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EuSUMMERr 2013eka The Business Magazine for the Kingston area Working together… Meet the MD…Page 7 • Networking News…Page 10 Dates for yourDiary LIGHTING & June ELECTRICAL 20 Kingston Chamber Networking Breakfast and Kingston Chamber Business Expo at UP TO Kingston University Business School 8am-3pm 30% OFF 22-30 Kingston Connections: Our Story Begins… at The Rose Theatre Garden Lighting 28 Kingston College Open Day until end 30 The Big Sing, The Rose Theatre of August July Bring this voucher into the store 4 Kingston Chamber Networking Breakfast or quote EUREKA50 when ordering at The Rose Theatre 8-9.30am 6-28 IYAF (International Youth Arts Festival) Contact Howard 9-14 Hampton Court Flower Show or Jim to arrange a 11 Kingston Chamber President’s Networking FREE consultation Evening at the Minima Yacht Club 6-8.30pm and first visit to 13-14 Kingston Regatta and River Festival your premises* 21 Hampton Court to Kingston River Swim 21 Kingston Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge * Kingston Chamber members only 25-29 Every Thursday Thumbs Up It’s Thursday – Aug Kids’ Activities in the town centre Come and see us at Kingston Business Expo 248 Kingston Road New Malden KT3 3RN August T 020 8949 3838 E [email protected] 4 Prudential RideLondon Classic W – Cycling event www.kewlighting.co.uk 5-11 Kingston Food Festival 8 Kingston Chamber Networking Breakfast at The French Tarte 8-9.30am ‘Meet the Geeks’ 31 Minima Yacht Club Regatta weekend Bentalls held a technology event for Kingston Chamber September members on 16 April. Experts from the TV and Audio departments presented the latest must-have gadgets 1 Kingston Carnival including headphones, digital cameras, smart TVs, laptops 1 Minima Yacht Club Regatta and tablets. Curtis from Headphones gave an inspiring 12 Kingston Chamber Networking Breakfast talk about the best way to listen to your music. (venue TBA) 5-22 Bentalls My Baby & Me Event Mark from Photography taught his audience about 5 Bentalls Home Event starts shutter speeds and apertures and how to make the most of the varied settings on 12-15 Heritage Open House Weekend a camera. Jacob from 24 Kingston Chamber Retail Evening Laptops explained the at Bentalls, Kingston difference between To book a Chamber event visit tablets and laptops and how to make good use www.kingstonchamber.co.uk/events of different devices for For an up-to-date list of events in Kingston visit busy lives. www.kingstonfirst.co.uk Finally Mike, the manager from TV and Audio, gave a special Prudential RideLondon presentation about the will take place on latest smart TVs. Guests enjoyed food and 4 August beverages courtesy of There will be road closures in Kingston on the day Bentalls Centre View Visit www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk restaurant. for more information. www.bentalls.co.uk 2 107xx Eureka March 2013sample_Layout 1 12/06/2013 10:22 Page 3 FromtheCEO+++ After what has seemed like an interminable Winter it is almost with some relief that I am Contents welcoming you all to the Summer publication ‘Meet the Geeks’ 2 of Eureka. Thankfully the weather finally seems to have caught up with the calendar! From our President 4 Hopefully, you will have received your edition Getting off to a good start – The Chamber AGM 5 just in time to remind you to visit the Hassle-free Holiday 6 Kingston Business Expo 2013. With nearly 40 stands, 4 premier business seminars, Meet the MD - Steven Zockoll 7 speed networking and food and refreshments Fit for Work 8 it really is an event not to be missed. ‘The Edge’ Business Competition – the results 9 Preparations for our other major event of this year, the Kingston Networking News 10 Business Excellence Awards, are now well under way and we Business Resources 11 are looking forward to a great competition culminating in a fabulous Awards Ceremony in October. Apart from the potential Business Excellence Awards 12 to win a prize, the event really is a great way to showcase and Front Cover Clockwise: Kingston Business Excellence Awards launch benchmark your business and so, if you haven’t already entered evening at Warren House; Kingston University Business School – venue for for at least one category you have until 28 June to do so. Kingston Business Expo 2013; Vanessa Francis at Bentalls Retail Evening; Zac Goldsmith MP, Elaine Miller – Fundraising Manager for Love Kingston The Chamber is now offering up to 40 networking and Edward Davey MP; Kingston Chamber Board of Directors at the AGM; opportunities over the course of the year and organising these, Bill Vickery at Gordon Bennetts Chamber Breakfast © Keith Hern. in addition to managing all our other activities, has really Love Kingston are delighted that the Kingston stretched our resources over recent months. It is, therefore, Chamber of Commerce has named us as its with great pleasure that I am able to announce the addition of chosen charity for 2013/14. Love Kingston take Amanda Mellett as a new part time member of our team. community fundraising to another level – Amanda has a great events background and also runs her own working in partnership with local resident groups, business and so will be a real asset in helping us to develop our and businesses in Kingston upon Thames. membership and events plans. We support five local projects working on ‘pathways out of I hope you all have a prosperous and enjoyable Summer and poverty’ – Hestia, Oxygen, Kingston Foodbank, Kingston I look forward to seeing you at one, or more, of the great Savers and KCAH and are also building the Kingston Legacy events we have planned over the next couple of months. Fund. All donations made to Love Kingston will be shared Jerry Irving equally between the local projects and the fund. There are Chief Executive, Kingston Chamber of Commerce many ways to engage with Love Kingston, including Regular [email protected] Giving (a monthly donation), become a Founding Donor, or set up your own Personal Legacy Fund. Please get in touch with Elaine Miller for more information on 07834 362120 [email protected] New members+++ Company Contact Activity/Business Add Agency Ltd Alison Blake Marketing Consultancy AMRO Real Estate Partners Ltd Ed Fisher Investor: Student Accommodation Barclays Bank plc Paul Giltname Bank Direct Colour Ltd Mark Attwater Printers and Publishers Grassroots HR Ann O’Neill HR support for SMEs Ixion Holdings Ltd Amanda Balls Business Support The Kingston Gate Susan Lowe Public House M&N Group Limited Ilona Goldstone Chartered Secretaries Private Medical Associates Ltd Paul Geoghegan Private Medical Health RUILS Cathy Maker Pan Disability Charity Membership: Jerry Irving • Finance, Events and Administration: Wanda McFarlane • Membership and Events: Amanda Mellett Editorial, Advertising, Design and Production: The Creative People www.thecreativepeople.co.uk Event Photographs: Keith Hern www.keithhern.com and Karen Powell www.thecreativepeople.co.uk The Royal Borough of Kingston Chamber of Commerce, Suite Eight, First Floor Offices, Kingstons House, 15 Coombe Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7AB T 020 8541 4441 F 020 8541 4445 E [email protected] W kingstonchamber.co.uk Eureka is compiled with the utmost care, however, the publisher accepts no responsibility for any errors or omissions. 3 From our President I am very proud to be President of Kingston Chamber of membership pack and formulating Commerce – one of the most dynamic and proactive a member to member benefit chambers in London and Surrey. scheme. The role of the chamber is evolving with changes in The talk by the Agent for the business structures, and the new challenging economic Bank of England at our recent norm that has developed over the past few years. It has breakfast, and the lively debate it been difficult for business proprietors and managers to provoked illustrates scope for regular remain confident – but confidence is essential for success. workshops and surveys amongst our membership. We can perhaps all find cheer in the words of Sir Mervyn King that ‘there are good reasons to suppose that a gentle Charity is an important aspect of corporate responsibility, recovery is underway’. and for us as a chamber our role in the wider local community. As President this year I am delighted to A strong chamber such as Kingston is a link between propose that we support Love Kingston as our nominated developing businesses and resources, sign posting to charity. Love Kingston's new campaign supports five local service in the area. Exchange of information, and projects committed to 'pathways out of poverty’ by connections made through networking are two of the reaching communities in need. I look forward to working many ways that a successful chamber can support in co-operation with Elaine Miller and her colleagues at businesses, and together create a confident business Love Kingston. community. I would point in particular on the growing support for the Women in Business events – which have There are many exciting chamber keynote events to a unique and distinct role within the chamber, and are look forward to this year including a Business Expo and greatly enjoyed and valued by those of us who participate. breakfast on 20 June and the inaugural Kingston Business Excellence Awards culminating in a gala awards dinner on For all enterprises membership of the chamber connects 24 October. My firm, TWM Solicitors, are delighted to be their business to greater opportunities, by benefitting from a category sponsor and hope that there will be active lobbying support, raising profile and networking. Chamber involvement as entrants from all business sectors. Board sub groups have undertaken some excellent and innovative work towards fulfilling the chamber business Sarah Cornes, TWM Solicitors plan; in particular the membership group’s work on the new Email: [email protected] Isn’t it time you started working on your business, not in it? At Menzies, we understand that running your business to deliver the profits you long for can be complex and challenging.