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This month’s Networking Diary,
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NETWORKING
Tel: 0844 980 2307
e-mail: [email protected]
REGULAR NETWORKING
WEEKLYnNETWORKING
nTuesday
6.30am-8.30am: BNI Diamond Price: £15.
Contact: Stuart Bradley on 01525 300364
or e-mail [email protected]
De Vere Harben House, Newport Pagnell
7.15am: Business Breakfast MK Price: £15.
Contact David Lovesy on 01908 521269
or e-mail [email protected]
Mercure Parkside, Woughton-on-the-Green
nWednesday
6.45am-8.30am: Enigma Group Business
networking over breakfast. Price: £90 for the
first year of membership.
Contact: e-mail [email protected]
or visit www.mk-enigma.co.uk
Holiday Inn, Central Milton Keynes
nThursday
7am: Grapevine Price: £10.
Contact: Tel: 01908 465 045, e-mail
[email protected] or visit
FORTNIGHTLYnNETWORKING
4Networking Breakfast networking. Price: £12.
Contact: www.4networking.biz
8am January 11, 25: February 8, 22
The Swan, Milton Keynes Village
4Networking Evening networking. Price: £15.
Contact: www.4networking.biz
8am January 14, 28: February 11, 25
The Swan, Milton Keynes Village
Business for Breakfast (Evening MK) Price: £12.
Contact: Ryan Tobias on 0845 803 8336, e-mail
[email protected] or visit www.bforb.co.uk
6pm January 3, 17, 31: February 14, 28
Abbey Hill Hotel, Two Mile Ash
Business Networking@Regus Atterbury Lakes
Price: £10. Contact: Mark Orr on 07903
655169 or book at http://goo.gl/814PQ
6pm January 16, 30: February 13, 27
Business Networking@Regus Midsummer
Boulevard Price: £10. Contact: Mark Orr on
07903 655169 or book at http://goo.gl/taKL7
12.30pm January 7, 21: February 4, 18
ROTARYnLIONSnROTARACT
nMonday
12.45pm: Rotary Club of Bletchley Contact: Tom
Stocks on Milton Keynes 584611 or Derek Day
on Milton Keynes 675088.
Mercure Parkside, Woughton-on-the-Green
12.45pm: Rotary Club of Milton Keynes Contact:
e-mail [email protected] or
visit www.rotary-milton-keynes.org
Holiday Inn Central Milton Keynes, Saxon Street
8pm: Newport Pagnell & Olney Lions Club Meets
monthly. Contact: e-mail secretary Bob
Benbow at [email protected] or
visit www.npolneylions.btik.com
Bull Inn / Two Brewers, Olney
8.15pm: Milton Keynes Rotaract Club
For those aged 18-30. Meets on 1st and 3rd
Mondays in the month.
Contact: Darren on 01908 250051, Wendy on
07974 821370 or visit www.rotaract.org.uk/
miltonkeynes
Bancroft Park
nTuesday
Networking Diary
www.businessmk.co.uk
January 2013
6pm: Rotary Club of Wolverton and Stony
Stratford Contact: Mike Thomas on Milton
Keynes 320517, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.wolvertonandstonystrat-
INSPIRED...
Corporate Patron of Milton Keynes &
North Bucks Chamber of Commerce
Harben House, Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes MK16 9EY
January
www.grapevine-mk.co.uk
nFriday
David Lloyd Leisure Centre, Newlands
7.15am: Business Breakfast MK Price: £15.
Contact Andrew Freestone on 0845 467 6398 or
e-mail [email protected]
Kents Hill Park Training & Conference Centre
7.30am: Business Growth Club Price: £10 per
person. Contact: Mark Orr e-mail
[email protected]
Abbey Hill Hotel, Two Mile Ash
7.30am: Business Referral Exchange Price: £10
per person. Contact: David Hawes on 07890
686848, e-mail [email protected] or
visit www.brxnetsouth. co.uk
De Vere Harben House, Newport Pagnell
11.45am: BNI Garnet Price: £15 per person,
includes lunch. Contact: Emerson Patton
on 07860 292 620 or e-mail
[email protected]
De Vere Harben House, Newport Pagnell
Coffee & Cake Price: £3. Contact: Jennifer
Nicholls on 07988 676453 or e-mail
[email protected]
9.30am January 3, 17, 31: February 14, 28
Dobbies Garden Centre, Fenny Stratford
Cranfield Toastmasters Contact: Visit
www.mktoastmasters.co.uk
6pm January 9, 23: February 13, 27
Building 33, Cranfield University
Eldergate Toastmasters Contact: Visit
www.mktoastmasters.co.uk
5.45pm January 14, 28: February 11, 25
National Badminton Centre, Loughton
netLinked Milton Keynes Price: £10. Contact:
www.netlinkedmk.co.uk.
7am January 3, 17, 31: February 14, 28
De Vere Harben House, Newport Pagnell
North Bucks Speakers Contact:Visit
www.mktoastmasters.co.uk
7.15pm January 3, 17: February 7, 21
The Well Community Centre, Willen
fordrotaryclub.co.uk
The Cock Hotel, Stony Stratford
8pm: Lions Club of Bletchley, Milton Keynes
Business meetings on the first and dinner meetings on the third Tuesday of the month.
Contact: e-mail [email protected] or telephone 0845 833 9592.
nWednesday
Campanile Hotel, Fenny Stratford
7.15pm: Rotary Club of Newport Pagnell
Contact: President Colin Kidby on Milton
Keynes 216598 or e-mail colin.kidby@
talktalk.net. Neil Beeton on Milton Keynes
617735 or e-mail [email protected]
nThursday
Swan Revived Hotel, Newport Pagnell
7.15am: Rotary Club of Milton Keynes Grand
Union Contact: Preston Ayres on 07889 055599,
e-mail [email protected] or visit
www.mkgu-rotary.org.uk
nSunday
Mulberry Suite, Open University
Brickhills Rotary Club Contact: Visit
www.brickhillsrotary.co.uk.
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, stadiummk
n7
10am: Olney Chamber of Trade Networking
Coffee morning and networking. Free event.
Contact: Visit www.olneychamberoftrade.co.uk
The Bull, Olney
1pm-4pm: MK Wedding Network Invitation-only
networking group for wedding suppliers.
Price: £15. Contact: Zoe Warner-Simpson on
Milton Keynes 315282 or e-mail
[email protected]
Abbey Hill Hotel, Two Mile Ash
n8
6.45am: Bucks Fizz Business breakfast networking. Speaker tbc. Price: £10. Contact: Ann
Taylor on 01296 771117, e-mail
[email protected] or visit www.bucksfizz.biz
Buckingham Best Western Hotel
10am: Cappuccino Connections Informal networking over coffee. Free event for Athena Network
members; £5 visitors. Contact: Telephone regional director Laura Carrick on 07907 631758, email [email protected] or visit
www.theathenanetwork.com
Pitchside Bar, stadiummk
February
n4
10am: Olney Chamber of Trade Networking
Coffee morning and networking. Free event.
Contact: Visit www.olneychamberoftrade.co.uk
The Bull, Olney
n5
6.45am: Bucks Fizz Business breakfast networking. Speaker: Guy Johnson, of Greenfingers
Gardening Services. Price: £10.
Contact: Ann Taylor on 01296 771117,
e-mail [email protected] or visit
www.bucks-fizz.biz
Buckingham Best Western Hotel
10am: Mum’s the Boss Networking for mothers
in business. Organised by Women & Work.
Speakertbc. Price: £4.
Contact: Janice Jones on Milton Keynes
200186, e-mail [email protected] or
visit www.womenandwork.co.uk
Acorn House, Central Milton Keynes
12.30pm: First Tuesday Business Club Hosted by
Geoffrey Leaver Solicitors. Price: £17.50.
10am: Mum’s the Boss Networking for mothers
in business. Organised by Women & Work.
Speaker: Farzana Kharwala, of SF Digital.
Subject: Help your business brand with photography. Price: £4. Contact: Janice Jones on
Milton Keynes 200186, e-mail [email protected] or visit
www.womenandwork.co.uk
Acorn House, Central Milton Keynes
12.30pm: First Tuesday Business Club Hosted by
Geoffrey Leaver Solicitors. Price: £17.50.
Contact: Janet Jennings on Milton Keynes
689310 or e-mail [email protected]
Taipan Restaurant, Central Milton Keynes
12.30pm: Stony Stratford Business Association
Monthly networking lunch. Price: £8 SSBA
members, £9 non-members. Contact: Norma
Ellens on Milton Keynes 568063, e-mail
[email protected] or visit
www.stonystratfordbusiness.org.uk
The Fox & Hounds, Stony Stratford
e-mail [email protected]
or visit www.oaktreenetworking.co.uk
De Vere Harben House, Newport Pagnell
n10
11.30am-2pm: Oaktree Networking Monthly networking lunch. Price: £20 members; £24 nonmembers. Contact: Telephone 0845 618 2902,
10am: Cappuccino Connections Informal networking over coffee. Free event for Athena
Network members; £5 visitors. Contact:
Telephone regional director Laura Carrick on
07907 631758, e-mail [email protected] or visit
www.theathenanetwork.com
Buckingham Best Western Hotel
12 noon: The Athena Network Milton Keynes
Central Networking lunch. Price: £24 Athena
Network members; £28 visitors. Contact: Laura
Carrick on 07907 631758, e-mail [email protected]
or visit www.theathenanetwork.com
Milton Keynes Christian Centre, Oldbrook
12.30pm-2.30pm: Milton Keynes & North Bucks
Chamber of Commerce AGM. Hosted by Milton
Keynes & North Bucks Chamber of Commerce.
Free event.
Contact: The Chamber events team on 01908
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Contact: Janet Jennings on Milton Keynes
689310 or e-mail [email protected]
Taipan Restaurant, Central Milton Keynes
[email protected] or visit
www.stonystratfordbusiness.org.uk
The Fox & Hounds, Stony Stratford
n9
1pm-4pm: MK Wedding Network Invitation-only
networking group for wedding suppliers.
Price: £15. Contact: Zoe Warner-Simpson on
Milton Keynes 315282 or e-mail
[email protected]
Abbey Hill Hotel, Two Mile Ash
n6
7.45am: City Breakfast Club Networking
breakfast. Speaker tbc.
By sponsors’ invitation or visit www.citybreakfastclub.co.uk
Players Suite, stadiummk
n12
12.30pm: Stony Stratford Business Association
Monthly networking lunch. Price: £8 SSBA
members, £9 non-members.
Contact: Norma Ellens on Milton Keynes
568063, e-mail
n13
11.30am-2pm: Oaktree Networking Monthly networking lunch. Price: £20 members; £24 nonmembers. Contact: Telephone 0845 618 2902,
e-mail [email protected]
or visit www.oaktreenetworking.co.uk
De Vere Harben House, Newport Pagnell
n14
12 noon: The Athena Network Milton Keynes
Central Networking lunch. Price: £24 Athena
Network members; £28 visitors.
Contact: Laura Carrick on 07907 631758, e-mail
[email protected]
or visit www.theathenanetwork.com
Milton Keynes Christian Centre, Oldbrook
n15
12 noon: Business Live Networking lunch hosted
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l Guests at a celebration
to mark the Milton Keynes
branch of Swedish bank
Handelsbanken’s fifth
anniversary have raised
£1,470 for Willen Hospice.
Branch manager Derek
Bell (right) and colleagues
are pictured handing over
the cheque to Willen hospice
events and promotions manager Julia Rogerson.
More than 120 guests
were at Mercedes-Benz of
Milton Keynes’ showroom at
Kingston to toast the
branch’s five years in Milton
Keynes. The money was
raised by a raffle of prizes
donated by local businesses.