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Wonderland gift shopping EALING BROADWAY W5 > The Christmas season is in full flow in Ealing, and last Saturday’s Wonderland Collective pop-up launch by Kate McKenzie (Eat Me Drink Me events) held at The Drapers Arms pub was busy from start to finish. Click to view our walk-through video: youtu.be/wf0cR-fAZI4 > more on pages 4-5
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Donald Collins Go View London is an independent estate agent based in Ealing Common. Director Donald Collins is a familiar face at local business networking events, and at Ealing sporting events. He explains how he manages any overlap...
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o on any given day you could be valuing a property, delivering your pitch at a business meetup, or attending a sports event in which you might also be playing. Do you find yourself using sporting examples in your property seminars, or mentioning the Ealing Connect* group while visiting a property? > I think in a holistic sense the values of sport do overlap with business. Sport is 9/10 teamwork, while hard work outperforms individual skill – and the same is true in business. I was recently moved to write a 3000-word essay on the parallels between Leicester City winning the Premier League, and the world of business – it is on my LinkedIn account if anyone wishes to read it. * Local networking group
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I wouldn’t necessarily though bring out links to local sports with clients unless there was a direct link between the sport and helping the client, i.e. increased exposure for their property. Your property seminars are always well attended. What was the reason for starting these? > We have grown a successful business over the last six years, and could continue along that trajectory of simply viewing ourselves as a
company people use when they wish to sell or let their property. However, the property seminars underline our commitment to proactively inform and engage with our client base and the local community.
It represents our success in growing the business not only from a revenue, but more importantly from a reputational viewpoint.
Christmas is not really the best time to try to sell a home, is it? > Last year we were selling Congratulations on being shortlisted London Agent of The properties right up to Christmas Year for the second year running Day – it is actually the busiest period, given more people are at in the Negotiator Awards. home surfing the internet. If we > We were delighted to be get you on the market now, you’d shortlisted again for these be in prime position for a sale in prestigious awards, as agents the new year. across London enter and competition is fierce. goviewlondon.co.uk @goviewlondon – interview by Carlene Bender
Donald leads the discussion at a recent Go View London property seminar held in Ealing. Inset: the estate agent’s Ealing Common offices Photos: contributed
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Wonderland... it’s beautiful EALING BROADWAY W5 > Jewellery made from gold, silver, and bullets; framed photographs; chocolate-covered marshmallows; Ealing cards and teatowels; prints; candles; cushions; fine leather goods – what an impressive selection of Ealing’s higher-end brands brought together at the Wonderland Collective by Kate McKenzie of Eat me Drink Me events, the team that also brings the Crafted W5 market and the W5 Food Market to Ealing Broadway. And that there was a solid start to the Christmas 2017 gift-buying season, thank you very much, on a wet and soggy Saturday outdoors. The Wonderland Collective pop-up will continue supporting the local Christmas shopping season at the Ealing Christmas Market 18-27 Nov at the Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre. @EatMeDrinkMeLDN
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WONDERLAND (continued) Opposite: Shoppers warming up inside at The Drapers Arms, venue for the indoor Wonderland Collective pop-up gift market last Saturday Below: Raman Glazier of Mala & Bunga jewellery welcomes visitors to her stand
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Your Christmas tree awaits EALING BROADWAY W5 > A Christmas surprise in Ealing Broadway for last weekend’ shoppers: Pines and Needles is open! It’s located as usual in the Christ the Saviour churchyard, and we stopped to chat with Perry through the fence (not realising the front gate was open)... Q: When are you opening? Perry: We’re open already! Q: What?! But if I buy a Christmas tree now I’ll need to buy another one by Christmas Eve! Perry: Why’s that? Q: Because it will die by then..? Perry: Naw, these are long-living trees, they can last. So if you’re a Christmas early bird, there’s a tree waiting for you in Ealing Broadway. A special welcome to all the out-of-town Christmas shoppers already buzzing around our shops. Enjoy what our town centre has to offer. Enjoy Ealing! @pinesandneedles
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#SmallBizSatUK: time to join in Doing something special for Small Business Saturday next month (3 December)? An event, offer, display or just an online shout-out? It’s not too late for your plans to be included in our Ealing Smallbiz Saturday Diary being published in Friday’s printed/online annual edition of ‘Contactus Ealing’ local business magazine. Send email to: info@contactusealing.co.uk by Tuesday evening. If you have no idea about how you can use the day to promote your business or service, have a look at our recent LinkedIn post: “20 promotional ideas for Small Business Saturday (UK) guaranteed to get your customers’ attention” (online readers, click to access the link). Also see page 11 to find out about our own offer: an Ealing Small Business Saturday Speed Networking Session. @EalingSBS
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End-of-year issue out Friday “Where can I read it or get my hands on a copy?” 1. All subscribers to The_Ealinger will receive the online version of ‘Contactus Ealing’ local business magazine by email on 18 Nov. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can add your email address here: eepurl.com/bLdZQb 2. When the printed version of the magazine is out later in the month, you will be able to pick up a copy at the Ealing Central library or at any Contactus business meetup. Email Carlene at: info@contactusealing.co.uk @ContactusEaling contactusealing
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And now for the decorations EALING BROADWAY W5 > The_Ealinger contributor Joanna Dudzinska, who is Polish, was thrilled to see Christmas Shop open up last week at the Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre (opposite Chas Ohlson), stocked with Polish baubles, all manner of seasonal decorations – lights, streamers, and even fake snow. Shop assistant Sylwia (pictured) was proud to show off the delicate decorations, explaining that some of the baubles in stock are encrusted with Svarowski certified crystals. According to Christmas Shop’s page on Facebook, The Christmas Tree Company: “Our glass ornaments are hand-made in Poland in factories with long traditions, carefully crafted by experienced workers with great attention to detail.”
Local event soon? Invite Joanna Dudzinska to come along to cover it for The_Ealinger. Find Joanna via: English Lessons Online and Offline Ealing Walking, Talking and Exploring Group or reach her by email: englishlekcje@yahoo.co.uk
merrytreesmas Read more about Polish business in Ealing in Friday’s ‘Contactus Ealing’ (see page 7)
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Interview with an actor in Acton Below: Barbara and Paul in ACTON VALE W3 > Just off Acton Vale, along Askew Road, there’s a the Octavia Foundation shop charity shop/local hub called Octavia, run by a lady named Barbara. Joanna Dudzinska stopped there last week to nab a couple of photos for The_Ealinger. “This man entered the shop just as I was causing a kerfuffle with my bicycle,” says Joanna. “Barbara asked him where she could get a Sherlock Holmes cap like his. Turned out he is an actor, Paul Stockman, and can be seen in films like ‘Dr Blood’s Coffin’ and ‘The Skull’!”
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Our next W13 biz meetup BROADWAY W13 > Contactus magazines’ second West Ealing Business Meetup at the West Ealing Workspace (still under refurbishment) will take place on Tue 29 Nov – see advert below. If you missed the first meetup you can come along to tour the space and give your feedback. There is no cost to attend. This month our business talk will be from Anita Wong of Bommie Media, on “Why social media and networking are best for smallbiz marketing”. See page 11 for more networking.
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West Ealing speed networking Running a home-based business but still in your 9-5 job? Fed up of missing out on all the weekday networking fun? Then come join in our first Saturday business event: the Ealing Small Business Saturday Speed Networking Session on 3 December – this is Contactus magazines’ offer to mark #SmallBizSatUK, and it is free to attend. Prepare your offers and bring along your product samples and marketing materials to display. As it’s a speed networking session, you’ll have 30 seconds to pitch rather than the usual minute’s length. And if you have no idea what kind of offer to make for Small Business Saturday, see our link to “20 ideas...” on page 7.
Are you wondering what speed networking is like? Check out our video from the Acton Business Expo earlier this year: youtu.be/ R-lqTPAfX3s
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