Fund-raising Portrait Offer

If you have ever wanted a portrait of your family, but have never ‘got around to it’, now is your chance. Smile for St Ann’s is a new initiative launched by Business Network members St Ann’s Hospice and Michael Turner Photography. For a £25.00 donation to St Ann’s you will receive an invitation for a children’s or family photoshoot by Michael and a bespoke framed desk portrait, total value £145.00. Now that is something to smile about!  

10% of the value of any additional orders will also go directly to St Ann’s, so if you would like some beautiful photographs of your family whilst at the same timing helping a good cause, or know someone else who would (the invitations make fantastic gifts) then contact Michael Turner Photography on 0161 428 6749 for more details. 

www.sah.org.uk

www.turnerportraits.co.uk

Would Your Business Like a Profile in the Olympics in 2012?

Fairview Studios in North Cave have been hitting the sporting scene. Earlier this month Jackie Herd, a partner in the family Audio/Visual production business became the National Carraige Driving Champion. It is a tough and thrilling sport which reflects the fine tuned partnership needed between horse and driver. Negotiating the three phases of the competition requires skill, determination and co-ordination. Just like running a successful business really.

This week the production team faced the elements at The British Eventing Breeding Championships at Twesledown to film  Double Gold Medalist and reigning European under 21 Champion, Amy Young. Fairview is making a promotional DVD to help Amy find sponsorship. Despite being soaked by torrential rain and having to hide behind bushes to catch the perfect shot we got some great footage.

Did you know that Eventing is at the top for bringing home Gold Medals.

Amy is on the World Class Peformance Training and is tipped by Team manager Yogi Briesner as being on track to represent Britain for the Olympic Games in 2012 and beyond.

Eventing is exciting and a sport the whole family can enjoy. Set in some the most lovely locations in the country, it has a healthy outdoor active image which the whole family can enjoy. People from all walks of life get involved.  It takes some 100 plus volunteers a day to run an event with all sorts of different jobs, so no expereince required. Eventing reflects some of the key skills required in successsful business.

Partnership, Skill,  Dedication, Team work, Focus and much more.

Golf is another of our favourites, we have just completed a DVD course guide for Elsham Golf course. Working with our associate company Maloy Edwards we have created a guide to playing each hole featuring professional Golfer and Trick Show artist David Edwards. The DVD also features hints and tips from Elsham’s own professional Stuart Dewar. It is a lovely DVD showing the impressive course at Elsham which is such a a fabulous haven for wildlife. This is another great marketing opportunity reaching customers when they are in pursuit of pleasure. Each hole will be sponsored by a local company.

David Edwards Golf Trick Shot Show and is in great demand for corporate and private events all over the world. David is witty and charming and his show puts the icing on the cake for any event.Any business that would like a profile in the Olympics in 2012 would do well to look at Equestrian sport. Now is the time to start to raise your profile and Fairview can help. The sport is uncluttered in marketing terms and has a great deal of potential.

Fairview Marketing 01430 425217  info@fairviewstudios.co.uk  www.fairviewstudios.co.uk

Do Your Brands Belong To You?

To help you ensure that they do, and to start off the festive spirit, from now until the end of January 2008 LOVEN is offering Business Network members a substantial saving on normal professional charges for securing trade mark protection for your brands in the UK. With professional consultation fees, it can typically cost around £650 to apply for registration of a trade mark. If you take advantage of our offer, the professional consultation is free, and you will pay as little as £493.75 inclusive of official fees and VAT for an assessment of your business trademark needs and the initial official application for registration.

Contact Keith Loven on 01522 801 113 or via keith.loven@loven.co.uk

www.loven.co.uk

The (un)Common Sense of Business

Do you want to kick-start your business into 2008? Are you committing the 7 Deadly Sins of Business? 

Your business is very important to you, it’s very personal to you.  You work hard, you nurture it, giving it all your care and attention and putting everything into it. But somehow it is not the healthy, growing, robust enterprise that you expected. How can this be? Are you unwittingly committing the 7 Deadly Sins of Business? Think you may be - then ask yourself the following questions. 

• 1.         Do you know where your business is going?
• 2.         Are you doing the same as everyone else?
• 3.         Are you using the power of multiplication? 
• 4.         Do you really know your customers? 
• 5.         Have you got a handle on your numbers? 
• 6.         Are you communicating effectively? 
• 7.         Are you trying to do it all yourself?   

Improve your personal and business performance by avoiding the 7 Deadly Sins of Business.

The (un)Common Sense of Business  

A six session course over 3 months (each session lasting two hours), delivered by Delia Butler of Ology Business Coaching. 

Regular coaching calls throughout the course and a range of materials provided during the workshop - proven to generate a lasting change and long term benefit for you and your business.
Date:                27 November 2007
Time:               8.30 – 10.30am
Location:          Broadstone Knowledge Mill, Broadstone House, Reddish, Stockport, SK5 7DL

To Reserve A Place

Cost Effective Document Management

Being unable to lay your hands on information quickly can be a risky business. Particularly come 24^th October. You, like all businesses, will have 40 days in which to fulfil an individual’s request for their personal information*, held either electronically or in hard copy under the Data Protection Act changes. Failure to do so could land you with heavy fines, or prosecution. 

Get in a position to comply with the 40-day rule: Immediately review your filing systems and processes for document management and storage to ensure they are rigorous and comply with these changes. Or, just call us 01925 293200. We promise you, it will be cheaper, quicker and more effective if you do. Because Invu is the most easy to use, cost-effective document management system on the market, and promises a full return on investment within 6 months. 

To request a free demonstration at your office or, if more convenient, over the web, call 01925 293200 or email me at sromeling@it4group.co.uk 

www.it4group.co.uk

* Relating to information post 1998.

Virgin Vie at Home launch new online website.

Shop online for our fabulous new cosmetics, jewellery and

the NEW! Homeware range. 

 

The press is loving our Homewares and is describing it as

Designer Chic at affordable prices.

 

Have a look now on www.myvirginvieathome.co.uk/web/angeliquelansley

and register with us, introduce your friends and family to our website and

you will earn 10% on anything they spend for life!

 

The money will be deposited in your account for you to spend next time you log on.

 

If you need further information please email me on angelique@lansleydn18.fsnet.co.uk

or call mob 07715 420304

Looking To Promote Your Business

Fastsigns will help you to get your message across with quality designed signs and exhibition graphic solutions.

Visit us at www.fastsigns.com/855 or we can advise you with a free on site survey.

Come and see a range of sign ideas in our showroom @ 630 to 642 Chesterfield Rd, Woodseats.

Looking To Reduce Your Transportation Costs?

If you are looking for ways of reducing your costs and improving transport efficiencies in your logistics operations while complying with all the latest regulations, look no further.

With over 20 years’ hands-on experience of the industry, logistics consultancy Progressive Logistics can help.

Contact Chris Metcalfe at Progressive Logistics Ltd  on  01606 851472 or visit www.progressivelogistics.co.uk for further information and the latest Newsletter.

Melt Away Any Migraines & Stress @ Kiwi.

•  Special offer £10! * Subject to availability 

• Full Set off Acrylic Nails ONLY £15

• Telephone-0161 431 9996
• www.kiwi-beauty.co.uk

   

Congratulations Definitive Events

Lisa Pennington, Managing Director of Definitive Events Limited, has been accepted as a full member of ABPCO (Association of British Professional Conference Organisers) following meeting strict acceptance criteria.  This demonstrates their professionalism in the Conference and Event Management industry.

Definitive Events Limited

“Delivering Excellence”

• Tel: +44 1925 812712

• Mobile: +44 7930 833669

• e-mail: lisap@definitiveevents.co.uk

• web: www.definitiveevents.co.uk