Chairman’s Blog Thursday 28th November 2013 A better turnout than in recent weeks, 23 including visitor Geoff Hunwick, Domestic and Commercial Cleaner who is threatening to join. It was our Education Officer himself who delivered the Ed Slot. David told of the rebuilding of the Japanese economy after the Second World War and one W Edwards Demming whose…
Chairman’s Blog Thursday 21st November 2013. 19 present, no visitors this week. Despite the low turnout there was a buzz about the pre breakfast networking which carried over into the meeting. The Ed Slot was delivered by Brian Painter who reminded us all of the importance giving testimonials, not only to the recipient but also…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog Thursday 14th November 2013. 26 in all including Jeni Pritchard for the last time as a visitor and Mark Reynolds of Group Trader Network Limited. A good turnout heralded a fitting send off for Jason Nortey, attending his last meeting before moving to pastures new. I start the Blog by referring…
Chairman’s Business Networking Blog 7th November 2013 The first meeting of November and all in all very successful. 21 present. The last chance for members to bring the guest that will help prevent the forfeit required by our “New Member November in October”. Peter Hood and Brian Painter duly obliged with, in the case of…
Chairman’s Blog Tuesday 5th November 2013 9 present including 2 guests, Christine Arnold and previous visitor Perry Greenhill. Both have application forms and we await the outcome. Nigel Kirby was back to basics with the Ed Slot, giving us a quick run through of the EBF system, the referrals, the follow-up, the completed activity records,…
A couple of weeks ago I attended a 3 hour seminar about HMRC enquiries and their powers to investigate taxpayers. Now I recognise that’s not everyone’s idea of a well spent afternoon, but the lecturer raised a few interesting points which I thought could be useful for you to be aware of with regard to…
Chairman’s Blog Thursday 31st October 2013 20 present including Jenny Pritchard from Barclays Bank for a second time and Jason Powell, a Security Surveyor. In David Plumley’s absence Brian Painter stood in as Education and Development Officer and delivered an interesting Ed Slot. His theme was the 10 minute presentation and he managed to use…
Chairman’s Blog Tuesday 29th October 2013-10-29 Apologies from Adam Hotson left a total of eight in attendance including guest Ian Douglas who made clear his intention of joining us and was duly approved in the following committee meeting. We look forward to inducting him as a member. Jim Henshaw is way out front in the…
Chairman’s Blog Thursday 24th October 2013. 21 in attendance including 2 guests Adam Harvey – Painter and Decorator and Peter Farrell – Graphic Designer. This week’s meeting was very much the Scott Griffiths show for reasons that will become apparent as we travel further into this Blog.
Good news for those who have been injured in an accident at last. The insurance industry were trying to have the small claims limit for personal injury claims lifted from £1000 to £5000 so that accident victims could not use solicitors to claim compensation which usually means the victim of injury will be awarded less…