News from the business angels

"LIVING IN FRANCE MADE EASY EXPO"

Our September event on the 25th at the Manoir de Longeveau dept 16 is fast approaching and we still have some stands for sale so if you haven't already booked then please do. Places are limited so hurry!!. You can register on-line at www.angeltraders.net.

News for October events

Stands are now being sold for our event in Saint Jean d'Angély on Saturday the 9th of October dept 17. Following the success for last years fair we wanted to return to this wonderful market town and help people to find the trade or service that they are looking for.

Business talk and bubbles of fun at "tee" time when we return to Souillac Golf and Country Club Dept 46

On Saturday October 9th and 10th we will also be at Souillac at the Golf and Country Club.
We have been invited back to have a fair on Sunday 10th October. Souillac Golf and Country Club will be hosting the "1er Swing Gourmande ". The 1er Swing weekend will be sponsored by Taittenger champagne and this golf competition will take place over two days, 9th and 10th of October. Also over the two days a Marché du pays has been organised together with our "Living in France made easy expo" which will be taking place on Sunday the 10th. Lots of fun and activities have been planned for the whole family for this weekend. So it is important that you don't miss out.
New for this event, we are organising on the Saturday and the Sunday the Angel Traders Balloon race. Would you like the chance to promote your business to the maximum?. Putting your company name higher than anybody else?. We are looking for companies to sponsor these races. In return your company name will be printed on three hundred balloons which will be released at the end of each day and the big release will be covered by the press. If you want this opportunity to promote your business and have your company name put on cloud nine then please email us today angeltraders79@gmail.com. (We are offering this to everybody and companies will be accepted on a first come first serve basis).
To take part in the 1er Swing golf competition the cost is only 46€ and includes an evening meal and a glass of Taittinger Champagne. Please email Souillac Golf and Country club direct www.golf@souillaccountryclub.com. (Please mention us when booking your place). Limited places are available so hurry if you don't want to miss out.

Special offer

Book Saint Jean d'Angély for the 9th of October and get your stand at Souillac Golf and Country Club on the 10th for just 100€. (Quote special offer when booking).


Chateau des Vigiers 6th November

We will be at Chateau des Vigiers again on Saturday 6th November for the "Living in France made easy expo".
This event last year was the best ever and people travelled a long way to be there. With more than 300 visitors on just one day lots of business was made and everybody got the chance to enjoy a day at the Chateau. Due to the success of the fair last year we now only have 10 stands remaining. Remember if you have exhibited with us before you can exhibit for just 120€. Please register on-line to reserve your place.
Our favourite sausage sellers Sausageland will be present and look forward to letting you taste what they have to offer. You can also pre-order your Christmas pork and collect it at the Christmas Fayre on Sunday 12th of December.

Chateau des Vigiers for a Traditional Christmas Fayre

This will be the chance to get all your Christmas goodies !!!.
Stand prices for this event are only 65€ and places are limited.

What the "Living in France made easy expo"  has to offer.
  With an excellent range of different services offering a life line to many expatriates these exhibitions offer everything you could possibly need when living your life in France.

We have a wonderful team of exhibitors that have become a business family in many respects. We love seeing them at each event, helping each other set up, networking and passing on business to one another. Also not forgetting that they all offer a massive support structure for us all.

We are very fortunate to have great sponsors that provide us with the media coverage reaching out to hundreds even thousands of people telling them about our events.

Halo Financial
Angloinfo.com
Connexion and Advertiser newspapers
Sofica's Health Insurance

Exhibitors
Stands start at just 65€ for wine, food and card sellers, 120€ for trades and services if you have exhibited with us before and 150€ for all new exhibitors.
For many exhibitors just one lead can pay for their stands time and time again.

Visitors

You can only benefit from our events. We provide a huge range of friendly exhibitors who can all speak English. For example we have English speaking banks, financial advisers, carpet fitters, satellite engineers, card sellers, translators, garden services, swimming pool suppliers, renewable energy specialists, security systems, health care insurance, foreign currency and much much more. Our events are always free to attend and we guarantee a great day out.

Dates for your Diaries "Living in France made easy exhibitions"

Saturday 25th September - Manoir de Longeveau Golf and Tennis club, 16390, Pillac. Bordering departments 16 and 24. (Close to Aubeterre Sur Dronne).

Saturday 9th October - Salle Aliénor d'Aquitaine- Saint Jean d'Angély Dept 17

Sunday 10th October - Souillac Golf and Country Club
Dept 46

Saturday 6th November- Chateau des Vigiers Golf and Country Club, Monestier Nr Bergerac dept 24.

Doors open between 10am and 4pm and entrance is free.

Christmas Fayre at Chateau des Vigiers Sunday 12th December 11-5pm All stand prices 65€.

To reserve your stand or to have more detailed information then please visit our website www.angeltraders.net or you can telephone us 0685 603726.

We look to seeing you soon.


Amanda and Melanie

APRIL IN ABJAT SUR BANDIAT

Well we set off nice and early and ready for our April event. I had booked a bed and breakfast with one of our exhibitors but kept it a secret from Melanie. It was driving her mad guessing who it could be.

As we entered into a zone of beautiful countryside with scattered wooded area's Melanie kept asking for clues eventually she guessed it was John and Sue Sidwell. It took her long enough!!.
Sue greeted us at her beautiful home and showed us to our fantastic room with double doors leading to a Romeo and Juliet style balcony.
Wow what a paradise for hard working Angels like us.
We contacted Rose who had helped us so much to publicise the event if she new of a good place to eat.
Well she gave us a huge list and with that we got ready to go out. Just as we were leaving John and Sue invited us for an aperitif and invited us to stay for a Curry on Saturday night. Gosh we were being spoilt.
We went to a cosy little Tavern opposite a chateau owned by what we were told a very strange man. The people who rented the Tavern were Italian and very friendly they couldn't do enough help and the service was excellent. We were both too tired to wait for the Jazz band to start playing so we headed back for a early night.
Saturday morning
We thought we would hand out our leaflets at the local market in Nontron. Of course nothing was that simple. When looking for a parking space the police were there telling us to move over. We wondered what was going on and then within a flash we were in the middle of a protest for saving the local school. We couldn't move people were giving us their protest leaflets through the window and even the Mayor said hello.

Finally when the protest had moved on we found a parking space and began to work. We had a very successful time and then went to the supermarket to put more leaflets on cars. We bought some lunch and returned to our B&B. At 4pm we went to the venue to set up and to put the sign panels up. We finished about 6pm and headed back as we had a curry being cooked for us.
We had a fantastic time and look for to the fair tomorrow.

ABJAT - APRIL EVENT

Well it has been a year that Angel Traders begun and what a year we have both had. It was great to find this sum what small restaurant from the outside but massive on the inside to make our April fair in.

The hall was set up perfectly and Shaun the owner had found a nice red tablecloth for our welcome desk.
We had seen a few new faces which had come to exhibit which was wonderful and many faces  we had seen before.
Shaun had started to make the Bacon Butties nice and early and the morning went so fast with lots of visitors passing through the doors.

It was like a hot summers day. Lots of people ordered beer batter fish and chips and sat on the terrace outside.
We welcomed more than 240 visitors and were totally exhausted.
As a rule we normally stay the night of the fair but on the occasion we decided to drive home straight after the event.
A few people had stayed behind and Shaun and Natasha (Landlord and Landlady) offered us a drink for the road. We really did have a wonderful day and would recommend this great restaurant.
Tired as we were we set off for our three and a half journey home using Melanie Sat Nav. Why o why do we use it!!!.
We started heading down this country lane which I felt was the wrong direction when we see what seemed a herd of cattle in the road. Melanie Say's " don't worry drive past them slowly" I replied are you joking they could charge the car" She said "don't be silly they are cows with their babies". With those words of wisdom  Melanie and I both in bright red shirts one of the so called cows turned just inches from my car with two extra body parts which weren't udders and gave us the GLARE.
Penny dropped they were some bloody bulls mixed in with the mother and babies staring directly at our red shirts. This wasn't the time to become a Matador!!.
My car was swiftly put into reverse for at least half a KM and we got the bloody Sat Nav to take us another way home.

Road trip to Souillac Golf and Country Club

We had booked a beautiful chalet at the Golf and Country Club and started our travels on Thursday. We seemed to be travelling for hours and we arrived at about 6pm totally worn out. We went to the reception to collect our keys when Ludovic the manager said that the club was having a little champagne reception and would we like to go.
Now come on when would an Angel refuse Champagne?. We did look a mess but went and joined in the fun.
We met the staff and the bar man were very good at topping us up and feeding us nibbles. What a great start to the event.
We managed to find our perfectly equipped forest home and decided to have an early night ready for Souillac market on Friday morning.
The Market was full of life and wonderful people taking the leaflets out of our hands. Their wasn't a car insight without a florecent leaflet placed upon it.

After the market we thought we would take a trip to Sarlat. We had never been there before and were excited to see a new part of France.
What a beautiful place and we found a great shoe shop too.
We had a great lunch explored for a bit and headed back to put the road signs up ready for Saturday and also we were expecting a very special person for tea!!.

This time we didn't just bring our slow cooker but also my fat fryer as I Amanda am an expert of making beer batter fish and chips. Amanda Kiff from the Franco British Chamber of Commerce and Industry was our special guest on this night and we had promised her a taster of my famous fish and chips.
A few drinks later and lots of laughter we headed for bed so that we were up and ready for our March event.

SOUILLAC GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB

Waking up bright and Breezy we decided to battle against the horrible weather and headed to the club house and to put our banners and signs up.

All that care and attention we had made to make ourselves look beautiful had now gone to pot. We were soaked to the bone.

The club house looked great and we had added little Easter eggs to each table as it was the week before Easter.
The bar for this event was in the middle of the room and the restaurant had prepared some fantastic food.
Despite the terrible weather we welcomed 220 visitors through the door and again business made.
At the end to each of our events Halo financial sponsor the cheese and wine get together.  All the exhibitors at the end of the fair packed away the tables and joined us for the get together.

Another successful day.

Hot Pot in the hotel room

Well we started our journey on Thursday but decided to call in on our venue booked for next Month in Souillac and take some measurements and to stay the night. We booked a hotel on line for the night.

Believe it or not we don't make heaps of money from the events so we try to save where we can.

Also for the month of March we were going to try and make a Speed dating evening for all of those lonely hearts out there.

After visiting the Golf club we found our hotel and did some shopping. We had taken our hotpot dish and planned to put the slow cooker on all night in the hotel.

We went to see Sandra and Brian who own the Chapeau Melon in Souillac they were very keen to host the speed dating evening so we sat in their lovely restaurant and had a few drinks and chatted about the evening.

We realised when leaving that we didn't have a cork screw to open the bottle of red wine for the hot pot so we asked Brian to open it for us.

We made our way back to the hotel got the meat out of the car together with the veggies and our opened bottled of wine.

The room was so small but did have a table and electric socket close by. We put our meat in together with the wine and then we realised that we didn't have a knife to cut the the Onion, Carrots and Garlic. Mel got the Garlic put it on the floor and stamped on it. " Their you go she said crushed garlic." I said what about the carrots with that she bit off both ends of the carrots through them away and put the centres in whole the onions she peeled the outer layer and put them in whole as well. The hot Pot went on and we went to sleep.

We both woke up at about 6am finding it hard to breath the smell of the slow cooking beef in red wine had dried our throats out. We got up pronto and loaded the car and left the room with a nasty smell in it.

We were only two hours from Toulouse so we headed off at about 8am hoping to Catch the Toulouse market and to see a bit of the city.

Toulouse

Arriving at about 10am we parked in the multi story car park and started explore this exciting city. The fresh fruit and vegetable market was just at the entrance to the car park.

It was a strange atmosphere you see us country girls really are not used the hustle and bustle of a big town or city.

We walked and walked and walked until we couldn't walk any more and handed our leaflets about the fair. We then drove to an area just outside of town where lots of expats reside and grabbed a bit of Quiche from the local supermarket. We put some more leaflets on the cars and went to find our hotel.

This hotel was a little bit special as this weekend was Mel's birthday so it was set out as an apartment and it also had a swimming pool and near the airport so Melanie could watch the aeroplanes land. Sad isn't she!!.

We arrived at the hotel and received a call from Matt from Halo Financial to say that due to air traffic control strikes his plane had been cancelled. We were gutted. We hadn't seen Matt in a while and we were looking forward to sharing our Hot Pot with him!!.

Melanie started to get stomach ache and needed to get to a pharmacy fast. It was the Quiche!!. She asked if I could ask for some medication for her problem with the Pharmacy full I whispered in French " Have you anything for Diarrhea?." The assistant then shouted in the loudest tone "Diarrhea" which I must tell you comes from Greece meaning " flowing through". Melanie died with embarrassment why I don't know as it looked like I had the problem not her!!.

We went to the venue and prepared the hall for tomorrow. We then went back to our hotel had a swim and a bowl of our Hot Pot.