It's snowy at wallacespace!

LOVELY feedback from New Look...

"Wallacespace is a 'home away from home' and a perfect space to have any offsite meetings. Every need is catered for and all of the staff are always so helpful and accomodating to suit your every need, the food supplied is always of a high quality and I have had no complaints from my team who can be quite particular! I love the fact you have food and drink on hand and can grab a drink from the fridge when you want one - like you would at home- which helps everyone relax into the space. The decor is fun, funky and really inspires creativity, I would recommend wallacespace to any of my friends or colleagues and have done so on many occasions.

Kind regards

Marie McClatchie

Director & Team Secretary to Dom McBrien, E-commerce Director

Director & Team Secretary to Alex Cara, Group Franchise Managing Director"

 

More photos from the Simple Search for a Skin Star

Here's some great photos of wallacespace that the lovely people at Simple have sent us...

Great feedback from the Local Social Summit

A lovely bit of feedback following on from the Local Social Summit event at wallacespace St Pancras last week...


"I wanted to thank all of the team at wallacespace in making the events last week a success.
Here's one example, a blog post from one of the key analysts in the Local Media sector, Greg Sterling: http://www.screenwerk.com/2010/11/22/london-local-conferences-a-great-success/ 
We had people from all over the globe talking about what a great venue we had found in wallacespace and how they wished for something similar in their home town, including a bunch of Silicon Valley/San Francisco type."

Wallacespace hosts beauty boot camp!

Have a look at wallacespace St Pancras in this video for Simple Skincare's beauty boot camp which was part of their search for a Simple star...

Exciting young artist working with wallacespace...

We've started working on our 2010 Christmas commission, which this year will be produced by South East London based Lee Borthwick. As well as the wallacespace christmas commission, Lee is also currently working on the new set of Cats the Musical. You can have a look at Lee's artwork at our Covent Garden office, where Lee is exhibiting as part of galleryspace.

 

Look out for our Christmas emailer in your inbox...

Halloween preparations...

Diana has been busy at Wallacespace St Pancras preparing for Halloween by making these little beauties...pretty scary stuff!

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Thai Beef Salad Recipe

Here is the recipe for the Thai beef salad our chefs taught us how to make at the PA taster evening last month...enjoy

Ingredients:
200gms beef fillet
1 small red onion (finely sliced)
1 small handful of coriander leaves
1 small gem/cos lettuce (leave separated)
Pinch of ground, roast rice (dry fry jasmine rice until toasted brown, then grind in a spice grinder)
Freshly ground black pepper
1 handful of Thai basil leaves
Cherry vine tomatoes

For the marinade:
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon grated palm sugar

For the dressing:
1 lemongrass stalk (finely chopped)
1 large red chilli (deseeded)
2 small green chillis (chopped)
3 cloves garlic (chopped)
1/2 tablespoon grated palm sugar
2 tablespoons fish sauce
Juice of 3 limes
4 thinly sliced lime leaves

To make the marinade:
Mix the soy sauce, fish sauce and palm sugar. Add the beef and marinade overnight (remove from the fridge 2 hours prior to cooking).
Heat a cast iron griddle until red hot. Sear the beef to form an outer crust (about 3/4 minute on each side, depending on how pink you like your beef). Rest for 5 minutes then slice thickly across the grain.
Toss the beef, onion, Thai basil and coriander leaves with some of the dressing and serve on a bed of salad with cucumber, tomatoes and thinly sliced red onion.
Drizzle with extra dressing and serve with roast rice to sprinkle, freshly roasted peanuts and extra sliced chilli for those that like it hot!

If you are interested in organising a similar event call Trinh on 020 7395 1265 or email trinh.nguyen@wallacespace.com.

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?What If! @ wallacespace

Here's ?What If! Innovation putting our Long Room at wallacespace St Pancras to fantastic use for a team building workshop...

We're all very jealous of the tiger rug!

Kristina's home baked flapjack recipe...

Clients at Wallacespace St Pancras have been enjoying an extra treat this week. The lovely Kristina who works in our caffe has been baking. Her flapjacks are probably the best we've ever tasted and after much cajoling we finally managed to prise the recipe from her to share with you...

You will need:
400g porridge oats
200g butter
150g sugar
340g honey
100g mixed nuts
100g mixed dried fruit (raisins, cranberries etc)

To make the flapjacks:
Melt the butter and add the sugar, then when it starts to caramelise add the honey. Mix the oats with the fruit and nuts and add this to the butter, sugar and honey mixture.

Stir it all together and spoon into a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 20 mins at 180 degrees c until the flapjacks are golden. Allow to cool and cut into squares.

Hope you enjoy them as much as we did!

Meet the team...

We had a Polaroid camera to play with today at wallacespace St Pancras. Say hi to the Dukes Rd bookings team, from right to left: Hannah, Stefan, Lisa, Diana, Trinh and Anna.
Three, two, one... cheese!

Food@Work @ wallacespace

Wednesday evening saw a team of chefs take over our caffe at wallacespace St Pancras to cook up a storm in the name of teambuilding with a three course dinner and (plenty of) drinks afterwards.

The willing volunteers learned to cook with http://www.foodatwork.co.uk/ trained chefs then sat down to tuck into the fruits of their labour.

To talk to us about organising a similar evening give Anna a call on 020 7395 1265 or email anna.jeffries@wallacespace.com.

Thai recipe evening in association with the the Global PA Network

Back by popular demand!
On Thursday evening we hosted a taster evening for PAs with the Global PA Network. This was our second event - we just didn't have space for everybody on the first evening!
Our Covent Garden head chef Mateusz showed how to make the tasty Thai beef salad from our lunch menu, watch this space for more photos and a video, as well as the recipe for anyone who couldn't make it to our taster evenings.
If you want to come in and try our lunches for yourself call us on 020 7395 1265 and request a showround with lunch - we're only too happy to show off our great food and our spaces!
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Cocktails and cupcakes with the Hummingbird bakery

Last Wednesday Wallacespace hosted an evening of cocktails and cupcakes in our Covent Garden networking space with Hummingbird Bakery and Bec Development.


12 women from the media industry attended this fun networking event and learned how to make Hummingbird's sensational cupcakes.


A huge thanks to Hummingbird, Helen Tiffany at Bec Development and to everyone who attended.
If you would like to organise a similar networking event, or come and have a look around one of our central London venues , give us a call on 020 7395 1265.

...And just so you don't forget how beautiful we are now

A trip down memory lane...

All the building work going on at our Covent Garden space to give us disabled access made us think you might like to see how we started out.
Back in 2002 we were just two rooms at our Dryden Street office - we have now taken over the whole building plus a second site at our St Pancras venue  ...next stop the world! We've just been reminiscing and looking at these photos of our 2005 fitout...

We've got the builders in...

We're 'having a bit of work done' at our Dryden Street office this month.

From the Autumn we will have disabled access at Covent Garden, with the St Pancras office hopefully following by the end of the year.

Look out for lots of lovely pictures of our newly refurbed space come September....

To arrange to come and have a look around or to make a booking give us a call on 020 7395 1265 or email ask@wallacespace.com

More pictures from the wallace-wedding

Here's a few more pictures from the wedding last month. Proving how multi-talented we are, Robin, our manager at the St Pancras office, did all the flowers...

What a wedding venue...

A couple of months ago we hosted our first wedding. The happy couple were over the moon and this week they came back to visit us for a glass of wine and to show us their pictures....

To ask about any of our evening or weekend offerings give us a call on 020 7395 1265, have a look at our unique space or email us at ask@wallacespace.com.

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We love testimonials..

We think that what sets us apart at wallacespace (apart from our inspiring spaces and unbeatable lunches) is our people - we say we are 'can do and do do' and we deliver on that promise day in day out. We work tirelessly behind the scenes to improve our business and the feedback we receive is our reward for a job well done.


"It was a five-star service! Everything went well, and your creativity and lightness of touch helped create just the right atmosphere for an excellent workshop. Thank you in particular for: getting the pictures of beach balls etc ready, having the room set up precisely to my request, being on hand for last minute requests (name badges, extra bits and pieces, taking photos and e-mailing them to me, printing off evaluation forms). Diana even helped me carry my bag to the room at the start of the day. What with all the mini-bars dotted around, you are better than most hotels!
I was really, really pleased, and can’t wait to come back. Big thanks to Diana for all her help.
Do hope to see all you guys again soon. THANKS again.


All the best


Al Brunker
Speakersbank"




"I have to say that there is really nothing at the moment that I could find to give you as area for improvement.

I really have been very impressed with ALL aspects of the venue and service on both occasions I have worked at Wallacespace and will definitely be recommending you to any colleagues looking for a venue in central London and will use you myself whenever the opportunity arises.
I will be quoting examples of my experiences to others when I want to get across the concept of excellent customer service.


Peter Green

Director
Performance for Growth Ltd"

To come and meet us for yourself and to have a look at our unique central London venues, call us on 020 7395 1265 or email ask@wallacespace.com

Bespoke barbeque packages at wallacespace St Pancras

Make the most of the summer by adding a barbeque to your day at wallacespace.
If you're visiting us for a meeting, training session, conference or any other event at our central london venue, ask about our fantastic barbeque packages. A BBQ is not only a perfect way to end a warm summers' day, you will also be increasing your return on investment by gaining a precious extra couple of hours to debrief and recap on your day.
Just give Anna Jeffries a call on 020 73951265 or email anna.jeffries@wallacespace.com

Mirror, mirror...superb viewing facilities in Central London

Just a reminder for anyone involved in market research or organising focus groups, wallacespace now have a two way mirror and live audio, as well as digital recording equipment and real time viewing on a 42" plasma screen with the ability to leave with a memory stick or dvd recording of the session.

That's in our comfortable, friendly spaces in Central London, with easy access for respondents via train, bus or tube, as well as all the usual wallacespace benefits including a relaxed, creative atmosphere to inspire clear thinking, great food cooked on the premises and a willing and able team who are on hand to help with tricky AV, hostessing, or anything else you might need during your time here.

To find out more about our viewing facilities call Anna Jeffries on 020 7395 1265 or email her at anna.jeffries@wallacespace.com

Follow up to the short and sweet feedback...

....a bit longer but still just as sweet, we received this great followup email this morning

"Sorry not to have thanked you and your team earlier for your efforts on Monday. It was a five-star service! Everything went well, and your creativity and lightness of touch helped create just the right atmosphere for an excellent workshop. Thank you in particular for: getting the pictures of beach balls etc ready, having the room set up precisely to my request, being on hand for last minute requests (name badges, extra bits and pieces, taking photos and emailing them to me, printing off evaluation forms). Diana even helped me carry my bag to the room at the start of the day. What with all the mini-bars dotted around, you are better than most hotels!
I was really, really pleased, and can’t wait to come back. Big thanks to Diana for all her help.
Do hope to see all you guys again soon. THANKS again.


All the best
Al"

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Wallacespace in a nutshell

Sometimes you don't need pages and pages of feedback - some people can sum us up in a single sentence. Here's what was written on one of our feedback cards yesterday:

"Great space - beats stuffy hotels by far!"

We couldn't have put it better ourselves...
Have a look at some of the different ways you can dress our space on our website by clicking on this link

PR Week Awards and Wallacespace

Wallacespace recently hosted the judging for the 2010 PR Week awards http://www.prweekawards.com/ and this afternoon we received this lovely feedback email from the organiser, David:


"..Thanks for Friday, as usual the venue, food and staff were all amazing! Absolutely brilliant going there, everything is always so well organised and prepared for us, would happily use the Wallace Space for every judging / meeting I have! Thank you for looking after us and have a great week!
Regards
David Felice
Freelance Events Manager "


Our food is a recurring theme in the complimentary feedback we receive. To arrange to come and have lunch on us give us a call on 020 7395 1265 or email ask@wallacespace.com.
Have a look at more pictures of our caffespaces at http://www.wallacespace.com/caffe_sp.html

short, sweet and to the point...

More superb feedback, this time from Miffa Salter from Urbancanda http://www.urbancanda.co.uk/ who kindly forwarded us an email she received about our St Pancras Wallacespace:

"See below from Al! Thanks so much for your fantastic service. I hear from both Al and Caireen that they had a great day. Can I tell you again….YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!
'Just back from the beautiful WallaceSpace who treated us like Royalty. Great session'"


You can take a virtual tour of our St Pancras office at http://www.wallacespace.com/rooms_sp.html

Great feedback from an ex wallacespacer

Jossie Clayton used to work with us in our account management team. It therefore means a lot to us that now she works for branding company The Value Engineers, she not only comes back to us a client but then writes to us with feedback like this:

"When organising an event for colleagues you are faced with the toughest audience: you know their little likes and dislikes and you're desperate to impress. Having previously worked at Wallacespace, however, I knew that this is the place to calm my nerves for my new colleagues. And they didn't let me down: all of our tiny requests were met and surpassed - from last minute glitter wigs to an array of AV specifications and fabulous food in the candlelit cafe. This was all done in an unflappable manner which helped the day run seamlessly (and me to relax!). I wouldn't hesitate to rely on and recommend Wallacespace to anyone needing a great venue."

Jossie was at our Covent Garden site which is 5 minutes walk from both Covent Garden and Holborn tube stations
http://www.wallacespace.com/coventgarden.html
To come and have a look round please give us a call on 020 7395 1265 or email ask@wallacespace.com

Thanks Jossie!

More feedback...

"Dear Anna

I just wanted to send you a somewhat belated note to say many thanks for making our evening workshop on Thursday 24th, at Euston, such a smooth and pleasant experience!
It all went really well, and all the delegates commented on the lovely feel of the place (as well as the excellent catering)! As a couple of them are training or marketing managers in large companies and weren’t previously aware of Wallacespace, I do hope you also get some repeat business out of it.
And, of course, Pilar and I are planning to run our future ‘Power and Focus’ workshops in Wallacespace too. At the moment, we’re negotiating with a large staff wellbeing company who will hopefully take these on, and market them for us.
Thank you also for giving us a bigger room at no extra cost and for staying behind to make sure everything ran OK.
Take care & hope to see you again very soon!


All the best,


Ana & Pilar


Ana Karakusevic, MSc, ACC ICF, AM AC
Leadership Consultant & Executive Coach"


 
To take a virtual tour of our St Pancras office go to our website at http://www.wallacespace.com/rooms_sp.html 
To take a real tour please call us on 020 7395 1265 or email ask@wallacespace.com

Duck tours and dim sum - more pictures...

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