September Meeting

Blogging and Jacqui Dodds gave us a very interesting and informative presentation on Blogging and particularly how Jacqui has been able to use this medium together with other social media to improve and promote her professional Printmaking Practice.

In the photo, it's time to leave, but Jacqui is still answering our questions and giving us some top tips - many thanks Jacqui x

Newport WiRE Summer Lunch

September and after a summer break (no meeting in August this year) several of our members met up at Huckleberry's Tea Room, which is based within Swan Pit Nursery near Gnosall and is a new business owned by one of our members, Storm Battatt.  Lovely sunny day, so we were able to sit outside, which was a bonus.

July Meeting

Another fascinating presentation, this time from Anna Goodwin (Anna Goodwin Accountancy) who was able to show that preparing your accounts can indeed be fun - can you believe the theme of the talk was 'baking a cake' and how lovely, we all had a cup cake from Anna too x

June Meeting

 

In the photo here, Penny is thanking Karen Woodcock, whose business is Spoton Business Improvements, for a great presentation where Karen gave us some top tips on marketing small businesses on a very small budget.

May Meeting

Promoting yourself with confidence at Networking Events - this was the title of our presentation today from Grace Marshall

April Meeting

Great meeting today with a moving and fascinating presentation from Carole Renshaw about her business Sincere Moments and how she made the move to becoming a full time Civil Life Celebrant.  www.sinceremoments.co.uk

Spring Lunch

As you can see we had another great lunch at Smallwood Lodge in Newport, we will plan to arrange another one in the summer, so watch this space.

Spring Lunch

Our Spring Lunch will be held on 4th April at Smallwood Lodge Restaurant and Tea Rooms in Upper Bar  Newport  Shropshire at 12.30.  If you would like to attend please email MagHoll@Aol.com for an invite to the event or follow this link http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=106671216123416&mid=5ad5575G5af3bf45241dG4c9179G23&bcode=eyhex1EG&n_m=maggie%40pictureshopandgallery.co.uk.   Smallwood Lodge is a lovely black and white building with a pretty rose garden and is situation right on the high street with parking in the nearby Co-op.

Where are we going ?

We are well into a new year now, so how are things going?   This was the question we asked ourselves today and the answers were all positive.  We discovered, if we didn't already know, that WiRE business women are resourseful, we don't let a set back diminish our enthusiasm, but seek fresh inspiration to move our business forward, perhaps in a different way.  We continually discover that many of our members have more than one business or various strands to one particular business.  Therefore, when one area is weak, another keeps things going and, more imporantly, keeps an income coming through.  As always, our members were keen to help one another with very constructive information.  We pride ourselves on not having a policy of thrusting our business cards upon each other or aiming to meet a particular number of new 'contacts', but allowing our members and visitors to engage with each other in a natural way and, thus discover for themselves the contacts which seem most appropriate.  As a result, people were chatting and exchanging information, notes were being taken, electronic devises were being 'stroked' with gay abandon - Newport WiRE truly Network. 

New Years Resolutions

Happy New Year to all Newport WIRE Members

Here are the dates for the next six months so that you can update your diaries. 18th Jan,15th Feb, 21st March, 18th April, 16th May, 20th June, 18th July, look forward to seeing you at our next meeting in February.

You can book your place at any of our meetings on the WiRE Website, Newport WiRE Network pages or come along on the day, if you can email to give us numbers for lunch that would be appreciated.

Members (£5) and Guests or Visitors (£7) are very welcome and your attendance fee includes lunch.