Mar. 12, 2010
Over the past few weeks we have seen some changes in the membership at BRX Bond Street with several long standing members no longer able to commit, creating empty spaces around the table. This of course presents a great opportunity for potential members whose discipline the group lacks to come along and try the group.
Accordingly the past few weeks has seen a crop of inquisitive interesting, and interested visitors, come to try us out before making a decision to join. Several have already committed to joining BRX. This trend has also been spotted by David Coburn the Area Partner who has had an exceptionally busy month introducing new visitors and guests.
Our latest member who joined this week is Gerry Ojideagu (IFA) from English Mutual London Ltd. Gerry was offered the place after he visited and was selected by the committee among fierce competition for the slot from other IFA’s ! He is already finding his feet and has commenced one-to-one meetings with other group members.
Visitors on Friday included Tanya Rennick from Chameleon Relocation who is a property search agent, Rachel Bradman from Boss Recruit who offers a recruitment administration and CV selection service and Brad Alexander from Alexander-Tate WoodCraft Ltd who creates bespoke wooden furniture.
Paul Ffitch, Senior Tax Partner at Sayers Butterworth was away and had Maddie Carrick from Dreamcatcher Parties subbing for him. Dreamcatcher creates parties for children.
However let’s not forget other core members who have been busy looking after existing clients by developing new innovations and adding value. Richard Houldsworth our Chairman and owner of Splatt Print wants to meet companies who need to print jewelery catalogues. Christian Ingerslev of Danesoft has been expanding the e-commerce web side of his business and can save companies transaction fees when processing on-line receipts.
George Metcalfe, our long standing Coach who is himself a bit of a chameleon is now literally pulling his clients apart and gluing them together! Let’s hope they like their new persona! Sanjeev Shah from HSBC introduced us to an innovative decorated box which contains mints; Alexis Garnaut-Miller from The Happiness Centre has launched a ‘We Love Shepherd’ s Bush’ campaign which is puting Shepherd’s Bush area on the map and gaining good publicity for her growing business.
For myself, Roy Duncan of RG Duncan Accountancy Recruitment I have been busy updating our website which will shortly be relaunched. As a member of BRX for almost 6 years I enjoy both the stability of having strong and committed core members, along with the flow of visitors and gradual change of the group over time.
The frequency of visitors, gradual turnover of the membership along with added value gained from talks, training sessions, as well as expert support, knowledge and advice from fellow professionals is what keeps our group alive and makes it such good value. This dynamic also creates lots of new business opportunities and introductions.
So if you are not a member, and have a skill that is not already represented on our web site, what are you waiting for, when you can visit as a guest and try before you buy?
