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…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog Tuesday 28th January 2014 Following virtually a 100% strike rate on visitor conversion from those who attended last week’s meeting we were 21 members in number together with Paul Lefever an electrician visiting us for the first time.
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog Thursday 23rd January 2014 I search round every week for a theme for this Blog and this time it presented itself before the meeting even started. A roll call of absentees had seemingly risen from their sick bed to tender their excuses, laid low by the dreaded Montezuma’s revenge, gippy-tummy, call…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog – Thursday 16th January 2014. It was the old maestro himself, David Plumley who presented the Ed Slot this week and he emphasised the importance of and in the following order:- 1. Attending the meeting, it is the bedrock of your membership 2. Using or at least having a gmail account to…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog Thursday 9th January 2014. We heralded the New Year with a turnout of 24 members and new appointments to the Leadership Team. Howard Bullock stood down as Chairman after an excellent year presiding over the committee. His place is taken by Richard Reed who, if he brings skills he brings to the…
Chairman’s Blog Thursday 19th December 2013. I am very busy at the moment wrapping up before Christmas. So, rather than sending out my usual Blog, I thought I would share with you all a letter I have received from a visitor who was present at the meeting but I suspect very few of you spotted. I…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog Thursday 12th December 2013. 20 members present. The Ed slot was delivered by our regular Education Officer, Dave “the cat” Plumley, suitably attired to lull us into thinking he was delivering a box of Milk Tray. In fact he delivered a rather good 2 part Ed Slot which reminded us of…
Chairman’s Blog Thursday 5th December 2013. 19 in attendance, not bad given the weather and the colds that are going round. Scott Griffiths is sharing vigil in hospital with his wife at his son’s bedside. Best wishes to them and for their son’s speedy recovery. Paul Booth stood in for Scott and David Plumley stood…