VALE
Maximise your kerb
appeal with an awning
More and more we are embracing
the café culture with people
enjoying a coffee or glass of wine
as they chat, work or watch the
world go by. With more and more
advertisements and signs on busy
streets, businesses need to stand
out from the crowd.
What better way for a business to catch
the eye of a customer than with a large,
colourful awning. Solar of Bridgend and
Barry have over thirty years experience
designing and fitting awnings and blinds
and can also offer custom signwriting
on the awning to help further establish
your business identity, and offer help
and advice on your choice of colour
and style to convey the ‘mood’ of your
business to your customers.
Special effects are also available such
as backlighting which can be very
effective in catching a customer's eye
With more and more advertisements and signs on
at night, integrated heating and lighting
systems and side screens, and all at the
busy streets, businesses need to stand out from the crowd.
touch of a button.
To find out more about how you can Solar Sunshades Bridgend Solar Sunshades Barry
maximise your outdoor space and gain North Road, Bridgend Industrial Estate Unit 3F Palmers Vale Business Centre
a greater return on your investment, Bridgend CF31 3TP Palmerston Road, Barry CF63 2XA
please call Solar Sunshades on 01656 663800 01446 740842
Freephone 0800 980 4810. sales@solarsunshades.co.uk www.solarsunshades.co.uk
BARRY BARRY
The Business Centre Recession fear increases
networks with BNI use of serviced offices
The Vale of Glamorgan’s BNI With the financial markets
Victory Chapter is now holding suffering from the fall out from
its weekly networking breakfast in the credit crunch and with growing
their conference room every acceptance that 2009 will be tough
Thursday morning from 6.30 am. for all sectors, some businesses
The management team: James, Lyn, Lynnette and Gordon
in the Vale of Glamorgan are One company that did just this is
BNI is a 24 year old business and taking precautions to ensure Purple Contracts. Owner, Glen
professional organisation that allows they can minimise exposure to Newman said, “We wanted to take
only one person from each trade or risk where they can. some new staff on in January, but our
profession to join a chapter. With over office was too small to accommodate
5,291 active chapters, and 111,733 Taking out traditional ten, fifteen or them. No problem… we simply moved
members, it is the world’s most twenty year leases does not allow you to a slightly larger office in The
successful business referral organisation. much flexibility, which is why so Business Centre. Then, if our situation
many companies are looking to a changes again and we need to
If you would like to attend one of these more flexible and risk adverse route. downsize, we’ll just move to a smaller
meetings held at The Business Centre In addition, from April 2008 companies one. It means we are only ever paying
please contact Lynnette Knight on had the added motivation to avoid for the exact size of office that we
01446 739911 or email having unused office space on their need. Brilliant!”
lynnette@thebusinesscentreonline.co.uk books as they now have to pay full
business rates on office space left The Business Centre is an ideal option.
empty for more than three months. Low move-in costs, short lead times and
access to the latest specification IT and
One way they can avoid this is to telecoms equipment and services,
operate their business from The which can be rented by the week with
Business Centre in Barry as they no capital outlay.
can expand and contract to reflect
market conditions. For more information see page 64
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