The Speen Business Forum is a semi-formal group that meets around three times a year in the KW4. We have traditionally held lunch meetings that enable business owners / business people in and around Speen to meet, socialize, share ideas, swap business cards and share the best cuisine that Dave Hill has to offer for the princely sum of around £15.

However, developments in the future will include:

• Breakfast ‘pitch and refer’ meetings
• A Business Open Day – breakfast followed by a mini-expo where businesses can open up a shopfront in the KW4 that’s open to the public and other business owners alike
• Business Clinics / Workshops where we help to share problems, brainstorm new ideas etc

The Speen Business Forum will soon have an online home here with a members only messageboard and news page. In the meantime, please see below for news of forthcoming events.

Next Meeting – 29th January

A quick note about the 29th January meeting – this is intended to be a more formal round-the-table meeting with 1 minute pitches for all attendees. We’re currently canvassing for potential attendees – if you would like to attend, please call Andy on 07547 009 780 or email andy.forkgen AT speenbucks.org.uk. Look forward to seeing you there!

Speen Business Forum Christmas Meeting

Hi All,

We’re now up to 20 for Friday’s event, many thanks to those of you who have already confirmed. Unless I have heard otherwise I will assume you’re still coming and look forward to seeing you all!

This is a final call for all those of you that haven’t responded – Dilly has graciously left the books open so please do let me know if you are interested in coming. The rough agenda for this informal Christmas get-together is:

1630-1700 – Drinks & Nibbles, meet and greet

1700-1800 – Champagne prize draw (prize courtesy of Hub Printing, bring lots of business cards!)

- Discuss the next meeting on 29th January 2010

- Discuss the forthcoming Speen Business Expo (pencilled for May 2010)

1800-???? – Creative discussion….

Again, please let me know if you’re coming if you have not done already – looking forward to seeing you on the day.

Best wishes,

Andy.

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Dear All,

It has been a while but we wanted to let you know about our next gathering. This one will be a relaxed social Christmas get-together in the KW4; it will give us a chance to unwind, network informally and have a few drinks and nibbles plus we can let you know our plans for the Speen Business Forum in 2010.

It would be great if you could make it and help us to shape the format of the forum in 2010.

Please comment below by 4^th December if you wish to attend (so that we can let the KW4 know exact numbers) and we’ll contact you.

All the best,

Derek Stephens and Andy Forkgen.

P.S. Please pass this news on to anyone else that you know who runs a business in or around Speen and might be interested in attending.