THEST BOTOLPH BUILDINGLONDON EC3A

NEWSLETTERIssue 8

Please do not remove this publication from the St Botolph Building

Letter from the Editors 3

St Botolph Building Updates 4

Charity Drives 6

Upcoming Events 8

Interview with Carime Balde 9

Updates from Portico 10

Updates from CIS 11

Updates from Incentive QAS 12

Dry Cleaning Service 13

Promotion card offers 14

The Angler at the South Place Hotel 16

CONTENTS

In this issue

Letter from the editors

The St Botolph Building Management Team

Incentive QAS UpdatesPage 11

Christmas Jumper DayPage 5

PromotionsPage 16

Welcome to the 8th edition of The St Botolph Building Newsletter.

With January gone already, we are wondering how time flies so quickly when it seems it was only yesterday that we were all enjoying the cosiness of the holiday season. We hope that you enjoyed the festive period with family and friends and got the chance to recharge your batteries.

Being the first edition of 2018, this issue’s goal is to introduce events and updates that we have prepared for you and that will mark the beginning of the year. Read up on the 2017 Charity Drive on page 6. Don’t forget to read our “Get to know the team” where in this edition, we spoke with Carime from Incentive QAS.

You might also have noticed that the Main Reception team has changed slightly. We had to saygoodbye to two members namely Gosia and Daniela. But with their departure we had theopportunity to welcome two new members, Amanda and Marija. We wish them all the verybest of luck in their new roles. In addition to this, the reception lobby has now received asplash of colour in the form of four giant sculptures. You can read more about the artinstallations in the “St Botolph Building Updates” on page 4.

Lastly, we will keep you up to speed with all the amazing places just around the corner that youcan visit and obtain discounts by using your blue loyalty card. Don’t forget that these offers andmany more are available on our website, www.stbotolph.co.uk.

St Botolph Building Updates

2017 has been a year of changes here at St BotolphBuilding. You might have noticed that the Main StBotolph Building reception team has slightly changed.We have a new little member of the cleaning family -big congratulations to Tatiane Hoch, our CleaningManager who recently gave birth to a healthy babyboy! Not to mention the installation of four verycolourful sculptures from artist Sam Shendi.

Farewell to Gosia Zurowska and Daniela ColibabaWe are sad to see two members leave the Main StBotolph Reception team, Gosia Zurowska and DanielaColibaba. But, we are happy to announce that Danielais now part of the CBRE Building Management teamas FM Administrator. Gosia has decided to travelaround the world, with Conrad Olwagen stepping upto Reception Manager. We also have new membersin our team to announce – Marija Soba, AmandaCobbina and Kristina Pociute. Congratulations tothem all!

In the cleaning team, Gitana Skirmantiene has takenover from Tatiane Hoch making sure everything isspotless while she is away on maternity leave.Welcome to the Incentive QAS team!

Clean City AwardSt Botolph Building has been nominated once againfor the City of London chairman’s cup for wastemanagement for 2017. The ceremony was held onFriday 26th January at Mansion House. St Botolphcame away with their 3rd Platinum Award which isthe second highest achievement.

Art work - Sam ShendiThe beginning of the year brings us new fresh

outlook to our reception lobby with four art figures.These sculptures are a part of Sam Shendi’s “OnlyHuman” collection. Graduating in 1997 with a firstclass BA degree with honours from Helwyn of FineArts in Cairo, Egyptian born sculptor Sam Shendicreates joyfully coloured abstractions of the humanfigure which, with the subtlest of indicators, hints atthe complexity of human interactions.Shendi’s work references the work of “minimalism”,the style of paring-down design elements andfocusing on the medium of steel, aluminium andpaint. Some of his works are deceptively simple inform but include the qualities of metaphoricalassociations, symbolism and suggestions of spiritualtranscendence, which is what the artists of the 60’sand 70’s were trying to avoid.His work whittles down the human figure to itssimplest form enabling the exploration of the ideaof the human form as a vessel. So by reducing thehuman body to a container or minimal shape, hiscreations become centred on an emotion or anexpression.

Everyone came in creative by having their own style Christmas Jumper for Save the Children charity on December 15th.

We had our Christmas party at the Alice Bar, bringing everyone together and we had a brilliant time! There was a lot of laughter, drinks and nibbles and of course boogying downuntil late. It was a perfect opportunity to celebrate another successful year.

St Botolph Building Updates

Christmas Drinks and Christmas Jumper Day

Charity Drives

Just like every year, St Botolph Building organises and participates invarious events to raise funds for the ones who need it the most. With arange of events taking place in the building throughout the year, weraised £702 and have donated this to Save the Children.

December 15th last year was marked as Christmas Jumper Day, bringing alot of festive and colourful reindeers, Santas, even a Chewbacca roamingaround. This event was another occasion to help millions of childrenacross the world that don’t have access to facilities and meals.

The St Botolph Building also raised £270.75 in last year’s Poppy Appeal,the largest fundraising campaign of the Royal British Legion, that remindsus of all the sacrifices made in the past, but also supports the futuregenerations of the Armed Forces.

We always ensure that any vendors that we work with donate 10% oftheir earnings to different charities. This year we will continue to help thelittle ones, so your donations can really make a difference and help thembe children again.

Want to join one of the most famous fundraising events on the planet?Run the Virgin Money London Marathon which is held on April 22nd andsupport a good cause.

St Botolph was once again proud to present the traditional Christmas concertperformed by children of Sir John Cass’s Foundation Primary School. Weenjoyed the tunes of the most famous festive songs and sang along with thechildren and participate in the school’s fundraising campaign, supporting WaterAid and Amnesty International. On this occasion £145.12 was raised towards thecharities.

What is Christmas without mince pies and mulled wine?For the two weeks running up to Christmas, our receptionists were in charge ofspreading festive joy, by handing out mince pies and mulled wine to warm youup.

For more offers and services please visit www.stbotolph.co.uk

Charity Drives

20 February Dr Nip Nip Bicycle Serviceswww.nipnip.co.uk

Events

6 March Rue Candles & Scents – Mother’s Day Pop Up Standwww.ruecandles.co.uk

7 – 8 March The Book Peoplewww.thebookpeople.co.uk

15 March Dr Nip Nip Bicycle Serviceswww.nipnip.co.uk

22 March Babelle – Easter Pop-Up Standwww.babelle.uk

For more offers and services please visit www.stbotolph.co.uk

4 – 5 April The Book Peoplewww.thebookpeople.co.uk

11 April Dr Nip Nip Bicycle Serviceswww.nipnip.co.uk

In every issue we always ensure to recognize the star employees in the company and offer them a section in the newsletter to praise and celebrate their amazing work and dedication for their job role. This issue we would like to introduce Carime, the Cleaning supervisor who has definitely earned Employee of the Quarter! We want to give a huge thank you for always ensuring the building is kept spotless, spectacular and safe.

How long have you been working for the company?I have been in the company since February 2016.

What are your duties and responsibilities in your job role? Providing high standard of cleanliness throughout the building, supervise and direct staff including the dailyallocation of duties/general direction and checking of work throughout the day, promote Health and Safetywithin the team and raise awareness amongst all the staff of appropriate Health and Safety regulations,maintain stocks and order materials from approved suppliers as necessary, ensure adequate supplies ofcleaning materials and equipment are available to staff as required, reorganise staff schedules to coverareas during holidays, sickness and changes in weather conditions and many more.

Tell us more about yourself ?I am basically a simple person, consider myself as a hardworking, fun-loving person and sincere and friendlytoo.

What about hobbies?I love traveling round the EU, shopping and watching the news on TV.

Have you got holidays arranged for this year? If yes, where? I will probably go to Lisbon with my kids.

Get to know the team

Carime Balde 37Portugal Cleaning supervisor

We are on target to raise£50,000 to cover the

lifetime training and carecosts for a guide dog.

Our team have raised anastonishing

£48,021so far.

Well done!

Recognising the industry leading reputation and

positive impact of our Training Academy, we

have invested in the development of our training

brand and facilities. Under a new brand umbrella

and located at our shiny new premises in

Clerkenwell, The Hive will be launched formally

this year to welcome our ‘busy bees’ from across

our portfolio, sharing knowledge and spreading

best practice throughout our business.

Investing in Our Training

Academy

Growing Our Family

We are happy and excited to grow our Portico

Family with some fantastic new clients joining our

portfolio early next year.

We are now mobilising our contract and

partnership with a small City based investment

firm, a large property developer and an exciting

creative retailer who are on the journey to

establish exceptional services at their campus in

Watford.

Our New Support Office

We are happy to share that the Portico Support

Office has relocated to a newly refurbished office

near Chancery Lane.

Through the past years, Portico has grown at a

steady pace and now we have over 30

professionals in our Support Team who help

Portico People flourish.

Making space for our growing support network

and establishing a new centre for The Hive, our

training academy, we are making our new home

on the 5th floor of 100 Grays Inn Road. We share

the space with our sister brand, BaxterStorey and

we can’t wait to welcome each and every Portico

People in our new home and The Hive.

5h Floor, 100 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8AL

Portico Puppy Report

In our previous issue we were proud to hear thatCIS Security was shortlisted as one of the finalists in4 categories at the last year’s Security & FireExcellence Award 2017, and now we are delightedto announce that they won one of them – SecurityTraining Initiative of the Year! The event took placeat the London Hilton Park Lane Hotel on 22November 2017 and it was a great ending toanother successful year. Congratulations!

Not only did 2017 end well for CIS, 2018also started in the same manner – they arefinalists in OSPAs 2018 (OutstandingSecurity Performance Awards) in thefollowing categories:• Outstanding Security Training Initiative• Outstanding Young Security Professionals• Outstanding Contract Security Company• In-House Security Manager/Director

The Awards will take place on 1st March2018 at the Royal Lancaster London. Wewish them all the best of luck.

Left to right:Steve Evans (Chief Commercial Officer, Amberstone), Tracy Plant (CIS HR Director) Lee Leyland (CIS Training Manager) Cathy Deegan (CIS Marketing Manager) Gabby Logan (Presenter)

Huge congratulations to Andre Powell who won Security Supervisor ofthe Year Award at the CIS Annual Awards Ceremony 2017.Andre received this well deserved recognition thanks to his hard work,dedication, applying fairness and consistency to all actions, providingtools for achievement, removing unnecessary barriers to accomplishmentand assisting with problem solving, providing feedback in a constructiveway, managing issues in the workplace and treating all with dignity,respect and integrity.

Employees of the Year

Congratulations to Vanusa Vaz, Day Reception Cleaner & Franklin Ortega Waste Evening Operative at The StBotolph Building, receiving their award for the Employee of the Year for 2017 in November. They made thedifference for the Day team & Evening team in 2017.

Recognising the essential requirement offorging effective partnerships has been at theheart of the PFM Awards throughout its longhistory.

The PFM Partnership Awards ceremony isrecognised as a highlight on the FM calendar,and is an outstanding opportunity to networkwith an exclusive club including some of thesmartest minds in the sector, and facilitiesmanagers, service providers and propertyprofessionals from across the public andprivate sectors.

Our Incentive QAS team attended theglittering black-tie event, thePFM Partnership Awards ceremony dinneralongside all the finalists and their clients andindustry guests, there to applaud the finalistsand winners of these highly respectedAwards.

Next year’s PFM Awards will take place on theevening of 7 November, it has beenconfirmed, once again at London’s TheBrewery and this will be the award’s 25thanniversary of celebrating the best examplesof partnership working in the FM industry.

PFM Partnership Awards

The dry cleaners are based on the ground floor behind the East reception desk. Please note that theopening times for the dry cleaners are Monday to Friday between the hours of 08:00 to 10:00 and againfrom 16:00 to 18:00.

Special Offers

*Please note that there will be an additional 30% charge for same day service.

Dry CleaningShirts £2.95Folded Shirt £3.752pc Suit £10.003pc Suit £14.50Dinner suit from £15.00Trousers £4.50Jacket from £6.00Waistcoat from £4.50Skirt from £4.50Knitwear from £5.00Dress from £10.00Blouse from £4.00

Alterations & RepairsTrouser Shorten/Lengthen £12.00Trouser Waist in/out £12.00Trouser patch £10.00Skirt/dress Shorten/Lengthen £15.00Skirt/Dress Shorten/Lengthen with lining £20.00Minimum Repair price (excl. buttons) £7.00

You can reach the main dry cleaning office on 0207 701 4537 or via email at info@bensonsdrycleaners.co.uk.

Dry Cleaning

5 ShirtsCleaned &Pressed for

£10*

2x 2pc Suits Dry Cleaned

for only £15*

For more offers, services and terms & conditions, please visit our website at www.stbotolph.co.uk/offers.

This Michelin-starred restaurant offers a complimentary glass of champagne to St Botolph’stenants. The offer is valid Monday – Friday for lunch and dinner. Just show you blue loyaltycard on arrival and enjoy the experience. For more offers, please visit their websitehttp://www.galvinrestaurants.com.

Kenza Lebanese restaurant is happy to offer all St Botolph tenants 15% off our a la cartemenu when 2 courses are ordered, Monday – Thursday for up to 6 people. There you canenjoy the tastes of authentic traditional Lebanese and Middle-eastern recipes that the chefscreated inspired by their mothers’ and grandmothers’ cooking. Please remember to book inadvance and quote “St Botolphs” when making your reservation.

At Mac & Wild, you can get the ultimate Scottish experience just a minute away from yourworkplace! Located at the Devonshire square, it offers only the best produce of Scotland(and a virtual Gun Room). Get 20% discount on your food bill, this is valid for bothreservations or walk-ins. To reserve a table please email info@macandwild.com or bookonline at www.macandwild.com including ‘St Botolph’ in the booking notes. Please notethat the 20% is not in conjunction with any other offer.

The team at Walter and Monty are happy to offer an exclusive deal to St Botolph tenants of10% discount. Open 11:30 – 14:30, right next to the Gherkin, it’s a perfect spot for yourquick and healthy lunch break. Please visit their website for more informationwww.walterandmonty.com.

Show your blue loyalty card to obtain 20% discount in the restaurant and lounge bar and50% off all cocktails from the Lounge menu from 12am – 12pm Monday to Wednesday,12am – 10pm on Thursdays and Fridays and 5pm – 10pm on Saturdays. From light bites,burgers and pizzas to steaks and sharing platters, City Z has something perfectly fit for abusiness lunch, fun dinner date or after work drinks with your colleagues.

If you need to escape from the ordinary, The Drift bar is a perfect place for you. Just showyour blue card to receive a 15% discount off your total bill between 7:30am and 5pm(however you will need to book in advance). Please email zoe.foley@drake–morgan.co.ukto make a reservation.

For more offers, services and terms & conditions, please visit our website at www.stbotolph.co.uk/offers.

Satyrio is a small Italian restaurant and wine boutique, located opposite Aldgate Station,perfect for leisure or business. Visit them and try their homemade pasta or fresh truffles.They offer 10% discount of your total bill when you dine in.

Conveniently located just across the street from St Botolph Building, Square Mile DentalCentre offers the tenants 50% discount on their first exam, then 5% off all othertreatments thereafter. When you make an appointment, please state that you are StBotolph tenant. For more information, visit theirwebsite www.squaremiledentalcentre.co.uk.

Another gem in The Gherkin – Sterling Bar & Kitchen is offering St Botolph tenants a 20%discount on all food and beverage (excluding the month of December during the peakChristmas period). To reserve you table, please find the contact details on their websitewww.thesterlingbar.co.uk.

Located at the top of one the most famous London landmarks, The Gherkin, Searcys takespride in it’s impressive 360 degree views and exclusive Private Member’s club. St Botolphtenants can make a reservation for lunch (Monday – Friday between 12:00 and 14:15) witha set menu. Please state SBBGHERKIN when enquiring for a reservation. For furtherinformation on how to become a member kindly email theclub@searcys.co.uk or call on020 7071 7215.

Set in an historic 18th century warehouse near Liverpool Street, since launching inSeptember 2012, New Street Grill has fast become known for its excellent service. Showyour blue loyalty card to obtain 10% discount off the final bill when dining Monday –Sunday. When booking please quote “St Botolph Building residents” and show a businesscard/employee ID on arrival.

The name says it all! Famous for their protein packed skewers, soups and homemade dips,at We Grill you can obtain a 20% discount of your bill for either dine in or takeaway. Open11am – 4pm Monday-Friday, it is a perfect place for a quick and healthy lunch.

St Botolph Blue Card holders can enjoy a generous 15% off food and drinks all day andnight (pre-booked or walk in) at Jamies bar on Creechurch Lane. Please visit their websitewww.jamies.london to see their amazing lunch time (any sandwich or salad & soft drinkfor just £7) or drinks offer (for only £3 they do a bottle of Peroni, Heineken, Corona &Post Tree Wines (175ml) all night from 3pm) and more!

Executive Chef, Gary Foulkes’ picture-perfect plates and the extensive wine list have established Angler adestination dining experience. Although known for sensational seafood, vegetarians and carnivores are alsowell catered and the best seasonal and local produce. To complement the dishes, our Head Sommelier hascompiled an extensive wine list of bottles from around the world.Gary Foulkes has 12 years’ experience of cooking and working in some of the UK’s most highly-acclaimedestablishments.Beginning his career under the guidance of Richard Neat and Gary Rhodes, he has also held positions at TheVineyard at Stockcross and William Drabble’s Aubergine.Gary then progressed to head chef at The Square, the two Michelin-starred Anglo-French restaurant inMayfair, prior to taking the helm of Angler in April 2016.A semi private dining room, Chef’s View is an ideal space for intimate dinners. At the far end of therestaurant lies bar adjoining Angler terrace, an open air space. One of the City’s hidden gems, the west-facing space is perfect for soaking the afternoon sun. In high summer the terrace plays hosts to someamazing rooftop parties, live DJs and a spectacular buzz, showing our chefs at work and vistas of iconic Citylandmarks such as The Gherkin. A retractable roof and heaters ensure that guests stay warm and drywhatever the weather.Compliments of The South Place Hotel, our tenants will be able to enjoy a 10% discount off of Angler a lacarte menu.

Contact:Phone: +44 (0)20 3215 1260Email: angler@southplacehotel.com

OPENING HOURS:LUNCH: Monday – Friday 12-2.30pm (Saturday the restaurant is closed for lunch)DINNER: Monday – Saturday – 6-10pm

Waking up The City with fresh coffee and putting it to bed with craftycocktails is the 3 Bar also located at The South Place Hotel. Guest DJs lay onan evening soundtrack as the week gets late. Parties of up to 40 arewelcomed for informal celebrations. St Botolph’s loyalty card holders canobtain a 25% discount off their bill with groups of 6 guests or more.

Uncomplicated and ever-changing, the menu at South Place Chop House isdedicated to seasonal and carefully sourced cuts of meat and freshly caught fish,modernised with continental flavours and seasoning. St Botolph loyalty cardholders will receive a 25% discount off the a la carte menu.

For contact information and bookings, please visit their websitesouthplacehotel.com for contact information and bookings.