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Back in early October I was invited to a seminar at Heathrow. The speaker, Mary Miller, was speaking about IChingSystems. Utilizing ancient Hexagram symbols from the Chinese Book of Changes as binary mathematical codes, IChingSystems uses hand-held 'instruments' for balance in stressful times and for daily maintenance.

During the seminar you could go to the back of the room to experience the instruments. To be honest I did not notice anything. Some people cried, some could not touch…

Keith doesn’t really think I am a prophet of doom (as mentioned in the latest NiS News). He knows I just tell it like it is - astrologically speaking that is! 

We all know that we are living in extremely challenging times and we also know that we have to try to stay positive and help, support and inspire our colleagues and friends to do likewise. …

There’s an absolute ton of stuff  to tell you about – so let’s get cracking! Last week I promised you some ‘big news’ about NiS and our new supercharged paid-Membership option – I’ll get to that a little later in this newsmail... 

Meanwhile, it’s all happening out there in Networkland! It’s the ‘Christmas Party’ effect, and…

I’m not a natural networker

I find the collective energy of so many entrepreneurial and business-types all in one room quite draining. Badly done, professional networking can be a ragtag of people all out for the same thing: meet people > sell things. Before networking aficionados defend the cause, I do confer that the genre has improved considerably.

What makes me click the ‘attend’ button?

1.Better venues (innovation and creativity have crept in here). I have…

I have a client who is looking for some full time Admin &  Event Management Support

Fancy a Challenge?

Experienced, top level administrator to work full time from home to support event management team.

Good communicator and proficient with all MS Office Products. Some meetings at sponsor premises, normally in London.

Salary £20 - £25k…

Overseas property owners have been urged to inform HMRC if no disclosure on tax has been made already.

 

Tax specialists are warning advisers to notify their foreign property owning clients of a new investigation team established by HMRC to track down people who own land and property abroad by ‘data mining' publicly available records.

 

One tax consultant and former…

JUST WHERE ARE ALL THESE OUT OF WORK TEENAGERS?!...

 

I am absolutely amazed by the constant reference in the media to the lack of jobs available for young people when we have lots of employers on our books who are actively looking for young apprentices and can't find them!

 

We are a Surrey-based training agency and as part of our work with the Skills Funding Agency…

Networking in Surrey Member (and Ecademy Chairman) Thomas Power has created yet another thought-provoking new Vlog (video blog) ...

"Google are building each of us an identity management system. All our searches, all our gmails, all our posts, all our comments, all our shares, all our tweets, all our retweets, all our status updates. All our data. ALL. We are outsourcing our identity to Google. We…

The latest FSA rules will cost the City up to £1.4bn a year from now on, according to the regulator's figures.

Regulations consulted on and introduced over the past 12 months by the FSA will create compliance costs of £1.1bn to £1.4bn annually, according to figures compiled by Hargreaves Lansdown.

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The government has revealed the names of the lenders that have signed up to its indemnity scheme announced today as part of its housing strategy.

It says Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, Royal Bank of Scotland…

Just a quick note from me today, as I’m off on a three-day conference tomorrow - a fuller newsmail will follow next week.

Lots of great stuff on NiS as usual! Tomorrow is the second day of the massive (and free) Great British Business Show (see…

Great British Business Show 17 & 18 November

Hi all, I was just wondering if any members attended the above or are planning to attend.  What were your thoughts about the exhibition.  I was quite impressed, free workshops, talks and advice, all free, especailly for a new start-up  …

I read this the other day and couldnt resist putting it in a blog - enjoy!

The Banking Crisis simply explained...

John bought a donkey from a farmer for £100 and the farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day.  But the next day he drove up and said, “Sorry son, but I have some bad news.  The donkey’s…

With over 70 attendees, seven fabulous speakers and great stalls for pre Christmas shopping, plus great organisation from Paullette Schwartz, the evening was a great success.

The Mayor of Richmond, Councillor Clare Head entered into the spirit of the evening and became the star of the event, sending everyone away feeling inspired and positive.

We raised…

According to YouGov, 13% of SMEs were seriously impacted by last winter's severe weather, and 37% experienced weather-related problems, so it's worth preparing now for the possibility of another hard winter.

Ensure you comply with your Health and Safety obligations:

• Clear and grit a pathway to the entrance to your premises, and grit your car park if you have one, to prevent accidents as people enter and leave the building
• Crank up the heating to…

Are business professionals, business leaders, entrepreneurs, company directors and management teams spending too much time on company administration and not enough time on the important stuff – like driving profit, service delivery and business growth?  Business opportunities may be lost managing the day to day back office functions instead of maximising the business’ potential.

In this continuing volatile…

This is a just a quick reminder to head over to Networking in Surrey to catch up with all the great events coming soon to a venue near you, including (in the next seven days):

Wednesday Best of Ripley Connections Visitors Lunch run by NiS Member Paul…

A new study has revealed that sponsorship of women’s elite sport in the UK amounted to just 0.5% of the total market between January 2010 and August 2011.



The report from The Commission on the Future of Women’s Sport indicated that sponsor spend on men’s sport accounted for 61.1% over the same period, with the remainder splashed out on mixed sports. The study, ‘Big Deal? The case for commercial investment in women’s sport’, revealed that there had been only a 0.1%…

‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ - and yet it’s November! Surely we should be in the icy grip of Jack Frost by now, but who’s complaining?  

Mellow and fruity events coming up on NiS in the next week include:

Tuesday…

It’s 125ft long & 15ft high and viewed by 30,000 vehicles every day. What is it? John's Big Billboard, of course!

Long-time NiS Members will remember the story of this monster marketing tool as recounted in a blog post here last December. Frequent site Sponsor…