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Shopper Anonymous at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park

by caroline March 11, 2011

Shopper Anonymous has helped the world-famous wildlife park at Port Lympne, part of The Aspinall Foundation, address customer service issues resulting in improving uptake of one of its main attractions by an impressive 10%.

Shopper Anonymous employed twenty mystery shoppers including parents, grandparents and single visitors to visit the top attraction ‘under cover’ and report on [...]

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Counterpoint Networking Meeting Review – January 2011

by caroline January 17, 2011

Our first meeting of 2011 went well, albeit it with lower numbers than usual, which was probably due to the winter weather!
We a  had a talk about trophy hunting by Rob, one of the keepers, with specific input about the trophy hunting of lions by Chris Macsween, trustee of LionAid, who is also one of [...]

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Monkeys to roam free at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park

by caroline October 20, 2010

Work has begun on an exciting long term project at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park that will enable monkeys to mix freely with the public. Keepers plan to introduce a population of either Tamarins or Marmosets which are small squirrel-sized primates, to an area of the park. The group will be a free-roaming population, meaning [...]

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Counterpoint Networking Meeting Review (13th October)

by caroline October 19, 2010

The Networking Meeting
The meeting started with some informal networking, which is the great part of Counterpoint Networking. It gives all of us a chance to catch up with people we already know, and connect with people we haven’t met before.
Drills at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
We had a talk from keeper Mel Frampton about [...]

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Counterpoint Networking Meeting Review (11th August 2010)

by Admin August 16, 2010

Robert told us that Port Lympne are very pleased with the birth of two new baby tigers.
The Gorillas
Sharon gave us some information about the Gorillas at Port Lympne. The oldest gorilla at  Port Lympne and Howletts is 53 years old. He was rescued from a village in Africa, where he had been tortured by children [...]

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Rainforest Ball at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park

by Admin April 28, 2010

On Saturday 18th September The Aspinall Foundation, our chosen charity are holding their Rainforest Ball at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park to raise money for Gorillas in the Wild.

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April Networking Meeting Review

by Admin April 26, 2010
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Local Businesses Networking Together
Again we had some new local business owners at our latest meeting. One of them, Jayne Andrews of Pemburton Payroll Bureau, said “Thank you so much for the Networking Event last week we had a really good time as well as meeting some really interesting people. We look forward to seeing you [...]

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Les Misérables Edinburgh Aspinall Foundation Event

by Admin April 12, 2010

Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to announce the exciting new 25th anniversary production of the World’s Longest Running Musical, Les Misérables. This major international tour began in December 2009 and arrives in Edinburgh in April 2010 for 4 weeks only.
Heading a magnificent new cast is Broadway and West End star John Owen Jones, hailed by the [...]

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Port Lympne Wild Animal Park 2010 Art Exhibition opened by Vic Reeves

by Admin March 25, 2010

Calling all budding artists!
Have you ever dreamt of seeing your artwork prominently displayed for all to see? Well, thanks to Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, that dream can become a reality! The Wild Animal Park, situated near Ashford in Kent, will hold a wildlife art exhibition over the 2010 Easter Break (2nd April-11th April). All [...]

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Inaugural Meeting of the Aspinall Foundation Business Club

by jododds August 12, 2009
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We had a great meeting last week at the first meeting of the Aspinall Foundation Business Club.
We had lots of noisy networking at the beginning followed by a presentation by the Scottish Wild Cat Keeper, Neville, that everyone found fascinating (although I also found out that one of our cats is bigger than a Scottish [...]

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