Annual Dinner

Our next Annual Dinner, being the 90th, will take place on Thursday 22nd April 2010. This dinner is "black tie"

We have chosen a new venue for the 2010 Annual Dinner, the Park Plaza Riverbank London. Please enter by the main entrance.

Situated on the south side of the River Thames, the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel London offers guests quality accommodation and an ideal location. The London lodging boasts 394 deluxe guestrooms with great amenities and is home to Chino Latino Brasserie, Bar and Lounge. Many hotel rooms and suites offer stunning views of the River Thames and the city skyline. The comfortable accommodations, world-class amenities and prime location make this hotel the ideal choice for the trip to London.

Special room rates apply. Bed and Breakfast for Single Occupancy at £130 + VAT. The reservation number at the hotel is +44 (0) 20 7958 8000 or you can email your request to pprlres@pphe.com.

For the Annual Dinner on Thursday 22nd April 2010 should quote "The National Association of Paper Merchants", "block code number: 3122274" when booking bedrooms at this preferential rate.

This rate is also available all year round to NAPM members by quoting "The National Association of Paper Merchants"

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Local Airports

London City Airport (LCY)
Distance from hotel: 9.7 miles / 15.5 km
Drive time: 18 minutes
Directions: Start out going North on Royal Docks Road, enter next roundabout and take 1st exit onto Newham Way. Keep right at the fork to continue on Newham Way which becomes East India Dock Road. Turn slight left onto East India Dock Road Tunnel, turn slight right onto Aspen Way. Keep right at the fork to continue on Aspen Way. Keep right at the fork to go on Limehouse Link. Turn slight left onto the Highway, which becomes East Smithfield. Turn sharp left onto the Tower Bridge approach which becomes Tower Bridge. Tower Bridge becomes A100, which in turn becomes Tower Bridge Road. Enter next roundabout and take 2nd exit onto New Kent Road. Enter next roundabout and take 2nd exit onto St Georges Road. Turn slight left onto Lambeth Road. Enter next roundabout and take 1st exit onto Albert Embankment. Pass the International Maritime Organisation on your left and Park Plaza Riverbank London will appear on your left hand side, opposite Tate Britain.
Public Transport: £5.00 *
Taxi fare: £25.00 *
*All fares are approximate and are based on a one way journey

London Heathrow (LHR)
Distance from hotel: 18.4 miles / 29.6 km
Drive time: 36 minutes
Directions: Take M4 to London. Drive towards Junction 4, at roundabout take 3rd exit to join motorway M4. At Junction 2 take right-hand lane (signposted Central London), keep driving to join A4. At Hogarth roundabout take 2nd exit. Take Junction to Hammersmith (signposted Central London) and drive onto the Hammersmith Flyover. At the traffic signals forward then immediately take right-hand lane (signposted Westminster). At next traffic signals turn right onto A3220 (one way) and you will pass Earls Court Underground Station on your right. Continue driving forward until Junction A304/A308. Turn left at traffic signals onto Cheyne Walk (Thames Embankment) and continue forward along the Chelsea Embankment A3212 (signposted Central London). Pass Albert Bridge and Chelsea Bridge and turn right to cross Vauxhall Bridge. Continue forward and turn left onto Albert Embankment A3036. Continue forward and Park Plaza Riverbank London will appear on your right hand side, opposite Tate Britain.
Taxi fare: £50.00 *
Public Transport: £5.00 *
*All fares are approximate and are based on a one way journey

Gatwick Airport (LGW)
Distance from hotel: 28 miles / 45.1 km
Drive time: 54 minutes
Directions: Drive towards Junction with A23 and at roundabout take 3rd exit A23 (signposted M23). At next roundabout take 1st exit (signposted London) to join Motorway M23. Continue driving to join the A23. Follow signs for Central London, Croydon. Continue driving forward and take 2nd exit at the Lombard Roundabout, Junction with A236. Take 2nd exit again at next roundabout, Junction A235/B266, and follow signs for Selhurst, Central London. Continue driving on the A23 and pass Streatham Station on the left. Follow signs for Central London. Brixton Station will appear on the right. Turn left at traffic signals onto the A203 into Stockwell Road (signposted Central London, West End). At traffic signals bear right, then keep left signposted Central London, West End. Vauxhall Park will appear on your right and then turn right onto Albert Embankment A3036. Continue forward and Park Plaza Riverbank London will appear on your right hand side, opposite Tate Britain.
Taxi fare: £80.00*
Public Transport: £11.00*
*All fares are approximate and are based on a one way journey

Berry was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Sappi Fine Paper Europe on 15 January 2007 and appointed Chairman of The Confederation of European Paper Industries – Cepi, starting 1st January 2010 until the end 2011. He started his career at ICI Fibres, became President of Amoco Fabrics (Europe), then the President of Amoco Chemicals (Europe), and when Amoco was taken over by BP, he moved to BP to assist with the integration of the two groups in Europe. He subsequently left BP and joined Pechiney S.A. in France and ran the CEBAL packaging division until he was recruited as Managing Director of the Packaging division of Kappa Packaging BV (The Netherlands) and member of the Management Board responsible for paper manufacture and packaging in the Kappa group. He holds a Master of Arts degree with Combined Honours in Mediaeval and Modern History and subsidiaries in French and Music from the University of St Andrews in the UK.

In demand as a funny and motivational speaker, Norman Croucher has lectured to a wide variety of audiences of up to three and a half thousand people at home and abroad. He is the acclaimed mountain climber who, despite having two below the knee artificial legs, set out to climb just one of the world's 14 mountains which exceed 8,000 metres (about 26,250 feet) or as he put it "join the 5-mile high club". His goal truly was a near impossible dream. Alongside such people as round-the-world yachtsman Chay Blyth, the World Motor Racing Champion Jackie Stewart, radio and TV personality Jimmy Savile and athletic champion Brendan Foster, Norman has twice been chosen as Man of the Year. He has been the subject of a "This is Your Life" programme and received an OBE for his voluntary work for disabled people. He was the first disabled person to be appointed to the Sports Council. With Falklands veteran Simon Weston, he received a special "Men of the Years" award for continued achievement in celebration of the scheme's thirtieth anniversary.

Brian Greenan is our regular toastmaster, he was President of the Society of London Toastmasters in 1998. His clients include the Variety Club, the Lord's Taverners, the Lady Taverners and the Lady Rattlings, as well as many other high profile charities, institutions, organisations and corporate clients. In January 2004 he was the Toastmaster for the Royal Inaugural Ball on board the world's biggest cruise ship the Queen Mary 2, just one of the many Royal functions he has done. In October 2004 he was made an Honorary Barker of the Variety Club of Great Britain.