Balham BNI held another social evening event, this time kindly invited to share and partake at Sally Bevan's residence in Balham. We had a superb time, with great food drink and conversation. We certainly supported our reputation as the friendliest business network in London!

Created by global freelance creative directors Simon Carbery and Dave Smith, and director Eric Anderson at Los Angeles production company Logan (Apple, Coldplay), brand new spots for Hult International Business School demonstrate how graduates get a global view by showing them flying high above the earth.

Boston Globe press release:
http://ewatch.prnewswire.com/rs/display.jsp?a=65105-1146191660-1856217

Barclays holds Lending Clinic in Wimbledon to bolster small business confidence

Barclays held a lending clinic at the Wimbledon business centre to bolster business lending by getting small businesses to think about borrowing.

Twenty local business people attended the clinic and heard that Barclays is open for business and keen to talk to companies with expansion plans. ......read more »

As a creative director and brand strategist I've worked on many automobile projects. But do all cars look alike these days? Read my latest blog http://simoncarbery.tumblr.com/ to see just individual and distinctive cars used to be ...

An article on Tej Lalvani (son of Vitabiotics founder Kartar Lalvani) with pictures taken by me was published in the November edition of HELLO! India Magazine. 

You can see the article and photographs at: http://hakubaphotography.wordpress.com/

Ongoing and recent advertising and branding projects include:

Lepel lingerie; Unilever for Lowe; and ongoing projects for Antidote London.

Our intrepid quizzers came a close 4th out of 20+ teams from across London last night in the BNI Get Connected quiz night. Simon Carbery and Sally Bevan led the team of five which also included Andy Mayar and David Thompson. But not our chapter Director Lee, who was stuck in Watford. We would have penalised him but he had penalty enough.

The next BNI quiz will be nearer Christmas and Blham fully expect to triumph this time.

Samuel Estates, the South Wimbledon-based lettings, sales and property management company, has bought Lafferty and Partners a leading Property Management & Lettings business based in New Malden.

The acquisition will increase the core areas of Samuel, giving the company a footprint that will now further extend into Raynes Park, Worcester Park, Wimbledon and New Malden. The company also lets and manages properties in South East and West London. ......read more »

‘The customer is always right’ proved a winning motto for estate agency, Samuel Estates, which just scooped an award for providing the Best Customer Service in the whole of South London.

Samuel Estates, based in Colliers Wood, won the prestigious trophy at the South London Business Awards, which were held in association with HSBC and organised by South London Business. ......read more »

BNI Balham is a superb forum for members to give each other business referrals and we work hard to get good businesses in front of each other.

But all work and no play makes small business people dull, so we make sure to schedule in the occasional social event to let our hair down and get to know each other outside the daily grind.

We have recently met up at the BBC for drinks and pre-visitor day networking, but Nick Samuel kindly opened his house and garden to us for a BBQ dinner and socialising opportunity. The evidence in pictures is above. ......read more »