As some of you may know, 2015 saw me plunge into the world of "networking."
None of the warm wine and nibbles and hard sales talk, so turns out it's a lot less scary than I had originally imagined. I head over to Preston before dawn every Friday to catch up with other self employed folks, put the world to rights, eat bacon sandwiches and build my little enterprise...
Businesses there include:
- - Graphic design (that's me!)
- - Social media management
- - Web design
- - Renewable energy advisor (saves companies up to £70,000 p/a on energy bills!)
- - Pension advice (including auto enrolment)
- - Insurance
- - Experts in saving money on utility bills (very handy cash back card too!)
- - Nail technician training academy
- - Health and safety (keeping businesses compliant when it comes to safety in the workplace)
- - Payroll and business outsourcing
- - Plastering
- - Carpet and furniture cleaner (free tests are available!)
- - Printing services (saving companies between 30 - 60%)
- - Solicitors
- - Private and fleet vehicle and car leasing (great deals!)
- - Heating engineer
- - Health and nutritionist
- - Promotional merchandiser (great for those branded giveaways)
- - Electrician
- - Mortgage advisor
- - Office stationery and supplies (great savings to be had!)
If you would like any further details or require any of these services simply drop me a line.
Within my job I spend a lot of time communicating via e-mail and rarely speak to anyone, so it's great to meet up with real people once a week! We even had a christmas do the other night at Blackburn Rovers, and there's a Christmas Jumper and mince pies event soon. The perks of the office job, without the actual office job which is up my street...
It's also been extremely helpful in getting my name out there and gaining new contacts and clients. In return I refer the businesses above to help them grow their business too.
Anybody is welcome to come along for a visit, so if this has tickled your fancy give me a shout.