The objective of the exhibitions is to provide an insight into the capabilities of domestic and foreign producers.

Some 238 Iranian and foreign companies from Germany, France, Italy, Norway, UK, Thailand and Denmark will participate in the International Environment Exhibition in an area covering 15,000 square meters.

Meanwhile, some 57 domestic companies will take part in the Non -Ferrous Metals Industries, covering an area of 2,050 square meters. IRNA

The fair has an enviable reputation for high quality and stylish presentation and attracts a discerning audience from all over the UK and abroad. It is a friendly and entertaining show offering a unique and enlightening shopping experience. The Centaur comes complete with a restaurant, bars and ample free parking as well as on-site shippers to assist with the packing and delivery of purchases. Whether you are a collector, an art enthusiast or just looking for something to furnish your home, The Autumn Antiques and Fine Art Fair at Cheltenham has a dazzling choice of pieces to tempt you. The fair has linked up with BIDA (British Interior Design Association) to highlight the importance of antiques in today’s decorating schemes.

Opening Hours: Thursday 12 noon – 8pm
Friday 10.30am – 6pm
Saturday 10.30am – 6pm, Sunday, 10.30am – 5pm
Tickets: £10 includes fair catalogue and re-admission.
On National Antiques Day, Friday 28th November,
admission will be 2 for 1.
Visitor Enquiries: T: +44 (0)1797 252030 E: info@adfl.co.uk

Fait info www.lapadafair.com

To add an intriguing touch, Thai Pop idol Jonas - who happens to be Swedish by birth, is flying in especially for an intimate evening concert limited to 450 people. He will be joined by artists from Holland and Thailand.

The daytime programme will include an outdoor performance by the East Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra.

The Festival has been organised by the local Buddhavihara Thai Buddhist Temple based at the historic Eastfields House - once part of the Earl of Lichfield’s Estate. Funds raised on the day will be used to fund the Temple which is a registered charity.

The day also features a continuous programme of entertainment that begins at 10am and includes Thai Dancing Theatre puppets, Thai Boxing and Sword displays and the first UK Thai British Costume contest.

There will be Thai and British food - and all of this can be swilled down with traditional Thai Beer.

Thai Buddhist Monks based at the Temple will be performing traditional chants. Demonstrations of carving, flower arranging, cookery and handicrafts laced with various musical performances will also be taking place.

There will be more traditional entertainment for children including a magician, punch and judy, funfair and face painting.

The Buddhavihara Temple enjoys strong support from across the Midlands including Derby, Burton, Birmingham and the Black Country. It also enjoys a national and international reputation. Details can be found on its web site www.watthaiuk.com or by telephoning 01543 472315.

The event will be opened by the Thai Ambassador to the UK and by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, James Hawley.

It will be held in the showground at King Bromley and will be the largest event of its kind outside London.

“This is a great opportunity to get your work in front of thousands of people,” said Grand Rapids painter Jeff Condon. “It is the largest audience of all the shows I do. It is also the largest concentration of artists.”

The Ann Arbor fairs also include the Street Art Fair, the State Street Area Art Fair and the Summer Art Fair. Each is situated in its own nook of the city, complete with its own artists and jurors.

The Street Art Fair — the first Ann Arbor fair — commemorates its 49th anniversary this year. Located on Ingalls Mall Lawn near Burton Tower in the North University area, this fair allots booth space to 175 artists and will be filled with artwork accepted by 12 jurors and a seven-member Jury Advisory Group. The jurors award 10 cash prizes, which will be presented at an awards breakfast Thursday.

The State Street Area Art Fair makes its 41st appearance this year and showcases the most recent works of 325 artists, each of whom had to win over a group of nine jurors to secure a spot in this fair.

The Summer Art Fair, in its 39th year, is divided into a campus section on State Street and a downtown section on Main Street. In it, 375 artists show and sell their work.

The TimesJobs.com Jumbo Job & Professional Fair serves as India’s biggest platform for candidates to interact one-on-one with companies and get hired on the spot. In this mega-recruitment event, young minds will interact with best-in-class organisations like, Lambency Chrysalis, Genpact, Barclays, Godrej, Taj Hotels & Resorts, and a host of other blue chip companies.

The Jumbo is an unparalleled opportunity for jobseekers looking for better jobs, re-entering the workforce or just initiating their careers with over 60 top notch employers all assembled meet to hire across industries.

With so many companies and industries across the country expected to use this opportunity to recruit for all functions and levels and make brand statements to the prospective employees, the venue will have sections for IT, ITeS, Services, Professional Education and Others.

The Jumbo Job Fair in Delhi is the single biggest recruitment event in the country. At the Jumbo Job Fair held in October last year, the response was beyond all expectations as it saw over 85,000 job seekers walk into the event at Pragati Maidan, and walk out with job offers during the three-days.

Some of the accolades received from jobseekers at the previous event –

“Jumbo fair rocks! I got my first International call centre offer here. This is one of the best things that makes Delhi the best and hottest metro amongst other metro cities. Jumbo fair gives a platform to freshers like me, which is applauding and has advantages like many companies to chose from, friendly environment and supportive organizers.” - Rashmi Nukhaia

“The experience was very good and exceeded my expectations. It is a good platform for a face to face interaction between recruiters and job seekers. It saves a lot of time and ofcourse the best job and employee are all available at one venue.” - Anurag Shrivasta

“Quite satisfactory as I am very ambitious. Yes it’s great to give opportunity to have our careers best option and we are going for our best performance. Good Companies, provides facilities, and the best part is the Prize distribution ceremony for all the job getters!”4 - Sushil K. Verma

This edition of the JUMBO Job Fair comes with over 60 participating clients and 15,000 job openings. More than 1 Lakh jobseekers are expected to walk in over the 3 days.

Participating corporates, include reputed names like, Lambency Chrysalis-Academy of Beauty,Hair & Spa. (Floriana Group), Genpact, Barclays, SGI, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Fiserv India, Bonanza Portfolio Ltd., Max New York Life Insurance, Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces, Godrej and Boyce manufacturing company limited, NIIT Smart Serve, Bank Of America, Holistik India ltd, Unity InfraProjects limited, India Infloline Ltd., Tavant Technologies, IBM Daksh, Greenfield Online, ICI India Ltd., First Select, High Technologies Solutions, Poly Plex Corporation Ltd, NIIT Litmus, Wipro BPO, Denave India Pvt. Ltd, The Mobile Store, Ducat, Caretel, Vision Next, Crestech Software, Maitri Solutions, Bajaj Capital, Core Database Systems, Miracle Technologies, THE MOBILE STORE, Godrej Infotech Limited, CMS Computers Institute, Y-Axis, BVG India Ltd., Smart Hire, S.O. Infotech pvt ltd, Manas Rekha Consultants, Aspire Human Capital Management Pvt Ltd., IDBI Bank, Teleman, Times Business Solutions Ltd.

Also, present at the event will be professional institutes that will be offering courses and training programmes to improve the skills and enhance the growth paths of job seekers. Some of the institutes that will be present at the Jumbo include - Mahan India, IHT Network Limited, TRITON, ICFAI, International College of Financial Planning, PCTI Group, Neptune Institute of management & Technology, IIFP, Skyline Business School, and Integrated Institute of Corporate Management.

Reasons To Visit Jumbo Fair:

Largest Job fair of India
Over 15,000 Jobs on the offer
More than 60 Recruiters
Jobs for experienced and freshers
Offer letter within minutes
You are free to visit company of your choice
More CVs, More Jobs!

Jumbo’s historic facts:

Over 550 companies have participated in the Jumbo Job Fair, since 2004.
Over 5 lakh registered walk-ins at the Jumbo Fair, since 2004.
Over 50,000 offers made at the Jumbo Job Fairs in Delhi.
Over 730 job fairs, across sectors, in last 3 years across the country
550 participants in & over 6.5 Lakh Walk-ins across TimesJobs.com Job Fairs.
Industry specific fairs for IT, Hospitality, ITES, BFSI, Retail, Aviation, Engineering, Pharma, Shipping, Education, Sales & Marketing etc.

Contact at the Pragati Maidan –

Shikha Rawat

Times Business Solutions

98733 80446

Manvi Sachdeva

TimesJobs.com

98101 66716

Fair Season in Europe
At the peak of the fair season all across Europe, Mascus, the first truly Pan European on-line market place for used construction machinery, used agriculture equipment, material handling, forestry, groundscare and transport vehicles reports various cooperation with fairs from Russia and the CIS countries.

From the beginning of the current year, the number of the fairs Mascus affiliates with in Russia and the CIS countries has been constantly growing. “We have noticed an increasing interest by Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian and Kazakhstani fairs to advertise on our website. During the past months, we have been approached by various fair organizers, which have been interested in cooperating with us and promoting their events on Mascus sites.” comments Mascus Marketing / Internationalization Director Tomasz Odrobinski.

Cooperation with Fairs in Russia and CIS Countries
Currently, Mascus cooperates, with more than 20 fairs from Russia and the CIS countries, our of which important and well-known fairs like: Trans Russia, a transportation and construction fair; AvtoSib, a transportation fair in Siberia; Rusbuld fairs, which consists of altogether nine events in different parts of Russia, CEMS - a Russian construction fair; Ural Trans, a commercial vehicles fair and many others. Mascus also collaborates with Kazcomak and Ancomak, construction fairs in Kazakhstan and Turkey.

“Mascus provides fairs with excellent opportunity to reach the right target auditory.” explains Mr. Odrobinski, when addressed about the interest in cooperating with Mascus. “We have more than 1,400 customers from all across Europe and the world and they are potential exhibitors to all that fairs. And not to mention the constantly increasing number of visitors Mascus has - up to 400,000 monthly. It gives Fairs an excellent method to get a massive international profile”, he adds.

Even More Cooperation Opportunities
Due to the increasing interest by various fair organisers to promote their events on Mascus, the website has planned to enrich its content and add a special ‘fairs partners’ section, where cooperation event organisers from Europe and worldwide can gain even extra visibility. “We think that this is a very good opportunity for fairs in other countries to advertise with us. Mascus always provides the best international exposure.”

Contacts:
Robert Tate, Mascus UK & Ireland Region Manager, +44 (0)7970 23 00 55, robert.tate@mascus.com
Tomasz Odrobinski, Marketing / Internationalization Director, + 358 40 750 4922, tomasz.odrobinski@mascus.com
Natalya Kulishenko, RU and CIS Country Manager, +358 50 314 2510, natalya.kulishenko@mascus.com

About Mascus:
Mascus - Is an electronic marketplace for used farming equipment and agriculture equipment, forklifts, construction, forestry, groundscare equipment and transportation vehicles. Mascus makes trading in used machinery and equipment quicker and more efficient by collecting in one place information about the supply and the demand. All dealers, producers and end users are welcome to offer their used machines and equipment for sale via the marketplace.

Press materials and pictures:
English http://www.mascus.co.uk/press
Russian: http://www.mascus.ru/press

Whitby Charter Skippers’ Association’s summer angling festival has £12,000 of prize money up for grabs, with £5,000 earmarked for the overall winner.

Chairman of Whitby Charter Skippers’ Association (WCSA), Paul Kilpatrick, said: “Total cash prizes are in excess of £12,000 with £8000 in tackle prizes.”

If you would like to give a prize for the auction or sponsor a table you can call Mr Kilpatrick on (01947) 811329, on his mobile (07748) 705695 or you can email paul.kilpatrick@virgin.net
Alternatively, call Mick Leonard on (07855) 439380.