18 members were in attendance as we contemplated further the New Year.
The Performance League
After one week Stuart Smallcombe is way out front ahead of Paul Booth and Terry Maylin with 105 points. His position at the top of the leaderboard coincided with the launch of his new business cards.
Education Presentation
Ben Golding will in fact be with us this week and next week. A cancelled appointment was the hospital’s loss and our gain. His first task was to introduce Toby Acton who was dealing with this week’s offering. He introduced us to blinkist, an app that provide summaries of the non-fiction books that inhabit Toby’s world. It will save you kissing a lot of frogs before finding your Prince in relation amongst other things, business management guidance. All of this was delivered not only with a straight face but also with a stiff neck. Great effort!!!
The 60 Second Round
Last week’s Oscar winner, Mike Skinner was up first pointing out that video content can help you with search engine recognition. He then settled into the noble art of adjudication.
James Humphreys emphasised his general insurance abilities by pointing out that if you have three vehicles, one of which is commercial, he can do you a great deal.
We had a full set of Mikes this week and the Rogers one was next up, with a warning that interest rates are now going down and therefore if you are thinking of a fixed rate mortgage delay where possible is the watchword. Talking about delay, Brian Painter’s return from holiday was delayed by illness but he was in attendance today looking in fine fettle. He appeared to feel it necessary to make up for last week’s absence by extending his presentation by further 60 seconds………. and then another and almost more. It was his insistence on reading out a full testimonial that was the cause of the problem and it was downhill from there. Several others felt obliged to extend their 60 and Vincent Goode has never been more called upon to exercise his bell-ringing capabilities. Repetition of this disrespectful behaviour next week towards the Mayor of Gant’s Hill Village will result in severe punishment. Talking of Vincent Goode, he was looking for care homes for whom he can produce registers, time sheets and all that administrative documentation that they have.
Terry Maylin has experienced recently landlords wanting possession of their premises for various reasons but they have not kept their records in proper order to enable them to successfully apply to the court. Terry is there to help these landlords and rather than trying to do it themselves, they should approach him at the outset.
Stuart Smallcombe produced his new cards, courtesy of Vince and he was able to point out the absence of a personal mobile phone number because of the wonders of VoIP.
If you need to install fire alarms and they need to be regularly maintained it would be very helpful if you instructed John Hammond because he will do it properly. Recent experience of previous installers was that they had failed to inspect over a 5 year period. The reason he knows this is that his first inspection revealed dust covers still in place.
Leann Reason is to produce a newsletter and we are all looking forward to seeing it.
Matt Barry has gone into the world of sports sponsorship. He is sponsoring rugby league club Brentwood Eels. You might not have heard of them yet, but watch this space.
It’s not often this an accountant gives you good news but Paul Booth was this week’s harbinger of joy. Self-employed and small business obligations to produce digital accounts including quarterly returns from April 2024 has been kicked down the road until April 2026. Who knows, it might roll off into the long grass.
The Oscar this week went to Toby Acton for being such a brave soldier as well as delivering a simile(makes a change from a metaphor) likening the stage version of ‘Back to the Future’ to business outcomes and the visions for life he instils in his Clients……..pick the bones out of that!
Synergy team report
Tuesday’s Finance and Professions meeting was hailed by all six who attended as being a successful discussions about EBF recruitment. Watch this space.
10-minute presentation by Mike Rogers
The old curmudgeon was at it again. Typically left field, he told us about pensions or more particularly the new pension that he found as a result of serious digging. Something of a public service broadcast, He demonstrated the art of tenacity and persistence which characterised and still characterises his dealings on behalf of clients in relation to their mortgages. His application of those skills found him an extra £89,000.00 Pension pot. Sort out your mortgage with him before he starts to use it.
Referrals and Testionials
This week’s round confirms that we have all recovered from New Year’s Eve and we’re doing business as usual. Please note Scott Griffiths’ plea for you to get your referrals and money acknowledgements up to date this month as we close up our statistics for the year.
Well done Toby on turning up in that state! Thanks Mike for that useful 10-minute presentation it may make some people some serious money into their pension pots!
A good meeting and Wow, what a story Mike!
Great meeting. Fascinating 10 minutes on mortgages from the specialist
Really great meeting . Mike , your 10 minutes was really informative . I am now looking to see if I have any lost pensions anywhere . Really nice to catch up with everyone after Christmas as I could not be there last week. A really great group to be a member of.
Would highly recommend it to everyone.
Such a great meeting! It’s good to be back ( if only for a couple of weeks! )
Loved stiff necked Toby’s Ed slot and really enjoyed Mike’s 10 minutes!!
And thanks for the wine Matt!! It went down very nicely!!
See you next week!!
Lovely bacon sandwich, the meeting was good too. Well done to those of you who contributed to the meeting, you know who you are. And another thank you to DotScott for the original referral which led to a reprint worth nearly £4500. See you next week.
Another excellent meeting, great presentation from Mike and ed slot from Toby. And great coffee. Whats not to enjoy. See you next week.
Sorry I missed this meeting! £7 a week, eh? You Rockefeller, Mike! See you all soon and happy new year.
Excellent 10 minutes Mike will be looking into my past employers to see if I have any extra pensions that I may have. Well done on the Ed Slot Toby even though you had a bad neck. Well done Aidan for winning the Football stakes. See you all next Thursday.