{"id":7248,"date":"2015-02-10T17:20:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T17:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/02\/10\/one-year-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2015-02-10T17:20:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T17:20:32","slug":"one-year-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/10\/one-year-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Walsall networking organisation celebrates first year in style!<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"10\" hspace=\"3\" border=\"1\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/Image\/Gallery\/OYA-467x184.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWalsall-based business networking organisation In Touch With Walsall celebrated its first birthday with a glittering black-tie event in the prestigious surroundings of the town\u2019s premier car dealership Mercedes-Benz of Walsall who are members of the #ITWW family.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe showroom, normally full of gleaming luxury vehicles, was transformed by #ITWW members for the evening into a high-end nightclub with live entertainment, LED illuminated dance floor, sleek silver tables and chairs and subtle lighting.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nEverybody dressed to the nines to celebrate an action-packed first year of activity.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFounder and Director, Ali Mahmood said, \u201cI am very humbled and proud of what we\u2019ve achieved in a very short time \u2013 we have 80 members and we\u2019re growing fast, bringing local businesses together so they can grow and support each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe black-tie affair was attended by VIPs HW the Deputy Mayor of Walsall, Cllr Angela Underhill, Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, Cllr Mohammed Nazir and Professor Gatrad OBE, Deputy Lieutenant of Her Majesty The Queen and Freeman of Walsall to name but a few.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nDeputy Mayor Underhill said of the celebration, \u201cThe evening was thoroughly enjoyable and the entertainment was brilliant. Ali himself is entertaining and larger than life. His personality shines through, we look forward to joining him at his next event.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nProfessor Gatrad added, \u201cBusiness regeneration schemes in Walsall need people with \u2018effervescent\u2019 personalities, like Ali, to spearhead and lead from the front. With continued success, and local involvement of more and more business, Walsall will truly become a vibrant borough\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nCllr Nazir added, \u201cI would like to congratulate Ali and In Touch With Walsall on their first anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cAs regeneration portfolio holder, I am keen to support businesses that are helping to create job opportunities for people in Walsall.\u201d&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walsall networking organisation celebrates first year in style! &#13; Walsall-based business networking organisation In Touch With Walsall celebrated its first birthday with a glittering black-tie event in the prestigious surroundings of the town\u2019s premier car dealership Mercedes-Benz of Walsall who are members of the #ITWW family. &#13; The showroom, normally full of gleaming luxury vehicles, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}