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The Weekly Blog
- by Simon Edmondson
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- 27 Jan, 2019
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Note to self - Get shorter speakers!
OK so I didn't spot it until Steve Upham the owner of Altspace, the co-working offices in Altrincham suggested on social media that I get a ladder next time I do a selfie!
I really wasn't bothered as we had a full house in for our first networking session of the year in Altrincham in fact we actually had people standing outside the doorway to hear Alex McCann of AltrinchamHQ talking about Twitter and social media in general. We hold the meeting on the third Monday of every month between 6pm and 8pm. Mark Dyble business coach is the speaker for next month and we will be hoping to for another sell out. No pressure there then!
If you read the blog regularly you will know that most of my week revolves around networking and following up on who I meet at those events so apologies to everyone I haven't managed to speak to yet because the rest of the week just flew by in a whirlwind of bacon, a lot of coffee and some very nice cakes.
The FSB is currently lobbying on behalf of children's nurseries and it was great to meet the owners of a chain on Tuesday, who if we are successful will save over one hundred thousand pounds in business rates and there is really no reason why we should not win so if you know of any owners of children's nurseries I would really like an introduction, there is strength in numbers.
Wednesday started off with an early breakfast in Bowdon for Premium Collections and I left with an instruction under my belt and a new client. From the 1st February we will be representing JCM Solutions the largest retailer of Zoho CRM systems in the UK with over 7,000 users.
Thursday was again BNI as Wills, Protection and Beyond. Recent events have obviously focussed people's mind as there were two referrals for wills to be written. I was asked in the evening to travel down to Chester and speak at the FSB's first networking event at the exclusive Grosvenor hotel in the centre of the city. Spoilt with cakes from their Michelin starred chef and some very nice coffee.
The Manchester Business Breakfast Club is a very exclusive networking group who have met for the last 20 years at the Racquets Club in Salford on the edge of Manchester City centre. Some of the best networkers and some of the most influential business owners in Manchester attend most Friday mornings and next week it is my 10 minutes which will be about Debt Recovery. Can't wait to entertain the attendees!
Finally, after a day spent with clients as varied as a nut importer to an investor dealing with their property issues it was back into the City Centre for some more networking with the Institute of Directors. Not sure how they did it but to get over 40 directors into Manchester for 5.30pm on a Friday night and stay till well after 7.30pm was a great achievement for Claire and her team in the North West.
Next week is the FSB business awards and the Chamber of Commerce New Year lunch.
I really wasn't bothered as we had a full house in for our first networking session of the year in Altrincham in fact we actually had people standing outside the doorway to hear Alex McCann of AltrinchamHQ talking about Twitter and social media in general. We hold the meeting on the third Monday of every month between 6pm and 8pm. Mark Dyble business coach is the speaker for next month and we will be hoping to for another sell out. No pressure there then!
If you read the blog regularly you will know that most of my week revolves around networking and following up on who I meet at those events so apologies to everyone I haven't managed to speak to yet because the rest of the week just flew by in a whirlwind of bacon, a lot of coffee and some very nice cakes.
The FSB is currently lobbying on behalf of children's nurseries and it was great to meet the owners of a chain on Tuesday, who if we are successful will save over one hundred thousand pounds in business rates and there is really no reason why we should not win so if you know of any owners of children's nurseries I would really like an introduction, there is strength in numbers.
Wednesday started off with an early breakfast in Bowdon for Premium Collections and I left with an instruction under my belt and a new client. From the 1st February we will be representing JCM Solutions the largest retailer of Zoho CRM systems in the UK with over 7,000 users.
Thursday was again BNI as Wills, Protection and Beyond. Recent events have obviously focussed people's mind as there were two referrals for wills to be written. I was asked in the evening to travel down to Chester and speak at the FSB's first networking event at the exclusive Grosvenor hotel in the centre of the city. Spoilt with cakes from their Michelin starred chef and some very nice coffee.
The Manchester Business Breakfast Club is a very exclusive networking group who have met for the last 20 years at the Racquets Club in Salford on the edge of Manchester City centre. Some of the best networkers and some of the most influential business owners in Manchester attend most Friday mornings and next week it is my 10 minutes which will be about Debt Recovery. Can't wait to entertain the attendees!
Finally, after a day spent with clients as varied as a nut importer to an investor dealing with their property issues it was back into the City Centre for some more networking with the Institute of Directors. Not sure how they did it but to get over 40 directors into Manchester for 5.30pm on a Friday night and stay till well after 7.30pm was a great achievement for Claire and her team in the North West.
Next week is the FSB business awards and the Chamber of Commerce New Year lunch.