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NABAS Committee 2013
As there were no nominations received from the membership for the 2013 election onto the Management Committee, the two co-optees (Amiee Hughes & George Oustayiannis) were automatically elected by default. Your NABAS committee for the following year is therefore as follows (in alphabetical order): Philomena Groome (decorator & NABAS Approved Teacher); Amiee Hughes (decorator); Veronica Kamerling (decorator); John Lee - Chairman (decorator & NABAS Approved Teacher); Steve Marsh (decorator); George Oustayiannis (wholesaler); Peter Smith (printer); Paul Widdowson - Vice Chairman (retailer):
Amiee Hughes: My name is Amiee Hughes and I
have been in the Balloon Industry for 15 months. I completed NABAS Levels 1 & 2, before setting up a company called Partylicious-Wrexham. My company specialises in balloon decor for all occasions. I currently run the company on a part time basis from home, however my ambition is to work in the balloon industry full time and to become a NABAS Approved Teacher. I am always striving to deliver a professional quality service to all of my customers and I am always learning new skills to improve upon my designs.
After attending the AGM last year, I decided to apply for a place on the committee. I hope to represent all of the decorators who are new to the balloon industry, just like me. Since starting in the industry, I have found NABAS to be a lifeline of support and advice. I know just how difficult and challenging the industry is, and I hope to share the views of the newbie's on the committee. I hope that any NABAS member can approach me and share their views on what help & support they want from NABAS now and in the future.
I strongly believe that I can help NABAS to move with the times and to use technology to create a strong NABAS culture and support network for all of it's members. I am proud of what NABAS represents and I want every NABAS member to see other members as an associate and not as a competitor.
FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN
Dear Member
The wedding season is well and truly upon us now
and for all you go getters out there I expect you
are very busy. We know that during these difficult
times people are cutting back on their costs but
they are still booking decor, maybe not spending as
much, which means you can take more bookings in
the day. There are some great new things
happening within NABAS, one of which will be a
completely revamped website,
part of which will allow you to interact with other
members and also put yourself up on our soon to be Social Media, any-
thing you want to sell, buy, ask help with or advice which other mem-
bers can share any of their situations good or bad that they may have
been in or had similar experiences of. Also we will be setting up
regional seminars for those members who would like to attend but can't
travel the distances ie South East, Southern, South West, West Country,
South Wales, Central, Midlands, etc.etc. We will email dates and places
until our website is set up, then we will post notices on the NABAS
Intranet which only members will be able to log into. There is a lot
happening but as I said in a previous column, it will all take a little time
setting up. For those of you who are BOC customers, your Balloon Gas
supply problems should more or less be over, however, those of you that
are Heligas customers, there are still supply problems in many areas.
This they hope to rectify in the not to distant future.
John Lee, NABAS Chairman
Balloonies No. 175
Issue 2 2013
©NABAS - The Balloon Association 2013
Published by
NABAS The Balloon Association Ltd
Katepwa House, Ashfield Park Avenue,
Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5AX
01989 762204
Content Editor: NABAS
Front cover: Image courtesy of
The Darkroom, Florence (BACI 2013)
BALLOONIES EDUCATE - PROMOTE - INFORM
NABAS Committee
Philomena Groome, Amiee Hughes ,
Veronica Kamerling, John Lee, Steve
Marsh, George Oustayiannis, Peter
Smith, Paul Widdowson
Secretariat
Gill Hinton, Kate Walker,
Hilary Pulsford, Elizabeth Malcolm
Business Name: Pentangle Owner: Gill & Peter Burgess
Location & area cov-ered: The areas we cover are primarily Warrington and North Cheshire extending to the outskirts of Liver-pool and Manchester. We do however have regular corporate cli-ents, who change ven-ues for national events which requires us to work further afield, so occasionally you will find us out as far as North Wales, the Midlands and North Lancashire.
What was your career path to where you are today?: Retail training started in Pentangle Cards and Gifts in the early 70’s then on to House of Fraser ( Kendal Milne, Manchester) and briefly at Cordon Bleu.
Name something in the balloon industry that you most like: The best part of the balloon and party industry is the
difference you can make to an event, making it special for the customer and helping to create the ‘wow’ factor by transforming the venue.
Name something in the balloon industry that you least like: Least Liked?
Newcomers to the industry who are not prepared to undertake even basic training and price out poor jobs at low prices, this is evident from the questions that new customers to us ask who have previously had a bad decorating experience.
NABAS MEMBER INTERVIEW: Gill & Peter Burgess
NABAS MEMBER INTERVIEW: Gill & Peter Burgess Best thing about your job?: When a customer comes back with a glowing tale of how great the party was, how good the venue looked, and bring in a few pieces of cake for the ‘girls’
What best describes your business?:
Balloon decorator? Balloon & costume retailer? Other? We would like to be thought of as a one stop party shop. We go out to decorate venues with both balloon décor as well as party product if required. We have a walk in service for most balloon work. We print personalised banners, balloons and sashes. We supply balloons and
helium to ‘DIY’ customers as well as florists, car dealers and small home based decorators, We stock a full range of party themed accessories,
piñatas, flags, bunting, face paint etc. We have a full fancy dress costume and accessory section
How did you decide on your business name?: The name Pentangle was the original name of our Card and Gift shop ( next door but one) which now trades under the Hallmark Gold Crown banner, we decided to keep a
non-generic name to enable us to go in any direction
without changing shop the name. Plus the fact that
Pentangle is well known and has built up a good
reputation over the last 40 years in the South
Warrington area.
What advertising works for you?:
Advertising is something that we do less &
less in the traditional form. The internet
search engines have superseded
newspapers and yellow pages etc. We
have a large on line gallery with several
hundred images and ideas which we are
happy to let customers look through, we
work on good relationships with local
venues & support the ones that support us.
Do you show at Wedding Fairs? Other ?:
The wedding market has shrunk over the
last several years, with large glass floristry
table centres being very much in fashion at
the moment, we will support our local hotels
wedding open days and we have just been
Involved in a ‘Win a Wedding’ competition
with a local hotel and several other
independent wedding service suppliers.
The first prize being worth over £10,000 to
the lucky couple.
Do you have an online presence?: We were very early into ‘online presence’ with our information web site which we launched about 12 years ago, we are currently working on a new site which will include
e-commerce and several other specialised services.
NABAS MEMBER INTERVIEW Cont... Gill & Peter Burgess
How would you like your business to grow in the next few years?: We will be looking closely at streamlining the business over the next few years as trends change, we will focus on the more profitable areas of the business & try to build up the on line ordering via the web site.
How is the ‘credit crunch’ affecting you?: Any recession is very
worrying for a business, this will be the third that the business has had to weather! The trick is to be flexible, customers will still celebrate major
events just perhaps not in the same way. Big budget events may
become smaller, home based, more DIY you have to get as much of whatever market is out there.
What tip would you offer some-one new to the business?: The best advice for new start business would be to understand how ‘business’ works. It is not sufficient to be able to put together good work if you don’t understand how to price the work to enable you to grow the business.
All images ©The Darkroom
www.TheDarkroom.it
2ndPlace - Large Sculpture Italian Championship "#27499" by Robbie Furman
1st Place - Large Sculpture Master Championship "When You Wish Upon A Star" by Alberto Falcone Team
1st Place - Large Sculpture Italian Championship "White Bear Star" by Svetlana Lugovaya Russia
2nd Place - Large Sculpture
Master Championship
"An Intergalactic Pizza Delivery"
by
Dmitry Tishenko - Russia Team
3rd Place - Large Sculpture Master
Championship "Planetarium"
by Federico Onida
- Balloon Express
Shop Cagliari Team
Large Sculpture Master Championship
"Every Baby Is A Star" by Tania Torre & Team
Large Sculpture
Master Championship "Stars In Love" by Allessandro
Patane
3rd Place - Large Sculpture Italian Championship "La Notte Dei Re (The Night of the Kings)"
by Elisa D’Onoro
To see more images and videos from
BACI 2013 go to:
http://www.balloonexpress.it/site/
view_page/297
1st Place - Column Rachele Paoli
3rd Place - Column Alberto Falcone
Column Evelise Antonello
The Italian Job - BACI 2013 By Matthew Lewis - Matthew Lewis Displays
Back in January this year I was approached by Pioneer Europe and asked the head the decor for BACI. Over previous years this decor had been designed and installed by the teachers but with their heavy work load and total commitment to training it’s one of those jobs that gets done at the last minute and causes stress to those involved, but this year was to be different as I was to head a team of volunteers to create some real impact decor…THE WOW FACTOR was about to hit BACI.
Now those of you that know me will know I am not afraid of large spaces as I have supplied decor for the NEC, The ICC, National Motor Cycle Museum and Ricoh Arena to name but a few.
As the brief came through from BACI HQ for their requirements it
dawned on me that this job was going to need some extra help so
without hesitation I booked Mike Harris CBA and without a shadow
of a doubt I can tell you it was the right choice. So rather than
ramble on about what we did - as they say…a picture say’s a
thousand words, ENJOY
It's a big space so it's going to need some BIG decor
We arrive at the venue at 8am each morning which was about a mile walk from the hotel and set about our mission. The delegates from the BACI conference were to help but by the end of the first day only 2 had turned up, but they were good. The language barrier was a problem but a quick demo was all that was required and the decor started to take shape. We had 4 main areas to decorate which was stage, ceiling, entrance and tables. By Monday at 4pm all areas had been done and it was time to party…
Nearly done and looking good
Entrance Decor
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Stage Décor LEFT
Stage Décor RIGHT
Awesome chains by Mike Harris CBA
36" Air filled stars hang from the ceiling and just above head height. Simple decor but stunning effect
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Amanda Thompson
The Balloon Fairy
Newcastle
Tyne & Wear NE12 6EZ
0191 2686132
3335
Tracy Mitcham
Tracy's Flowers & Balloons
Hatfield
Hertfordshire AL10 8HW
07940 279 063
3336
Theresa Simons
Theresa's Balloon-T-Fuls
Sheffield S13 7JD
07525 262665
3337
Melissa Johnson
Blissful Balloons
Great Barr
Birmingham B43 6LU
07968 528953
3338
Janet Rowlands
Starlit Floors
Rochdale
Lancashire OL1 4JR
01706 844 987
3339
CTI Balloons Ltd
Rugby
Warwickshire CV21 1PB
01788 546299
NABAS NEW MEMBERS
3340
Adams Gas
Margate
Kent CT9 1SJ
01843 220596
3341
Joanna Spence
JS Floral Designs
Enfield
Middlesex EN3 6SL
07577 989519
3342
Becky Kitter
Wivatwist Ltd
London N11 1BA
07951 958665
3343
Amanda Vrac
Celebration Island
Swansea SA5 9AP
01792 422816
3344
Lyndsey Egan
Forget Me Not Balloons & Occasions
Cumbernauld G67 2HF
07505 759901
Please note that inclusions of any
inserts/adverts within Balloonies
are paid-for advertisements and
therefore members should not
consider this action as an
endorsement by NABAS of the
products or services.
3345
Charlotte Holloway
Balloons Galore
Shirley B90 3ES
07936 814 603
3346
Roselyn Olaogun
Peculiar Touch
Sydenham SE26 4EX
3347
Lucia Johnson
Wallington SM6 8EP
0208 395 3173
3348
Justine Jenkins
Just B'Loons
Hemel Hempstead HP1 1JS
07917 832005
3349
Tracy Bishop
Woking GU21 3BY
07759 654340
3350
Tina Fisher
Altered Images
St Albans AL2 2NZ
01727 872122
3351
Samantha Atkins
Creative Imps
Lincoln LN2 1BH
07792 264046
NABAS NEW MEMBERS
3352
Sarah Laurie
Swindon Balloons
Swindon SN2 1QQ
07500 845704
3353
Gemma Allwood
Air Candy Ltd
Beaconsfield HP9 2BN
07974 195593
3354
Kerry Warrington
Faringdon SN7 7AT
07816 255585
3355
Richard Palmer
Stubbington Village Florist
Stubbington PO14 2JG
07775 507728
3356
Sylvia Garshong
Milton Keynes MK41 8HZ
07852 832844
3357
Yuri Margossian
Stage Door Ventures Ltd
Harpenden AL5 1LH
01582 461886
3358
Esther Akintode
Dagenham RM9 4EU
07775 505562
Yvonne Baynes
Lodge Cordell Balloonery
Tel: 01986 894482
Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2;
Area Covered: East Anglia
Jo Uddin CBA
Balloon Training Academy by Inflated Ideas
Tel: 07904 178024
www.inflatedideas.co.uk
Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2
Area Covered: Hertfordshire & throughout UK
NABAS APPROVED
TEACHERS/TRAINERS
John Lee CBA & Jane Lee ANBA
International Balloon Academy
Tel: 01908 605960 / 07852 204706
www.international-balloon-
academy.co.uk
Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2; Basics & Beyond;
Beyond the Basics; Varied range of Master Classes
Area Covered: Milton Keynes and
beyond
Janie Bacon
Just Janie Promotions
Tel: 0141 883 4259
Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2
Area Covered: Scotland
Philomena Groome CBA
School House of Balloons
Tel: 07956 226824
www.fantazia-decorations.co.uk
Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2;
Exploding Balloons; Wedding Workshop
Area Covered: Yorkshire & throughout UK
Mary George
Gretna Green Creations
Tel: 01709 818636
www.gretnagreencreations.co.uk
Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2;
Area Covered: Yorkshire and the North East
NABAS APPROVED
TEACHERS/TRAINERS
Rita Kyriacou CBA
Marguerite's Academy of Balloon Artistry
Tel: 01279 639508
www.marguerites-academy.co.uk
Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2;
Wedding Workshops
Area Covered: Hertfordshire, Essex & the South East
Mitch Gilbert CBA
Rainbow Balloons
Tel: 01625 585910
www.rainbowballoons.me.uk
Courses Provided: NABAS Level 1; NABAS Level 2; Advanced level; 260’s Course; Balloon Drops
Area Covered: Cheshire, NW England & Nth Wales
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WHOLESALERS, MANUFACTURERS & PRINTERS ADAMS GAS 2 Bath Road, Margate Kent CT9 1SL T:01843 220596 F:01843 228315 [email protected] www.adamsgas.co.uk
B-LOONY LTD Buck House Sunnyside Road Chesham, Bucks HP5 2AR T:01494 774 376 F:01494 791268 [email protected] www.b-loony.com
BALLOONS & GAS LTD Unit 6, 8 Meadow Road, Glasgow G11 6HX T:0141 337 3373 [email protected] www.balloonsandgas.co.uk
BALLOON SUPPLY & DISTRIBUTION Unit1B. Woodside House, Woodside Park, Catteshall Lane, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1LG T:01483 808121 F:01483 808 141 [email protected] www.balloonsupply.co.uk
BALLOON WORLD Unit E Parkside Business Park, Kirkstead Way Golborne, Cheshire WA3 3PY T:01942 719888 F:01942 719 988 [email protected] www.balloonworld.co.uk
BALLOONS AROUND SCOTLAND 100 Carnegie Road, Hillington Ind Est Glasgow G52 4JZ T:0141 882 8107 F:0141 882 9925 [email protected] www.balloonsaroundscotland.com
BALLOONS TO GO 160 Eardley Road, Streatham London SW16 5TG T:020 8679 7766 F:020 8679 8889 [email protected] www.balloonstogo.co.uk
BELBAL UK Broadgate House, Church Street Deeping St James, Peterborough Lincolnshire PE6 8HD T:01778 343 445 F:01778 347 230 [email protected] www.belbaluk.co.uk
BOC LTD The Priestly Centre, 10 Priestly Road The Surrey Research Park, Guilford Surrey GU2 7XY T:01483 244035 www.bocballoongas.co.uk
CTI BALLOONS LTD 6 Consul Road, Rugby Warwickshire CV21 1PB T:01788 546299 [email protected] www.ctiballoons.co.uk
DREEMWAY LTD 50 Stockton Road, Chorlton Manchester M21 9ED T:0161 861 8807 F:0161 881 9289 [email protected] www.dreemway.co.uk
FDL LTD (Festive Decoration & Lighting) Holland House , 2 Toll Bar Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3EW T:0161 474 7772 [email protected] www.fdl.li
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WHOLESALERS, MANUFACTURERS & PRINTERS
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FOLKDEAN LTD Unit 2 Lydney Harbour Estate, Lydney Gloucestershire GL15 4EJ T:01594 841545 F:01594 844 577 [email protected] www.folkdean.co.uk
GO INTERNATIONAL (UK) LTD Unit 15, The IO Centre, Arlington Business Park, Whittle Way, Stevenage SG1 2BD T:01438 745746 F:01438 745747 [email protected] www.gointernational.co.uk
HOUSE PARTI 20 Mandervell Road, Oadby Industrial Estate, Oadby, Leicestershire LE2 5LQ T:0116 271 0100 F:0116 271 0300 [email protected] www.houseparti.com
OAKTREE UK LTD 66 James Carter Road Industrial Estate Mildenhall, Suffolk IP28 7DE T:01638 716655 F:01638 711211 [email protected] www.oaktreeuk.com
PARTY DELIGHTS LTD Unit 4 Tallow Way, Fairhills Road Irlam, Manchester M44 6RJ T:0161 776 1133 F:0161 776 1144 [email protected] www.partydelights.co.uk
PARTY PLUS 16/42 Canham Road, Acton London W3 7SR T:020 8811 2898 [email protected] www.partyplus.co.uk
PREMIUM BALLOON ACCESSORIES PO Box 352 Sharon Centre, Ohio 44274 USA T: 00 1 330 239 4547 [email protected] www.premiumballoon.com
SAUNDERS DISPLAYS Unit 10 Buzzard Creek Industrial Estate River Road, Barking IG11 0EL T:020 8594 7221 [email protected] www.balloonframesbysaunders.co.uk
TALKING BALLOONS McGregor’s Way, Turnoaks Business Park Chesterfield, Derbyshire S40 2WB T:01246 270555 F:01246 270566 [email protected] www.talkingballoons.com
theballoonshop.co.uk Compound 1 The Enterprise Centre, Mill Lane, Chorley, Lancashire PR7 5BW T:01257 795700 F:01257 795150 [email protected] www.theballoonshop.co.uk
VIBORG BALLON A/S Gortlervej 7 DK8800 Viborg DENMARK T:00 45 866 21200 [email protected] www.viborg-ballon.dk
WORTHINGTON CYLINDERS Beim Flaschenwerk 1 A-3291 Keinberg bei Gaming AUSTRIA T:00 43 7485 606 272 F:00 43 7485 606 694 [email protected] www.worthingtoncylinders.com www.balloontime.com
ZIBI GmbH Kalkdarren 15 D-79713 Bad Sackingen GERMANY T:00 49 776 192 4010 [email protected] www.zibi.de
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NABAS MEMBERS - NEWS
NABAS Member Paul Gillen of Balloon Creations, Manchester supplied the Arches and Columns, over the streets of Manchester, for the runners for this years Manchester 10k run.
They had a team of four working on the event overnight. The arches and columns were assembled in Manchester Central overnight on Sat-
urday and then installed in place over the streets of Manchester as the road closures began; starting around 4am Sunday morning. The image shows the main start although other parts of the course were also supplied with balloon arches and columns.
Paul estimates that around 4000 balloons were used on the event in total. They made two huge street spanning arches and nine large upright columns. The balloons are used as colour code methods to help guide the runners to their respective assembly area so have functionality as well as being visually spectacular.
Paul also calculated that making the decor, then transporting it to where it is fitted in place caused him and his team to walk much more than the 10k that the runners undertake !!
If you have created something amazing that you would like to see published in the next issue of Balloonies then just send in a high resolution image to [email protected] and we will do the rest.
Exclusive NABAS Membership Offer June 2013
Custom Printed Balloon Package 100 10” balloons printed one side with any one colour design or wording
+ 100 cups and sticks
+ 1 small hand pump
+ FREE DELIVERY ONLY £29.99 + VAT
Use to promote your own business or sell them on for a quick easy profit.
To order simply email your design or wording to [email protected]
quoting your NABAS membership number & Offer Code NABASF0613
Hurry offer only valid until June 30th 2013
To sign up for our latest Folkdean Trade Price List and occasional balloon
printing updates please click on this link http://tinyurl.com/oyzdp3c
Folkdean Ltd, Unit 2,
Lydney Harbour Estate,
Harbour Road, Lydney
GL15 4EJ
Tel: 01594 841545