Northampton BRE - every Friday morning

[sjbeale]

The Northampton BRE group meets every Friday morning at 7.15am at the Park Inn (formerly the Moat House).

The group is seeking to grow from its current 14 regular members and urgently seeks representatives in the following areas:

Marketing
Events organiser
Mailing Houses
PR
Manufacturering
Solicitor
Engineering trainers
Gym
Hairdresser
Builder
Plumber
IT
Health & Safety
Training co
Recruitment

You can attend two breakfast meetings (cost of breakfast only £8) then make up your mind whether you wish to join this friendly, informal group which regularly has around 20 referrals passing across the table.

If you are interested give me a ring on 07762 771290 to come as my guest.

[martinj]

Sandra,
It might be worth getting your events posted on northampton.business-scene.com. Other BRE groups have started to do this for their own areas (e.g. Swindon, Cotswolds, Bristol etc.). For an example of how it looks, take a peek at swindon.business-scene.com and go to the Events page. You might need to check the 'Weekly Events' checkbox to see the BRE event.
Best Regards, Martin

[Yorganic]

This may take things off at a tangent but, why do all BRE meetings take place at daft o'clock in the morning?

I recently attended a BRE introductory meeting one Friday lunchtime and didn't hesitate to take up the invitation to find out what it is all about only to find out that their meetings were at 7am on a Friday morning.

Dont get me wrong, I do like getting up early but, as someone......
with small kids - it is a near impossibility to get out of the house every week at that time.
who runs a small business - I would rather get the day started and make sure there are no emergencies like staff off ill etc before I set off for a non-essential meeting
who is a bit practical - I would rather not sit in rush hour traffic [both ways] when I could travel when it's quiet at lunchtime.Surely there is a big market for BRE-like meetings at a more reasonable hour of the day.

[martinj]

This is the time of day that many small businesses prefer, as it means they can get their networking done and then get off to the office to do a days work afterwards. Many other groups run lunchtime or evening events. It depends what suits you really. I'm sure you would find that others would be put off by lunchtime or evenings, preferring to conduct their business during the normal working day.