A very lively meeting this morning. A great English breakfast followed by a 10 minute presentation all about how Steve is the client negotiator with banks in order to seal finance against projects. He explained how he managed to secure 1.5M of borrowing for a entrepreneur that needed his help...
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A party meeting
What a fantastic LBBC meeting @ The Dukes this morning with 17 people sitting down to a Dukes cooked breakfast. We had the experienced networker Mark Orr of Printing & Mailing with us today, and to show that the system does work we had 2 substitutes in attendance Toni Forestiero...
Meeting of 01/02/2017
Due to the fact that Trevor Killick was under time pressure & needed to leave the meeting early after the usual excellent Dukes breakfast, we started the proceedings with Trevor giving a brilliant 5 minute educational presentation on the importance of having doubts especially with conjoined to humility when it...
So that’s how it’s done!
Another entertaining meeting on Wednesday morning. As well as this website, the group uses Whoozin to confirm attendance and give details of guests. There had, apparently, been some confusion over this, so Keith Rawlings did a quick scamper through the process. This was followed by Stuart Webb’s presentation on how...
Another lively meeting
A very well attended meeting this morning at ‘The Dukes’, attracting three guests. With numbers at 19 and all good local businesses the club continues to grow. The point that we continue to stress is that this is not a ‘transactional referral’ group, we build relationships and trust over time...
The weekly meeting 26/10/16
Today was our last meeting at the Leighton Buzzard Golf Club & from next week we will meet at our new home which is ‘The Dukes’ 7-9 Leighton Road, Heath and Reach, LU7 0AA. The meeting started today with a potted history of Mike Holmes of Holmes & Co Accountants...
Meeting of 10/08/2106
Another enjoyable meeting held @ the Leighton Buzzard Golf Club & after the usual enjoyable breakfast we commenced with introductions including welcoming a visitor and a couple of appologies for absent members, then moving onto the main business of the day with a brilliant presentation from Trevor Killick of the...
Great meeting
We assembled at 7AM for our regular weekly meeting at the Leighton Buzzard Golf Club where we enjoyed a choice of a fully cooked breakfast (great sausages in particular) or cereals, fruit and yogurts. The meeting started with a 10 minute presentation from Trevor Killick talking about the benefits of...
How lifetime gifts work
Blog article by Steve Baker – Financial Consultants I was asked to explain to a client how lifetime gifts work to help mitigate inheritance tax (IHT), so here are some pointers. The rate of tax on life time transfers is 20% as opposed to 40% payable post mortem. This can...
Why running a business is like competing in the Olympics. Honest!
The latest meeting of the LBBC was the usual collection of information, exchange of leads and banter – some of it quite witty. Martin Addrison (Gisby Harrison, Solicitors) gave the main ten minute presentation on how modern legal cases often refer to, or in the case of the example given,...