Business Breakfasts - Working on Business Solutions

Relish are really pleased to have been asked to work in partnership with the new breakfast business meeting alton4business in Alton.

The first event "Working on your Business, not in it - the Challenges of the Small Business" was a great success.

Nearly 20 people turned up and there was quite a buzz in the room. Once breakfast was over, the group was divided into small teams and were given some questions to answer and discuss, in particular what they could do to work more on their business.

Feedback so far has been very positive including "it really made me think", "it was very informative" and "I think you are on to a real winner with meetings like this and I will be recommending businesses to start to come along!"

The next one I will be hosting will be 24th October and will be on Business Planning for 2008! These events are a great way of supporting other businesses, whilst raising our profile in the business world.

Pause for Thought

For me, one of the great things about running events like this is that you always learn something new. I find no matter how many times you run an event, something new will always present itself!

So I am looking forward to the next event ...with Relish!

Relish partner with new networking group!

Wendy and I are really excited!

We have teamed up with a new business club in Alton and once a month, we will be leading one of their meetings!

a4b (alton4business) is a new business breakfast club, all about building better businesses! The team leading this new group (Andy Manning, David Woodroofe, David Baker, Paul Susans and Rob McCusker) are all seasoned networkers, and were really keen to create something more local and focused on helping businesses grow!

The launch meeting on the 19th September, was well attended by over 16 people, many of whom, expressed an interest in joining the group.

After taking time for networking and breakfast, Andy Manning, the group leader, stood up to explain how this group proposed to differentiate itself from other networking groups, by providing a variety of interesting speakers, business growth sessions (run by Relish People), and activities to stimulate, encourage and develop those who come along!

For the last part of the session, the tables were divided into 3, to allow each person to introduce him or herself to the rest of the table, and to encourage more discussion.

The meeting closed at 9am prompt, and it was great to see so many remain behind and continue to network and talk!

A real success!

I am really excited about the opportunity to show how Relish People can help businesses, and the first session I will run on the 3rd October is about 'Working on your Business or In it? - The Challenges facing small businesses'.

Get yourself along in order to find out how this group can help your business, or better still get in touch with Relish People and see what we can do to help!