by Alison Withers | Oct 8, 2020 | Breakfast Networking
September 2020 – Covid-19 Impact on Employees Starting an hour earlier this month did not seem to have deterred our networkers for our September 2020 breakfast meeting, with 18 people managing to attend – and no sign of pyjamas! If you want to find out...
by Alison Withers | Sep 6, 2020 | Breakfast Networking
August 2020 virtual breakfasts continue A total of 23 members and guests were at the August 2020 Zoom meeting – is that a record? Particularly for the Summer months! If you want to find out more about some of our members do check out the Member Spotlight page. Bear in...
by Alison Withers | Jul 30, 2020 | Breakfast Networking
July 2020 we’re all getting the hang of Zoom meetings Thank you to everyone who attended the July 2020 breakfast and hope to see you all again in August. Many businesses have offered extra help and support during the Coronavirus lockdown and you can find some of them...
by Alison Withers | Jul 16, 2020 | Breakfast Networking
June 2020 lovely to welcome new faces at our third virtual breakfast There was a full house again at our third virtual networking breakfast in June 2020. Could it be our fame is spreading? Many businesses have offered extra help and support during the Coronavirus...
by Kim Morrison | Jun 7, 2020 | Breakfast Networking
Myths of networking – for exploding! Our intrepid Treasurer, Kate Kelly, recently represented the Chamber at the very successful ISSBA/ABE Virtual Business Summit and gave a talk on networking. Kate is an experienced networker and has built her business on...
by Alison Withers | May 30, 2020 | Breakfast Networking
May 2020 a wealth of talent at our second virtual breakfast There was a wealth of talent available among members amply displayed at our second virtual networking breakfast. From remote IT support to graphic design, printing to marketing services, financial...
by Kim Morrison | May 1, 2020 | Newsletters
How can your customers reach you? Right now everyone’s saying you need to look after your customers if you want to stay in business. Which – usually – means keeping in touch with them. Reaching out is good, of course – but what happens when customers or suppliers...
by Alison Withers | Apr 24, 2020 | Breakfast Networking
April 2020 “virtual” breakfast proves popular A new experience for us all as our April 2020 networking breakfast was our first “remote” breakfast free via Zoom and it was sold out literally within 24 hours of our lovely secretary’s email. It was...
by Kim Morrison | Apr 15, 2020 | Breakfast Networking, Newsletters
Stowmarket Chamber – Zooms! You may already have found that Zoom.us is a great way for your business to keep in touch during lockdown. Which is why we at the Chamber are using it to recreate our networking events online. And we’ll start by hosting a free...
by Kim Morrison | Apr 8, 2020 | Business Support, Newsletters
So – how are you doing? If the answer is ‘could be (a lot) better’, then this newsletter is for you. Now you’ve had time to take stock you’ll want to know what you can do, and how you can do it. Help from the Chamber The first thing you can do is restart your...