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Wiltshire Rural Business Club Past Meetings
Last Updated 28 January 2014 15:18
DATE -
Tuesday 22 January
2013
VENUE - The
Queens Head, Broadchalke
SPEAKER - Ian
Hunter
SUBJECT -
Alternative investments |
DATE -
Tuesday 20 November
2012
VENUE - The Lamb
at Hindon
SPEAKER - Robin
Miller
SUBJECT - The
Management of Stress & Conflict |
DATE -
Tuesday 18 September
2012
VENUE - Black
Dog
SPEAKER - Basil
Mienie
SUBJECT -
Enthusiasm |
DATE -
Tuesday 17 July
2012
VENUE - Ashley
Wood Farm
SPEAKER - TBA
SUBJECT - Social
possibilities |
DATE -
Tuesday 15 May
2012
VENUE - The
Crown at Alvediston
SPEAKER - Chris
Stanbury
SUBJECT - Nigel
Botteral (Botty's Rules) |
DATE -
Tuesday 20 March
2012
VENUE -
Penduddocke Arms, Dinton
SPEAKER - Gary
Taylor Value cars
SUBJECT -
Customer Care |
DATE -
Tuesday 17 January
2012
VENUE - The
George Inn, Longbridge Deverill
SPEAKER - Barry
Fitzpatrick
SUBJECT - What
is happening to cheques? |
Web:www.buzzworks.co.uk
Email: sales@buzzworks.co.uk
Tel: 0844 450 0018 Fax: 0871 528 4776
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DATE -
Tuesday 15 November
VENUE - Queens
Head, Broadchalke
SPEAKER - Sarah
Ackroyd
SUBJECT -
NLP |
DATE -
Tuesday 20
September
VENUE - Black
Dog Chilmark
SPEAKER - Mike
Brown of Trinity Accountants
SUBJECT - When
the going get's tough, how to keep
going. |
DATE -
19 July 2011
VENUE - Bison
Farm, West Knoyle
SPEAKER - Colin
Seaford, about the Bison
SUBJECT - Social
and Networking Event |
DATE -
17 May 2011
VENUE -
Penruddock Arms, Dinton
SPEAKER - Bill
Brown from Salisbury Journal
SUBJECT - Making
the News |
DATE -
15 March 2011
VENUE - The
Queens Head Broadchalke
SPEAKER -
Cravenplan
SUBJECT -
Marketing Workshop |
DATE -
18 January 2011
VENUE - The
Black Dog
SPEAKER - Hugh
Davies
SUBJECT -
Finance workshop |
DATE -
16 November
VENUE - The
George Inn, Longbridge Deverill
SPEAKER -
Banshee Events
SUBJECT - Speed
Networking event by Banshee Events |
DATE -
Monday 27th September
VENUE - The Swan
at Stoford
SPEAKER - Chris
Jolly solicitor from Middleton Upshall
of Warminster
SUBJECT -
"Small Businesses' interaction with
the law" or rather "a tale of
shattered dreams" |
DATE -
Tuesday 20 July
VENUE - Langford
Lakes Nature reserve
SPEAKER - Chris
Riley
SUBJECT - Social
and Networking event, BBQ |
DATE -
18 May
VENUE -
Penruddock Arms, Dinton
SPEAKER - Sarah
Ackroyd
SUBJECT -
Writing good marketing material |
DATE -
19 January
VENUE - The
George Inn, Longbridge Deverill
SPEAKER - Rodger
Seaman of Business Class
SUBJECT -
Winning and Retaining Good Clients
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DATE -
17 November
VENUE - TBA
SPEAKER - Dr
Mike Allen
SUBJECT - The
Small Time Entrepreneur
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DATE -
15 September
VENUE - Queens
Head, Broad Chalke
SPEAKER - Ian
Hunter
SUBJECT - 0 to
60 in 15 Years |
DATE -
Tuesday 21 July 2009
VENUE - The Wool
Store Codford
SPEAKER - TBA
SUBJECT - Social
and Networking Event |
DATE -
Tuesday 19 May 2009
VENUE - Black
Dog, Chilmark
SPEAKER - Jane
Mackay of Jane Mackay Coaching
SUBJECT - AGM
and Speaker |
DATE -
Tuesday 17 March 2009
VENUE - The
Penruddocke Arms, Dinton
SPEAKER - Liz
Granville-Sharp of LX Marketing
SUBJECT -
Marketing |
DATE -
Tuesday 20 January 2009
VENUE - The Swan
at Stoford
SPEAKER - Mike
Brown from Trinity Accountants
SUBJECT - How to
Survive the Financial Situation |
DATE -
Tuesday 18 November 2008
VENUE - Angel
Inn, Hindon
SPEAKER - Amanda
Bryant from Banshee Events
SUBJECT - Keep
your Customers Happy
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DATE -
Tuesday 16 September 2008
VENUE - The
Penruddocke Arms, Dinton
SPEAKER -
Alastair Barrett
SUBJECT - Health
& Safety issues
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DATE -
Tuesday 22 July 2008
VENUE - The
ginger Piggery
SPEAKER -
Caroline Wheatly-Hubbard
SUBJECT - Social
Event |
DATE -
Tuesday 20 May 2008
VENUE - The
Crown Inn , Alvediston
SPEAKER - Ceri
Hurford-Jones from Spire FM
SUBJECT - Radio
Advertising |
DATE -
Tuesday 18 March 2008
VENUE - The
Queens Head Inn, Broad Chalke
SPEAKER - Wendy
Carmichael
SUBJECT - Save
Money and the Environment
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DATE -
Tuesday 15 January 2007
VENUE - The
Black Dog
SPEAKER - Hugh
Davies & Ian Sheekey
SUBJECT -
Capital Gains Tax Shock for Small
Businesses |
DATE -
Tuesday 20 November 2007
VENUE - The
Compasses at Chicksgrove
SPEAKER - Jacqui
Mann
SUBJECT -
Employment Law Update |
DATE -
Tuesday 10 July 2007
VENUE - The
Bison Farm
SPEAKER - N/A
SUBJECT - Social
Event |
DATE -
Tuesday 8 May 2007
VENUE - The
Crown at Alvediston
SPEAKER - Martin
Fisher
SUBJECT -
Exhibiting |
DATE -
Tuesday 13 March 2007
VENUE - The
George at Mere
SPEAKER - Dennis
Flexney-Briscoe
SUBJECT -
marketing topic |
DATE -
Tuesday 16 January 2007
VENUE - The
Queens Head at Broadchalke
SPEAKER - Tony
from Banshee
SUBJECT - Making
the most of
Networking |
DATE -
Tuesday 21 November 2006
VENUE - The
George at Longbridge
Deverill
SPEAKER - Chris
Stanbury
SUBJECT - The
Naked computer
Chris Stanbury showed us
the components that go to make up a
computer
and explained what their
function was. He then connected up the
various
components on the table and
it worked. Many questions ensued, from
the 22 members present. Much
networking took place during and after
the meal that followed.
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DATE -
Tuesday 19 September
2006
VENUE - The
Black Dog Chilmark
SPEAKER - Steve
Archer
SUBJECT - Tax
returns |
DATE -
Tuesday 18 July 2006
VENUE - Hidden
Brewery / The
Bell at Wylye
SPEAKER -
Conducted tour of
the Brewery
SUBJECT - Social
Event |
DATE -
Tuesday 16 May 2006
VENUE - The
crown Inn at Alvediston
SPEAKER - David
Dean from D & R
Marketing
SUBJECT -
TBA
David Dean gave a lively
talk on marketing. He gave some
interesting
examples of what not to do
and how we should go about it. Work out
what you do – then
tell people. Do marketing a little and
often,
target customers; work out
your USP (unique selling point) to help
us do this David gave us all
a questionnaire to complete to create
our own USP.
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DATE -
Tuesday 21 March 2006
VENUE - The
George Inn at Mere
SPEAKER - Dennis
Flexney-Briscoe
SUBJECT -
Getting the Price Right
Dennis Flexney-Briscoe
gave the members present some ideas for
“Getting
the price right”.
Dennis discussed several methods of
arriving
at a price for
manufacturers and retailers but stressed
that after
making sure that you are
selling at a profit see what the going
rate in your market is,
stressing, we do not buy things, we buy
benefits. Service
industries should look at the benefit to
the
customer, be sure of your
self, be proud of your price, charge
what the market will bare.
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DATE - Tuesday
17 January 2006
VENUE - Black Dog - Chilmark
SPEAKER - Teresa Allwood
SUBJECT - The work of The Prince's
Trust
Teresa gave an
overview of all the aspects of the
work of the Prince's Trust and then
elaborated on the specific work done
with young people who wish to start
their own businesses, detailing the
training courses they provide and the
mentoring they do to help progress the
business after it has been started.
Her presentation generated much lively
discussion, leading to a successful
evening.
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DATE - Tuesday
15 November 2005
VENUE - George at
Longbridge Deverill
SPEAKER - Bob Hill of
Conservation Management, Wessex
Archaeology
SUBJECT - Using heritage as a
marketing tool
Bob Hill from Conservation
Management encouraged the
listeners to use our local heritage as a
marketing tool to promote their
products and services. Bob went on to
describe some of the work of
Conservation Management, giving a very
interesting insight it their work.
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DATE - Tuesday
20 September 2005
VENUE - Penruddocke Arms,
Dinton
SPEAKER - Gerard O'Donovan,
from Noble Manhattan
SUBJECT -
The seven qualities of
all super achievers
Gerard gave a lively
talk on the qualities of super
achievers under the headings of - hard
work - Courage - Persistence - Self
discipline - Personal power -
Willingness to change - Positive mental
attitude. these were all delivered in
the form of a parable or story. |
DATE - Tuesday
19 July 2005
VENUE - Bison
Farm
SPEAKER - None
SUBJECT - BBQ
- Social event with Wine
tasting from Sunbird wines
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DATE - Tuesday
17 May 2005
VENUE - The
Crown Inn at Alvediston
SPEAKER - Hugh
Davies
SUBJECT -
financial matters that
may be topical after the budget
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DATE - Tuesday
15 March 2005
VENUE - The
George at Mere
SPEAKER - Jacqueline
Flexney-Briscoe
SUBJECT -
Backs |
DATE - Tuesday
18 January 2005
VENUE - The
George - Longbridge
Deveril
SPEAKER - Tony
Brown of Withy King
solicitors in Trowbidge
SUBJECT -
Employment law
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DATE - Tuesday
16 November 2004
VENUE - Black
Dog - Chilmark
SPEAKER - Sue
Landon
SUBJECT - Effective
marketing
Sue, an experienced
marketing consultant, gave a fascinating
talk
about how we should be
dealing with our customers. We
particularly
enjoyed the exercise in
communication we were invited to take
part
in, most revealing.
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DATE - Tuesday
21 September 2004
VENUE - Penruddock
Arms
SPEAKER - Colourworks
SUBJECT - Team
building - Nick
Fewings
Nick gave a fascinating
talk about personality types and got us
all thinking about how
teams work. A great evening - enjoyed by
all.
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DATE - Tuesday
20 July
VENUE - Army
Flying Museum - Middle
Wallop
SPEAKER - None
SUBJECT - BBQ
- Social event
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DATE - Tuesday
18 May
VENUE - Cravenplan
Computers -
Swallowcliffe
SPEAKER - Chris
Stanbury
SUBJECT - E-Bay
for business and fun - all
you ever wanted to know about E-
Bay
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DATE - Tuesday
16 March 2004
VENUE - The
George Inn, Mere
SPEAKER - Carole
Buksh
SUBJECT - Collecting
your debts
Carole Buksh gave an
informative talk on managing financial
matters
in a business. Credit
control was discussed in detail with
various
examples given of how to
speed up payment of monies owed to you.
Ian Storey gave a short
presentation on the formation of a new
rural
business network covering
the whole of rural Wiltshire.
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DATE - Tuesday
20 January 2004
VENUE - The
Black Dog, Chilmark
SPEAKER - Stephen
Archer
SUBJECT - Budget
Statement & Business
Tax Returns
It's not often that one
can enjoy a "talking to" from
the taxman but Stephen
Archer managed to achieve the right mix
of
humour and information.
A thoroughly fascinating
tale of how to keep on the right side
of the Inland Revenue. To
condense Stephen's talk into a few words
"Be reasonable - be
consistent".
The evening concluded
with a superb meal (as usual at The
Black
Dog) and some good
networking.
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DATE - Tuesday
18 November 2003
VENUE - Penruddock
Arms, Dinton
SPEAKER - Speaker
from Shelwork
Industries
SUBJECT -
Employing the
Disabled
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DATE - Tuesday,
16 September 2003
VENUE - The George
Inn, Longbridge
Deverill
SPEAKER - Mark
Griffin of MacLachlan's
Solicitors of Sherbourne.
SUBJECT - Speaking
about business terms and
conditions and debt collection.
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DATE - Tuesday,
15 July 2003
VENUE - Bush Farm
at West Knoyle
SPEAKER - N/A
SUBJECT - Social
Event-
Tuesday 15 July 2003, the
WRBC held its annual
social event at Bush Farm
Bison Centre in West Knoyle which is
owned
by Pepe and Colin Seaford.
28 people turned up to
enjoy a superb BBQ which included some
very
tasty Bison burgers
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Everyone was given a
tractor/trailer ride around
the fields to get a closer
look at the different animals on the
farm, these included
Bison, Elk and Canada Geese.
Visit the Bison Centre web
site at www.bisonfarm.co.uk
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DATE - Tuesday,
20 May 2003
VENUE - The Black
Dog at Chilmark
SPEAKER - Roly
Frost.
SUBJECT - Presentation
Skills -
Roly an accomplished
speaker and trainer,
gave a fascinating talk on
how to make the most out of any
presentation
opportunity.
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DATE -
Tuesday, 18 March
2003
VENUE - The Emblems
Restaurant.
SPEAKER - Justin
Allison.
SUBJECT - How to
win sales and influence
people -
Justin showed several
examples of his work to illustrate how
to put
over a message to potential
customers. |
DATE -
Tuesday 21st January
2003
VENUE - The George, Longbridge
Deverill
SPEAKER - David Ridley. -
Solicitor
SUBJECT - Employment
Law -
Tuesday
21 January 2003, David
Ridley from Whitehead Vizard,
Solicitors,
gave a talk entitled a
Brief Insight into Employment Law, going
through the life of an
employee from engagement to termination
and
all in between.
David
pointed out the pitfalls that smaller
companies encounter in
employment legislation, that is
constantly
being updated. David
outlined the main changes in legislation
recently
and to come.
He
also pointed out that some
existing laws that do not apply to small
firms, will apply in the
future. Contact enq@whitehead-
vizard.co.uk
web site www.whitehead-
vizard.co.uk
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DATE -
Tuesday 26th November
2002
VENUE - The Black
Dog Inn, Chilmark
SPEAKER - Yvonne
Emmerson-Pearce
SUBJECT - The complete
Business service -
Tuesday
26 November 2002, Yvonne
Emmerson-Peirce gave a talk on the work
of the IIB ( Institute for
Independent Business)
Yvonne
is an Associate of IIB there are 1,000
associates in the UK. The
IIB offers a mentoring service to small
firms to supply the
expertise that is often lacking in a
small business,
the majority being
financial and marketing guidance. There
is no
membership fee but charges
for 2 days per month = £6-800.
contact
yvonne@mallarddrake.co.uk.
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DATE -
Tuesday 24th September
2002
VENUE - The Lamb
at Hindon
SPEAKER - Caroline
Cavaner of Zest
Marketing
SUBJECT - Marketing
talk - |
DATE -
Tuesday 2nd July 2002
VENUE - Yapp Bros.,
Wine Merchants, Mere
SPEAKER - N/A
SUBJECT - Social
event - wine tasting
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all information ©WRBC
2002
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