A Summary of our weekly meetings
ANNUAL REVIEW – Essex Business forum 2013 to 2014 We have now been in existence for 3 years and for those of us who have been there from the beginning (by my account 16 of the original 17 are still remaining) we have seen tremendous growth and a more diverse organisation emerging that promotes our business…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog Thursday 27th February 2014. A great turnout, 24 members and 1 visitor Gary Waskett, soon to be member, rejoining as representative of Anthony Batty, Insolvency Practitioners. Jay French was at the meeting for the first time after being approved as a member and will be duly inducted next week
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog Tuesday 25th February 2014. 19 members present with apologies for absence from Brian Painter, Adam Hotson and Mark Waller. It was an inauspicious start, the Leadership Team introduced themselves rather unsuccessfully to the meeting. Jim-you’re the Meetings Committee Chairman not secretary. Anne – you are the events co-ordinator. Social Secretary was…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog Thursday 20th February 2014. A below par turnout, 16 members and 2 guests, Kevin Smith who is looking to join us when he next visits on the visitor’s day and Jay French who provides Concierge Services who was visiting for the second time and I believe also will be making an…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog Tuesday 18th February 2014. 20, Members in all and two guests David Kendall from a carpet and upholstery firm invited by Fred Harcourt and Dean Caldon a regular Estate Agent/Letting Agent- Brentwood visitor. Once again a good turn out with apologies for absence from Peter Hall and Steve Hayes. Spirits were…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog Thursday 13th February 2014. 20 members present including newly inducted member Alan Moller. Alan has visited the Billericay meeting on at least 3 occasions and took a leap in the dark and joined Brentwood, without having previously attended the meeting. He seemed to come through the experience unscathed. Other visitors were…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog for Tuesday 11th February 2014. 20 members present and 2 visitors Dean Caldon from the Brentwood Meeting and Tim Farmer, Basil Fawlty Impersonator…and I am proud to record at the outset that we reached the end of the meeting without mentioning the war! Paul Lefever attended his first meeting as a…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog – Thursday 6th February 2014 22 members (if you count Alan Shaw twice… which he did!!) and 2 visitors Kevin Smith an Aerial Satellite Installer and Simon Baldock a Window Fitter. They both expressed a wish to join. A lively meeting which started with the announcement that Kevin Brooks was the…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Tuesday 4th February 2014 Numbers just keep on improving!! 21 members present and 4 visitors; Hayley Lunt from Lloyds Commercial Banking, 2 Electricians Alan Moller and Paul Lefever (Paul Lefever’s application for membership was approved by the committee at the end of the meeting). Finally Dean Caldon was visiting from the Brentwood…
Chairman’s Blog Thursday 30th January 2014. 22 present with 2 guests Roger Froment from Circle Services Group for the second week running and Jay French who provides Concierge Services. David Plumley was suitably topical by referring to the current water logged state of the Somerset Levels as being a symptom of neglect and that similarly…