News & Events
Round-up of business, charity, cultural and other general items of interest from the Costa del Sol, Gibraltar… and further afield
CAPE REED
Entertaining Outside… in Total Privacy
With outdoor living playing such an important role in the Costa del Sol lifestyle, privacy is a key issue when it comes to outside entertainment. As Cape Reed notes, “For many years builders and landscapers were searching for natural looking solutions instead of just closing in the area with sky-high build-up walls. Unfortunately locally available materials like brezo that were applied as fencing solutions did not meet expectations in terms of aesthetics, and in particular durability.”
Cape Reed subsequently introduced an attractive and durable solution for this problem: a fence or enclosure constructed with pressure-treated timber including saligna laths. These timbers – the same as all Cape Reed materials – come from sustainable resources, and the construction carries a 15-year guarantee.
Tel. (+34 951 775 495) / 638 421 464
BULLARD AND DAUM
Stunning Collection of High-End Crystal
Two icons of luxury decoration have joined forces to create a capsule collection of three designs inspired by the Garden of Eden and original sin. This is the first collaboration between Martyn Lawrence Bullard, the British interior designer recognised for his electric and refined style, and renowned French glassmakers Daum.
www.martynlawrencebullard.com / www.daum.fr
PERFECT MARBELLA
Corporate Rebrand and New Website Launch
Long-established Norwegian-owned real estate specialists Spanord are now trading as Perfect Marbella following a re-brand. As part of the new brand, they also launched a new website featuring latest styling and functionality.
Established in 1999, the then Spanord became one of the largest Norwegian property companies in Spain. The company initially helped Scandinavian buyers but today its clientele is drawn from a much wider international audience. According to the company, this needed to be reflected in its branding, and “Perfect Marbella” was chosen “to give clients a better understanding of the company’s connection to the name, the Coast and the property market in Marbella”.
The website (www.perfectmarbella.com) “also reflects the company’s rounded approach, not only to providing professional property services but also legal, rentals, maintenance and construction services. The design and functionality of the site were painstakingly considered to adhere to the company’s exacting standards and attention to detail, to showcase the wealth of properties available and provide an enjoyable user experience.”
In addition to an aerial map of the Costa del Sol coastline with a search facility for instant access to the desired properties, there are also useful tips on the buying process, a comprehensive golf guide, an area guide and a blog section.
As Perfect Marbella founder and director Knut Helge Nordbotn explains, “The new name clearly conveys our love of Marbella. We wanted to communicate our enthusiasm for the Marbella lifestyle and for helping clients realise their own Spanish properties dreams. We’re thrilled with the new website; it reflects our modern outlook, clearly lists our services and introduces the members of our friendly team, who are on-hand throughout the entire buying process… and beyond.”
Tel. (+34) 952 857 563
info@perfectmarbella.com
www.perfectmarbella.com
OCEAN CLINIC
Amenities Expanded to Include New Suites
Ocean Clinic in Marbella has been extended more than 240 square metres, with a whole new third floor dedicated to five new patient suites incorporating the latest technology for comfort and safety, multi-language satellite TV and en suite bathrooms.
The resulting space freed up on the second floor has been converted into two additional doctors’ offices and one new treatment room for radiofrequency and massage. The clinic has also created a meeting room where live HD transmissions can be screened from the operating room for science and teaching courses.
The total clinic space now extends over nearly 600 square metres, “making it the biggest independent plastic and surgery clinic on the Coast”.
Staff numbers have also been increased to meet the requirements of the new space, with Dr. Maria Eugenia Aranda now offering aesthetic medicine, Botox and fillers, Dr. Phillip Gonser from Germany joining the team in January as surgical resident, and experienced consultant plastic surgeon Dr. Michel Saiveau visiting once a month from France for consultations and to operate selected cases.
Tel. (+34) 951 775 518 / 952 900 836
MANILVA NETWORKING
Fund-Raising Event for Duquesa Charity
All of the proceeds from Shaw Marketing Services’ Manilva networking group event on 18 March will be donated to The Duquesa Charitable Association of St George. This monthly, bilingual networking event is usually just for women, but this special fundraising event will be open to all business people on the western Costa del Sol “to give entrepreneurs a friendly and open environment to build their network, find suppliers and make new contacts, whilst raising money for a great cause”.
“I strongly believe that all businesses should make a positive impact on their community,” says marketing and networking expert Georgina Shaw, who leads the group, “and our March networking event will be a great way to support businesses whilst raising much-needed funds.”
Dean Tyler Shelton, president of The Duquesa Charitable Association of St George and area director at Manilva Town Hall, adds, “I’m thrilled to not only have been invited along to this event, that I personally believe to be optimal for the future positioning of Manilva as a business centre or place to do business on the Costa del Sol and in the wider Spain, but that they have also chosen our small local charity be the receiver of the proceeds of the event.”
The event costs €5 to include the networking activities and refreshments, and it is being held at CIVIMA (Manilva Wine Museum) from 6.30 to 8pm.
info@shawmarketingservices.com
www.shawmarketingservices.com.
ASPANDEM ASSOCIATION
Gourmet Dinner in Aid of Charity
Some of the Costa del Sol’s top restaurants and chefs will be actively supporting a special dinner, “Las Diferencias Nos Hacen Únicos” (“Differences Make Us Unique”), to raise funds for the Aspandem association, which looks after disabled people on the Coast. The dinner will be held at Beach Club Estrella del Marbella on Friday 20 March, with an entry price of €85.
At the press presentation of the event in February, leading food critic Enrique Bellver noted that it was extremely difficult for so many top chefs to be brought together for the same event, and said it was the highest quality gastronomic event that he could recall for a long time.
The cocktail reception and menu are being prepared by chefs from the Tanino, Takumi, Obrador Dulce y Salado, Vincci Estrella del Mar, La Marea, Messina, 1870, El Lago, Nomo, Sollo, José Carlos García and Dani García restaurants.
www.lasdiferenciasnoshacenunicos.org
GANCEDO MARELLA
Anniversary Celebrations for Top Fabrics Company
This is an important year for Gancedo. The prestigious Spanish textile design company is celebrating its 70th anniversary with the presentation of four collections whose designs have been inspired by the fashion and arts movements over the past seven decades: Indian spirituality, the hippy movement, the fifties, the pop era…
Showpiece fabrics, tasteful materials and an extensive palette of colours are the result of a major professional commitment, the same reputation that the company has enjoyed since its beginnings. Gancedo’s store in Marbella offers these collections as well as being the exclusive distributor of other internationally renowned brands including Liberty and Sanderson.
Quality, innovation, experience and careful attention to clients’ needs, with advice available from a team of professionals, are without a doubt Gancedo’s main hallmarks.
C/ Ramón Gómez de la Serna 22, Marbella
Tel. (+34) 952 866 621
BANNI – ELEGANT HOME
Preparing New Collections for Spring-Summer
BANNI has been preparing for the arrival of warmer spring-summer weather with new collections for both interiors and outdoors. These include fresh new products with resistant and extremely natural fabrics for outside use.
The kitchen designs have been inspired by pure geometry, with simple and precise designs. They are both modern and exclusive, highlighted by a minimalist aesthetic that reduces the composing elements to their main geometry.
Also available for the new season are sophisticated and elegant bathrooms – reinterpreted in a new way that brings furniture closer to contemporary design trends.
The BANNI showroom in Marbella includes a wide and varied range of furniture and home accessories from their own prestigious brand, as well as the best and most exclusive international companies.
Marbella Showroom: Blvd. Príncipe Alfonso de Hohenlohe
Tel (+34) 952 777 050
www.banni.es (Marbella-Madrid-Barcelona)
TOP GARDEN
Quality Range of Furniture for the Outdoors
Top Garden has been involved with the garden furniture industry since 1989, always working with the finest materials and most creative designs, and adding a touch of excellence to each product. Over time, the company has adapted to new requirements and demands, including indoor sofas and beds to complement its range of products.
All of Top Garden’s stock is available permanently in the company’s warehouses, thus reducing the delivery period to a minimum – a matter of days and at the most one week. They also work with quality sofa and bed fabrics. Sofas can be made to order, with clients selecting the composition and details. The delivery time is longer, although never more than a month.
According to Top Garden, their showroom has the largest display of garden furniture on the Costa del Sol, as well as a large range of garden objects, including parasols. They also stock a collection of rugs for both outdoor and indoor use, outdoor heaters, paintings, windows, and interior and outside decoration.
Clients can view an outdoor display in which the furniture is set up in its true essence – in the open air
Urb. Paraiso Barronal, Estepona
Tel. (+34) 952 886 094
SBAY MOTOR COMPANY
The Essence of Custom Motorcycling
Based close to Sotogrande, Sbay Motor Company is a factory that builds high-performance, tailor-made bikes for special customers. Each bike is hand-crafted to the highest specifications using the most advanced materials and involving the customer throughout the process.
With a line of three different models and a new one coming soon, Sbay is considered one of the reference brands in the custom bike industry. As Sergio Bayarri, CEO and founder of Sbay Motor Company, notes, “Our goal is to produce unique machines with no compromises to the essence of motorcycling.”
CUDECA HOSPICE
Generous Support for “Army of Tins”
One of the Cudeca Cancer Care Hospice’s key fund-raising initiatives is an “Army of Collection Tins”, placed in bars, restaurants, shops and people’s own homes throughout the Málaga province from Nerja to Sotogrande, as well as two gigantic tins in the departure exits at Malaga airport.
Last year these collection tins were filled with a total of €49,609,31, and coordinator Natalia Aparicio has passed on the charity’s thanks “to the community for their generous support for having donated their change and to all the volunteers involved for their continual work picking up these tins from everywhere”, including Keith Johnston, and Harris and Allen Rowlands, who counted the coins as they arrived at the Cudeca centre.
Another major fund-raising event coming up is the annual “telethon” organised by Talk Radio Europe on 27 March. In a change from previous TRE telethons, associated events are being held in the lead-up. Auction items and sponsor data will be available on the website beforehand tretelethon.com, allowing visitors to make advanced bids on items.
Each year the Cudeca Cancer Care Hospice requires €3 million to provide its services, including home care, the day care unit and the in-patient unit – and covering over 850 patients annually.
Tel. (+34) 952 564 910 (Natalia)
