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It may or not be for your business but as a way of progressing your business in sales as well as knowledge its a powerful method worth considering.

In my opinion I have gained so much by networking – I have learnt a lot about aspects of business from other professionals in the group to gaining new business and using the services of others around me.

I have introduced and used solicitors, promotional suppliers, legal experts, IT experts, HR experts, video experts, business coaches, photographers, office suppliers … the list goes on.

At Kehorne we have changed a lot of the processes in the business as we have learnt and taken on advice from the experts around us.

So why network? Maybe its just to get out the house as you work along! But the long term benefits are all there for the taking.

Need networking advice? Why not get in touch or come along to Cross Reference.

Its been a busy time and even in the holiday season we have had a productive meeting.

Good to see our two guests, I always find it really interested to hear what other people are up to in their business lives.

I’ve also been busy getting our LinkedIn page back live – it had been looked after by someone who had left and no one who who had the access to it. I have to say LinkedIn were very helpful and we got it sorted without going through too many hoops.

I also realised we had not posted anything on the website Blog for a while, so here it is!

The next meetings are August 16, Sept 6 and 20. If anyone would like to come along just get in touch.

With the last meeting of 2023 we had a joint meeting with the Chilterns Chamber of Commerce who we have a regular slot with every few months.

This gives both groups a chance to gain from talking to other experts and discuss other opportunities.

Our Christmas flavoured talk was from Charles Fraser who gave us an interesting take on Bingo talking about his specialist knowledge with prizes for the winner! As ever there are always some take away points that are of interest.

We look forward to our next meeting on January 5th 2024

Mortgage Adviser, Director at High Street Mortgages Ltd – Peter has joined the group and is already giving us a great insight into the mortgage market – as more and more people come to the end of their fixed rates it is very important to get the advice of a professional and with Peter he really knows his area of expertise and his advice is faultless.

What is even more important in the current market is the way the financial situation is changing so quickly. It can be the difference in making a decision now or leaving it as long as possible to where the market is looking at going.

Always get proper financial advice before making any decision.

Todays meeting had two very interesting talks from members – Emma and Roger.

Emma took us through the uses of great photography in your social media – from websites to posts, headshots to selfies – she also got us to take a selfie and post it, adding a little bit of spontaneity and personality to life.

Roger gave us insights into the issues around HR currently, with one hot topic of hybrid working and the pitfalls of letting the workforce decide what they want to do vs management telling the staff what will happen. There are definite splits in what different groups want – younger worker seem to want to get back to the office for the social/learning aspects, the older staff want to stay at home, cut out the boring commuting etc.

Will there be an easy answer? Probably not!

The meeting this morning was as much fun as useful. We had a talk on “word of the year” by Matt our resident copywriter – who is making us think of the word that we think will project our businesses in 2021 – very thought provoking.

Olly gave us a really interesting look at the way his company is moving into 2021 with new emphasis on the individual nature of his clients and not trying to have a one size fit all solution, or even boxes they fit into. Yes, we are all slightly different and thats worth considering for us all.

Good to see our three visitors and hope to see Jas, Dan and Wayne again soon.

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