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All Revved Up! the Porsche Centre Mid-Sussex Is Linking up with Cobb PR and Cobb Digital to Host an Evening of Fast Cars and Great Networking Issue 72 March 2016 www.sussexbusinesslunchclubs.co.uk LunchtimeThe News The monthly newsletter of Soaring Seagulls! Footie boss Tony Bloom joins us for lunch All revved up! The Porsche Centre Mid-Sussex is linking up with Cobb PR and Cobb Digital to host an evening of fast cars and great networking. The event, on Thursday April 21, will allow you to view the latest range of new and pre-owned sports cars, saloons and off-road vehicles at their sumptuous centre in Burgess Hill. You will also be able to book a test drive for later in the month and have your photo taken in one of the cars that takes your fancy. Drinks and nibbles should keep you fuelled for the evening. Tony Bloom The Porsche Centre’s links with Brighton & Hove The man who has done most to prepare a Sussex sports club for Albion FC mean that we hope to have one or two promotion to Premier League football is our star attraction at our May 20 players to chat to at the event, which runs from Brighton & Hove business lunch club. 5.30pm – 7.30pm. Tony Bloom, 45, invested his personal Tony runs a highly successful business There will be a business card draw to “own” a wealth into part-funding the fantastic from offices in Camden in North London. Porsche for the weekend and a collection in aid Amex Community football stadium in Starlizard is a betting consultancy that of the Rockinghorse Children’s Charity. Falmer. Tony and his family have been uses complex statistical models to Andrew Crabb, Dealer Principal, said he was life-long supporters of Brighton & Hove generate football odds that are sharper delighted to be showing off the extensive range of Albion Football Club. than those offered by professional cars to a new audience and some familiar faces. The Club is a likely candidate for the bookmakers. He said: “The Centre is a great venue for a end-of-season Play-Offs to compete for He is also a rather good Poker player and promotion. There is a chance of automatic attends tournaments around the world. relaxed networking event. And if you need a promotion, but the competition is tough. break from B2B conversations and deal-making, Business Club host Tim Cobb said he was we have an incredible range of cars to look at, sit As chairman and owner of the club, Tony delighted to bring the club back to the in and book in for a test drive.” will be talking about his love for the club, Amex Stadium and thrilled that Tony his decision to invest significant funds to Bloom had agreed to come and talk. The event is being opened up to all our business contacts, so we anticipate good numbers. Please help turn the Amex stadium from a dream “Tony runs a global business, a football into reality, and his hopes for the future. club with huge ambitions and has a let us know as soon as possible if you would He attends most home games, work young family, so I am delighted that he like to attend. Contact [email protected]. permitting, and travels to away matches is finding time to join us at our May 20 Tel: 01323 416 999. on a regular basis. Tony regularly hosts meeting. I am sure he will prove to be a feedback sessions with fans and is one big attraction, so I would encourage you of the most popular club chairmen in the to book your places early.” Football League. New Sponsors We are delighted to welcome two first-time sponsors to the Brighton & Hove Business Lunch club. Print and design agency Face Media and Brighton & Hove’s leading taxi firm City Cabs have been members of the fastest growing B2B networking club for many years. They have both seen the benefit of promoting their services to other members and were delighted to come on board as sponsors. Face Media has taken over the printing of our monthly newsletter with immediate effect. Club organisers Issue 72 March 2016 Didn’t They Do Well! Dealmaker Awards are a triumph for business club members EMC and DMH Stallard Lunch Club founder member EMC Corporate Finance and its CEO Nik Askaroff were the big winners of the night when Insider South East handed out its annual Dealmaker of the Year Awards last month (Feb). The firm, which has offices in Hove, Crawley and Eastbourne, walked away with the two top trophies. Its sale of Lewes-based Ivy Press to the world’s leading illustrated books publisher Quarto Group Inc, was named Deal of the Year (under £10m) and Nik Humanising IT – A Askaroff retained the Dealmaker of the Year title he refreshing, personalised won in 2015. approach It’s the third year running that EMC has triumphed Lunch club sponsor Extech is at the Insider awards – widely considered to be the introducing an exciting new business strategy, new brand ‘Oscars’ of the corporate finance industry in and refreshed website. the region. It aims to make IT more human. In 2014 the firm won the Deal of the Year crown for Not Artificial Intelligence or PCs its part in the sale of $100m freight forwarding and growing heads and sprouting logistics company Bellville International Ltd to OIA legs, rather how Extech strives to Global of Portland, Oregon. And last year Nik Askaroff provide IT with a personal touch Nik Askaroff, Daniel Bastide of Thomas Eggar to deliver the best outcomes, was named Dealmaker of the Year for the first time backed by the right technology, to after judges praised his “shrewd eye for successful drive innovation in 2016. dealmaking” and his “ability to bring deals from DMH Stallard also picked up two top awards on the With IT demands constantly London to the regional corporate night. They went home with the Corporate Law increasing in our connected advisory community.” Firm of the Year 2016 and the Deal of the year (for world, it’s vital to select a service This year the judges said that Nik’s “ability to initiate transactions under £10 million) acting on the sale of provider who can adapt to your deals and to see them through to completion, as well Ivy Press to the Quarto Publishing Group. unique requirements, helping The judging panel praised DMH Stallard for having your business drive innovation. as his strength in attracting private equity and foreign investment, make him the outstanding dealmaker in “another stellar year”. Partner Abigail Owen said: “We Extech managing director Andrew were particularly pleased to win Corporate Law Firm Hookway said: “We put our the region.” customers’business first. We take Nik said: “What a night! To win just one of these of the Year 2016, against all our major competitors in time to listen, to understand prestigious awards in a single year is an achievement, the region. These awards reflect a busy year for the and to work together to deliver but to be given two of the top prizes in the same team at DMH Stallard. successful results. year is quite remarkable and is a great reward for “For the year ahead our priority is to work closely “We engage our customers in all the hard work that each member of our highly with our clients as they plan transactions, and to find open, no-nonsense dialogue. No experienced team put into getting deals over the line. ways to continue closing deals successfully,” she said. complex jargon, no ambiguity, no hidden costs. Just a friendly, flexible, customer-focused approach that delivers every time,” Andrew said. He would like all business club members to look at their website and offer feedback. www.extech.co.uk, email [email protected]. • The Extech team is on a high after being nominated as finalists in the Gatwick Diamond Business Awards category Developing People for Business Success. MD Andrew Hookway said: “It is very rewarding for all of the hard work that Extech has put into developing our apprenticeship scheme to be recognised in this way. Fingers and everything else crossed for winning the ultimate accolade at the awards evening on March 17th.” The DMH Stallard team Sponsors: www.sussexbusinesslunchclubs.co.uk The Lunchtime News Sussex Business Clubs’ Monthly Business Roundup We have for some time been producing our newsletter, which covers news and views from our members. I know from your feedback that it is enjoyed by all. We are keen to extend our news coverage Local Economic Headlines to pick up other relevant business news and Reported South East Deals snippets across the patch that may affect all 2014 2015 2016 of us in our business lives. Nik Askaroff, one 110 of our club founders from EMC has agreed to manage this page as he firmly has his 83 finger on much of the business activity in the region, but we encourage you to send in any 55 snippets that you think may be of interest to members or relevant to us in our businesses. 28 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec South East Headlines UK Headlines • Pound sees biggest fall in a year on • Kent based Plastique Group has • Zoopla Property Group has invested £1m announcement on Brexit referendum been acquired by listed US firm ESCO across four proptech start-ups www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35628733 Technologies representing an exit for BGF www.insidermedia.com/insider/southwest/ • British Airways retains Superbrand title for www.kentonline.co.uk/kent-business/county- zoopla-invests-in-dorset-start-up third year beating Rolex, Lego and Dyson news/plastics-firm-fits-the-mould-70224/ • Premier Farnell has agreed to swell its life- www.theguardian.com/business/2016/ • Private Equity backed Basingstoke- safety products US unit Akron Brass in a feb/22/british-airways-wins-battle-of-the- headquartered cloud security company £154m deal brands-for-third-year-running CensorNet has completed the acquisition of www.digitallook.com/news/ • Buyout activity for SMEs at 5 year
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