Report from ?January?s Exeter Business Network Event at Exeter Racecourse
What a fantastic start to the year!
Thank you to?Hugh Graham ? The Bid Coach,?Ian Smith of Winning Tenders?and?Vicki Stewart of Tender Victory?for hosting a great seminar before the networking lunch ?- ?The A to Z of winning major new business contracts through the tendering process? dispelling myths, explaining the why you would tender (UK plc has approx ?1trillion spend on contracts!), where you would find the tenders for your business, how you would plan to tender, what to say in your tender to stand out and the how to present to win.
THE Networking lunch took place in the fabulous surroundings of the ?Denman Room with informal networking and welcome drinks.
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Following an introduction by Sean Humby with a quote from Gypsy Rose Lee (born 9/1/1914 )?that could have been said about networking
?If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly, very slowly?
Each person then delivered their table presentations ? exchanged business cards and listened for opportunities. ?The designated table hosts directed proceedings ? ensuring each person had the opportunity to
- Introduce themselves and their company/organisation
- Outline what they do ? the benefits that they bring to their customers/clients
- The type of customers/clients they are looking to build relationships with
- Asking how ?the people around the table could help them and their customers/contacts
- Talk about what they are looking to purchase, the challenges they may have (also think about this from the perspective of their clients)
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Starting new and refreshing existing business relationships
The role of the table host is vitally important to the event and the hosts did a fantastic job ? some of the responses when asked to carry out this were great
?i didn?t know I was in the running for this, but I?d jump over fences to have this opportunity?
?I?ll consider it my New Year treat?
?What a wonderful thing to be named?
?Honoured and delighted?
And finally a quote from Joan Baez (b 9th January) courtesy of Ally Colton ? Families for Children ? ?You don?t get to choose how you?re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you?re going to live. Now.?
From 1.30pm there was a table to table networking opportunity ? more conversations, connections and collaborations between all these businesses
Andrew Price & Co Limited,?ASHRO PROMOTIONS,?Exeter Executive Travel,?Exeter Golf & Country Club,?Exeter Mind & Body Clinic,?Attention Media,?Auditel,?Baytek Voice & Data Ltd,?Exile Design,?Fair Energy,?Families for Children Trust,?Glen King PR/Marketing Ltd,?Gravitas Recruitment (SW) Ltd,?Hartnell Chanot & Partners,?High Path VAT Consultancy,?Endorse HR,?Enterprise Assist Limited,?Evolution,?Exeter Audi,?,?Exeter Phoenix,?Exeter Racecourse & Conference Centre,Higher Sites Group Limited,?Hosted Desktop UK Ltd,?Juiceplus,?Malcolm Rouse Photography,?Mango Personnel Ltd,?Mark Leveridge Magic,?Marla Custom Blinds,?Nature?s Brilliance in Business,?Casino Select,?Old Mill Accountancy LLP, ?Optix Solutions Ltd,?PGL Training,?Plug and Play,?Premier Communication Electronics Ltd,?Printing.com,?Q Social Media Ltd,?Road User Support Service,?RSH Copywriting,?Select Statistical Services Ltd,?Simpkins Edwards,?SouthwestCRM,?Straight Marketing Limited,?Tender Victory,?The Bid Coach,?The HR Dept,?The Passage House Hotel,?thebestof Exeter,?Veritas Legal Services Ltd,?WBW Solicitors LLP,?Webformed,?Winning Tenders Ltd,?WNW Design,?WPA Healthcare,?CR HR Consultancy,?Creme de la Creme Fun Casino,?Daneswood Solutions Ltd,?David Frumin & Associates,?Devon Air Ambulance Trust,?e-strategy,
conversations, connections and collaborations
Special thanks to the Speaker ? Chris Wood ? Q Social Media ? who talked about the Online marketing Considerations for 2013 ? slides are here
The closing announcements ?included?details for Cathy Towers? -?Exeter Mind & Body Clinic?- post 6/2/13 lunch therapy sessions supporting St Loye?s Foundation
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Nigel Wilkinson ? WNW Design ? is ?looking for PHP web developers and also a Digital Marketing Specialist -?contact Nigel
Table to table networking
?? Member?s offers and opportunities brought to the event??
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Matthew Redman ? auditel
01278 686956
Free review of your merchant card costs by the UK?s leading, specialist cost and purchase management consultancy.
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David Collins of Baytek Voice & Data Ltd
01626 833139
Great rates for Business Network SW mates! Baytek?s telephone call and line rental services are saving local companies hundreds of pounds every month, and we would like to offer our Business Network colleagues even better savings. Just ask David for a meeting to discuss our special mate?s rates
www.baytekvoiceanddata.com
Vince Ware ? Business Furniture Group
0845 634 2202
Do you have space problems in your office? Are your storage facilities not working for you? Does any of your staff have a back problem? Do you need to get more people into an existing space? To answer any of these questions please give the BUSINESS FURNITURE GROUP a call. We offer a free consultation for any Business Network members. Contact Vince Ware on 07974 980353 or 0845 634 2202. Clients that have benefited from this advice are: Armada Finance, Express & Echo, World First Insurance plus many smaller organisations.
www.bf-group.co.uk
Mandy Blackler ? Casino Select
01626 368275
Weekday Special Offer of ?50 discount Sun-Thurs during Jan!! from CASINO SELECT treat your clients or staff or BOTH to some fun after dinner entertainment with 2 or more Casino Tables complete with professional croupiers, fun money and playing chips ?The Very Best in Entertainment? Call Mandy tel:? 01626 368275
www.casinoselect.co.uk
Jim Taylor and Ian Dunstan of Cobalt Communications
01392 908888
As a member of Exeter Business Network Cobalt would like to make an offer to you and your Customers. For small businesses we will provide a new Telephone system for five users (including Display Handsets, installation & training) for less than ?30 per month. Any business quoting the ?Business Network Offer? can take up our offer & of course we will design a similar offer for larger businesses. Please give us a call for a chat
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Chris Reader of CR HR CONSULTANCY
Tel: 01626 352216
A FREE HR audit for Business Network members
www.crhr.gb.com
David Frumin of DAVID FRUMIN & ASSOCIATES
Tel: 01392 493394
If you haven?t done your tax return for 2011/12 it is due by 31st January. We can help? ? 15% off normal fee.
www.davidfrumin.co.uk
Karen Skelton of Egret Limited
01823 668623
10% discount to Business Network SW Members on electrical inspections or Portable Appliance Testing
www.egretservices.co.uk
Dudley Hambleton ? Evolution
01392 410759
A healing/spiritual/psychic check over session with Dudley at half price (?25) for all Business Network members. Are you, or is someone you know feeling down, more tired than usual, more unlucky than usual, or a bit lost at the moment? There could be a psychic reason for this which you or they are not aware of but a session with Dudley will tell you if this is the cause of the problem and where required, provide the solution through his connections and abilities with psychic clearance work.
www.evolutionexeter.com
Catherine Petherick of Exeter Audi
01392 825425
May I wish you all a Prosperous 2013! We have lots of New Year Offers, Too many to list, if you are looking for a new Audi A4 or A6 speak to Catherine at Exeter Audi on 01392 825425
www.audisouthwest.com
Andy Hilton of Exeter Executive Travel
0800 612 9618
10% off any return travel booked throughout January
www.exeterexecutivetravel.co.uk
Cathy Towers of Exeter Mind & Body Clinic
07989 564660
Three Experts on ASTHMA and other respiratory complaints are working at Exeter Mind and Body Clinic. Call Cathy on 07989 564660 if you or someone you know would be interested in a specialist information session
http://www.exetermindandbody.com
Dan Thompson and Michelle Thomas of Exeter Racecourse
01392 833454
Wedding Fayre ? 17/2/13
http://www.exeter-racecourse.co.uk/Home.htm
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Rachel Buckley and Stuart Wright of Hartnell Chanot & Partners
Tel:?? 01392 421777
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Whether you are struggling with a relationship breakdown or planning ahead for the future, Hartnell Chanot & Partners offer a specialist service that can help. As the South West?s leading family law specialists, our team of solicitors offer expert service across a wide range of family matters. In addition to a FREE initial appointment we are offering a 5% discount to members of BNSW Exeter and your employees.
www.hartnellchanot.co.uk
Rozz Algar of Herne European Consultancy Ltd
01837 83111
Train the Trainer 2 day programme ? being held in North Devon on 17th & 18th January ? usual price ?450 (+VAT) for 2 day course, NOW ONLY ?395 per delegate. For details or to book a place email ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??http://www.herne.org.uk
Adam and Louisa Chetnik of Hosted Desktop UK Ltd
0203 239 6181
There is still time to take advantage of our New Year Special Offer ? sign up to Hosted Desktop UK in January 2013 and we will give you two months free hosted desktop access
www.hosteddesktop.co.uk
Malcolm Rouse of Malcolm Rouse Photography
01392 437724
Free Family Portrait sitting with one 10 x 8 photograph in luxury folder
www.malcolmrousephotography.co.uk
Spencer B. Hodgetts of Nature?s Brilliance in Business
07745 652487
Imagine the Brilliance of Nature in Your Business One FREE half hour speech on Biomimicry?..Value ?100
www.spencerbh@wikaniko.com
Ashley Scott of Printing.com
01392 495133
1,000 Full Colour Letterheads only ?50+VAT
http://www.printing.com/uk/studio/exeter
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Olly Dymond ? Shopping Sherlock
07970 758196
Search with the Sherlock and save up to 50%. Free Shopping Sherlock app. Download the app for free at www.shoppingsherlock.com/olly ?and save money fast.
Or ask Olly Dymond at the event or email odymond@tiscali.co.uk
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Susan Meldon Simply Assisting You
Tel: 01392 248247
WHY SIMPLY ASSISTING YOU???
- Cost effective ? our low monthly fee means it?s affordable to small businesses
- Totally flexible ? we offer a unique mix and match ?Office Assist Package?, meeting the precise needs of your business
- Dedicated team ? so we get to know your business and team personally
- Professional image ? to your customers at all times
- We specialise in office tasks ? you specialise on your business
- A member of the Society Of Virtual Assistants
www.simplyassistingyou.co.uk
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Linda Bennett and Dave Barr thebestof Exeter
01392 248 263
We?d love to learn more about your business and see if we might be able to help promote what you do. So -?we?re extending our Expo offer for reduced price thebestof Exeter membership to you. This??Internet friendly? package?has been tailored to suit everyone?s budget, giving you great online results on our?newly designed website.
- The most important thing to us is whether you qualify as one of ?the best?, so let?s have a chat.Your business in up to 3 categories
- Up to 4 images
- Link to your website
- Email link
- Full contact details
- Up to 400 words of SEO copy written for you about your business
- Google Map
- Free call tracking telephone number
- 24/7 customer reviews
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Hugh Graham of The Bid Coach
01963 240555 & 07970 694814
Free review and critique of a recent presentation ? with suggestions for improvements. AND/OR free session to discuss what key messages you need to communicate in a forthcoming ?must win? presentation
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Belinda Newton of The HR Dept
0845 863 0653
For a free review of your Company?s Contract of Employment and Staff Handbook, contact me mentioning Business Network SW.
Preventing People Problems:?
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Dan Farrell- Wright of Webformed
01189 657511
We have recently launched a Staff and Service User Management portal designed specifically for domiciliary care agencies. If anyone in the network can recommend us to a domiciliary care agency we will waive the initial setup fee of ?120
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Ian Smith ? Winning Tenders
01392 247997
Free tender-readiness check for your business if you are thinking of tendering for contracts and want to know how you stack up i.e. is your business tender ready? Could be worth thousands!
www.winningtenders.co.uk
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Robert Guest of WPA
01404 815276
WPA has various special offers for new joiners to all our schemes. This applies whether you have an existing scheme with another provider or want information on starting a plan.
www.linkedin.com/in/robertguest1
- Do you want to?generate opportunities?that will enhance your business?
- Do you want to build mutually?beneficial relationships?with other decision makers?
- Do you want your networking to be relaxed and comfortable?
- How about business seminars that can positively impact your business?
- Would a huge variety of contacts that are useful to your business?
- Do you want the opportunity to promote your business and expertise?
- Do you want a team of advocates and ambassadors for your business?
- What about?generating an ROI on your networking?
Business Network (SW) Ltd offers?senior decision makers,?monthly, lunch time, structured and business focused networking events in?Exeter, Bristol and Taunton.
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