Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, 5th November 2014 “Always remember the 5th November, gunpowder treason and plot”… you see, it’s the 5th November that most people remember either because they have an historical sense of the importance of why the Houses of Parliament should not have been destroyed, because you like fireworks or perhaps more importantly,…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Thursday 30th October 2014. The shock of a new format for our meeting clearly scared several people away. We were 18 in number present to meet the challenge of a later arrival time and earlier start to the meeting and a later time for breakfast. All very confusing I know! Still,…
Business Networking Blog – A review of our meeting (23rd Oct 2014) by Kevin Radford I suppose I should start this blog with the old adage “You should be careful what you wonder” , having finished last week’s guest blog with the words I wonder how Aidan is able to produce such a well written…
Chairman’s Business networking Blog, Tuesday 21st October 2014. 13 present in all. Nige Kirby’s Ed Slot was on EBF etiquette and listed things too numerous to mention but important to remember. The heart of our networking group is to support one another. Dr Deb was awarding the Oscar and found themes which was more than…
Business Networking Blog – Guest Written by Kevin Radford Unfortunately our resident blogger had to leave the meeting early today to attend a training course in London so I thought I would have a go instead. By the way Aidan and Terry you both owe the charity pot a pound for turning up in jeans…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Tuesday 14th October 2014 13 present in all including Peter Wild, Santander Local Business Manager. Billy Foxwell was substituting for Hugo Heij and whilst the numbers were disappointing I was pleased to note that there were seven apologies for absence.
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Thursday 2nd October 2014. Well another month is over, characterised by really good attendance levels, an average amount of business passed, but business recorded (£40,000). The clear winner of the performance league – Kevin Radford. How does he do it… he gives lots of referrals; he probably has the same opportunities…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Tuesday 30th September 2014. 17 members present and 9, yes 9, visitors. Congratulations to all of you for your efforts for trying to locate potential visitors. It can be a fruitless task. Prior to the meeting I was given an indication of 11 confirmed visitors and to get 9 is a…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Thursday 25th September 2014. 16 members present and 3 guests; Chris Atkins of Print Solutions, Marcus Brown a previous member cleaning contractors and Toyin Ayandare a Property Investment Manager. Congratulations to Kim for brining 2 of the 3 guests, both of whom made the right noises at the end of the…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog, Tuesday 23rd September 2014. Holidays well and truly over and 16 present. It was inevitable that the meeting will be dominated by next week’s Visitor’s breakfast and hopefully, both by use of the Ed Slot and the 10 minute presentation, foundations have been laid for us to co-ordinate our visitor efforts.…