Dishoom’s South Bank Pop-up Cafe
The heatwave of the last week obviously has meant that the most ideal place for the monthly office drink would be a nice trip to the beach. Normally impossible in central London, we were delighted when Ravi discovered Dishoom Café’s beach Cafe. This pop-up venue outside the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank is inspired by Bombay’s Chowpatty beach, and comes complete with a sandy beach and terrace, all overlooking the river. The interior of the bar is quite fun and made entirely out of recycled objects from a wall created out of rolled up newspapers to multi-coloured barrels for seats and a bar made out of stacked plastic bottles. Read more…
Nantwich – International Cheese Awards
Nantwich International Cheese Awards
Last week, I discovered Nantwich – a small town home to approximately 13,000 people and the International Cheese Awards. The awards show has been going for 114 years and this year was held in a 70,000sq ft marquee, with nearly 4,000 entrants from over 24 countries.
Lawson Dodd interviewed in London Business Matters magazine
For those of you who know us, you will already be familiar with our long-standing track record of helping overseas companies and Chinese businesses in particular, with their PR and marketing communications when entering the UK market. Most recently we helped ensure the successful launch of leading Chinese spa brand, Liangtse Wellness and we will be working again this year to promote Chinese fashion event, Fashion Shenzen following last year’s success.
The 50+ Show London
It seems that only the obvious firms (retirement homes and pension planners) get that this is a fabulously rich seam of commercial opportunity. The queues to get in were long and fairly female but by no means exclusively so. The few retail opportunities were humming – the man with bags on wheels could hardly keep up. The man with the marginally hippy dresses and skirts was beginning to do well. A few greyhounds might have found homes too – it was tempting. Top marks have to go to the climbing wall – a relief to see something that recognises that 50+ is mere spring chicken territory. The holiday chalets were a surprise but they all looked a bit the same, promising love and contentment. SimpliCity computers have a good idea, just a pity it’s called SimpliCity.
Lawson Dodd teacups
Vintage with a slice of parsimony is where it’s at when it comes to our corporate china. With a mere fiver each, the team has collected a spectacular array of cups to drink our Lavazza from.
