Today I enjoyed some excellent company and a mighty fine lunch at Slough Means Business Economic Growth Conference. Today #sloughmeansbusiness I'm sure I saw this double act yesterday… was it on Strictly? #tvtechconf pic.twitter.com/KgESCq3DAZ — SocialMediaDirectors (@jondavey) March 12, 2015 … Continue reading Slough Means Business Economic Growth Conference 2015
Tired of waking up, the tent dripping with moisture… it doesn’t have to be like that anymore! Thermo Tents have come up with a innovation in tents that keeps the temperature balanced while dulling the noise from the rest of … Continue reading Do you love camping? You’ll love this…
Magna Carta is all over the news at the moment, with this year marking 800 years since its sealing at Runnymede in 1215 by King John. The picture above is of a pageant held at Runnymede in 1934 to celebrate … Continue reading Preparing to launch our Magna Carta Appeals
This time 5 years ago Mark Ashwell was looking to take on the big guns of the Conservative Party by running as an Independent candidate for Wokingham… He got more votes than any other Independent candidate in the country, 2340… … Continue reading Has Mark made the sun shine for you?
Yesterday we achieved our crowd funding target for Forest School’s 3D Printer… let me tell you a story… The invitation was despatched, “You are cordially invited to a presentation at the House of Commons on the afternoon of Thursday 4th December hosted by Barry Sheerman … Continue reading 3D Printers for YOUR School
Pictures paint 1000 words… so they make a great substitute where you can’t use video… videos paint 1,000,000 words! I’m putting together a document called “The 39 Steps of Crowd Funding Success” and I’d like 39 pictures plus one for … Continue reading Crowd Sourcing Some Pictures, Can You Help?
How cool would it be for the kids there to have a 3D Printer upgrade which they can use to develop their STEM skills? (STEM Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Technological advancements are happening every day and we need our … Continue reading What’s your connection to Forest School?
This is Russell’s best video to date… he’s now relaxing into the role of people’s champion and kicking some media butt… you’ve got to love his work… Or not as the case may be 😉 Why is it that when … Continue reading Great use of celebrity power for the people
Come & join Benjamin, Louize, Adam and myself for the first Startup Grind at GROW @ Green Park next Wednesday 10th December I know what you’re thinking… I could win that motor if I get into grinding! Well, you could … Continue reading Work out this Christmas with a spot of Grinding!
Tuesday evening Windsor & Eton Rotary Club presented a cheque for £42,349.81 to Prince Edward in his capacity as chairman of The Prince Philip Trust Fund. The Prince Philip Trust Fund helps many local people in need… enjoy this video … Continue reading Presentation of cheque to Prince Philip Trust Fund
Slough Business Community Partnership SMCP held their annual conference at the Hilton, Colnbrook last Thursday. Fiona Mactaggart, MP for Slough, inspired the audience to come together… The President’s Award went to Shaida Akbar @uptonleaunity bringing the community together across Slough. … Continue reading Corporate Social Responsibility in Slough
Last week I tried another experiment with Twitter to see if we could turn engagement into reality. Funny thing Twitter, very much a real time engagement tool… talking about a topic with many using #hash tags or with a few … Continue reading Tweet, tweet, tweet… get your advent calendar ‘ere!
This year it made sense to join with Windsor Business Community for some festive nibbles… yum, yum… Sharon always puts on a good spread for the Windsor Business Community monthly event so when she pushed out a Christmas networking invitation … Continue reading Business in Berkshire Christmas Drinks
Posted this on my Business in Berkshire LinkedIn Group last week but I felt the need to also share it right here, right now! What go from 2672 members to over 5000 in a day… you must be off your … Continue reading Looking to double the membership TODAY!
A year ago today Hurricane Yolanda hit the Philippines devastating many of the islands… At the time, while looking at various videos around the impact I came across one that implied the intensity might have been increased by US Military … Continue reading Hurricane Yolanda The Philippines One Year On
Before you read Carla’s story, do remember to give generously when you see the British Legion representatives collecting… You’ll find these handsome chaps in Tescos Windsor… Ian tells me the public have been very generous and just his team are … Continue reading Please don’t remove the Tower poppies
Over the last year myself & others in the area, namely Carla Delaney, Stuart Young & Colin Willman have been hosting Slow Business Networking events. The aim was to bring people out on a Friday for a spot of business … Continue reading Slow Business Networking NEW Community Format
Transform business spaces with artwork from local schools and colleges. Hire artwork from Local Arts Loan and support your local schools and colleges and ‘more arts’ a Berkshire arts development charity. We are currently seeking businesses who will partner us … Continue reading Local Arts Loan
Brownlow Hall, Newell Green Road, Warfield, Bracknell, RG42 6AB (by the Plough & Harrow pub). Opening times are 10am – 4pm Fri & Sat, (3pm on Sunday) I will be exhibiting along with about 30 or so other local art … Continue reading Local Art Exhibition Warfield this weekend
Hard to believe that it’s less than 2 months since we launched the Ebola Campaign in Marlow. At the first meeting, there were 16 Clubs represented, along with the Town Mayor and representatives from Marlow Churches together and members of … Continue reading Rotary Club of Marlow Ebola update October 2014
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