The Month In Pics

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It has been a whirlwind of a month for Life In…Magazines, so rather than just write about it, we thought we’d show you in pictures what we’ve been up to…

The Entrepreneur Experience

We took part in a business panel entitled The Entrepreneur Experience in the UK, organised by Startup Bromley to discuss the experiences of entrepreneurs in the UK, with the MC being the wonderful Emily Maitlis.

The Business Pitch Competition

In another event organised by Startup Bromley, we had the opportunity to present a business pitch to a panel of judges for the chance to win a cash prize for business investment. We were given pitch training by Exclusive Visions and went through a couple of rounds before the live finals. We were delighted to scoop second prize to receive £1,000, which will be invested in improving our online services.

TV news presenter, Sasha Qadri (right) presented the Business Pitch Competition and she is pictured with Lauretta from Life In… Magazines and Startup Bromley’s Nathaniel Sadler.

When Lauretta met Loretta… Life In…Magazines’ Editor Lauretta (right) met Loretta Awuah, Strategic Business Support Manager at GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited).

Spring Marketplace

The final line-up – from the left are, judge Daniel Daly, Retail Liaison Manager from The Glades; second prize winner, Lauretta Wright, Life In…Magazines; first prize winner, Liam Carlton from Pit Pro; judge Auden Powell, Economic Development Team at Bromley Council; third prize winner, Buki Odunlami from Buki Lami; and head judge Diana Edmonds MBE, National Libraries Director, GLL.

Be Inspired, Be Empowered

We teamed up with iVerbalize to run a ‘Be Inspired, Be Empowered’ event for nearly 50 female-owned businesses throughout the borough on the back of International Women’s Day in early March. The free event was sponsored and hosted at Community House (communityhousebromley. org.uk) in Bromley’s South Street. It was also supported by Buckingham Photography (buckinghamphotography.co.uk) and Metro Bank Bromley. We had a great line-up of guest speakers and panelists and the feedback was for more events like this - watch this space!

We showcased our latest Bromley magazines at a Spring Marketplace, which was organised by Startup Bromley and hosted at Contingent Works.

Community House was the setting for the ‘Be Inspired, Be Empowered’ event. Business manager, Aastha Kamboj, is offering readers of Life In…Magazines a 10% discount for all bookings. Quote 'Empower' when booking. Email manager@communityhousebromley.org.uk or see www.communityhousebromley.org.uk

Life In Bromley Launch

Life In…Magazines held a VIP event for friends, family and close business acquaintances to mark the launch of our second publication, Life In Bromley. Here’s a selection of pictures from the event, which was hosted at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre and sponsored by Lee Thomas of The Fairlight Group…

We were delighted that both the Mayor of Bromley, Cllr Russell L Mellor and the Deputy Mayor, Cllr Tony Owen, joined us in the celebrations and both addressed guests with some encouraging words to share about the new magazine.

Some of the volunteers who help in the day-to-day running of the magazines take to the stage to be acknowledged for all their hard work and dedication - we’re so grateful that they are part of the team! Lauretta from Life In…Magazines catches up with Your Bromley’s Stepanka, who was featured on the cover of the very first Bromley issue.

Aysha (left) from Newton-Wood, Helen (middle) from Socially Sorted & BR6 Life and Jane Bennett, reporter for Life In… Magazines catch up over drinks. Cllr Hannah Gray catches up with Life In…Magazines’ Editor Lauretta. Leslie (left) from Newton-Wood, Ewan from Contingent Works (middle) and Chandra from Elmcroft Business Services.

Life In…Magazines’ designer, Nicky (centre) chats with Anthony Rockliffe from Southeast Legacies and Lorraine McQuillan from Bromley Council. Grabbing that all-important family pic for the memory scrapbook! Gary Valentine from Valentine & Turner catches up with Jane Bennett from Life In…Magazines.

Lee Thomas from The Fairlight Group (and event sponsor) takes to the stage. Michelle Simpson from The Chartwell Cancer Trust does her best impersonation of Vicky Alcock, who wrote a speech for the event.