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Thursday, 29 July 2010

What makes London special for you?


Yesterday on Facebook, we asked for our friends to tell us about their favourite bits of London, especially any 'secret' places that make the City special.


Niki started us off by posting that Bankside, Postmans' Park and Borough Market all have a place in her heart, and that the Bobby Moore statue at Wembley Stadium makes her proud!

Andrew Kerr posted The Market Porter in Borough market, best pub in Britain...can almost see it from my office....hmmm getting thirsty!!

(That is a great pub and always busy!)

Amanda Bastow loves crossing the river at night in a taxi

Stephen McGrane is enamoured of the dolphin lamp posts on the South Bank and that white deco building with a clock on opposite bank

Praful Varsani added Golders Hill Park. Has small zoo, kids play park, tennis courts, and woodland. Great pubs around corner, Spaniards Inn and the Bull&Bush to our list.

Jon Harper professed to be a fan of HMS Belfast.

Niki asked if anyone had ever been on the river cruise from Westminster to Greenwich? It's a unique and brilliant way to see the sights, including hidden bits of London that you'd otherwise miss.

Nancy has been on the boat trip at night and says that London looks magical with all the bridges, Westminster and Canary Wharf lit up.

We'll carry this one on I think, there are some great suggestions coming through, and today we've asked our younger members to share what they love about London.

We'll keep you posted!

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

Bastows brochures now available


Bastows brochures go live

The brand new Bastows brochures are released his week, featuring company information, images of our beautiful projects, details of our awards and accreditations and key datafor clients, residents and anyone interested in who we are, what we do, and the unique way we do it.


We are really excited as this has truly been a family project, with everyone adding their own unique touches and ideas so the amazing Bastows spirit shines through on every page.


If you'd like to receive a copy of the brochure in eiher A4 or A5 format, please just comment below, email us a mail@bastows.co.uk, or pick up the phone to 01372 363 353- we'd love to hear from you.

Wednesday, 16 June 2010

World Cup results updated on our Twitter feed

Hi all

Just an update, all WC fixture scores and updates on the sweep will appear on our Facebook and Twitter pages- follow us and join our pages, and keep up to speed on scores, news, competitive chat, cakes...

... and who’s over the moon and who’s as sick as a parrot, Brian!

Bastows on Facebook and Twitter- join in!

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Friday, 11 June 2010

The Bastows World Cup Sweepstake 2010




It's World Cup time again, when the shirts come out, the telly's never off, and the pubs across the world are filled with cheers, jeers and tears.




We've drawn a sweepstake for each of the members of our Facebook page to 'manage' one team through the tournament.



Here's our World Cup Sweepstake Table.

You'll see we haven't allocated a manager for England; this is because we don't think it's fair that someone gets the 'home' team, and gets to claim that they're somehow 'winning' due to the amount of flag and banners they've spotted on their way to work.
That, and we're so confident in Mr Capello and Steven Gerrard that we didn't want to jinx their magic touch.

French boss Sarah Tucker said earlier, "France. I'm happy with that."
Insightful comments from Group A, there.

Whatever you do, wherever you do it, enjoy this remarkable sporting event and cheer as loudly as you like for your chosen team... an congratulations to South Africa for showing the World a warm welcome, and being winners in bringing passion, spirit and love to 'the beautiful game.'

Monday, 24 May 2010

Bastows featured on Buildingtalk.com

Buildingtalk.com is one of the industry's key sources for news, view and features and we are proud to be featured on the site with news of our rebrand and recent awards.


Buildingtalk select news and stores that they feel are most interesting and relevant in the industry, and we are thrilled that they were so interested in our recent news.


Read more here: www.buildingtalk.com/news/dba/dba101.html

Thanks to all at Buildingtalk for helping us share our message.