Happy New Year! Welcome to the latest newsletter from Clarendon Business Centres. This month, we have frozen our office prices during January 2014, so do contact us ASAP to take advantage of this offer. We also announce the availability of a fantastic new 6 person office in Bracknell, report back on our amazing Cheese and Wine event in Fulham, and feature some more success stories from our resident clients. Don't miss our cost busting Meeting Room Offer in our Special Offer section this month and remember to enter the Auld Lang Syne Crossword competition - somebody will win the £25 voucher, so make sure it's you! Please call us for a chat on 0845 0780370 or email us at: oxford@clarendonbc.co.uk. Chris Hooton Editor, The Clarendon Natasha Turner Oxfordshire Area Tia Colledge (for Sian) Bournemouth & Poole Simon Goldsmith Bracknell Centre Charlene Gunn Bromley Centre Angela Jude Fulham Centre Candy Woodington Operations Director Julian Cooper Managing Director

The Big Freeze! Forget the wind and the rain, it's time for The Big Freeze! At Clarendon, we have frozen our office prices for the month. If you sign up for one of our offices during January 2014, you will pay the 2013 price*. With fabulous locations across Oxfordshire, Bournemouth & Poole, Bracknell, Bromley and Fulham, our serviced offices are beautifully presented, feature state of the art online telecommunications, and are staffed by the most friendly and helpful teams on the planet. Contact your preferred Clarendon Business Centre and see what they have available to meet your needs. Whether for one person or more, we are confident Clarendon can offer the right office for you. Start 2014 in the right place! To visit your new Clarendon office, call Natasha Turner on 0845 0780370 or email: oxford@clarendonbc.co.uk. Don't Miss Out! There is so much more going on at Clarendon than we can communicate in a monthly newsletter! So for more offers, competitions and news snippets, please make sure that you are following us on our various social media platforms... Click below!

Bromley Focus: Prospects Academies Trust Move Into Clarendon Bromley Prospects Academies Trust (PAT) moved into Bromley in December 2013. The Trust is responsible for running 5 academies throughout the South East and South West of England. PAT have acquired the office space in order to grow further and develop a family of primary, secondary and special academies throughout the South of England. All academies will share the same values and aspirations regarding the education of children and young people. Karen Weeks, Head of Support, Service and Administration at PAT comments: "We place a strong emphasis in supporting our academies in all aspects of their development and have a strong sense of drive and purpose in helping the children and young people within our academies to have an enjoyable learning life, whilst supporting them to prepare for the world of employment, skills and further education." "We decided to move to Clarendon Bromley as we liked the high quality of their service and their extremely spacious offices. Additionally, the Clarendon set up will allow us to grow our organisation at our own speed." To find out more about PAT, please visit their website at: www.prospectsacademiestrust.org. This Month's App Tips Trusper Share and discover tips, tutorials and how-to guides on beauty, wellness, DIY and more from Trusted Helpers with friends, family and fans. Another App next month!

Bournemouth Focus: New Year... New Me...! The Bournemouth Clarendon Business Centre is delighted to be working with Claire Butcher and her new VibrantMe programme that she is launching in the Bournemouth area in January. Claire will be creating a Vibrant community to join each other on a three month motivational journey - working on weight loss, energy, fitness and nutrition. Motivation Meetings will be held monthly at Bournemouth's Clarendon Business Centre and the first meeting will be held on 20th January 2014 at 6pm. Claire comments: "So why VibrantMe? Well, unlike other 'weight management' scenarios, we don't measure people purely on their weight..." "Our unique coaching programme looks at the whole person and works with the individual to set manageable and achievable goals which are based on their own desires - and not on targets set by the company! YOU decide what YOU want to achieve - we just help you to get there! Whether you want to lose pounds or inches, like what you see in the mirror, be able to walk further, or maybe just swap some of those 'bad foods' to give your energy levels a boost; let VibrantMe help!" To find out more, visit www.vibrantme.co.uk or call Claire Butcher on 07779 298937 Did You Know...? Ignore the sceptics as a recent study found that people, who do make New Year Resolutions, are 10 times more likely to change their behaviour than those who don't... More pearls of wisdom next month!

Oxford Focus: MBA Accountancy in Prama House Reliable team-mates are crucial to successful business expansion. MBA LLP's affiliate network provides the team support needed to promote business initiatives in today's challenging economic environment. With over 20 years' experience MBA's advisory and support functions span financial management, pension/payroll administration and staff development. Lucid, insightful and responsive service is MBA's hallmark, adding value to their clients and bringing accounting and business practice to life. Friday afternoons are 'open-house' with MBA colleagues at Prama House. Why not pop in for coffee/tea and cakes and an informal, no-obligation chat about your business needs or any compliance issues ? "We really enjoy being based at Prama House," says Carol Levine from MBA. "The modern and well-decorated premises provide a good working environment and the Clarendon team are very helpful." To find out more, please contact Carol on 01865 339614 or email: accounts@mba-accountancy.com Where's The Bear? If you know where Barney the Bear is, email us at: oxford@clarendonbc.co.uk and one lucky person will win a bottle of wine!

Fulham Focus: Over 50 Companies Attend Our Cheese And Wine Event! On December 13th Clarendon's Chester House in Fulham Green opened the doors for our first 'Cheese and Wine' Christmas networking event. With guests from over 50 companies in attendance, it was a storming success. Chester House provides a relaxed atmosphere where clients can mix and mingle, while creating fantastic business links to other companies - both on and off site. This event was a brilliant opportunity for companies to showcase their products, including a kind donation from The Well Water of their fabulous new design water cooler, which can also be found in some top name restaurants around the country. Pasca Troth, Marketing Manager of Scaramouche & Fandango, said: "Our experience at Clarendon's cheese and wine networking event was very positive. The energy was wonderful and we were pleased to have been a part of it. We met some interesting and enthusiastic people - consequently making lots of new and exciting business connections for the new year. We can't thank Clarendon enough for hosting such a great event and we're looking forward to the next one!" To view our beautiful offices in Chester House, call Angela Jude on: 0203 542 1300 or email her at: fulhamgreen@clarendonbc.co.uk.

Bracknell Focus: A Spacious 6 Person Office - Available Shortly! Now that 2014 is finally upon us, it's time to reward all your hard work and gear up for the New Year with a fabulous spacious 6 person office at Bracknell's Clarendon Centre. This office delivers all that you've come to expect from Clarendon Business Centres including state of the art telecommunications with our fast fibre optic internet line - perfect for all your online requirements, whether you are surfing the web and emailing or uploading and downloading huge files. This office will be available shortly and it will go fast - so please do register your interest ASAP. As a little incentive, if you sign up for this office during January 2014, we will offer you 1 month rent free! To find out more, call Simon Goldsmith on: 01344 667 300 or email: bracknell@clarendonbc.co.uk.

Clarendon Special Offer: 50% Off Your First Meeting Room Booking! For this month's special offer, when you book your first meeting room (at any centre) you will receive: 50% off the normal fees on production of this Meeting Room Voucher. Click here to download your Meeting Room Voucher. This offer is available during January 2014, so book your meeting room now. For other offers, please contact the Business Centre of your choice and ask for their current promotions.

Competition Time: Auld Lang Syne! Last Month's Competition Results: Thank you for your entries to our Christmas Crossword Competition and congratulations to David Martin of Kingsley Commercial, as he correctly answered that The Competition Clue (12 Across) was "Santa Claus". Well done to all of our correct entrants. This month, if you would like to win a £25 M&S voucher to spend on diet coke and slimming shakes, you need to answer the following question... What does the phrase "auld lang syne" actually mean? Email the answer to: oxford@clarendonbc.co.uk and we'll draw the winner on Friday January 17th 2014.

About Clarendon Business Centres Clarendon Business Centres provides emerging and established businesses with friendly, hassle free, and cost-effective office space. Clarendon has grown significantly since 1998, and now supplies serviced, managed and virtual office space with modern and well equipped meeting and conference facilities across Oxfordshire, Bournemouth, Bracknell, Bromley and Poole. Our offices offer instant availability and are fully furnished and cabled. Our flexible approach means that you only pay for space you use, you only commit for the length of term you want, there's no upfront capital expenditure and you can upsize and downsize as needed. Clarendon has a solution for every type of business and every budget, so call us on 0845 0780370.