Welcome to the latest newsletter from Clarendon Business Centres. This month, we report back on our 15th Birthday Party trip to Paris and congratulate one of our clients who built his business from scratch and recently sold it. We applaud Claire Adams for her ten years of sheer hard work that has resulted in her businesses turning over £1million and we feature more brilliant success stories from our clients. We also have a brilliant Special Offer if you are looking to expand your business across new areas of the UK and don't miss our Wimbledon Competition for the coveted £25 M&S voucher. We also bring you a brilliant Summer Rosé Clarendon Wine Club Offer! Please call us for a chat on 0845 0780370 or email us at: newsletter@clarendonbc.co.uk. Chris Hooton Editor, The Clarendon Natasha Turner Oxfordshire Area Laura Peach Bournemouth Centre Karen Morris Bracknell Centre Charlene Gunn Bromley Centre Angela Jude Fulham Centre Candy Woodington Operations Director Julian Cooper Managing Director

Happy Fifteenth Birthday: Clarendon Celebrate With A Trip To France! One of the secrets of our success at Clarendon is that we encourage all our staff to talk regularly to our teams based in other Business Centres. Sharing our experiences helps us to analyse and improve the ways we look after our clients and also is a great way of reminding our staff that they are part of the bigger Clarendon family. Last month, we celebrated the fifteenth birthday of Clarendon Business Centres by taking the whole team on a weekend trip to Paris. Although there was some work activity, the main goal of the trip was to reward our hard-working team and encourage interaction and knowledge-sharing between staff, old and new, and distant and local. Charlotte Jilbert organised the trip and describes the experience as follows… It was an early start for all of the 26 Clarendon team members heading off from St Pancras on the 07.20 train to Paris. Many of the team had not visited Paris before so there was a great deal of excitement. We all practiced what we had learnt at school, many of us declaring our names and the fact that we were all 11 years old! Whilst our French accents may have varied from the impressively bilingual to rather too close to an Inspector Clouseau impression, everyone was trying hard to speak French... Click here for the full story about our trip and to see our Clarendon team photo beneath the Eiffel Tower... In conclusion, one of our team posted: "See, you work hard - you get rewarded" which really encapsulated the ethos of the trip. Everyone enjoyed themselves and have already started planning our Sixteenth Birthday Trip! 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!

Oxford Focus: Start A Business - Grow It - And Sell It For A Profit! At Clarendon Business Centres we are so much more than simply suppliers of office space. We provide the perfect environment and vital support services to help our clients grow their businesses at whatever speed suits their needs and those of their market. With comparatively low interest rates, inflation at a reasonable level and a significant recent upturn in overall business confidence, there has never been a better time to start your own business. Regular readers of these newsletters will be aware that we have featured client success stories in every single monthly issue for over six years! This month is no exception and our Oxford feature is Scott Knight who started Digs Property Management four years ago in a small, single office at Oxford's East Point. He then nurtured and grew this business to its optimum potential and then successfully sold it. Scott comments: "From the outset, Clarendon met my needs, both financially as a sole trader, but also in creating an impression which impressed my clients every time. The support from the Clarendon staff was consistently excellent (particularly from Millie and Frankie) and I could rely on them to answer my phones, accept paperwork and give out keys to contractors as and when required." "When it came to selling my business, Clarendon were really helpful with the inevitable over-run of the sales process by extending my contract on a month by month basis just to see everything through to the end. I would certainly recommend the Clarendon package to any new business!" We feature so many Clarendon success stories - would you like to be next? For more information about our Oxfordshire offices, call 0845 0780370 or email Natasha Turner at: oxford@clarendonbc.co.uk. This Month's App Wimbledon 2014 The official All England Lawn Tennis Club iPhone app for Wimbledon 2014. The Championships run from 23th June to 6th July 2014. Follow all the action LIVE during the fortnight with this NEW Wimbledon iPhone app... Quiet please... Go on Andy! Another App next month!

Bournemouth Focus: Congratulate Claire Adams on 10 years in business We are delighted to congratulate our client, Claire Adams, who celebrates 10 years in business this month. Claire has been a client of Clarendon Bournemouth since 2010 and is now the proud owner of five "Tinies" childcare franchisees across the South of England. Tinies is a leading childcare specialist, helping families, nurseries and other childcare settings find the right childcare professionals. Claire began her career as a midwife, training at the University of Hertfordshire and delivering hundreds of babies. On deciding that midwifery wasn't the path for her, she joined Tinies in 2000 as a Childcare Consultant. Four years later, aged 27 and armed only with a bank loan, she bought the Tinies Hertfordshire franchise and grew the business from a laptop in her parents' back bedroom! Slowly but surely, the business went from strength to strength and Claire has since invested in four other Tinies franchises, now employing ten people and with thousands of nannies, she has a business turnover of over £1million! Claire says: "Childcare has been something I have always been passionate about and working for Tinies gave me the confidence to think I could run my own business and make a success of the franchise. It hasn't always been easy - during the recession times were tough and there were times when I couldn't draw a salary and for three years I didn't take any holidays." "However, it's all been worth it and the flexibility of Clarendon's office space and customer support services has been invaluable to my success." For more information, please visit: www.tinies.com or contact Claire on 01202 313 177 or at: dorset@tinies.com. To tour our Bournemouth Business Centre, call 01202 313 600 or email Laura Peach at: bournemouth@clarendonbc.co.uk. Did You Know...? We're Rich! Our bodies contain about 0.2 milligrams of pure gold, most of it in our blood. Don't spend it all at once! More "pearls of wisdom" next month!

Fulham Focus: Fulham Green World Cup Party! On Tuesday 24th June Clarendon's Fulham Green held their World Cup Party on the roof terrace of Chester House. England may have been already eliminated, but this didn't dampen our spirit and stop us enjoying the game! With nibbles and drinks aplenty, people flocked to the roof terrace, which had turned into a mini cinema for the night. Our clients had an opportunity to meet other companies based both on and off site whilst enjoying the British summer weather. Samantha Booth, Sales Director of Profundcom commented: "Clarendon's World Cup Party was fantastic, it's a brilliant way to meet other companies in the building. Clarendon are never ones to stick to the norm, setting up TV's and seating on the roof terrace so we could enjoy the fabulous weather too. The team always goes to such an effort that my office is the envy of many co-workers, I can't wait until the next event already!" For more information about our Fulham offices, call Angela Jude on 0203 542 1300 or email her at: fulhamgreen@clarendonbc.co.uk Where's Barney The Bear? Click to find out which Clarendon Office, Barney the Bear is visiting and then email his destination to us at: newsletter@clarendonbc.co.uk and one lucky person will win a bottle of wine!

Bracknell Focus: Welcome Richard Francis To Abbey House! Richard Francis from The Myriad group moved into shared space in Abbey House on 1st June. The Myriad group provide software for mobile phones and set top boxes and their flagship product is msngr (msngr.com) which provides the ability for users of feature phones and smart phones to chat to their contacts around the world. "The Myriad Group has a head office in The Strand in Central London but we were looking for a satellite office and the location, the 24/7 access and the flexibility and competitive price of the office at Abbey House works well for us," says Richard. "We've only just moved in," he continues, "but the transition from my home office to Abbey House went very smoothly and the Clarendon Centre team were extremely helpful, even providing a trolley to save me making several trips to my car! We are really enjoying the friendly but professional atmosphere and looking forward to settling into our new offices." For more information about our Bracknell offices, contact Karen Morris on 01344 667 300 or email her at: bracknell@clarendonbc.co.uk

Bromley Focus: McQueens Solicitors Bromley At Kingsfisher House McQueens Solicitors Bromley is a firm of solicitors providing legal advice, conveyancing services, employment law advice, personal injury advice and will drafting services to the local Bromley community. McQueens Solicitors have been based at Kingfisher House in Bromley since July 2010 and are among the oldest tenants in the building. During this period, they have enjoyed the office environment and watched their business grow from strength to strength. As their team members have increased, they have been able to upgrade and expand the size of their office space within the same building as their requirements dictated. Emmanuel Amadi comments: "We have been privileged to work with the Clarendon dream team! Their staff, Charlene, Laura and Nicola in particular, form a fantastic team and are very friendly and always willing and ready to help. They are great ambassadors for Clarendon." To find our more about McQueens Solicitors please contact Emmanuel Amadi and the team on 0208 315 6553. For more information about our Bromley offices, call 0208 315 6666 or email Charlene Gunn at: bromley@clarendonbc.co.uk.

Clarendon Wine Club: Summer Rosé - 3 For 2 Offer! We have teamed up with specialist wine importers Trailblazing Wine to create the Clarendon Wine Club and, this month, as we've been enjoying the first real days of summer, we have a special rosé offer. The Barkus Merlot Rosé from Napa, California is a beautiful juicy rosé that goes perfectly with BBQ food. It normally retails at £12.50 per bottle, but during July 2014, our loyal readers can purchase three bottles for only £25! Simply send an email to orders@trailblazingwine.com with Clarendon Barkus Rosé in the subject field along with your contact details and we'll be in touch to arrange the details. This offer is only available to Clarendon readers and is a one-off, so you'll need to take advantage before the end of July 2014 and get yourselves a real bargain. Cheers!

Clarendon Special Offer: Open Up A New Location! For this month's special offer, when you order our Clarendon Remote Service during July 2014, not only will you receive two months free of charge, but we will also offer you an additional location number - free for 6 months! Based in Bournemouth but want to see if Fulham could be a new territory for you? Want to expand your business from your Oxfordshire base to Bracknell? At No Additional Cost? Well, now you can! With an additional location number - free for 6 months - you can establish a Virtual Office in a new location and test market this new area with a view to expanding your business. Order our Clarendon Remote Service during July 2014 and take a second Phone Number from any other Clarendon location for free for six months. This offer is available during July 2014, so call us now on: 0845 0780370 or email us at: newsletter@clarendonbc.co.uk.

Competition Time: Wimbledon Competition! Last Month's Competition Results: Thank you for your entries to our World Cup Competition and congratulations to Francesca Tucker from Electus Recruitment Solutions Ltd in our Bournemouth Centre, as she correctly predicted that England were going to lose to Italy on Saturday 14th June 2014! Meanwhile, there are a couple of games of tennis going on at Wimbledon this week. So, if you would like to recreate that "Centre Court" atmosphere at home, you could win a £25 M&S voucher to spend on Pimms, strawberries and some rather oversized tennis balls. Just answer the following question... "In which year did Wimbledon first start using yellow tennis balls?" Email the answer to: newsletter@clarendonbc.co.uk and we'll draw the winner from the correct entries on Friday July 13th 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 Fulham. 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.