It seemed strange to have a BRX meeting this week which didn’t follow an away day to an exotic, romantic, or indeed historic city first!

That said there was a fantastic turnout this morning and if you looked hard enough you could see some people with history, people with romance and possibly a few exotic faces as well. This is on a day that saw four subs with bleary eyes turn up in place of regular members.

Rebecca came in place of Christian, Susan in place of her brother Paul, Karelia was standing in for Roy and Judy was here in place of Justin. For that we thank them.

Jamie Denham from Sliced Bread Animation has a new website up which is more up to date and gives us a real insight into his creativity. He is looking for people who do PowerPoint presentations and want to incorporate flash into the programme.

Rebecca subbing for Christian Ingerslev from Danesoft tells us he creates websites and online surveys.

Des Sutton from Man Bites Dog offers IT support and solutions to make things work. He is currently looking for clients who work from home and the office and need to link a network together and be able to share files and back up data in a third party place.

Caroline Hampstead (Copywriter) is looking for Ad/Design agencies and marketing companies

Hiten Thaker from Revolution, who has been early more often than not lately, is looking for Marketing and Communication Managers.

Gavin Morton-Holmes from Destiny told us about his latest vibrating piece of technology, which is a digital pen. The idea is that you take notes with the pen and when you dock then “pen” it syncs to your computer and creates pages in PDF format for you to look back on after. No more scraps of paper. With entry level at only £169.00 +VAT it seems a steal. (Double check price first). He wants to speak to surveyors this week.

George Emsden from In2Consulting wants to hold your hand and walk you through the “mish mash” of policies and small print to be found in insurance policies, especially for those persons dealing with redundancy insurance. He is particularly keen to speak to key people in business and people needing critical illness cover.

Mike Nightingale of Green Park Insurance, is looking for introductions to people requiring specialist property insurance that would perhaps not be covered by usual insurance policies, for example, thatched houses or people who want to turn a large residential house into a B&B.

Alexis Garnaut-Miller from The Happiness Centre is marking 15 years trading at the Centre in West London. Practioners from the centre offer training to organizations that focus on stress management. She is particularly looking for introductions to Sony Erickson. “Their stress is our happiness”

Paul Fitch from Sayers Butterworth is looking to speak to anyone earning over £150,000 per annum and want to have their accounts looked at with the view of reducing their tax bill.

Hello, hello, hello! Mab Ayyub from Olive Communications is trying to get through to you. Hello? This week Mab is looking for people in the fire protection or the security services.

Zoe Antin of Opus Telecom is looking for referrals to companies that are moving office or recruiting more employees and need to sort out their telecoms. As well as being a Siemens provider, she is also very well informed on the products from NEC.

Karelia subbing for Roy Duncan from RG Duncan Accountancy is looking for private equity companies and venture capitalists that need to find recruits in their accounts department.

David Coburn, BRX Regional Partner joined us late on during the proceedings. It was nice to see you as always.

The fresh faced Laura Firestone from HSBC looking great after her marathon 26 mile walk in aid of breast cancer which raised close to £4,000 doing the Moonwalk, is looking to give away money. Well it is the banks money. Anyone looking for finance go to Laura.

My favourite young bride to be, Louise Hassett from Delfont Mackintosh Theatres, spent one night last week previewing Jude Law in Hamlet and has availability for the show from now until the end of August. Would you like to take a client? You will be well looked after.

Sue was subbing for Paul Marmor and was representing Sherrards Solicitors.

Kirsty Joly from Perfectly Tempered has taken her first Xmas order! Please let her know about any event managers, restaurants, and housekeeping departments within hotels that would benefit from her scrumptious chocolates, which also make great corporate gifts. Kirsty may be seen this Sunday evening on the Apprentice. Tune in to BBC1 to find her.

Judy was subbing for Justin Beavis from World Dive Centers. She told us that this brilliant concept is growing, both in profile and presence and he continues working on projects in Dubai. They will also be acting as consultants to projects in Mexico and Tanzania, which will add to their fast growing consultancy arm of the business. He is currently interested to meet with persons in the construction and development arenas and also those involved in new leisure destinations. They are also rebranding and will now be know as Unvisited World. Congratulations.

George Metcalfe is a Life Coach who helps people to realize that some things may never happen again so you better make the most of the time you’ve got! In most cultures, the elderly are revered for their knowledge and perspective. “Elder coaching” would normally take place in retirement homes, where groups of retirees would welcome clients and help them deal with their problems. A lesson to us all, anyone can benefit from the wise. George would even meet you away from his ”retirement village”, as long as you provide the warm coco. He is excellent.

Richard Houldsworth from Splatt Print offers choice in all things to do with print and is looking for clients who want to start thinking about Christmas card, advent calendars and menus for the office Christmas party.

Our newest member was broken in this morning with last minute notification for a 10-minute slot. And I have to say I thought he came out very well. Yes I am referring to Nigel Hakkak of Redbrick Financial Services. Normally when finance people start talking I fall asleep. Boring. Not this time. He told us what makes him different from the others, and the one thing that stood out was the fact he doesn’t charge the client a fee. I was surprised. He went on to say that he feels the broker should earn their fee and that by just filling out an application form, submitting it, and getting paid whether it goes through or not, was not in his code of ethics. It was not fair on the client. Anyone who will be at the Sri Lankan High Commission dinner coming up in the next few weeks will have the pleasure of another presentation, as Nigel will be the guest speaker. An ideal referral for Nigel is a first time buyer who wants excellent advice and help in getting on the first rung of the property ladder. Well done and welcome to the group.

Well, I guess that just leaves your Diamond Geezer. Yes me Lewis Malka of Joseph Sterling. Well, with the price of gold being high and according to statistics more people in the first quarter of 2009 selling their old gold rather than buying new, I am looking for people who want to host a gold party. Ideally it should be a woman 45 years or older and she should invite at least 6 friends. I will also be there and will test the gold, weigh it and pay out on the night. So, who do you know who wants to have a good time with me, get their rocks off and party. Call me.

Any other business? YES!

The BRX Bond Street referral collator tells me we had 37 referral passed this week between our members. Don’t forget to follow up on those. This time next year you could be a millionaire.

I would just like to leave you with a thought, which I hope will inspire you.

Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowing boat and taking a pot of tartar sauce with you!

This week’s author is none other than Lewis Malka. I thank you!