Community Introductions & Networkling [no links please]

Welcome to the London & South East community introductions thread. This is a new space for people in the local area to come in, say hello and let everyone know what their hopes and goals are from their time on UK Business Forums.

Feel free to introduce yourself here and make others feel welcome If you know someone in your area who may benefit from joining in, be sure to let them know about us as well.

While you're welcome to let people know what you're working on and a bit of background, please avoid anything that could come across as a sales pitch and, even if you're an established member, please don't link to your business here. The idea is to give people a chance to get to know each other and what's going on in their region.

Thanks!

 

Never really sure whether we are classed as South East, being in Southampton? But thought I'd post here anyway.

Have recently set up a business offering freelance credit control services, for those of you who are too busy trying to get the sales and build your business to spend time chasing for payment of those sales, I have found the forum really useful, sometimes just lurking, sometimes posting.

Always happy to receive PM's and help others wherever possible if I can.

Carolyn
Complete Cash Management Limited

 

Hiya,

I've worked in the IT industry for over 20 years and have recently started a firm based in London which offers advice on R&D tax relief to firms mostly performing software development and manufacturing products.

It's quite exciting as I get to see lots of cutting edge technology and also help firms who are performing R&D to claim cash back from the HMRC, this can mean the difference between a firm going down before getting their product to market or a successful launch, which is what R&D tax relief was designed for in the first place.

I joined UK Business Forums quite recently and am enjoying helping others out with their questions/issues, so if anyone has any questions regarding R&D tax relief, I'm happy to answer them, either PM or post somewhere so everyone else can see the answers.

Thanks

Paul

 

Hi,

We are a small Kent based company offering virtual reception services to small local businesses.

We are quite new to this forum and hope to link in with other local businesses to exchange ideas and tips on the best way to market our services in the current challenging climate.

We are also happy to offer advice to any others where we can. Happy to receive pm's of any ideas members have to helpms grow our business in the South East.

Look forward to hearing from anyone who can help or likewise helping others.

Richard

 

We're also Kent based having moved here from St Albans around 6 years ago - it's a beautiful part of Britain!

We’ve been providing businesses with project management and consultancy services since 2005. Running a small business ourselves means that, at one time or another, we’ve experienced most of the problems that business owners face, like not having enough work or having too much work and feeling isolated. We believe that small business growth is key to global economic recovery, so we've started a new online venture which we hope will do our bit to help.

We have added a few posts on UK Business Forums so far but look forward to being more active in providing some answers.

Christine

 

Hi, I'm a newbie on this site so I just wanted to quickly introduce myself. I am developing a virtual assistance business, with the 'white van' person being my primary client. I have a passion for helping people and have found, recently, that this is really appreciated. So, hello for now, I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone

 

Hi

We are a central south-coast based company delivering HSE approved First Aid at Work courses.

We can deliver one day and three day courses as well as the 2 day re-qualification course.

We are able and willing to travel to deliver courses and have a long list of satisfied clients!

If you need any first aid training, get in touch by sending us a PM!

Nick
1st Responder Ltd

 

Hello all,

I'm a sales and account manager almost 2 years into my first commercial position.

My company imports and distributes specialist oriental food and drink throughout the UK and Europe and am branching ever further into the continent!

Give me a shout if you have any Oriental food queries and I'll be happy to help out.

As I am still "relatively" new in the industry I am keen on networking and trying to find out the best/most efficient way of doing things.
I am looking forward to participating!

 

Hi,

We're a friendly video production team based in Guildford. If any of you need any promo videos or band/music vids made then let us know! We're really trying to get our name out and about so mainly here to take a look at the marketing and SEO forums but also on the more business side of things.

If any of you other small businesses in the surrounding area want to share any tips then that'd be great!

Thanks,
Ben

 

Hello everyone,

I'm based in Southampton but do telesales of a conflict prevention program to businesses all over the UK.

I'm relatively new to the UK from Canada and running my own business so I look forward to learning from the forum, and contributing wherever possible as I have a lot of experience working in small businesses.

If anyone has advice on (tele)sales, general business or if you'd like info please PM me.

 

Hi All,

Just a quick introduction and Hi...

My name is Adam and I am Managing Director of Choicecomms Ltd.

We have a couple of new software innovations that have major application in business to business websites.

My reasons for joining this forum is to find a more personal way of networking than LinkedIn and Ecademy.

I have a wealth of experience in both retail and software industries and am always willing to offer help and advice.

Feel free to contact me via PM.

Regards

Adam

 

Hi,

My name is Chris and I am based in Gosport, near Portsmouth.
I am a freelance front-end developer and web designer.

My initial plan is to work with local small and medium sized businesses to help get them a quality, affordable online presence.

I realise this forum seems saturated with "web designers", you can consider me another one of those if you want - just better.

I am looking to learn plenty from the forum archives, but also hope I can add to the community and provide any help or advice where I can.

 

Hi I'm from a job board call Thestudentjob[dot]com, we help businesses find students in their local area who are able to work for your business on an one-off basis, part time, as an intern or GAP year student.

We are UK's most popular job site and by advertising your jobs via us, you will get quality applications within the same day.

Do drop me a private message or comment below and I can give you more information.


Thanks for listening.

 

We are a London based UK payroll Bureau service. We cover the whole of the UK however as payslips etc are all emailed. I shall not say more than that as it may be seen as advertising!

 

I just wanted to say Hi.
We are a confidential document shredding company based in Hassocks, West Sussex. Son please get in touch if you need our services.

 

Hi all
I'm a new start up business providing coaching, mentoring and organisational - mainly HR - consultancy in the Herts, Beds, Bucks & London areas.

I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a good local accountant?

Thanks
Carolyn

 

Hello id just like to introduce me and my company. My names darren chase and i own rapid flooring which is a family flooring business based in hertfordshire. Our company covers all aspects of domestic & commercial flooring. Rapidflooring.co.uk

 

hello to you!

 

Hello UKBF'ers

My name is Ian Inman and I run Quartz Data Services in Hemel Hempstead, Herts. I specialise in data cleansing (paf/TPS/FPS etc), validation, enhancement and list sourcing (B2C / B2B).

Looking forward to connecting with fellow members and adding to the discussions on this forum.

Thanks

Ian

 

Hello Carolyn,

We use David Tossell at David Lindon & Co on London Road in Apsley. Very helpful and reasonably priced especially for small companies.

Thanks

Ian