Chairman’s Blog Thursday 7th January 2021
First meeting of the new year and great to see everyone again. A really useful Q&A 10-minutes and a positive start to the year with referrals and testimonials.
Business Sales, Purchases and Mergers
Covid-19 continues to have a profound effect on businesses of all kinds. This is most visible in the High Street where, at the top end of the market, the collapse of Debenhams and Arcadia have recently hit the headlines. However, small retailers are also having to examine their viability going forward, and at both a…
Chairman’s Blog Thursday 17th December 2020
End-Of-Year Celebrations at today’s meeting, where members largely thanked each other for business passed and excellent work done during our most challenging time as a group. In place of the usual 10-minute presentation was a Murder Mystery challenge, where around 50% of members managed to solve the clues correctly!
Did you know that Daffy Duck rhymes with Nick Cooke
A very entertaining meeting where Zoom audio quirks, or should I say, Quacks, made us all laugh! Simon Essex delivered a great presentation on why we should all go and visit “The Greenhouse”, plus the usual high-quality tally of business recorded and opportunities exchanged.
Alan Moller was Van Man, became Sofa man and finished up as a Freddie Mercury Tribute Act
Sarah Bell delivered an excellent education session, and Nick Cooke a solid 10-minute presentation about his business. Plenty of business shared and also a great social get together
We can now all view the McGoode tartan
Plenty of banter and a little too-much tartan! A theme of thanks between members today who valued how well we all work together. Paul Dulieu delivered a great education session on frogs, and an open questions and answers session was incredibly useful.
Always strive for the best version of yourself
An uplifting meeting with 2 visitors and an almost full-house of regular members. Ben Golding delivered a great education slot and Stuart Smallcombe explained how he can help us all to improve our internet speeds. Networking at its (virtual) best.
Addressing landlord and tenant Issues during COVID restrictions
With the impact of the COVID pandemic continuing to be felt across the UK, the law and process surrounding a landlord regaining possession of a domestic property has become considerably more confusing and complex. Fortunately, Terry Maylin at TM Law has more than 20 years’ experience dealing with landlord and tenant issues. Here he explains…
You can’t be expected to know what you don’t know!
John Hammond showed us all the latest developments in his security business JMH Technology, and Scott explained the EBF “Power Hour” for us all to consider. Great networking and “banter”, with plenty of business shared too.
The return of Oscarina
A presentation from Paul Dulieu where he gave a sneek-preview of soon to be live website for his communications business, plus education slot from Howard bullock about the perils of employing staff. Plenty of social banter too, and of course the usual sharing of business and referrals.