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News Release For immediate release --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday 30th July 2010 Village Hotel, Swansea
You are formally invited to the launch event of introbizSwansea!
It’s happening in Swansea on Friday 30th July 2010 and every last Friday of the month thereafter at established venues throughout the City!
introbizwas successfully launched in the Capital City of Cardiff during 2009 and will now deliver the same benefits and services to the business community of Swansea from July 2010. It’s an exclusive Networking Club that brings together creative energised people with drive and ambition; people with a desire to succeed in business and in life, whilst enjoying the social benefits associated with meeting like minded people at great Swansea locations every other Friday throughout the year
What’s different?
•You socialize whilst doing business?
•Takes place on the last Friday of each month – we all love Fridays!
•Times 4pm to 6pm – kick starts the weekend
•Great local locations in chic environments
•You will meet, socialize, exchange views & ideas and more importantly do business with a smile!
Why should you join?
•Everyone needs a lift in business; everyone needs quality time for themselves - introbizdelivers it
•Get out of the office…
•Meet new contacts…
•Grow your business & social circle…
•Sell your services & products & do business…
•Socialize & enjoy!
Who Qualifies?
•Business people who want to socialize
•Business people selling a service or product
•Business people looking for ideas, information, suppliers, or simply inspiration
•Creative, dynamic, energized people
•Business people with a passion to network and succeed
What’s the format (4pm to 6pm)?
•You must pre-register for each meet
• £18.00 per person (inc VAT) entry fee which includes Wine, soft drinks and canapés on arrival – time to relax, network and socialize – 1 hour
•Power Groups with well managed business exchange – 1 hour – You tell us in advance what types of businesses you want to connect with
•Chill, relax, socialize, enjoy FRIDAYS until you’re ready to leave!
Limited Places. Entry to the launch event is £18.00 (inc VAT), but you must pre-register by responding to this email by sending your details etc (see below) to
Membership to introbizwill be explained but not sold at the launch. There is no pressure, simply pre-register come along on the 30th and make up your own mind with regard to on-going membership!
RSVP
Name:
Company name:
Address:
Post code:
Email:
Web:
5 Business Groups you’d like to connect with (e.g. Legal / Solicitors, Design, Marketing, Education, Financial etc):
Many thanks,
Laurence Winmill introbiz Swansea.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join both introbiz and the Business Network together and get a 10% discount of both!
Visions PR an introbizmember, has been nominated for the "Excellence in Marketing" category of the Welsh Business Awards 2010 and has just heard that they have been short-listed and can attend the Gala Dinner as a one of only three businesses from their area to be short-listed for that category.
SOUTH Wales businesses are being encouraged to “tweet” more often to keep clients and customers updated.
Cardiff-based corporate matchmaking group introbiz says the findings of its survey of businesspeople ranks Twitter in fourth place behind other popular social networking sites in terms of their usage by firms.
The poll of 50 businesspeople revealed that 73% did not use Twitter at all, favouring Facebook which was used by 50% and Linked-In at 42%.
But managing director of introbizTracey Jenkins said: “Twittering has really taken off in the UK with Ofcom revealing an average three million tweets a day, but our survey suggests that among Welsh businesses there is some way to go before it supersedes Facebook. “As a business building organisation, we encourage our members to interact using all forms of networking, and Twittering should be up there with e-mailing as a powerful form of communication.”
According to the poll, businesspeople remain hesitant in using social networking tools. When asked how confident they were in using them, six out 10 people said they felt inadequately skilled in this area.
Joel Hughes, head of Welsh web design company Jojet Ltd, said: “Social networking and Twitter are fantastic opportunities for your business to engage with a vast audience of untapped customers. “People buy from businesses they know, like and trust – Twitter allows your target market to tick all these boxes.”
A spokesman for Admiral Insurance, based in Cardiff, said Twitter was a useful tool for keeping customers up to date with big company announcements, such as half or full-year figures. He said: “Businesses have got to keep ahead of these things – we don’t have a huge number of followers but it’s good that they’re kept informed of big announcements. “We only update once or twice a month, but anybody who is following us can see what we are doing.”
Are you trying to find a member of your family? Has your search gone cold? Or do you just not know where to begin? You may be a birth parent, adopted person, a separated sibling, estranged parent or someone who has grown up in care - hoping to be reunited with lost relatives.
From Wall to Wall - the makers of the hit family history series Who Do You Think You Are? and BBC ONE drama New Tricks, a new documentary programme will aim to reunite long lost families. With a team of experts in tracing and finding people and in providing trained emotional support along the way, the programme will aim to reunite those on a quest to find their family members.
Each programme will follow the story of two different people who want to be reunited with a relative. The programmes will explore the issues involved when families separate in a sensitive and non judgmental way, as well as exploring the lengths some go to reunite and find answers. By featuring positive stories about the search and reunion process we hope to make family reunion more accessible and inspire people who have long thought about tracing a relative to take the next step.
If you are over the age of 18, have experienced family separation and now feel ready to seek a reunion then please get in touch.
Picture: Andrew Diplock, UES Commercial Director (right), with Andrew Padmore, UES Managing Director (left)
Press Release November 2009 Utility consultancy to double in size with new funding announcement
UES, the Caerphilly based utility and environmental management consultancy business, announces that it has secured £400,000 of new investment.
The investment from Finance Wales, a provider of commercial funding to businesses in Wales, together with financial support from the Welsh Assembly Government, will allow UES to invest in people, new products and infrastructure to expand. UES is planning to create 16 new jobs based in South Wales, effectively doubling its size over the next 2 years.
Andrew Diplock, UES Commercial Director, commented: "We are delighted with this investment, which will allow us to grow the business further and meet the increasing customer demand for our cost saving services. We are all very excited about the future of UES and look forward to building on our proven service offering".
Ieuan Wyn Jones Minister for the Economy and Transport said the Welsh Assembly Government was committed to providing support tailored to the needs of companies in Wales to enable them to become more competitive, more successful and grow.
“Our support for UES builds on our pledge to target investment during this economic downturn to entrepreneurial businesses, which will further strengthen the economic base of South Wales by creating and safeguarding jobs. It’s good to hear that in the case of UES it will enable the company to double in size and create sixteen new jobs’”.
UES was established in 2003 by Andrew Padmore and Andrew Diplock, as a fully independent utility consultancy. It now offers unrivalled market knowledge and expertise of energy, water, waste, telecoms and ICT to over 100 clients across South Wales and Southern England. This funding announcement comes hot on the heels of UES winning the ‘Business of the Year’ award at the annual Caerphilly Business Forum awards on 13 November 2009.
Matthew Pugh, Portfolio Executive at Finance Wales, said: “This second round investment in UES is supporting the growth of this promising firm. UES has been a client of Finance Wales for several years and we are delighted to continue our relationship through this latest investment which will support the company’s ambitious development plans over the coming years. As lead investor, Finance Wales worked closely with the directors to tailor a funding package to match the firm’s requirements.
“Finance Wales is committed to supporting companies like UES achieve their ambitions and investments such as this, demonstrate how our pioneering £150 million investment fund targets investment at growth businesses throughout Wales.”
UES is an award winning utility and environmental management consultancy. We help clients manage utility costs on a risk free basis. With unrivalled market knowledge of energy, water, waste, telecoms and ICT, our focus is on realising cost savings, managing risk and auditing utility costs, while assessing and monitoring environmental impact on a continuous basis. Put simply, we save our clients time and money, while also helping reduce their carbon footprint. www.uesolutions.co.uk For further information please contact Kate Williams on 0845 055 6311 or
Press Release November 2009 UES is ‘Business of the Year’!
UES has won the Business of the Year Award for companies with fewer than 25 employees at the eighth annual Caerphilly Business Forum. The awards took place at Bryn Meadows Golf, Hotel and Spa on Friday 13th Nov. The category was sponsored by South East Wales Local Investment Fund.
The award celebrates the great achievements UES have made over the last 12 months. Through its unique consultancy services, UES has enabled companies to reduce their utility costs and environmental impact. From 3 people and a turnover of £75,000 in 2004, the company has grown to over 14 staff and an expected turnover of over £1 million.
In a difficult business environment the growth of UES is testament to the demand for its services and the dedication of its experienced staff. “We have an excellent proposition,” explained Kate Williams, UES Marketing Manager. “We only earn if we save our clients money. It’s one of the few true win-win business scenarios. This award celebrates the hard work of the entire team at UES”.
UES is an award winning utility and environmental management consultancy. We help clients manage utility costs on a risk free basis.
With unrivalled market knowledge of energy, water, waste, telecoms and ICT, our focus is on realising cost savings, managing risk and auditing utility costs, while assessing and monitoring environmental impact on a continuous basis. Put simply, we save our clients time and money, while also helping reduce their carbon footprint. www.uesolutions.co.uk For further information please contact Kate Williams on 0845 055 6311 or
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mint and Mustard in Cardiff named one of the UK’s top 100 restaurants
IT’S already been named the Echo’s Restaurant of the Year – and now it’s one of the UK’s top 100 restaurants. Cardiff’s Mint and Mustard in Whitchurch Road has capped a great year by earning a place in a new list of the country’s top places to eat. The list, chosen by 350 food critics and restaurateurs, put the eaterie, which cooks up “fine dining with an Indian touch” at number 98. It is one of just two Indian restaurants in the UK on the list and head chef Anand George said he was “delighted” by the recognition. He said: “We are so delighted to be winning such a big award. “We have been coming up with new ideas to redefine Indian cuisine and in a short space of time we have won many awards, with the South Wales Echo Food and Drink awards and now this, for which we are grateful to our loyal customers. “We moved over from traditional food to fine dining with an Indian touch and I’m really proud of what we have achieved.” Shaun Hill, head chef at The Walnut Tree, the Abergavenny restaurant which reached number three in the awards, heaped praise on Anand and his staff. He said: “Two of my crowd were sitting right next to the Mint and Mustard people and they were ecstatic. “They are leading the way for Indian restaurants and showing them they need to be a bit braver and move away from tradition. “I think the public are ahead of the restaurants in this respect. The restaurants think all they want is a chicken tikka masala at the lowest possible price. But I think people are ready for something a bit different.” He added: “There is no reason why an Indian or Bangladeshi chef who has been brought up here should stick to what is traditional any more than me. “I think the way forward would be for restaurants to follow in the footsteps of Mint and Mustard and move away from this basic level.” At the ceremony in London on Monday, celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal scooped the top award with his restaurant, the Fat Duck in Berkshire. In total, six Welsh restaurants made the list. Paul Wootton, editor of Restaurant magazine, which organised the awards, said: “All the winners have earned their place on tonight’s roll of honour by demonstrating outstanding culinary talent, hard work and a commitment to serve consistently great food. They thoroughly deserve their award."
... the next introbiz event is on August 25th @ Wales Millenium Stadium, Cardiff, CF10 1NS. Enter at gate 4 (opposite Burger King). 4-6pm.
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