An extra table was needed for this week’s meeting! 19 people sat down for another fantastic breakfast.  The numbers also called for tighter time keeping for the one min. business update from each member,  difficult for some! The holiday season is well under way, but this does not seem to...

A good turn out this morning especially in this holiday season, 13 members, 1 visitor and a substitute attended a vibrant meeting. Steve Leverton from Cornmill Associates gave us all a good insight into how banks make their money  – and lose it; and how some banks have manipulated the...

On the day that Chris Green arranged to take our photos for his town magazine, we were blessed with superb weather, the downside being that several members came in their shorts! The 10 minutes was delivered by Steve Leverton, of Cornmill Associates, who specialises in supporting business owners and finance directors on finance...

The slight change to our format where the ’10 minuter’ goes first, followed by our individual ‘one minutes’ and finishing with the ‘5 minuter’ seems to be working well. Cliff Herring gave a good presentation on his CDM (Construction and Design Management) role, albeit that is only part of his...

How many times do you see a team down to ten men and then go on to win the game? Frequently actually. Yesterday as Captain, John Terry did something stupid and let his Club down. But the team went on to win as a result. I knew they would, because...

A thought provoking ten minutes today, from Peter Corbett of Buzzard IT Consulting. For the few not present Pete worked for a company with global outlets that lost its HQ in a fire caused by a phone charger and the talk concentrated on the need and the difficulties associated with...

A deviation from the norm this week, with our usual 1 minutes followed by a 15 minute presentation by Caron Kendall, Business Marketing Officer, Central Bedfordshire Council. With around 20 members & guests there regularly at recent meetings, timing on our 1 minutes has been more strictly enforced (we’re not...

Chrstine Barham had the 5 minute slot and talked about a fascinating business book “One Click: Jeff Bezos and the rise of amazon.com” by Richard L Brandt, Portfolio Penguin, 2011.  Like all success stories Bezos did not become a millionaire overnight.  He knew that he wanted to be an entrepreneur...

The LBBC met for our AGM at this year’s first meeting. As a group we’re upbeat and considerate, so there weren’t any contentious matters for discussion – rather how we can make the best of our finances & ensure that we minimise food waste through keeping Barringtons informed about attendance....

here is the Government paper on the changes:- http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/11/consultation/fits-comp-review-p1/3364-fits-scheme-consultation-doc.pdf the proposed changes will fundamentally change the economics of installing PV cells.  The proposal is designed to reduce the ROI to 5% – in other words the payback period will move out to 20 years! In a nutshell:- For 4kWh installations,...