A meeting bursting at the seams with new visitors & established members (very well dressed in some cases) this morning, helping us all spread the word about our businesses via referral and recommendation. Matt Willson, of WillsonWebDesign, (or me, as I call myself) did this week’s 5 minute presentation on...

It was a busy meeting yesterday morning which is especially good considering it’s the start of the school holidays. I had the pleasure of chairing in Steve’s absence, and Steve sent his lovely wife, Tessa, to cover for him – really lovely to have you there, Tessa! My 5 minute...

To all our readers – another wednesday breakfast club so another blog. A lively meeting with Tammy commenting that her brides are always uber organised and Keith Rawlings heavily into innuendo mode. The group had the pleasure of my five minute chat on how to get more done, and Lisa...

Basic business needs a media to communicate between supplier and customer. The most important interaction tool is still the telephone ~ however, with the massive growth in mobile phone ownership, people are looking for immediate responses and no longer accept answering machines or call backs ~ they simply call the...

In his five minute talk this morning, David Harrison of Sunrise Solutions, spoke about the benefits of making instinctive, creative right hand brain decisions rather than the usual logical left hand brain decisions. After running a successful business for over twenty three years, one such decision saw David, with no...

At late notice, and proving to everyone his knowledge of the subject, David Watling of Architectural Design & Construction in Winslow combined the 5 and 10 minute talks this week. Explaining the history of planning law, which came into force to oversee the swathes of redevelopment needed after the war,...

A couple of very different talks this morning – Toni Forestiero of Barringtons gave us some information on reclaiming excessive credit card charges, courtesy of the MoneySavingExpert website. As Steve Baker, an IFA within the group, pointed out – it’s about reclaiming excessive charges made by the banks, rather than...

Slightly down on numbers this morning, but still a vibrant and funny meeting of the LBBC.The five minutes this morning was some tips on completing cryptic crosswords. Compilers use the complexities of the English language to obfuscate, mis-direct and generally discombobulate people, so that apparent sentence takes solvers away from...

What a quality meeting this morning! Two quality presentations from two quality guys – content and image great – the girls especially were ‘wowed’. I talked about the intriguing history behind the end of the tax year being 5 April. It arises from a string of changes to the calender...

Another good turnout this week, with 15 referrals between members and again plenty of spirited debate & good humour amongst the group. All over another great breakfast courtesy of Barrington’s Cafe. David Watling of ADC Architectural Design & Construction did this week’s 10 minute talk, giving us an overview of...