HSBA

Many thanks to Carol Pritchard and Audrey Connors, Independent Wikaniko Distributors, for turning out on such a dreadful day for this morning’s Meeting. The Fayre & Square was – literally – almost flooded out and in fact they were expecting this to happen later in the day!

The Meeting was very productive; Doug and I shared ideas with Carol and…[Read more]

MEETING SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY 1st MAY

As we near the first anniversary of our Northampton Group, this Meeting will be an informal gathering to determine how our Members wish to move forward. We will discuss our businesses and how we can help one another to enhance and improve our financial forecasts as well as supporting each other and growing…[Read more]

I would like to make a small correction to an earlier post regarding Northampton Member, Craig Webster. I referred to Craig as an architect when I should have been more accurate and stated ’J.C. Webster, Plans. Architectural Design, planning applications and Building Control. Apologies for any inconvenience my mistake may have caused.

PLEASE NOTE THE 3RD APRIL NORTHAMPTON MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. We shall reconvene on Tuesday 1st May, more details of this Meeting to be posted nearer the time.

My apologies for any inconvenience this cancellation may cause.

Points arising from today’s Meeting:

Carol is offering a free Wikaniko tote bag when spending £15 or more on her sale products. For information about these products contact Carol on 07742 585824.

Dawn is holding a raw food workshop on Sunday 18th March at her Northampton home. She will be posting more details of this on the website shortly,…[Read more]

It was a most enjoyable Meeting today. The Group was a nice size and everyone had an opportunity to talk at length about themselves. Many thanks to Dawn Houghton of Raw Alchemy for giving us a window into her world as a Raw Food Chef. She is clearly extremely knowledgeable about her product and service and makes one feel motivated to venture…[Read more]

SCHEDULE FOR NORTHAMPTON HSBA MEETING
TUESDAY 6th MARCH 2011

10.00am Meeting start with coffee and biscuits

10.15am Introductions: a brief outline of your business

10.30am Speaker: Dawn Houghton of Raw Alchemy

”A Ravishing Raw Idea”

Dawn Houghton is a Raw Chef and founder of Raw Alchemy School of Living Raw Food, a newly established, cutting…[Read more]

What a productive meeting today! Thank you to Doug of Globe2 for giving us the information we needed to make our IT work for us. Not only did he solve Facebook and email issues, but he also taught us to how make the most of our hsba.biz profiles and blogs to enhance our networking opportunities.

Many thanks to our regular members for coming…[Read more]

Possible subjects for Tuesday’s Northampton Homeworking & Small Business Alliance meeting:

Email:
* How do I get a fancy signature at the bottom of my emails?
* I downloaded my emails to my phone and now they don’t come to my PC. Why?
* How do I set an auto-response when I am away?
* I keep getting emails from a company despite unsubscribing. …[Read more]

I’m looking forward to hosting the PC Surgey on Tuesday, I have posted some ideas of things that people may like to go over on http://www.hsba.biz/it/ but if you have any other ideas then bring them along – if you can let me know beforehand it may give me a chance to look into anything I’m not sure about!

Points arising from Tuesday’s meeting:

Dawn announced that she will shortly be launching a six-week programme, featuring video recipes, shopping lists and tips. This will run from 31 January until 13 March and more details will follow shortly. To find out more in the meantime, contact Dawn on 07846 824364 or via this site.

Audrey and Carol…[Read more]

Firstly, apologies for the delay in getting my post-meeting blog on here. Tuesday’s meeting was small but extremely enjoyable; we discussed how we felt the group should move forward and listened to a talk from Guy Giffard-Tiney about how a garden office was more affordable than you may think. He also outlined the time and money saved over a…[Read more]

SCHEDULE FOR NORTHAMPTON HSBA MEETING
TUESDAY 10th JANUARY 2011

10.00am Meeting start: grab a coffee and leave your business cards on the table

10.15am Introductions: a brief outline of your business

10.30am Speaker: Guy Giffard-Tiney of Work Shacks Ltd

”The 40-Second Commute”

Have you ever calculated how long it takes you to get to work and…[Read more]