Showing posts with label Belinda Roberts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belinda Roberts. Show all posts
Monday, 20 December 2010
Black Friday 2010
02:28 | 
Posted by
Gill Eastgate
Well I think it's fair to say Black Friday 2010 was certainly a day to remember for not just the NKD Team! It all started pretty calm, quite peaceful to say the least. Deliveries appeared to be getting back to normal, Zander and Ray ploughed their way through the outstanding customer orders up in the NKD Warehouse, Sarah completed some design work for a client and I spent the morning working on the figures. Lisa and Steph were heading down to Peterborough on the train to see a client. Generally speaking it was business as normal...
At 12.15pm Steph texted me to tell me that they hadn't managed to get off the train at Peterborough - the train doors had failed to open and no passengers had been able to get on or off the train! With the girls heading to the next stop, which in this instance was London, we were all beginning to wonder if this was turning out to be a wasted journey! Thankfully our client managed to push the meeting back a couple of hours, Steph and Lisa arrived in London, the train doors opened and they ran to catch the next train heading north which was leaving in 6 minutes! They eventually arrived back to Peterborough and had by all accounts what was a very successful meeting.
Back in Edinburgh the remainder of the team heading up to The Living Room for our Christmas Lunch. We were joined on this occasion by our 2 friends - Belinda Roberts of Winning Entrepreneurs and Susie Lacroix of No. 1 Currency. Lunch was great and we bumped into a few of our clients including Richard Oliver of Harrison Field and the lovely Sandy and Sarah from Citidogs.
We moved onto one of our favourite bars, the gorgeous Tigerlily, where lots of NKD friends were out in full force, including my bestest chum Lady Laura! It seemed the whole of Edinburgh was out on Friday night. I can't quite remember what time we decided all to head home but I certainly made it home safely. The same can't quite be said for Belinda....at 04.57am I woke up needing a drink of water to quench my hangover induced thirst. For some reason I plugged my mobile in and went on Facebook when I was in the kitchen to see a posting from Belinda who had just checked out of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary! Poor Belinda had taken her dog out for a walk after we had all gone home and split her head open! 5 big staples in her head she was admitted home. Not nice.
Other injuries sustained on Black Friday in Edinburgh include our very own Ray who slipped and fell - his glasses jarred into the side of his head and he now has a lovely black eye which he can barely see out of! My solicitor Susanne was also a victim of the snow and ice (or was it the alcohol) - She woke up with a very sore leg from falling flat on her face and a cancelled bank card!
I can only say the streets of Edinburgh must have been very quiet on the Saturday - thank goodness Christmas comes just once a year!!! Have a good one everybody and stay safe!!!
Monday, 16 August 2010
Where has the last fortnight gone...?
Well there's not been much time to take a break in the last fortnight or so at NKD Clothing! Seems like ages since I've been on here so tonight I thought I would bring you up to date with all the latest goings on in the action packed world of corporate clothing! August kicked off with a meeting at Dakota who are interested in some new designs for their reception and food areas so the design team have been heads down creating some exciting new looks which will be unveiled to our client tomorrow.
Steph and I took part in some filming with our lovely friends at Fatbuzz (watch this space for the end results!). Lisa and I had a fantastic day down in London on 5th Aug - with meeting after meeting including a holiday company who want us to design their new staff uniforms, upmarket shirt company Hawes & Curtis, retail giants Marks & Spencer (who were SO lovely), a factory who want to produce OUR designs and a great meeting to end the day with Learn Purple, a great business who think like we do!
That week finished off with a lunch date with an old client of mine who I'd not seen for about 12 years! We certainly had lots to talk about!
To add to my already action packed week the Edinburgh Fringe was now in full swing so I managed to fit in 2 shows over the weekend (one of which was giving me great inspiration for 1930's style uniforms!) Do I ever stop thinking about work? No, not really!
Last week was a repetition of the previous week in terms of the speed it whizzed by! Planning for our presentation with Malmaison & Hotel du Vin was a priority for me (we are presenting some new design ideas down in London this week) Our very lovely Claire is going to be modelling and the garments are looking fabulous even if I do say so myself!
New Media Breakfast at the Tower on Thursday - very interesting talk on social media and hosted by Belinda Roberts who was looking stunning in her new bespoke NKD Suit
Lisa headed down to see a new client in the financial services world on Thursday and spent Friday visiting some new fabric suppliers to source exciting new fabrics (we're currently getting very excited about PRINTS).
Thursday night I was very lucky to get tickets to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo which Ray and I went to (highly recommended) and 2 more shows over the weekend! I even managed to squeeze a drink in at Edinburgh Hotel du Vin (and yes I do go to check the uniforms are looking lovely but they do have a very nice courtyard and very nice wine!) I love Edinburgh but love it even more in August where the fast paced feel of the city really strikes a chord!
Phew, it's Monday night already, my 'to do' list is over 2 pages - would I swap my life for peace, tranquility and no deadlines? Like hell I would!
Friday, 4 June 2010
Thursday Night...
Last night with my NKD Clothing hat on again I attended another fantastic event run by my favourite friend Belinda Roberts, Founder of Edinburgh based business networking group Winning Entrepreneurs http://winentrepreneurs.com/ Ricks Edinburgh was the venue (it’s rapidly becoming my favourite place in Edinburgh what with their Ambassador Card which I am very privileged to be a holder of). The guest speaker was Shaf Rasul who gave us an insight into his life, his failures and successes in business. Perhaps even more fascinating was the young Tom Mursell, a 20 year old entrepreneur who is now the youngest member of Winning Entrepreneurs. Tom is a very inspiring young man who set up notgoingtouni.com and is now working with Shaf at E-Net Distribution. I sat alongside Tom’s mum and dad for dinner - they had come up to Edinburgh from Southampton for the week and the sun was shining (doesn't it always?). Not being overly maternal myself I did feel myself wiping away a tear from my eye when Tom’s dad spoke so openly and warmly about their son’s achievements. Felt very honoured to be in the company of such a cool guy whom I imagine in years to come will be the Lord Sugar of the 2020’s but oh so much more successful!
Back to my table – who would imagine that you could have so much fun with both your dentist and lawyer at the same time??! Biju Krishnan and Alasdair Peacock. With the cocktails flowing in abundance the boys were in good form. Biju got a sale thanks to my new sparkling white teeth, Alan drank my cocktails I so wanted to drink but couldn't, whilst Alasdair got a bit jealous of my impending trip to Chicago and my Johnny Depp photographs! All in all a fab night – shame I had my sensible hat on and drove home before I turned into a pumpkin!
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Rick's Ambassador Programme
I attended a fantastic night last night at Rick's, Edinburgh. I was there along with many other talented business owners to attend the launch event of the Rick's Ambassador Programme. This loyalty programme has been developed in conjunction with Winning Entrepreneurs and the lovely Belinda Roberts!
It was great to meet up with old friends and meet new faces across all different sectors of business. As the prosseco and mojitos gathered pace the chat changed from business to pleasure. I did hold onto my sensible head and left before things got messy! Can’t drink too much on a school night not when we've got lots of new design work at NKD Clothing to conjur up!
It was great to meet up with old friends and meet new faces across all different sectors of business. As the prosseco and mojitos gathered pace the chat changed from business to pleasure. I did hold onto my sensible head and left before things got messy! Can’t drink too much on a school night not when we've got lots of new design work at NKD Clothing to conjur up!
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Bespoke Made to Measure Suiting Range
Oh exciting developments here at NKD Clothing. We’re just in the process of trialling a new concept we will be offering in the very near future. One of our suppliers has introduced a new made to measure suiting range, where the wearer gets to select their preferred fabrics, lining, trims, styling details even down to the thread colour on the button holes!
The fabrics are gorgeous wool mixes woven both here in the UK and in Italy. We’ve got various male and female jacket styles, trousers, waistcoats and skirts. Lead times are approximately 5 weeks from placing order. Pricing has yet to be finalised but watch this space…
These products I feel would be ideal for the consumer who is looking for something that little bit different and is prepared to spend a little bit more to get a quality bespoke product that is unique to them.
The lovely Belinda Roberts from Winning Entrepreneurs has agreed to be our guinea pig for the trial. Bel popped into the office on Monday and we worked on the fit and style of the products. An hour later with fabrics and trims selected it’s good to go. Belinda will be a perfect ambassador for the range (do you realise how many meetings Belinda attends in a week?).
The fabrics are gorgeous wool mixes woven both here in the UK and in Italy. We’ve got various male and female jacket styles, trousers, waistcoats and skirts. Lead times are approximately 5 weeks from placing order. Pricing has yet to be finalised but watch this space…
These products I feel would be ideal for the consumer who is looking for something that little bit different and is prepared to spend a little bit more to get a quality bespoke product that is unique to them.
The lovely Belinda Roberts from Winning Entrepreneurs has agreed to be our guinea pig for the trial. Bel popped into the office on Monday and we worked on the fit and style of the products. An hour later with fabrics and trims selected it’s good to go. Belinda will be a perfect ambassador for the range (do you realise how many meetings Belinda attends in a week?).
Once we are happy with everything we will post further details on our blog and website about the range!
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