Lodge Brothers of Cobham Needs your Help for Leukaemia Care
by theadmin on Dec.11, 2015, under Funeral Services, Personal
Robert Lodge is area manager for the newly opened Cobham Branch of Lodge Brothers. Funeral Directors Cobham have wasted no time in getting involved in the community and showing the caring ethos indicative of members of staff throughout the Lodge Brother branches. If there is a need within the community Lodge Brothers recognise the need to get involved and put all their effort into making a difference.
They are currently collecting stamps to help with Leukaemia sufferers.
Lodge Brothers of Cobham Needs your Help Collecting Stamps for Leukaemia Care
Leukaemia Care is a national blood cancer support charity. We are dedicated to ensuring that anyone affected by blood cancer receives the right information, advice and support.
Whether lives are measured in days, weeks, months or years, Leukaemia Care make every day count.
Support Leukaemia Care today by sending your recycled stamps to Lodge Brothers in Cobham.
Claire Nightingale, our Branch Funeral Arranger has been collecting stamps for a while and was only too pleased to learn that the collection of stamps she has been storing could be put to good use for Leukaemia Care, for every 1KG of stamps collected £20 is generated for Leukaemia Care.
Claire now offers the challenge to the residents of Cobham to bring in their used stamps and support this great local charity. Get in touch with them today and see how you can make a difference.
Lodge Brothers can be found at 3 Hollyhedge Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11 3DQ. Tel 01932 450360
Lodge Brothers would like to take this opportunity to wish all their clients a very happy festive season!
Knowall IT experts in the IT industry won Innovation Business award
by theadmin on Dec.10, 2015, under Cloud Computing, IT Support
Knowall IT are very pleased to announce the winner of the Innovation in Business award at the West London Business Awards Dinner. Celebrating excellence is their dedicated team whom collectively have made this possible. A well-deserved win for the experts in the IT industry with their innovative technology which includes Private Cloud Computing. Without their team of professionals who are committed to their work as well as their customers Knowall would not have achieved this prestigious award.
What is Knowall IT success?
“Our success is built on the development of long lasting client relationships, by providing; a client focused, hands on and personal approach, whilst striving to deliver technologies and solutions that exceed our clients’ expectations”
Now you might be wondering what cloud computing means?
“Cloud Computing is the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer”
Benefits of Cloud Computing in your business:
- Employees become more productive with easy single logon access to any of the applications they need at any time, from any device.
- An uncompromised user experience that seamlessly moves with them and changes to fit the device they prefer to use.
- Your company is safer. Applications and Data are stored in a secure purpose built Tier 3 ISO certified UK data centre. If a device is lost or stolen you and your employees can rest easy as the data and applications do not live on the device.
- Built in Redundancy – all our solutions have multi-site redundancy with 99.99% SLAs including automatic offsite backups.
- Limitlessly scalable – Scale up or down to meet the changing needs of your business.
- Simple subscription model means your monthly expenses are predictable without the capital expense.
Click here for more information on Infrastructure as a Service – IaaS London
Knowall IT would like to take this opportunity to wish their clients a very merry festive season, we look forward to working with you in the New Year.
Speak to the experts when buying a party tent
by theadmin on Dec.09, 2015, under DIY Marquee
Spencer King owner of DIY Marquees share some interesting ideas, news and advice on his blog, he has been passionate about Marquees for many years and with all the experience he has had with starting his own business he is very happy sharing his knowledge and expertise especially with passionate individuals wanting to start their own business.
Whether its marquee lighting or whether you need advice on buy party tent Spencer is you man.
Spencer has thanked everyone for visiting their stand at this year’s Showmans Show.
Showmans Show 2015 – review
“Thank you to everyone who came and visited our stand at The Showmans Show 2015. I grew up on stands at various outdoor shows and as I’ve said previously The Showmans Show is so much better organised and so much more exhibitor-friendly than any other show we have exhibited at it is a joy to be a part of.
The atmosphere among the marquee hire trade in general is so much more positive and upbeat than just a few years ago.
Our newly designed demi-marquees seemed to go down very well, they are based on a concept we developed years ago but it’s nice to at last produce a more polished model. The deluxe version will be available early 2016 with a commercial model to follow.
The best part of the show is meeting people. Whether it’s meeting new start-ups with the energy they bring or existing customers that we have dealt with for years. There are also a number of past customers who pop in having moved on to the bigger machinery-erected structures that intimidate and impress me in equal measure!
Thanks for visiting us, I hope to see you at next year’s show.
Spencer “
Read this excellent blog on Selling used marquees by a man called Ben Dawson who has written a really interesting blog post on Linkedin: Selling used equipment – marquees especially
‘For those who don’t know Ben he’s the man who set up curlew.co.uk which is simply the place to sell second hand marquees or associated equipment. He’s a very, very knowledgeable person on marquees and I can only agree with all the points he makes’.
How much is a second hand marquee worth?
I’m often asked how much a marquee is worth.
The simple answer is as much as someone is willing to pay for it.
There are many factors that you should consider; here are a few…
Who made the marquee
There are a few factors that I’ve got to take into account.
1) Unknown manufacturer (The customer has no way of knowing the quality of the marquee frame or covers)
2) They will not be compatible with existing stock (Roder, Tectonics and Custom Covers).
3) I don’t know how much they cost new so may assume they are cheaper that they really are.
Imagine you were buying a car, which would you buy… a BMW, or a car made by Guangzhou Automobile group (China). There is no question. They may or may not be of equal quality, however, I know which one I would buy.
Again using the analogy of used cars a second-hand 10 year old Ford keeps more of its value than a BMW. Possibly because there are more cheap spare parts for a Ford or more people want a cheap run-around than a big old gas guzzling luxury car.
Still, considering buying cars, people will pay much more for a car from a main dealer than a back street garage. And again less if the car is sold privately.
Profile Size
The same width of marquee can be made with different sizes of profile.
It makes sense to have one profile for different number of widths of marquee. This means that for example you can have a 12m marquee on a small profile that is one third of the weight of the heavy profile.
Generally heavy profiles are more expensive to buy new and you receive less money when you sell them second hand.
This is because the heavy profile requires more material to make however is less attractive to a smaller marquee company who generally prefer marquees that are easier and quicker to put up. As well as much easer to transport.
Condition is King!
As an item gets older apparent age is more important that it’s actual age, for example if something is 10 years old and looks new then it will be worth more than a new marquee that looks 10 years old!
This also applies to how you present your marquee for sale. If the photos look like they are from a wedding magazine your marquee is worth much more than if you can’t be bothered to stack the marquee neatly and it looks like you are looking at scrap parts.
Timing
The price should be based on the price you can buy the equipment NOW not the price you bought it for.
So if prices rise or fall with inflation or exchange rates so do second hand prices.
There is more demand leading up to the summer season than just before Christmas!
However it’s just after Christmas when I get the most people looking at the website. However many of them take time to get into the buying mood. I have always said customers have to smell the chocolate of Easter eggs before they buy marquees. However Marquees do sell all year round. And if your marquee is not on the site customers can’t buy it.
Service
In my experience the marquees that sell quickly are the ones where the vendor offers just a little bit more….
For example
- Help with delivery
- It will be cleaned before we sell it to you
- Advice on using the marquee
- Training in the correct erection of the marquee
- Complete installation
- Ongoing support running the business
- Offer to take back the marquee if they are not happy with it
The last item on this list may seem extreme. However customers are averse to taking risks, often you will not be able to see the condition of the marquee until you have bought it.
When I was selling marquees I used to give this following offer. “If you don’t like the marquee when you put it up for the first time, just give it back in the same condition that you bought it in and I will give you a full refund, less the price of a hire” In 15 years of selling marquees I never had one come back (however all my marques were in as described condition)
Depreciation
I have made the following table.
This assumes you lose 25% of a marquees value as soon as you have bought it. Then 10% per year….
Some sizes of marquees hold their value better than others i.e. 9M wide marquees hold their value better than 3m x 3m marquees.
The age something looks is more important than it’s actual age. (if your kit is 2 years old but looks 10 it’s only worth 26% of it’s original value!)
Conversely – If your marquee is 15 years old, and you have looked after it and it still in a 4 year old condition, then it’s still worth 50% of what you bought it for!
| Depreciation table – | -25.00% | Then | -10% per year | ||||||||
| Price | 100 | £1,000 | £2,000 | £3,000 | £4,000 | £5,000 | £6,000 | £7,000 | £8,000 | £9,000 | £10,000 |
| Years | |||||||||||
| 0 | 75 | £750 | £1,500 | £2,250 | £3,000 | £3,750 | £4,500 | £5,250 | £6,000 | £6,750 | £7,500 |
| 1 | 68 | £675 | £1,350 | £2,025 | £2,700 | £3,375 | £4,050 | £4,725 | £5,400 | £6,075 | £6,750 |
| 2 | 61 | £608 | £1,215 | £1,823 | £2,430 | £3,038 | £3,645 | £4,253 | £4,860 | £5,468 | £6,075 |
| 3 | 55 | £547 | £1,094 | £1,640 | £2,187 | £2,734 | £3,281 | £3,827 | £4,374 | £4,921 | £5,468 |
| 4 | 49 | £492 | £984 | £1,476 | £1,968 | £2,460 | £2,952 | £3,445 | £3,937 | £4,429 | £4,921 |
| 5 | 44 | £443 | £886 | £1,329 | £1,771 | £2,214 | £2,657 | £3,100 | £3,543 | £3,986 | £4,429 |
| 6 | 40 | £399 | £797 | £1,196 | £1,594 | £1,993 | £2,391 | £2,790 | £3,189 | £3,587 | £3,986 |
| 7 | 36 | £359 | £717 | £1,076 | £1,435 | £1,794 | £2,152 | £2,511 | £2,870 | £3,229 | £3,587 |
| 8 | 32 | £323 | £646 | £969 | £1,291 | £1,614 | £1,937 | £2,260 | £2,583 | £2,906 | £3,229 |
| 9 | 29 | £291 | £581 | £872 | £1,162 | £1,453 | £1,743 | £2,034 | £2,325 | £2,615 | £2,906 |
| 10 | 26 | £262 | £523 | £785 | £1,046 | £1,308 | £1,569 | £1,831 | £2,092 | £2,354 | £2,615 |
Spencer and his team would like to wish all their customers a very happy holiday this festive season and looking forward to doing business with you in 2016!
Contact Spencer by clicking here Pop up Marquees
Energy saving solutions from RUMM
by theadmin on Dec.08, 2015, under Business, Energy Management
RUMM renowned for their innovative energy management services using Automatic Monitoring & Targeting to reduce business energy consumption.
Read a case study by RUMM on one of their clients – RPC Containers who had a 14% reduction in Specific Energy Consumption (SEC) in the first year.
The Client
The RPC Group is Europe’s leading manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging. With just under 50 autonomous sites in 12 countries, the company employs in excess of 6,500 people.
The Brief
RUMM was asked to investigate energy usage at RPC’s Llantrisant plant and provide solutions and suggestions for reducing the annual energy bill.
The Method
The installation at RPC was carried out in two stages.
Following the completion of the aM&T system, where 17 meters were installed across the site, a benchmarking exercise then took place in order to identify where energy was being used and equally where there was opportunity for savings.
RUMM and RPC then engaged in an energy management partnership to achieve savings. This included regular weekly meetings to discuss options that could save the company money.
The main areas targeted were chippers, high and low pressure compressors, dryers, leak detection, lighting and chillers. Site analysis was carried out based upon production output, and thus specific energy consumption (SEC) was analysed and this was benchmarked to fully understand energy consumption characteristics
The Results
As a result of the measures put in place; energy consumption in the first 5 months was reduced with specific energy consumption reducing by 14%. This equated to a £120k saving in the first year alone.
Why it Worked
The key for the success was the commitment from RPC to control costs and the close working Partnership with RUMM. The general manager was committed to the project and encouraged the whole company to make it a success.
“RUMM pushed us, the staff responded and with a target of a 17% reduction in 2 years, we achieved more than 10% in one year alone. The actions ranged from monitoring and targeting specific areas, to simply installing time switches on lighting – but the savings were there.On behalf of RPC Llantrisant, I have no hesitation in recommending RUMM to reduce your energy consumption.”
Manufacturing Manager, RPC Containers
Its the season to be Merry!!
by theadmin on Dec.07, 2015, under Marquee Hire
It’s the season of celebrating and no better way to celebrate than with a Year End Party! Are you having a work function this festive season and not sure what to do or where to have it? Perhaps you want a themed party or something different than the usual meal out? Marquee Hire have the perfect solution, why not hire a pop up marquees and pick a theme, dress code and décor?
Marquee Hire have years of experience in the entertainment and corporate arena and specialise in large events. They will assist with the type of marquee or part tents required right down to the finer details of the event. They will give you the most practical and honest advice about what is most suitable thus ensuring be it a wedding or a corporate event will be successful.
Marquee Hire Sussex will assist you with the finer details such as the layout of furniture and equipment in the marquee which requires careful consideration.
Their vast knowledge and years of expertise will guide you through the options to ensure you achieve the optimal use of space and flow of guests.
Areas of consideration include:
- Arrival/entry
- Formal seating
- Soft seating
- Table types (we stock a large variety of tables types including round, oval, poseur and trestle)
- Chill out area
- Dance floor
- Bar areas
- Outside areas
From the team at Marquee Hire we wish our customers a very merry festive season!
If you live in South East of London, Marquee Hire Surrey will be able to assist with your hiring needs.
‘Pure genius’ try from Fourie du Preez
by theadmin on Oct.20, 2015, under Reviews, Sport
South Africa who had a bad start to the World Cup Rugby 2015 tournament against Japan have gone from strength to strength getting into the Semi Finals against New Zealand at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 24th October at 16.00.
South Africa captain Fourie du Preez snatched the Springboks a 23-19 quarter-final victory over Wales with a try five minutes before the end which his coach Heyneke Meyer described as”pure genius”.
With Wales leading 19-18 and poised for only their third victory against the Springboks in 109 years, number eight Duane Vermeulen broke away blindside from a scrum near the Welsh 22-metre line and threw an audacious pass behind his back to scrum-half du Preez, who sprinted to the corner to touch down.
“I would like to kiss Fourie. I have always said coaching is overrated. You have to pick players with character and who perform under pressure,” Meyer said. “That try was just pure genius.”
The Springboks, who began the tournament with a shock loss to Japan, proved they have developed a fighting character during this tournament to turn the match around.
CONTRASTING STYLES
Fly-half Handre Pollard set the foundations for the South African victory with 18 points from his boot, after a first–half try from scrum-half Gareth Davies and 14 points from goalkicker Dan Biggar had put Wales within reach of one of the biggest victories in their history.
Biggar had to watch the last seven minutes on the touchline after he was taken off for a head injury assessment. The fly-half had been inspirational for Wales, setting up the try which secured a 13-12 half-time lead.
As expected, the match was an intensely physical encounter that featured two contrasting styles of play, with South Africa attacking largely through their powerful forwards while Wales tried to move the ball wide with their backs as often as possible.
Welsh indiscipline helped South Africa to an early 9-3 lead courtesy of three penalties from Pollard, but in the 18th minute Biggar’s brilliance gave Wales their only try.
The fly-half put up a high kick on the half-way line, raced ahead and caught it on the Springbok 22-metre line, before squeezing a brilliant pass to Davies on his right to score near the posts. After a fourth Pollard penalty restored the Springboks’ advantage, a long-range drop goal from Biggar secured Wales a one-point lead at the break.
SPRINGBOK PRESSURE
South Africa missed an opportunity to regain the lead at the start of the second half when Pollard missed a penalty attempt, before a 45-metre effort from Biggar stretched the Wales lead to 16-12.
The Springboks applied all the pressure in the third quarter of the match, running multi-phase attacks through their pack. However, Wales defended superbly and South Africa’s only reward for a dominant period of play was a Pollard drop-goal.
The Springbok fly-half missed a second penalty kick, while his fifth success from the tee was matched by Biggar to keep the Welsh one point ahead at 19-18 with 10 minutes remaining.
But with Biggar off the pitch and the Welsh tiring, South Africa kept up the pressure before seizing their winning try in clinical fashion, du Preez (pictured above celebrating) crossing the line in the 75th minute for the match-winning touchdown.
“We are absolutely gutted. I am proud of the performance of the guys,” Wales coach Warren Gatland said. “The boys gave everything, emptied their tanks but we just weren’t good enough to hold on for 80 minutes.”
Knowall 24/7 IT support in London
by theadmin on Oct.19, 2015, under Cloud Computing, IT Support
Private Cloud Computing
Get your business on the cloud today with Knowall IT cloud based solutions to meet client’s needs and budget. The benefit of being on the cloud are incredible especially utilising Knowall IT’s dedicated servers. This solution removes the requirement for onsite server hardware and IT resources, allowing your business to concentrate on the areas that matter most while having complete confidence in your IT.
Knowall IT’s completely tailored private cloud solution delivering all of your IT requirements to your business on a scalable fixed cost per user. Read more about Private Cloud Computing.
Cloud – Application & Data
Application & Data Cloud allows for the storage and delivery of data, email and applications. What this means in practice is there is no need to install applications on your PCs, MACs or mobile device. Applications can be delivered via Desktop shortcuts or via a Hosted Desktop… Pricing Below
Cloud – Data Only
Data Only, combines the storage of data and email. Allowing for access to your data & email from any device anywhere… Pricing Below
Hybrid Cloud Option
Hybrid Cloud, is best suited for HQ office environments, typically 10 users +, with limited bandwidth. The Hybrid Cloud option allows for local data storage on the clients site, which is then replicated to the Cloud… Pricing Below
APPLICATION & DATA CLOUD
| Cloud Computing | MONTHLY | MONTHLY PER USER | |
| 2 – 9 USERS | £29.33 | ||
| 10 – 24 USERS | £25.33 | ||
| 25 + USERS | £21.33 | ||
| HYBRID CLOUD OPTION | FROM £75 | ||
Components:
- Microsoft Office 2010
- Word
- Excel
- Outlook
- Power Point
- Publisher
- OneNote
- 2GB email storage per user
- 50GB Shared Data + Additional 10GB per user
- Data backup and resilience across 2 data centres
- Websense Anti Spam
- Secure Access via Knowall’s Web Portal
- File & email restoration services
- 24/7 Support
| Additional Components | SETUP PER USER | MONTHLY PER USER | |
| SAGE | £37.50 | £9.00 | |
| VISIO | £37.50 | £12.50 | |
| BESPOKE CLIENT APPLICATION EG. ACCOUNTS OR DATABASE APPLICATION | POA | FROM £7.00 | |
| ADDITIONAL STORAGE – UP TO 500GB | FREE | 0.40P PER GB | |
| ADDITIONAL STORAGE – 500GB -1TB | FREE | 35P PER GB | |
| ADDITIONAL STORAGE – 1T – 2TB | FREE | 30P PER GB | |
| ADDITIONAL STORAGE – 2TB – 3TB | FREE | 25P PER GB | |
| ADDITIONAL STORAGE – 3TB + | FREE | 20P PER GB | |
| DATA ONLY CLOUD
Cloud Computing MONTHLY MONTHLY PER USER 2-9 USERS £15 10 – 24 USERS £14 25+ USERS £12 HYBRID CLOUD OPTION FROM £75 |
RUMM are a leading energy management UK based in Wales
by theadmin on Oct.18, 2015, under Business, Energy Management
RUMM are a leading energy management UK based in Wales who provide Energy Management Solution to customers via their own developed technologies (Pulse & IBASS) and Energy Management Services (EMS).
I can hear you asking what all this means for my company. The simply answer is to reduce energy consumption therefore saving money and contributing to a larger towards saving the planet. Let’s have a look at some of the ways RUMM uses their Energy Management Solution to assist your business especially Energy Reduction in Manufacturing
Applies RUMM‘s algorithm to calculate the amount of energy which could be saved through changes in scheduling and behavioural methods.
What is Pre Screening Tool (PreST)
- PreST analyses the variables in a customer’s energy consumption over a full year
- This is a unique approach to evaluate savings opportunity
How does it benefit the customer?
- Sites of all shapes and sizes, can ‘save and reduce energy’ with minimum capital expenditure and without compromising production
- Analysing a portfolio of sites identifies those who would benefit most from streamlining energy consumption
- Effects of energy savings interventions can be easilty assessed through direct comparisons pre and post PreST
- PreST compares a site to the best possible operation it’s already achieved, which is particularly useful to large portfolio customers with multiple sites across an organisation.
Does the customer need anything in place?
- No prior RUMM/npower products are needed
- PreST requires date of a full years’ worth of half hourly energy consumption for the site.
A typical customer might be
- Any site that has been in full operation for a year, needing information on their typical energy variation
- Companies interested in the potential of their site to save energy, or the potential to save energy across a group of sites.
Sexual healing with Tantric Journey
by theadmin on Oct.17, 2015, under Alternative Therapy, Health & Beauty
Meet Mal the founder of Tantric Journey and read how Tantric Journey can change your life!
The Tantric Journey Tantric Workshops London teaches what a Yoni Massage in London is. The Tantric Workshop in London is ideal for Tantra teachers who wish to know the ancient art of Yoni Massage in London. The Tantric Journey is welcoming to the newest client who has very little Tantra knowledge.
The Tantric lessons London teaching the working of the Tantric Journey Yoni Massage in London takes through the client from the basics to the in-depth knowledge of this ancient art. The Workshop touches on topics about Female Arousal Disorder, Female Orgasmic Disorder, Vaginismus.
The Tantric Journey objective is to spread awareness about the nourishing benefits of Tantric Massage London. It aims at preaching knowledge on the ancient art of Tantra and Taoism and how the practice can help rebuild lives and benefit the upcoming generation to live a spiritually enlightened life. This generation will have lower rates of crime, hatred, substance abuse, healthier relationships, happiness, inner peace and be coveted by love.
The Yoni massage taught by the Tantric Journey Tantric therapy London will teach men to value and respect women. This will lead to less gender violence, Discrimination and lesser hate crimes. The Tantric Journey yoni massage is about submission by the female which creates deep trust and in turn a sense of liberation and it creates a sense of responsibility in the male partner.
Tantric Journey is beneficial to many lives as it concentrates on making partners happier and fulfilled. The practice of a Yoni Massage in a relationship teaches each partner the role that is required to be played by each respectively. It can heal both partners by redirecting them to a positive state of life.
Learn the Art of Emotional Release through Tantric – Tao Bodywork
Emotional Detox Through Tantric – Tao Bodywork – November’15
For men, women and couples
This is a dual practice with your partner. Here you will learn the skills to peel off (like peeling layers of an onion) the layers of negative emotions such as shame, fear, mistrust, sadness etc to open the body very quickly, clearing stagnant energy channels and help release emotions and how to move positive energies throughout the body. If you are a single person, we may be able to find a partner from our database (subject to availability)
FREE VACUUM LOADER HEALTH CHECK
by theadmin on Oct.16, 2015, under Blowers, Industrial
Using certain industrial equipment such as lutos blowers and vacuum pumps is a highly specialised job and requires specialised skill and experience which is why IBS are one of the best service providers in the industry.
They are constantly monitoring advances in industrial blower technology and tailor their service to provide support for the newest and oldest machines thus affording industry valuable maintenance cost cutting opportunities.
Industrial Blower Services or better known as IBS have a wide range of products and years of experience serving the many industry sectors such as Industrial, Utility, Manufacturing, Road Tanker, Municipal and Commercial sectors of the market.
IBS are proud UK & US agents for:
Robuschi Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps
Blackmer Sliding Vane Vacuum Pumps
KPT Blowers (representing the SR range)
Elmo Rietschle
HV Turbo
Zephyr
Howden Compressors
Sulzer
Hoffman
IBS know how important it is to keep downtime to a minimum they offer a FREE VACUUM LOADER HEALTH CHECK to ensure your vacuum loader unit is always in tip-top shape and fully functional.
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