STROUD BUSINESSWOMEN'S NETWORK
 
Who We Are
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Stroud Businesswomen's Network offers businesswomen across the county (and beyond) the opportunity to network, share information, exchange ideas and tap into local resources. Our meetings are informal, friendly and welcoming. All types, sizes and stages of businesses are welcome, in particular women working as sole traders from home and including businesses at the development stage.
SBN's members and guests at March's meeting at The Old Lodge, Minchinhampton common.
Photo courtesy of Tamara (TammyLynn) Kwan from www.tammylynn.co.uk
Our Meetings
Meetings are held monthly (except August) at The Old Lodge - Minchinhampton Common GL6 9AQ, usually starting at 9.30 am, with doors open from 8.45am for refreshments & registration.
A couple of times a year we hold our meetings in the evening, to enable businesswomen who are tied to premises or daytime schedules to come along. These are very social affairs with supper and wine, and are very popular!
And every Christmas we organise an "office Christmas lunch" so that those women who work on their own or from home don't miss out on the seasonal festivities. Our office lunch in 2011 was held on 7 December at Egypt Mill, Nailsworth. 32 ladies met up to pull crackers and wear silly hats - great fun!
Shout about your business!
The Network's 'Shout About Your Business' slot is where members have five minutes to tell the whole group about their business. Members' business cards are randomly drawn three weeks before each meeting. If your name is selected, you will be contacted by email with instructions on how to 'shout'. If you are unable to attend that meeting, your card will be put back in for redraw. Please email enquiries@stroudbusinesswomen.org.uk for further information
Don't Forget the SBN Showcase!
In addition to the 'Shout about your business' option, we also offer SBN members the chance to display your products or services at our SBN meetings. Berith Sandgren-Clarke of Limelight Image Consultancy is the person to contact; Berith ('B') is a highly–respected and popular image consultant. Participants must be SBN members and priority will be given to those who book in advance: Berith needs to know so she can arrange appropriate display space!
Contact Berith on 01453 753546 or berith@limelightimageconsultancy.co.uk
Our showcase table :
Photo courtesy of Ruth Davey from www.look-again.org
***N.B. FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT OUR MEETINGS AND/OR TO BOOK YOUR PLACE PLEASE VISIT OUR EVENTS PAGE.***
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24 May 2012 8:45 AM • The Old Lodge, Minchinhampton GL6 9AQ
Our Meeting Schedule for 2012
24th May Helen Taylor,
ambassador for Ecotricity, speaker 28th June focus on networking and ‘shout abouts’ from members
10th July – evening meeting
Ben Vear, Winstones, ice cream expert
27th September Leader of SDC, Cll Frances Roden 18th October focus on networking and ‘shout abouts’ from members
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Thoughts from The Chair
April’s meetings saw more ‘first time’ ladies coming along to see what SBN is all about; most came through recommendation from members which highlights SBN’s growing reputation. We now have over 100 members and a monthly newsletter that goes out to over 300 members and friends of the network.
April is AGM month so we had our usual 5 minutes AGM. All SBN’s committee members were voted on again and we would like to thank everyone for their support.
Your committee is: Karen Blaylock (website) Stella Jensen (treasurer), Beth Whittaker (newsletter) Gill Chester (minutes and training) and myself (chair) and we will try our best to continue to ensure that SBN caters for all members’ needs whilst retaining its informal and friendly style.
SBN cannot function without the committee members freely giving up their time for which I thank them. This year has been very exciting: we have grown, changed venue and implemented alternating meeting styles. The different types of businesses represented at SBN are wide and the inclusivity and friendliness of the group is something of which all members should be proud. You make it what it is.
This year has also seen us take on the lovely Caroline as administrator. My thanks go out to her together with others who have helped out over the past year including Berith Sandgren-Clarke and Leanda Bickley.
At the April meeting, to help members make themselves heard when introducing themselves in the larger meeting space at the Old Lodge, Lesley Young gave us lots of useful tips for projecting our voices. She then told us all about her picture framing business in the ‘shout about’ session together with Theresa Sansome (Future Self Now), Tanya De Leersnyder (Kayla) and Sally Whitman (Blackberry Nutrition).
It is always great to hear more about members’ businesses together with useful tips and this month was no exception. As time was over running I decided to do my ‘shout about’ on top tips for small businesses at the next meeting. We then went into small networking groups and were given thought-provoking questions in a session facilitated by Gill Chester.
Ladies then stayed on for coffee and lunch, taking advantage of the 10% discount the Old Lodge is offering anyone attending our meetings. Paulette Middlemiss and Caroline Denny won the Old Lodge prize draw of lunch for two in March and April. Enjoy!
I look forward to seeing everyone (and your guests) at our meeting in May at which Helen Taylor from Ecotricity will be speaking.
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Our Meeting Schedule for 2012
24th May Helen Taylor, ambassador for Ecotricity, speaker
28th June - focus on networking and ‘shout abouts’ from members
10th July – evening meeting Ben Vear, Winstones, ice cream expert
27th September Leader of SDC, Cll Frances Roden
18th October - focus on networking and ‘shout abouts’ from members
Catherine Green CatherineGreen@wspsolicitors.com
Catherine
Our Members
If you would like to know more about our members or the services they offer please look in our Member Directory
Special offers and events in our regular monthly newsletter
Our regular newsletter includes news of events, offers, networking opportunities, exhibitions, fairs - to name but a few! See our Latest News & Offers page (above left) for more information.
If you would like to hear more, then sign up for our newsletter or contact enquiries@stroudbusinesswomen.org.uk for more details.
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provided on this website. The views and opinions expressed in articles / features are those of the individual contributing members and
do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SBN or its committee members. Information is intended to be of a general nature only
and is not necessarily comprehensive. Where there are links to external websites, SBN assumes no responsibility for the information contained in those entries or on those websites.
Stroud Businesswomen's Network have members working in many different product and service areas. They work in and around Stroud, Gloucester, Cirencester, Stonehouse, Nailsworth, Tetbury and throughout Gloucestershire and the surrounding counties.
Our members' products/services include:
Accountancy & Bookeeping , Advertising & Copywriting , Art Services , Beauty & Hairdressing , Building Services , Business Consulting , Business Training , Catering & Event Management , Ceramic Restoration & Repair , Children's Theatre ,
Complementary Health , Counselling & Coaching Services , Curtains & Blinds , Employment Agency, Financial Consultancy , Garden Services ,
Graphic Design , Hypnotherapy , Image Consultancy , Interior Design , Insurance Brokering , IT Services , Jewellery , Journalism , Lingerie , Marketing , Mortgage Advising , On site Chair Massage, Office Support , Photography & Photographs , Picture Framing , Retail , Telecomms & Utilities , Travel Agent , Website Design, Hosting & Marketing , Wedding Accessories , Will Writing , Writers & Publishers
Our members:
Caroline Aistrop, Helen Appleyard, Nikki Ashworth, Sarah Atthey, Claire Beeley, Faye Best, Karen Blaylock, Lucy Bourne, Dianne Bradshaw, Melissa Briggs, Catherine Burge, Liz Chapman, Fiona Chatham, Gill Chester, Nadine Constant, Rachel Corby, Emma Cosstick, Rachel Craddy, Tanya De Leersnyder, Janet Dedman, Caroline Denny, Carolyn Denny, Jane Forrey, Jane Forsyth, Sharon Freeman, Jennifer Gillespie, Jacke Godwin, Madhu Gohil, Jane Gray-Wallis, Catherine Green, Jane Gregory, Elaine Griffiths, Helen Harrison, Lorraine Harrison,Tricia Hay, Bev Hayward, Ahrabella Heabe-Lewis, Sheila Heath, Karen Hensman, Sarah Holder, Annabel Hollis, Sally Jackman, Stella Jensen, Jan Jones, Tamara Kwan, Uta Langley, Linda Lawrence, Jo Lawson, Rebecca Lazell, Katherine Macbeth, Carol Maguire, Sadie Malin, Jane Mann, Rachel Markwick, Christine Markwick, Pauline Masters, Elizabeth McDougall, Lynda McGill, Susanna McIntyre, Paulette Middlemiss, Sue Newsome, Ros O'Neill, Pam Paradise, Jackie Peet, Karen Pepper, Sally Phillips, Tricia Prince, Alison Pritchard, Sunita Punj, Angela Railton, Rosie Reyonolds, Shelley Rider, Angharad Roberts, Stella Rose-Williams, Berith Sandgren-Clarke, Sandie Scagell, Lucy Scott, Nikki Simpson, Linda Smith, Tina Smith, Lisa Snell, Alena Standova, Claire Stapleton, Caroline Staunton, Heather Stopher, Dawn Swinley, Caroline Tatham, Jules Telford, Gunilla Thor-Finch, Claire Thomas, Stephanie Thomas, Wendy Thomson, Rachel Tyler, Kathryn Wallace, Suzanne Webb, Sally Whitman, Sarah Whiddett, Beth Whittaker, Karin Whittaker, Carolyn Williams-Camp, Hege Usborne, Margie Burnet Ward, Eileen Webb, Helen Wood, Lesley Young, Saffron Young
Please visit our Member Directory for more information.
