Be Your Own Boss Club continues to inspire entrepreneurs

Wednesday, 1st September 2010

The Be Your Own Boss Club, staged by the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Group, in conjunction with SEGRO, will be held once again at the Enterprise Quarter on Slough Trading Estate. Following the huge success of its previous two events, the third instalment will be held on Tuesday 7 September 2010 from 17.00.

Aimed at micro-businesses and potential start ups, the evening is for those seeking inspiration, information, mentoring, support and advice. The evening will equip attendees with tips and information about starting and growing a successful business. Encouragement and confidence is given for those who are at a crossroads within their business or need a boost.

Support available on the night includes: counseling from the Chamber’s Business Advice Service; accountants, banks and solicitors; business consultants and a Networking Zone with an opportunity to chat informally with entrepreneurs, business owners and professional advisers.

A highlight of the evening are short hints and tips talks on everything from business planning to cloud computing featuring the following speakers: Nick Bettes, Business Advisor, Nick Bettes Consulting; Andrew Moorcroft, Marketing Executive, Menzies; Dawn Edwards, Managing Director, The Real Business Club; Ian Summerfield, CEO, Optim IP Ltd; Peter Smith, Joint Managing Director, The Better Business Alliance Ltd; Brian Wall, Director, BML Solutions Ltd; Abdul Majed, Senior Operations Manager, Targ8 Ltd.

David Drummond, from host SEGRO, commented: “We’re delighted to be hosting this great event once again. The Be Your Own Boss Club in April attracted over 80 members providing them with essential guidance and advice on how to grow a business. The commercial landscape is fast changing around us and new businesses should be working now to ensure that they’re in the best position possible to take full advantage of the upturn when it arrives.”

The evening will be held at the Enterprise Quarter on Slough Trading Estate, which is dedicated to nurturing small and SME businesses. Contact Claire Prosser at Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce on 01753 870500 for more information about the event.

To book a place at this complimentary evening, visit www.thamesvalleychamber.co.uk/events

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For all Thames Valley Chamber press enquiries, please contact Ginette Gower 01753 870500 ginettegower@tvchamber.co.uk at The Chamber Press Office

For all SEGRO press enquiries, please contact Emma Hammond, FD, emma.hammond@fd.com

About The Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Group
The Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Group works with businesses across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire to help them achieve their full business potential through; meeting new customers, cutting costs, developing their workforce, influencing local decision makers and arming them with business intelligence. Membership is available to all businesses in the Thames Valley.

The Business Advice Service (run by the Chamber) offers confidential, one-to-one counselling sessions with volunteer qualified counselors will be available. They possess expertise in both running and helping small and large organisations. They are dedicated to helping people achieve their business goals. For a confidential appointment, contact Customer Services on: 01753 870 500.

About Slough Trading Estate
Founded in 1920, Slough Trading Estate was the world’s first trading estate and, to this day, is the largest business centre of its kind in Europe under single private ownership. The Estate covers 196 hectares and includes a total of around 700,000 sq. m of business space, occupied by over 400 companies and 17,000 people. The Estate provides a wide range of accommodation from 44 sq. m units for small start-up companies, to space for major international companies.
Slough Trading Estate is part of SEGRO, Europe’s leading provider of flexible space.
About SEGRO
SEGRO is Europe’s leading provider of flexible business space, operating from a network of offices across 10 countries. The Group is a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), listed on the London Stock Exchange. SEGRO’s portfolio comprises £5.3 billion of predominantly industrial and warehouse assets concentrated in and around major business centres and transportation hubs such as ports, airports and motorways intersections. The group serves over 1,900 customers spread across many geographic and different industry sectors. It has 5.9 million sq m of built space and a passing rent roll of £344 million as at 31 December 2009. For more information: www.SEGRO.com