WOR K / M E E T / PL AY. ISSUE 1NewsletterDecember2021
Meet Scott
Find out more about our General Manager.
strong relationships with members.
– Achieving deadlines of completion due to costs skyrocketing, lack of materials and delivery issues.
– Working together with suppliers to achieve set completion dates.
When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I started as a trained chef; my work experience was at the Ritz hotel when I was 16. I have always wanted to have my own restaurant.
What is your go-to order on the Sópers menu?
Sópers House fried chicken.
What does a typical day in the life of Sopers look like to you?
Every day is a different day, facing different challenges but what gets me through is the team and the members.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Hopefully we can grow Sópers House with more venues and to be manager director of them all.
Whats your biggest accomplishment this month?
Recruitment of 25 brilliant team members to help build the Sópers House structure.
What’s the biggest challenge you have faced this month?
– Directing the completion and opening of the café, gym, co-working, meeting rooms and bar.
– Achieving 85% occupancy of offices before the end of the year and building
What’s the best place you have travelled to?
Jamaica, it goes with my laid-back personality and there are never complaints, only situations to deal with.
What’s the most exciting part of your job? Being the face of the business, representing our values, feeling proud to know my members and working with a great team.
Where did you work before Sopers? A private members golf club in St Albans, running the head of hospitality.
How do you like to relax and unwind after your workday?
Listening to music and a glass of dark rum on the rocks!
What app do you use the most on your phone? Spotify or Netflix.
What habit are you trying to form (or un-form)?
Trying to get into a routine of work life balance and going to the gym!
Latest News
All thats happening at Sópers House.
NOTICES
Access to Sópers House is not permitted after 11pm unless notice is given via pre-booking.
Parking spaces at the front are reserved for tenants only. Visitors can park a short walk away in the public car park at the top end of Sopers Road.
We would like to welcome our newly appointed Food and Beverage Manager, David.
DID YOU KNOW?
You may have spotted a cheeky monkey or two around the reception area (no, not the gym staff) but did you know there are actually 16 of them! See if you can spot them all next time you are walking through, or visiting the café.
The Sópers House bar is now open! Opening times are 4-11pm from Wednesday to Saturday.
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Our spin studio is equipped with the best you motivated and target driven Kettlebell classes to give you that full body work out and increase strength while improving cardiovascular ability. Yoga classes to help improve your mindfulness, Reformer Pilates to help you strengthen the core muscles, improve overall posture, relieve joint pain and muscle pull, whilst toning the body. Sign up at memberships@sopershouse.co.uk or call us on 01707 954 700
Come and join us at Sópers House with the launch of our three high quality studios, offering four variations of exercise opening from the 8th November.
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Meet the team
If you haven’t already, meet our friendly gym trainers Sam, Dan, Jack and Liam. They joined us two months prior to the grand opening. Familiarising themselves with the new state of the art equipment and technology ahead of your tenancy.Theyhave already been providing a number of Sópers House tenants with fantastic wellbeing support and Personal Training services. They are an imperative part of our community and will continue to keep your health in check. Whether encouraging you in the gym or sharing their expert advice to shave off those extra few pounds. We have an exclusive offer just for the for the offices of Sópers House with any Personal Training session at £35 for a 1–1 and a joint 2–1 Personal Training sessions at £30 per person.
How to book in for personal training consultation.
• ‘Head over’ to the website and you will be able to scroll through a bio on each trainer along with a contact button.
• Via the PT enquiry form and feedback box at reception. This also allows you to specify your exercise intentions and goals.
• In the gym, catch them in person, they are a friendly bunch we promise!
Studio class descriptions
Here at Sópers House we believe that everyone should do an array of exercise classes to get you in peak physical and mental condition and that’s why we have three studios for different types of fitness classes. We are offering yoga if you want to build your flexibility, mindfulness, challenge your core and get that
Go down to reception, they will talk you through the steps, put 5 classes on your profile and away you go. The 5 classes have a one month expiry on them so be sure to get those classes booked in and start seeing results now!
little bit in touch with your spiritual side and put your body in positions you didn’t realise it could get to!
We also offer Reformer Pilates that Improves strength, flexibility and is great for anybody who just needs to get their body moving from a long day in the office, certainly a challenge for any person.
Next up we offer amazing kettlebell classes that aim to improve strength as well as raise the heart rate to burn calories! Classes that everybody should try as strength is such a key component for any person in life and reduces your chance of injury.
Then we have our Stages indoor cycling classes. Currently we are using the brilliant stages flight system that tracks your performance making sure you are getting the most from your class, in the new year we will be offering variations of indoor cycling classes
so watch out on the app for new classes being scheduled.
Finally, we are proud to introduce new core-box classes in our gym that will be sure to get you fired up and burn loads of calories. This class will combine boxing drills with a fitness element to it – tough, but great fun, with that real feel of accomplishment when you finish.
To try these classes, download our ‘Sópers House Studio app’ on the app store for both iOS and Android.
If you are a member of Sópers House don’t forget to take advantage of your 5 FREE classes!
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