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LATEST NEWS. 24th. February 2010.MEETINGS IN 2010. We're having a little technical problem and can't update our "Meetings" page at the moment. Please check here for latest meetings dates.
NEXT MEETING. Think Tank: Tuesday 2nd March. Mossop & Bowsers. 5.30 pm.
Full Meeting: AGM. Thursday 8th. April. 7pm. Chequers Hotel.
Many of our members can expect a difficult and busy time in 2010 dealing with the recession and if we are lucky, perhaps an upturn later in the year. It is therefore proposed to reduce the number of regular meetings to 5. There will still be regular Think Tank meetings and members who wish to raise any matter in person are welcome to attend, provided they let one of the officers know in advance. Of course you can also bring any subject needing quick attention before the forum by contacting the Secretary or Treasurer and additional full meetings can be called if necessary.
Proposed dates and venues are: 7.30 p.m at The Chequers on the second Thursday of April, June, September and December. The April meeting will be an Annual General Meeting and we would like as many members as possible to come on that night.
Constitution. It will be proposed at the AGM that the Forum adopt a formal constitution. A draft is published at the end of the minutes page. Follow the link at the end of this page.
Email. Good and speedy communication with and between all our members is essential if we are to succeed in our aims. We are trying hard to keep our costs as low as possible and stamps and paper are slow, expensive and time consuming. Please help us by providing an Email address if you have one. Should you not wish the address to be shown on your Directory entry, we can arrange this.
Food Festival. South Holland plans to hold a food festival throughout the district in late July and early August. Local businesses may take part. We understand that the organiser, Mr. Steve Kerwood, may be contacted care of the council offices in Spalding
Simply Holbeach. This free colour glossy magazine is delivered bi monthly to homes and businesses in Holbeach Town. The publishers, who are a Forum member, will be producing an extra eddition for the villages surrounding Holbeach which will be distributed on alternative months from February. Copies may also be downloaded, see their website. We wish this new venture every success.
Membership. We now have over 120 members, from one man bands to national companies and are still growing. Don't be left out for the sake of £10 ! (which you may be able to set against tax)
Secretary Our New Secretary is Alan Wrotchford. Email: Alan@SaveWithAlan.co.uk
For more news and the following items, please see minutes section.
Notes on last meeting. Business to Business small ads. (Free to members) Old items archives.
New Member. We welcome M and C Design, Graphic Designers, to the Forum.
We are grateful to Mossop and Bowser for the use of their offices for our think tank meetings.
Brief notes on the last meeting. Available by clicking on link at end of this page.
Holbeach is a thriving small market town but like many other similar communities, has suffered from the failure of national chains and from the credit crunch. Some shops have closed and there are several openings for new retail outlets. The combined local experience of the Business Forum is huge. Anyone thinking of starting up a business in Holbeach is invited to contact us. We will be happy to answer your questions about local trading conditions and may be able to offer further advice.
Free internet presence. Join our Large membership. Our numbers have more than doubled during the past few months and include a large and diverse number of businesses. Our directory thus contains far more entries than other similar locally based commercial sites. The Forum can now claim a mandate to speak for Business in Holbeach and our influence with outside organisations is not to be ignored. Forum members have a free mini page in our own business directory on this site. check out the directory now and see for yourself.
NEW MEMBERS.
To Join the Forum. Please print out the Directory entry form at the end of the Directory page and send it with your cheque for £10 annual membership fee, payable to Holbeach Business Forum, to the Treasurer, Mr Roger Larner, at 22, Kings Road, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincs. PE12 7RJ, contact any of the officers or just turn up at a meeting. (For the time being, please restrict buisiness information section of the form to 500 characters plus headings). To amend or add to Directory entries use the same form or contact Paul Foyster.
Many thanks to Trish Bryant and to the Publishers of the Free Press and Spalding Guardian for some of the photographs used on the site.
MINUTES PAGE, including additional news items: FOLLOW LINK UNDER
To see a summary of the minutes from the last meeting, click here.