, or looking for place to separate work and home-life, or for a place to focus.

It’s fantastic being a Co Work Hub member, there’s a lot of space, there’s a plethora of knowledge and experience in one building, creating a powerful synergy of entrepreneurial understanding, and, very importantly, it’s great value for money in comparison to many other options.

You’ll be exhibiting at the Acton Business Expo at Acton Town Hall on 19 May – who are you hoping to connect with there?

I’m really looking forward to the Acton Business Expo and connecting with other businesses, entrepreneurs and professionals from in and around Acton.

Alex and his camera Click click, whirr whirr – look out for Alex Pemberton with a camera in his hand at the Acton Business Expo next week.

In our Q&A he explains why now is a good time to launch his new business, Affluent Portraits.

You’re normally busy with logo and website design (as @SociosMedia). So why Affluent Portraits, and why now?

Affluent Portraits is all about professional portraits – helping people to look polished and proficient in their profile photos.

I’ve helped a few people start businesses and have connected with a number of professionals on LinkedIn and I recognised a commonality across many types of profiles – the problem of having the right profile photo.

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I love helping people, so I figured creating a recognisable brand would be a great way to help more people.

You work out of the Co Work Hub in North Acton – is there a tech theme at the hub, or is it mostly artists or media, or builders and decorators, or what? What’s it like as a small business user of the hub?

There’s a variety of businesses and people at Co Work Hub, which is great – mostly people

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Can you tell us about any of your current projects?

Apart from Affluent Portraits, I’ve been busy creating videos with a charity based in Ealing called Acts 29. They help young people get closer to their dreams of being musical artists by offering coaching and development via an artist bootcamp.

affluentportraits.com @weareaffluent – Carlene Bender

“I’m really looking forward to the Acton Business Expo and connecting with other businesses and entrepreneurs...”

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Adventures in W3 CHURCHFIELD ROAD, ACTON Above: Emily Bradley works at The Village Trading Store (no.29), which is where I nabbed my “I love Acton” badge. The shop also stocks Emily’s own handmade Mooki cotton bonnets for babies.

Owner Laura Forsyth will be hosting an introduction to, and slideshow about, Churchfield Road at the Acton Business Expo on 19 November.

Saturday is Acton Central Food Market day in Churchfield Road.

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ACTON BUSINESS EXPO

Here’s what the schedule of talks and panels looks like for 19 May 10am • Doors open 10.30-10.50 • Nichola Schwarz, London Life Solutions: “How to make the most of your Acton Business Expo experience” workshop 11.00-11.15 • Dr Rupa Huq MP Ealing Central and Acton, and Julian Bell Leader of Ealing Council officially open the exhibition 11.20-11.35 • Andrea Laffey, Ealing Council: “Acton’s Regeneration – the work that Ealing Council is doing” talk

11.35-11.45 • Andrew Jackson, Ealing Council: “Smart Business Grants – free advice and money for Acton businesses” presentation

- Andrea Laffey, Ealing Council; - Andrew Dakers, West London Business; and - Charlie Suchak, of Presentz and Partiez

11.50-12.10 • Laura Forsyth, The Village Trading Store: “Discover Churchfield Road, a gem in Acton” slideshow and discussion

13.45-13.55 • Alex Molokwu, Co Work Hub: “What it takes to start up a business in Acton – the Co Work Hub story”

12.30-13.30 • “If I were an angel investor” – Dragons’ Den style business experts panel with: - Yuri Bender, FT; - Carol Sam and

14.05-14.45 • Speed Networking session, sponsored by Co Work Hub, and led by Alex Molokwu 15.00 • Exhibition closes

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