Your Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wedding - December 2021/January 2022 (Issue 92)

COPPA CLUB’S THE SWAN AT STREATLEY ENJOYS REFURBISHMENT Streatley-on-Thames’ Coppa Club location features The Swan at Streatley, a tranquil countryside getaway set along the River Thames. The 47-bedroom property has been newly refurbished and offers rooms opening on to the garden lawn overlooking the river. The grounds include the property’s own private island, perfect for riverside weddings, seating up to 130 people. Guests can access the property via car, boat or helicopter and have access to a selection of events and enjoy on-site paddle boarding, exercise classes, and a gym, plus the hotel is dog-friendly. To book, call 01491 878 800 or visit www.theswanatstreatley.com EDITOR LOVES If you’re searching for wow-factor favours then check out the new wedding silhouette art by Silhouette Sarah. Designer Sarah uses specialised scissors and black paper to hand-cut the profiles of each wedding guest, resulting in these flattering miniature silhouette profiles that make a great talking point! It’s a fun ice-breaker for after the wedding ceremony while the couple portraits are being taken or during the wedding breakfast. Guests get to take home their very own silhouette memento of the special day, mounted in a stylish card, and the happy couple can have duplicate copies. To find out more, visit www.silhouetteartist.co.uk EXCLUSIVE COLLECTION HOTEL CHAIN COMMIT TO BEING SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS Privately owned hotel company Exclusive Collection, which includes the Royal Berkshire country house hotel in its portfolio, has announced its certification as a B Corp, the first hotel group in the UK to achieve the certification. Exclusive Collection joins a growing group of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose, as well as profit. The company has been certified by B Lab, the not-for-profit organisation behind the B Corp movement, as having met rigorous social and environmental standards which represent its commitment to goals outside of shareholder profit. Danny Pecorelli, managing director of Exclusive Collection adds: “It’s been a long but rewarding process to achieve B Corp certification and we’ve learned so much and have so much still to do. We are now embarking on a new chapter for the Collection where we will build on the good that we’ve been doing for the last 40 years and look at how we can do it better. B Corp is a community that we are very proud to be associated with and we too will play our part in helping to educate and spread the word that business success is as much about people and planet as it is about profit.” Kate Sandle, director of programmes and engagement of B Lab UK, says: Welcoming Exclusive Collection is an exciting moment because they have an opportunity to lead the way within the hotel and hospitality industry. We and the rest of the B Corp community are pleased to support Danny and the team in paving the way for a new way of doing things.” To find out more about weddings at Royal Berkshire, visit www.exclusive.co.uk/royal-berkshire 10

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