20th December
Dear Scots In London and friends,
It's been a great year for Scots In London and we'd love to wish you and yours a very merry christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous new year. Thanks so much for your continued support over the course of the year. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the rapid rise of SIL from 500 Scots at the start of the year to fast approaching 5,000 dynamic passionate Scots by the end of the year (10x in two years). We're now the largest Scottish network community in London for events, news, business and social networking etc. Sincere thanks. There is lots planned for the coming year and beyond. Let's make it happen...
We've received a plethora of christmas cards from Scottish organisations in the Scotland, the rest of the UK and around the world, and you've been forwarding some on. We'd like to share our favourites with you - make sure your volume is up and sing along:
(1) Irn-Bru - SIL would love to get Irn-Bru on board as a SIL sponsor in the coming year!
(2) Scottish Quest.com (great new Scottish Board Game) featuring "Santa's a Scotsman...too many pies, not enough exercise, of course he's one of us!"! In two parts, both very good. Caution: not suitable for children or those easily offended.
(3) Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust - SIL look forward to working with PSYBT during the coming year. And finally...
(4 ) Scottish Executive - Scotland Now - SIL look forward to working with SE during the coming year.
Scots In London couldn't end the year without saying a big thank you to our lead sponsors Whyte and Mackay, who have been truly fantastic (Ed: I hope it's a slick new bottle of W&M you pop in your shopping trolley for hogmanay). Thanks also key legal category sponsors Maclay Murray and Spens and key charity ScotsCare for their help and support over the last year. We look forward to working with them and other supporters over the year ahead to bring you great events and promote the best of traditional and contemporary Scotland, Scots and all things Scottish...
Before signing off, we're delighted to announce Liam Alexander from Edinburgh as the winner of last weeks' newsletter prize for the most referrals. Liam wins a brilliant Scottish Quest board game (available in Tesco), kindly donated by Lynne Cadenhead, Managing Director of Scottish Quest.com.
Have a "Whyte Christmas"! (Ed: excuse the W&M pun!) We'll be back in the new year with the second annual list of Burns Suppers in London - let's see if we can top the 22 Burns Suppers listed last year. Please let us know about your suppers. Slanj...
Season's greetings
Yours aye, Eddie Tait
Founder & Promoter, SIL
--------------------------------------------Scots In London (SIL) is a the largest Scottish community network organisation in London - a fast-growing, solid, diverse, dynamic, independent, apolitical, informal, passionate and enthusiastic network and marketplace of app. 4,000+ dynamic passionate Scots of all ages and backgrounds (at June 2006 up from 400 SIL in December 2004) and over 100+ Scots Clubs, Societies, Charities, Organisations, Businesses and Individuals - news, events, business and social networking et al. Watch this space for exciting the new SIL monthly newsletters, website, discounts, networking info, SIL's quest to build a Scottish Cultural Centre in London and much more! Click to view SIL photo gallery.
Check out our testimonials page: www.scotsinlondon.com/t estimonials.htm or recent appearances in the Scottish press: Daily Record, Mon 30 Oct 2006, p.17 and two page feature in the St Andrews Day edition of the Daily Record - see SIL Press Page (as well as recent radio interviews on BBC Scotland's "Macaulay and Co programme and Talk 107).
To subscribe/unsubscribe to/from the SIL mailing or make enquiries or suggestions or offer assistance/publicise your Scottish event(s)/ club/ business/ achievements in the eagerly anticipated SIL monthly newsletter/website, please go to www.scotsinlondon.com/contac t.htm or contact Eddie Tait on eddietait@scotsinlondon.com.
Scots In London (SIL) are proud sponsors of London Scottish Rugby FC (scotsinlondon.com on rugby jersey) and SIL supports ScotsCare (the new trading name of The Royal Scottish Corporation (est. 1603))- the charity for needy Scots living in London, where Eddie is the youngest Trustee. SIL is proud to Back Scotland's Bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Please back the bid via www.glasgow2014.com
Distributed by Eddie Tait, Founder and Promoter, Scots In London Ltd (SIL), 3rd Floor, 37 King Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 8JS, England. Visit www.scotsinlondon.com or contact eddietait@scotsinlondon.com / 07748 148080.
SIL Lead Title Sponsor: Whyte and Mackay.
SIL Key Category Sponsors: Maclay, Murray & Spens LLP (Legal), (Banking Sponsor, Hospitality Sponsor et al. tbc).
SIL - DYNAMIC PASSIONATE SCOTTISH NETWORK COMMUNITY - NEWS, EVENTS, BUSINESS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING (BUSINESS CLUB), PR, THE HUB SCOTTISH CULTURE AND EVERYTHING SCOTTISH IN LONDON!
