This week was an intimate affair with numbers slightly down due to the Bank Holiday weekend looming on the horizon. After tucking into some tasty grub we were off and running -

George Emsden from In2Consulting, and our resident money doctor, was looking to speak to employers where he would be able to save them money by wrapping individual policies into group policies and saving them up to half on cost!

Hiten Thaker from Revolution Design was once again on time, and gave us some insight on work he had conducted for a jewellery company. Their fresh approach had been in direct contrast to the previous company that had bid for it, and the customer was very appreciative.

Caroline Hampstead, the Word Magician and copywriter, had recently done some work for a very well known Healthcare company that had recently bought some gyms, and wanted professional copy on joined up healthcare. Caroline is looking to speak to Marketing Managers and Directors who have the same requirement.

Roy Duncan from RG Duncan was looking to speak to investors who had recently bought distressed companies and were looking to replace the resident financial team. RG Duncan is expert at recruiting accounting, financial and credit personnel.

The HSBC baton is with Sanjeev Shah this week, and he would like to speak to any companies that require card processing facilities for collecting money.

Paul Fitch from Sayers Butterworth rose from his chair and succinctly summed up Alistair Darling’s budget as a budget for jobs……that is accountant jobs from the additional red tape created! Paul is looking to speak to anyone earning between £100,000 and £113,000.

Our esteemed chairman, Mike Nightingale from Green Park Insurance, gave us insight into a 3 stage process for new customers. This involved an inventory service; a visit to their home, followed by a review and recommend. They would move over to an ongoing service. Mike is very keen to speak to high net worth individuals.

Lewis Malka, from Joseph Sterling, was our 10 minute man this week and gave us an entertaining peek at how he goes about crafting these beautiful rings. He also handed out some tools that wouldn’t go amiss at an Ann Summers party! Lewis was also looking for anyone who was looking to get rid of any unwanted gold.

Treading the boards was Louise Hassett from Delfont Mackintosh Theatres. In charge of corporate hospitality & events for 7 theatres across London, she is looking to speak to organisers of Red Letter Days.

Alexis Garnaut-Miller from The Happiness Centre is about to embark on a survey looking at alternative therapies which was last conducted in 2000. If you know any of the 50,000 practitioners or associations in the UK could you please let her know.

Richard Houldsworth from Splatt Print has just finished a print run for an events company that are organising an event for promoting cider to Swedish girls under the age of 22(this is what I have written down). They had previously been very let down so were pleased with the fantastic results. Richard would be very keen to speak to other Events companies.

Paul Marmor was representing Sherrards Solicitors.

Jamie Denham from Sliced Bread Animation was ably represented by Gavin Kalin. Jamie works in the world of high impact graphics and is looking for referrals to create animation for the web, interactive games, online & multimedia presentations and product visualisation. As well as brands and advertising agencies his company works with web designers, marketing and PR companies, training companies and architects.

Starting in the dulcet sounds of Mandarin(or was it Cantonese), Theresa from ChinaOneCall went on to tell us that her company can do written and oral translation work, and is looking for anyone doing business in the Chinese market.

Tinkering with our taste buds was Kirsty Joly the chocolatier from Perfectly Tempered. She had just received good feedback on chocolates she had made for a couple who were sending them to friends and family to announce the arrival of their new baby. Kirsty is looking for PR Agencies and wedding planners.

The dashing Des Sutton from Man Bytes Dog, explained that his company’s approach of “corporate IT for the SME” provides small companies with a reliable and secure IT infrastructure, ultimately improving productivity within their workplace. Des is looking to speak and partner with Accountant firms to offer a better level of IT support to their clients.

Joke of the day came from Gavin Morton-Holmes from Destiny Plc who was so worried about Swine Flu that he rang the NHS help line but all he got was crackling (Boom, boom). Gavin is looking to speak to NHS care trusts as his company’s digital pen technology would greatly decrease the amount of report writing required for care workers in the community.

Our only guest for the day was Gavin Kalin from Totally Theatre, the Travel Agents of the Theatre. For a minimal joining up fee, subscribers will get a free show, affiliate offers and will have access to a website that gives loads of useful background on the shows, the cast and reviews.

Blogger(or is that blagger?) of the week is Des Sutton.