INFORMATION PACK ABOUT THE BUSINESS CLUB NORTHANTS (Autosaved)

INFORMATION PACK

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The Business Club Northants Ltd. Spencer House, 3 Spencer Parade, Northampton. NN1 5AA Tel: 01604-529173.

www.thebusinessclubnorthants.co.uk e [email protected]

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Do you want a networking experience that brings you more business, really valuable benefits, helps you to forge strategic alliances and that finds you trusted suppliers and is FUN!

Then you should come and join us at the Business Club Northants.

The aim of the Club is to create more business opportunities for you

and to provide professional support to local companies for

affordable monthly fees.

Established in 2007 the Business Club Northants is owned and run by

Mike Willis and operates as a full time business.

Mike is passionate about helping both new and established

businesses develop and provides many different ways of achieving

this through membership of the Business Club Northants.

This information pack is designed to give you an insight into the

many benefits available to your company and we look forward to

discussing these with you in order to assess the value with regards

to your own business.

“Enjoy building your Business.”

EVENING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY MEETINGS.

The Business Club Northants presents three evening meetings every month at the top

quality venues that include the Sunley Management Centre Northampton and the Kettering

Park Hotel, Kettering.

All of the meetings open with excellent buffet meals served from 5.45pm to 6.30pm

followed by the meeting until 8.30pm.

At most meetings there is a presentation by a professional speaker for around 30 minutes

on a variety of subjects and various networking formats are also employed with everyone

being involved.

The atmosphere is renowned for being very friendly and extremely welcoming for

members and guests alike and this contributes towards making it easier for people to get

talking to each other about their business.

All of the meetings and the buffets are inclusive for the monthly fees providing exceptional

value for money.

Guests pay just £15 to experience the Business Club Northants to assess the value of

membership for their own business.

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FORMING STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

Our experience since the Business Club Northants began has shown that another major

benefit of membership is being able to forge close business relationships and strategic

alliances with other members.

Here is a testimonial giving just one example of this in practice –

“As Optimise Recruitment Ltd is an independent recruitment agency, we are always looking

for alliances with other recruiting companies for a number of reasons, but mainly to utilise

candidates and vacancies strengthening our own database with a shared reward on success.

I have been a Business Club member for over 4 years and when Viv Allum from Vivico

Recruitment joined this year (2012) we quickly identified that if we worked together in

alliance we had the potential to make more money and have more success!

I am happy to declare that we have recently made our first placement and with working on

many more campaigns we are certain to be experiencing more success in the future! “

Tracy Stephen MD. Optimise Recruitment Ltd.

Over the years we have witnessed many different members working in close alliance with each other

and who admit that it was most unlikely that this would have happened without the introduction

from the Business Club Northants.

We encourage and promote members to explore this avenue which can provide extra business by

linking with somebody that they have come to know and trust through their membership.

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EXCELLENT TRAINING FOR YOUR COMPANY.

Membership fees of the Business Club Northants cover everything – there are no hidden costs – and an example of this is the excellent marketing and business training that is made available not only to the member but also to any of their staff.

Here are some testimonials from satisfied members - “ Fantastic training delivered by Mike in a friendly and humorous way which made it much more enjoyable than other training courses that I have attended! Lots of great tips and nuggets of information for me to take away! Simon Barnicoat. Stanair Industrial Doors Ltd. “I learned a few new techniques to close sales and this has given me the confidence to drive the marketing side of my business forward. I also learned the necessary skills that were missing to turn cold calls into positive leads.” Alex Isherwood. MD of MOT-Service-Repair Ltd. “Very happy that I attended the training, it has helped me to understand more about the Business Club and also how to improve my business further. Also got some very good points for improving my own presentation so looking forward to working in this lovely atmosphere!” Ausra Uzukauskaite. Owner of Amber Properties Northampton.

Other training sessions are given by members on a variety of subjects including Marketing, social media and networking. Expert sales training is also available from our sister company The Selling Circle Training Company at very special discounted rates for Business Club Northants members only.

How do you put a value on training?

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Here are some major benefits from your membership of the Business Club Northants. ACCESS TO THE DATABASE OF BUSINESS CLUB MEMBERS. MARKETING AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TRAINING for you and your staff. NETWORKING TRAINING. FREE HELPLINE AND MENTORING. INCENTIVE VOUCHERS FOR INTRODUCING NEW MEMBERS. PLUS….

Business Club Northants Members can have a Fuelcard for their business use with no hidden charges and can make very considerable savings on unleaded and diesel fuels. Access offers from our partner companies THE BUSINESS TIMES and DATABASE FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS.

Special offers on 1-day sales training courses from The Selling Circle Training Company. Which is a sister company to the Business Club Northants. THE KETTERING PARK HOTEL Kettering Offers members 10% savings on all beverages and restaurant bills. You can also arrange your meetings here and save money as a Business Club member. Plus you can save the £300 joining fee for the Kettering Park Hotel Spa and you can then

also get a 25% discount in the restaurant. “Enjoy Building your Business”

And here are some more benefits that you can enjoy ……………………

FREE MEMBER SPOTLIGHT FEATURE ON THE BUSINESS CLUB WEBSITE.

A member can have a permanent Member Spotlight Feature on our website consisting of up to 250 words plus pictures about their own business. This incorporates a ‘LIVE LINK’ to your

own website and this can be updated when required.

PLUS A FREE ENTRY ON THE ‘MEMBER TO MEMBER OFFERS’ PAGE ON THE WEBSITE

This also has a ‘LIVE LINK’ to your website.

DISPLAY your power point advertisement on the SHOWREEL of member adverts displayed at every meeting.

SPECIAL OFFERS ON VIDEOS FOR YOUR WEBSITE

You can have a professional video made for your website by Business Club Northants member Eldraw Ltd. for a very attractive price and pay monthly from just £20 per month. INTRODUCTORY SAVINGS ON PURCHASES A long established benefit of being a member of the Business Club is to be able to save money on purchases from fellow members. WELCOME PACK. On becoming a member you will receive a welcome pack which contains your Business Club Northants business folder and several gift vouchers and offers from various members. You will also receive a magnetic badge to wear at all events. THERE ARE NO HIDDEN EXTRAS AND ALL HOT BUFFETS AT MEETINGS ARE INCLUDED FOR MEMBERS REGULAR SOCIAL EVENTS INCLUDING ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENTS, SUMMER BBQ, 10-PIN BOWLING, ANNUAL VARIETY SHOW AND A MONTHLY DINNER CLUB AT DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS. All designed for members to have great fun and to be able to meet other members in a very friendly atmosphere that in itself encourages more networking to happen naturally. The Business Club Northants supports a different charity every year and to date have helped The Air Ambulance, Wellingborough Mind, Action for Children, Bansang Hospital Gambia, Kids Aid, Action for Aspergers and The Lowdown Northampton.

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HOW TO GET EXTRA VALUE FROM YOUR LOCAL BUSINESS NETWORKING!

.BUSINESS CLUB NORTHANTS MEMBERSHIP FEES. PREMIER MEMBERSHIP 3 meetings every month with all meals included. Top educational speakers on various business topics.

Corporate membership – up to 2 attendees from your company. Genuine opportunities to find extra business locally.

A Database of 100 members Networking, Sales, Marketing & Business Planning training

Member spotlight page on website including live links to your website Advertise on the show reel –shown at every meeting

Member to Member offers – save money on products & services

10 minute presentation after attending Business Club Northants Training Fuel card member offer – reduce your vehicle costs.

Selling Circle training deal – save money on reduced fees for sales training.

Video offer from Eldraw – monthly payments available.

£300 off Kettering Park Hotel Spa Membership

10%/25% savings on food & beverages at Kettering Park Hotel

Offer from Business Times available only through the Business Club Northants Offer from Database For Business Communications

Helpline & Mentoring is available at all times. Incentives for introducing new members.

Business Club folder

Magnetic Badge(s) One off Admin fee £75+vat 12 months membership for all-inclusive fees of £59+vat per month.

Discounts available for up- front payment for annual membership. The Business Club Northants Ltd. Spencer House 3 Spencer Parade Northampton NN1 5AA. 01604-529173.

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Here are some more valued testimonials:-

“I should like to confirm the manner and style in which you have been running the Business Club, since I

have been a member over the last three years, really has been first class.

I attend various networking events throughout five counties, including London, Herts, Beds, Northants

and Leicestershire to attend events run by the Institute of Directors, Chamber of Commerce, FSB, 4N

and Business International. I must say that yours is

the most professionally run networking event of them all!”

Roy Wood. Dip PFS. Senior Partner, St. James’s Place Wealth Management.

“Since joining I have secured business from members or via their referrals and continue to meet quality contacts at every meeting. Being a sole trader my daily contact with any other human beings is limited and may only be generally via a phone. The Business Club greatly helps with this as the members and guests one meets at each event gives me my “fix” of like- minded positive people who are all so willing to talk. Therefore not only has my membership of The Club given me access to a string of quality and enthusiastic people to help increase my business but also a route to human contact therapy. So if you are a guest and wish to think about joining, don’t think too long, you will be missing out big time”.

Rob Adaway. Rob Adaway Structural Engineering.

“The Business Club is quickly becoming a source of great leads and important strategic partnerships. The membership has already paid for itself which is great and the fun yet professional atmosphere promotes happy networkers. It is worth every penny.”

Richard Bland BhambraBland Websites with Passion & Expertise

“The first thought of joining a networking organization is to gain more prospects and sales, which The Business Club does provide. But it does far more than that, as we have used it extensively as a source of reliable quality suppliers. It also works in terms of promoting a business brand and name into the business community in Northamptonshire and providing a “Club” atmosphere where people help each other in discussing challenges or problems being faced. The Business Club membership includes so many experienced business people that you can come away from a meeting brimming with ideas and solutions to problems”.

Philip Walding. Philip Walding Accountants.

“Mike and his Executive members team’s refreshing and amusing but professional approach to networking makes coming to meetings a real pleasure. Also Mike really cares about members and has a passion that they get the very best value from their membership”. James Pulham. Rafter Wills & Estate Planning. “The Business Club Northants is one of the most lively, professional business networking organisations in the county! The members all help each other and will freely give their time and advice”. Nigel Blight MD T2D Marketing. “A room full of interesting people-generous with their knowledge and support. Good fun as well!” Kim Durden MD Davis Optometrists. “The Club is a unique networking organization in my experience! There are no targets and that encourages stronger bonds with the other members that in turn produces stronger referrals.” Ian Pears HCB Park Woodfine LLP.A “A great networking group run by Mike, made some great contacts and done some good business which has paid for our membership 3 fold! A very relaxing and welcoming environment.” Natalie Barlow. Best4UMortgages Ltd. “We have found the relaxed but professional approach of The Business Club Northants a breath of fresh air and we have already started to benefit with new business!” David Croxton. MD Cold Ashby Golf Club. “A real Business Club! Friendly, open and a genuine effort to help each other. Have new business introductions within 2 months of joining!” David Gee “Very good structure and great members! The Business Club Northants has without doubt got my business off the ground through making new contacts and getting new business.” Timm Birt. MD A Better Cleaner Ltd. “Joining the Business Club Northants was a very easy decision for me as I picked up two new customers on my first meeting as a visitor which paid for my membership!” Rachel Mousell. We Mean Business magazine.

“Always a good meeting, not too formal. Mike keeps the meetings going with his easy good natured wit! I have picked up a couple of very good clients since joining.” John Townsend MD Best4UInsurance Ltd. “The Business Club Northants is a great networking group with the emphasis on sharing business around the group and to contacts further afield.” Alison Hutchinson. Arbonne Independent Consultant. “Thank you very much for such a great opportunity to network in the evening. The Business Club Northants is so relaxed with a great atmosphere. Everyone knows that they are there to do business without pressurizing. I have met some great local business owners who are very supportive. I highly recommend the Business Club Northants because it is very relaxed and a great place to do business!” Star Hove. Agenda –IT. The Business Club Northants provides both an informal and informative networking experience. The breadth and depth of the members makes each meeting a valuable opportunity to Share and to develop knowledge, skills and expertise!” Mark Exley. Director of Gravitas HR Solutions Limited. “The Business Club Northants is a supportive network of positive, forward thinking and friendly individuals. I have met a lot of inspirational people, new clients and some friends to boot!” Clive Astin. MD of Middle8Marketing Ltd. “It has been good to join an evening networking event with some new faces(as well as some lovely networkers whom I have known for a long time). Everyone seems keen to find out more about each other’s businesses therefore giving new opportunities for business referrals all around.” Dee Cox. Clockwork Office Solutions. “As a ‘non-business’ lady working for a local company-Home Instead – I have learnt a lot regarding business through The Business Club Northants. I have met some inspirational people and each time that I attend I feel it was a positive outcome. Useful for both our business and myself personally!” Louise Russell-Boyne. Home Instead east Northants. “I recently joined the Business Club Northants and I have found it to be the most professional, welcoming and cost-effective group. I would thoroughly recommend and do so to those that I meet!” Rick McKenzie. Guava Properties

HOW DO YOU JOIN THE BUSINESS CLUB?

We like to assess whether the Business Club Northants will be beneficial for your company

and we will arrange a convenient appointment to discuss your business in depth with you.

We do not accept an application if we feel that there would be little to gain from

your company joining the Business Club Northants.

If your company is suitable and wishes to join then we complete the paperwork and register

you immediately as a member.

The registration fee covers the cost of setting up the administration of your membership

and for providing a magnetic badge to be worn at the meetings plus a black

folder/notebook for use at the meetings.

There are no hidden fees whatsoever.

A copy of the training manual is given to you after attending the training course. To make an appointment to discuss potential membership please call

Mike Willis at The Business Club Northants on 01604-529173 or mobile 07810-563411

E [email protected]

Website www.thebusinessclubnorthants.co.uk

“Enjoy building your business.”