Wednesday morning began with the usual ritual of floating towards the tea and coffee counter and picking up conversations with each member along the way (even though my choice of drink has no grounding on that said counter – I find that sticking to this particular route enables me to...
VAT Flat Rate Scheme change
Martin suggested the VAT Flat Rate Scheme changes would be a good idea for the educational slot this week, and I always follow legal advice!! And following Martin’s ‘sandwich’ example of a few weeks ago, I will first-of-all tell you what I intend to tell you; Then tell you; and...
the fine art of public speaking – or how to tell ‘em
a brief presentation and some hints on public speaking I did the five minute presentation at the LBBC meeting on Wednesday. I have been in the group a few years and presented many times and decided I would present on public speaking. I passed on a few hints I had...
The times, they are a changing
The LBBC assembled for its usual Wednesday morning breakfast at the Duke’s Head in Heath and Reach and were subjected to a vision of the future by the two speakers. Andy Hooper of Leighton Computer Services gave a potted history of his career (so much achieved by one so young!)...
Overcoming Type 2 Diabetes!
What a great meeting! It always surprises me how buzzing I feel at the end of our meetups, and this week was no exception. What a great way to kick off March 2017. We had apologies from Keith Rawlings & Zaky Pasha but they were represented by David Harrison & Toni...
Steve Leverton Financial Negotiation Presentation 22/02/17
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...
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...