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 Photo of SHE team: Mary Flavelle (middle) with Business Buzz editor Merrell Hardy and Astrologist Christine Chalklin. Business Buzz on line - visit its own page on this website including back copies with great business advice and top tips: December edition: http://bit.ly/rqCM96 Click on the links for free events and excellent offers. Maidenhead Ladies Who Latte: Next event: 25th January at The Thames Hotel, Maidenhead we meet the last Wednesday of each month at 9.30am - 11.30am. If you need support from other business women or need help with your networking. Come and join us, you are safe in this all female group. Allow your confidence to grow and your business to excel. This is the only womens networking group offering free networking, so come and join us - and any of our other events. Visit the website for the calendar of venues that suit you. www.ladieswholatte.com ............................................................. Mary’s Blog on The Business Card: What does your business card say about you and your business? Did you give it lots of thought, did you leave it to a designer or did you take pot luck and trawl some free sites and chose a template that seemed to suit. This is one thing that is worth you talking to the professionals about. Ask your friendly printer or graphic designer and start to invest in your business card. Let’s face it – this card is around when you are not. It is passed by strangers who don’t know you but are either ‘getting rid’ of your card to someone else or they are using it as part of a referral scheme – or hopefully recommending you as a fab person to do business with – what impression have you just created? Make sure your business card does your speaking for you. Use these suggestions to help you check if your card is OK: 1. How does it feel – quality or cheap? 2. Does it say what you do? 3. Does it say how to contact you? 4. Is your photo on there – if appropriate Make 2011 a year to start your business make-over with a business card uplift. HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT SMALL BUSINESS STATISTICS ARE OR MEAN - WELL CHECK THIS INFO OUT FROM FSB - I am Chairman of East Berkshire Branch.... If you would like to know about FSB - let me know: Small Business Statistics • There are 4.8 million small businesses in the UK (up from 4 million in 2003) • 3 million businesses are sole proprietors • 1.3 million are companies • 462,000 are partnerships • 97 per cent of firms employ less than 20 people • 95 per cent employ less than 5 people • Over 500,000 people start up their own business every year • Small and medium-sized firms employ more than 59.4 per cent of the private sector workforce • 13.7 million people work in small and medium-sized firms • Small firms contribute more than 50.1 per cent of the UK turnover • 64 per cent of commercial innovations come from small firms • 25 per cent of all private sector enterprises operate in Business Services • 21 per cent of all private sector enterprises operate in Wholesale, Retail or Repairs • Small firms collect and pay Tax, NICs, VAT and other dues which help pay for public services • 33 per cent of all UK enterprises are in London and the South-East • Over 2 million people run their small business from home • Another 7.5 million people work for their boss from home micro: 0-9 employees, small: 10-50 employees, medium: 50-249 employees NOW YOU KNOW WHY YOU ARE IMPORTANT!!! |
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Latest News from Mary Flavelle
 Global Entrpreneurship Week 14th - 20th NovSHEplc and Ladies Who Latte are RUNNING Enterprise Day TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP Berkshire,Thames Valley Mary Flavelle, Chistine Chalklin and Merrell Harding will welcome you to our 3rd Annual event supporting our fabulous women who run businesses from home. This event happens to fall during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011. Visit us in The Keller at The Coppid Beech Hotel, Bracknell 10am-1pm. Only £5 and coffee will be flowing. Also supporting Childrens Rainbow Trust - so spread the work and help us to be part of a Global event. |
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 Mary speaks at Wycombe Expo 2011Cressex School High Wycombe. This was the 2nd year of the Expo and it was a huge success. The biggest problem was coping with the new and impressive entrance. There are plans to have this again next year = so visit the website and book early for 2012. SHEplc Ladies
 Stars for January 2012What’s happening in the heavens during the first month of 2012? This is the last year that was recorded in the ancient Mayan calendar, some believe it heralds the end of the World, I’m sure that isn’t the case and what the wise Mayans probably meant was that many old and defunct systems are ending now and we are at the dawn of a new beginning for mankind. With all the amazing challenges and changes we have seen during 2011 and will continue see this year, we must all hope for better things to come. We’ll all need to look at more creative ways of working and bringing more fairness, kindness and compassion into the way things are done. This month the Sun and transformational Pluto are both in ambitious Capricorn, assisting new projects to really get of the ground and with abundant Jupiter in fellow earth sign Taurus, there’s plenty of scope for successful outcomes. Ladies Who Latte
 LADIES WHO LATTELadies Who Latte is a free networking group for all women in business, whether you are in an office or work from home. If interested in starting your own business or recently started you will be very welcome. Friendship, advice and support from other ladies who are in the same boat as you can be found at any number of our Ladies Who Latte events: find out more on our website: www.ladieswholatte.com |
  
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