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Winner - Best Business Service Provider - CIBAs 2011
Finalist - Concierge of the Year - London Lifestyle Awards 2011
These represent a sample of the press coverage we have received over the years
'You work long hours, you earn a decent living and you want to make the most of what little leisure time you do have. How do you fit in all the mundane tasks of everyday life? An increasingly popular solution ...is to offload time-consuming chores on to a lifestyle management or 'concierge' company which will act effectively as a personal assistant in return for a fee. cushion the impact ...'
The Guardian
'Houseplants need watering? Get a private secretary Britain's cash-rich, time-poor professionals are increasingly turning to personal 'lifestyle managers' to take care of the mundane details of their personal lives...the new breed of domestic fixers...cushion the impact...'
The Independent
'Help is at hand...Cushion The Impact. Assistance with any request or errand that is 'legal moral and feasible', from filling photo albums, and liaising with builders, to organising holidays or moving house.'
The Daily Telegraph
'Clear The Paperwork. If you can't scale the heights of your paper mountain on your own, call in the professional. cushion the impact will cut through swathes of red bills, unfiled tax returns and general ephemera and, once done, will set up a home-management spreadsheet system so the junk doesn't build up again.'
Time Out
'On Trial: Shopping concierge service.
Post holiday blues can be tough enough without the sight of an empty fridge to add to your woes. But not this year. Taking pre-emptive action, we called in a lifestyle manager who will run domestic errands on your behalf, including shopping for groceries or waiting in for and unpacking online supermarket deliveries. Andrea Osborne runs cushion the impact, a concierge company based in Angel. After an initial chat on the phone we gave her the brief, a mixture of comfort foods and health snacks waiting for us on out jet-lagged return. We sent her our keys and a shopping list along with instructions about the foibles about of our front door. Fast forward a week, we return home and there it is: a packed fridge that fills us with a smug glow.'
Fabric Magazine
'Tear Up You To-Do List. It's not only top executives and celebrities who can benefit from a personal assistant. We all need an extra pair of hands once in a while. With clients as far flung as Cambodia and Salt Lake City, the jobs carried out by this innovative team are not easily categorized...'
"Secret Services - Your Very Own Pocket Concierge" Cary Whitley
'www.cushiontheimpact.co.uk is adept at finding people who will do whatever it is that's required (a client refers cushiontheimpact as 'his wife without the sex'.) Want someone to shop for presents? Fine, they'll sort it. Want to give your husband an iPod and fill it with his favourite music? No problem, they'll get someone to load the lot.'
"Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me" Lucia Van Der Post
'Your life in their hands. If a job needs doing, don't do it yourself - use a lifestyle manager instead. In their increasingly frenetic worlds, more and more individuals are turning to those who can help with the little - or big - things in life. ...cushion the impact ...'
Director (Institute of Directors)
'www.cushiontheimpact.co.uk comes a close second to having your own personal assistant.'
House and Garden
'cushion the impact. Incredibly helpful. One of the more reasonable personal services, they offer a personal service aimed at helping you manage the routine but time consuming parts of everyday life, from buying a new vacuum to organizing a party or finding a last minute plumber. '
"HomeUK" Helen Kirwan-Taylor |
