New Year, New Events

We’ve had a busy few months since the last edition of TP News, with the fitting and opening of the stylish new bar in Viewpoint, the success of the Christmas Market and Christmas Parties plus a wedding reception in between Christmas & New Year.

We have also introduced a brand new programme of events at Talking Point starting with our Valentines Dinner in February. For full details, check out the back page and get booking!

NEWS IN BRIEF

The autumn terms was a particularly successful time for TP with a Christmas Market which was a huge success plus a number of Christmas Parties. With the opening of the new bar in Viewpoint, the atmosphere was buzzing and the events proved that TP is the place to be!
Talking Point has now planned in a number of events over the forthcoming 12 months including 2 more wedding fayres, dinners and themed evenings plus tribute night. See inside for more information on this exciting programme of entertainment. Don't forget, Talking Point can also arrange your hotel accommodation as we have good rates with local hotels!
The number of weddings at TP has tripled this year compared with last year and we already have many weddings in the diary for 2011. This is fantastic news and just demonstrates Talking Points growing popularity for a unique wedding venue.



TALKING POINT OPENS NEW BAR

Compared with project managing the building of Talking Point, planning, designing and overseeing the bar at TP was a piece of cake!

After only a month, the TP bar was built and stocked ready for the first ever Christmas market and it was a roaring success!
The new bar is stylish, contemporary and, best of all, affordable!

The bar is neatly tucked away in a corner upstairs in Viewpoint Cafe Bar. It is subtle, sophisticated and very uber trendy! It stocks a popular range of drinks that are not overpriced and even offers specials on multiple purchases. ‘This is designed to make it even more affordable for a couple to come and have a drink at the bar, it has not been put in place to encourage binge drinking.’ says Claire Duggan, Operations Director.

Because we don't stock a huge amount of different drinks this enables us to be more flexible with couples using the venue for weddings and private parties. We can tailor our drinks menu to suit you and your friends and family. At a recent wedding reception, the couple had just got married in South Africa and the brides favourite drink was a Seabreeze. TP developed and promoted ‘Sandra’s Seabreeze’ at the bar and many of her family and friends ordered this drink, aswell as the bride!

This has given us another opportunity to show customers how flexible we can be.

The bar at Talking Point is now open. Why not come and see it? Talking Point can be hired for private parties, functions, weddings, christenings aswell as corporate meetings and dinners. To arrange a showround, call 01457 877471 or email events@thetalkingpoint.com



WEDDING FAYRE SUCCESS

Once again the November 2009 Wedding Fayre was a huge success. With more stands, more exhibitors and more visitors than ever!
The exhibitors included a stationary company, chocolate fountain, 2 florists, magician, candy buffet, toastmaster, wedding cakes and many more. Albion Farm Shop even exhibited outside near the entrance selling delicious Hog Roast Sandwiches which were very popular!
There were two fashion shows that took place at 12.30pm and 2.30pm and these were run by bridal company Brides of Rochdale. Both fashion shows were full and were highly entertaining with choreographed dancing. Prior to the fashion shows, Clarins were holding beauty demonstrations in The Forum.














The next wedding fayre is Sunday 7th March and the TP staff have set themselves a target to beat visitor numbers again!
For more information on the forthcoming wedding fayre visit www.thetalkingpoint.com or join the Talking Point group on Facebook.



CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS A HIT!

Christmas was a very successful time for Talking Point. The Christmas Market held at the end of November was hugely successful with over 200 visitors being attracted in total. Many of the stands sold out of their produce including The Old Bell and Albion Farm Shop.
Talking Point saw 20 children visit our Santa in his grotto and we sold 30 advent calendars during the fayre also. Hot Chocolate with Baileys and Mulled Wine were the speciality of the day at the new bar! Overall the day was a great success and another opportunity to get great exposure for the centre!
The Christmas Parties were also a great success! People from local companies aswell as private parties attended the night which included dinner and dancing to our resident DJ. TP also offered a budget busting price of £20 which was for the disco only. All Party goers enjoyed hot roast turkey and stuffing sandwiches at 10.30.
The evenings were a great success with many lovely comments sent in after such as this one:
‘I would like to thank everybody at the talking point for giving us such a great party on Saturday night, everybody had a superb meal and a great disco after. The room was made up really lovely for Christmas and I would recommend the venue to anybody.’
TP will be holding more Christmas Parties again at the end of the year, for enquiries about this or any other type of function at TP, please contact 01457 877471 or email events@thetalkingpoint.com












YOUR IDEAL PARTY VENUE!



Talking Point is open to everyone and can cater for couples, families and the corporate world at all budgets!
We are available for private parties, weddings, christenings and other functions. If you know someone who will shortly be celebrating a ‘big birthday’ why not surprise them with a party at TP? We can personalise your whole celebration, from showing video’s and photo’s on our plasma TV’s to creating a drink in his/her honour and selling it on the bar.
We can even theme the event and the staff have lots of ideas and party planning experience. We can even source many of the supplies at a cheaper rate, including entertainment, table decorations, balloons, flowers, games and transport.

To request a brochure or organise a showround (with no obligation to book), telephone our Events Team on 01457 877471 or email events@thetalkingpoint.com