What are healthy boundaries? David Bird, Cognitive Hypnotherapist & Mindset Coach, talked to the LBBC – Leighton Buzzard Business Club – networking group about personal boundaries. His presentation: “Setting Better Boundaries: How To Reduce Stress, Stay Sane, And Improve Your Relationships” included some of the following topics: What personal boundaries are – and...
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The importance of drinking water – and the history of ‘Mother’s Day’
Yet another varied and enjoyable breakfast meeting – still by ‘Zoom’ of course. Christine Barham, our member whose business is to look after our health and well being generally, is always reminding us to ‘drink more water’. Her ten minute slot this week was to go into the detail of...
Business Valuations and a bit of yoga!
How should you value a business? We had an extremely informative talk by Steve Leverton, our in house business finance expert, on how a business could or should be valued. As Steve explained, business could be valued in a number of ways and for a number of different purposes. For example,...
IHT friendly investments and Building your marketing message
Another lively meeting this morning, albeit by ‘Zoom’ when we all much rather be sitting at a table in ‘The Dukes’ with a hearty breakfast! Our ‘resident’ IFA, Steve Baker, gave a talk on how he had made some wise investments for a client for whom it was important to...
Leighton Buzzard Breakfast Club – 2021
This morning was our first meeting of 2021 and by ‘Zoom’. In fact, it was our ‘AGM’ so we had wide ranging discussions about the group and how we go forward in unusual times. Since we have been holding meetings by Zoom (since the first lockdown) we have all valued...
COVID Positive: Doing 1 Important Thing To Help Leighton Buzzard Business
—This Wednesday took most of the Leighton Buzzard Business Club networking group members out of our comfort zones. We made the decision to press on with our Leighton Buzzard Business breakfast meeting using Zoom’s online meeting platform. It will work better with practice, of course. But we managed to do...
History of Air conditioning
ok it sounds like a dull title – but the alternative I considered speaking about is the new data protection rules – which is comparatively speaking watching paint dry. so Aircon was invented on a scale able and usable basis to help print in colour in new York in 1902. then to...
crime and punishment
the first breakfast meeting of the year was the AGM, so the first normal meeting is the 10th of January a small but vibrant group enjoyed the usual good quality breakfast at the Dukes followed by a 10 minute presentation from Keith Rawlings, who explained the principles of structural engineering...
Weekly meeting 15/11/207
It’s fantastic to see the meetings run so well and give so much pleasure to the attendees. We started in the time honoured manner of open networking prior to sitting down to a fantastic Dukes breakfast. The meeting was opened by the Chair, then the meeting started in earnest with...
the best a man can get
The five minute presentation on the 11th of October was about Gillette – the first company to market successfully a product for less than it costs to produce. So the Gillette company – managed by the wonderfully named King Camp Gillette first sold the safety razor with disposable blades in...