Holly’s Funerals of Cranbrook has won the first Business Edge competition, staged by Wealden Business Group. The Business Edge scheme was designed to help start-up businesses launched in the past three years. Holly’s Funerals wins a year’s membership of the Group, and free one-to-one sessions with its business advisers, including specialists in marketing, finance, law […]
Wealden Business Group’s record charity cheque
Wealden Business Group has presented its biggest-ever charity cheque, following two years of fundraising. On Wednesday (19 March) Martin Tickner, the Group’s immediate past chairman, presented a cheque for £10,579 to Clive Hudson, chairman of the East Group of the Motor Neurone Disease Association. The money was raised from a series of events, including a […]
Oh what a night! Wealden Business Group charity dinner raises more than £4,000 in aid of MNDA
The Wealden Business Group Black Tie dinner and charity auction held at The Little Silver Country Hotel, Tenterden on Saturday (17 March) raised more than £4,000. The event, which included a fizz reception, auction of promises and disco was in aid of the Motor Neurone Disease Association. The dinner marked the culmination of two years […]
Case history – Simon Hammond, Morpheus Insurance Solutions Ltd
Simon Hammond is a big believer in the power of networking. He is a member of a number of networking groups in Kent and London – but says that Wealden Business Group is the best for generating sales leads. “Not just from the members themselves”, he says “but also referrals to their business contacts and […]
Case history – Richard Harvey PR Consultant
For me, being a member of WBG is about developing relationships with people running their own companies, sharing experiences, learning new developments in the world of SMEs, and enjoying the social side. “I’ve never looked at membership solely from the ROI point-of-view. Sure, I’ve had plenty of referrals, and they’ve always more than covered the […]
Case history – Perry Barton, Carpenter
Perry Barton has been a professional carpenter for more than 25 years, and has built a reputation for the quality of his work, integrity and reliability. But Perry had his doubts about membership of Wealden Business Group when he applied to join 10 years ago. “To be honest, I wasn’t sure that WBG was for […]
Case history – David Meredith, Busbys Chartered Accountants
“For me, the real benefit of being a member of WBG is that while I receive direct and indirect referrals for our accountancy services, I am also building and improving my network of business contacts. “This means that if one of my clients asks if I know someone who can undertake a particular job, I […]
A successful business career doesn’t depend on A level results
For many of our local teenagers, August is a time for triumph or tears – depending on their A level results. The annual agony of waiting for the results usually generates mass press coverage, including pictures of happy teens leaping with joy. But for those who didn’t do so well, there is plenty of comfort […]
Case history – David Baker, Painter and Decorator
“While I have worked for about 60 percent of our members – which is a terrific referral rate in anybody’s language – it’s other benefits of WBG membership which I appreciate just as much. For example, I was thinking about a particular financial issue one day, and our accountancy member was able to offer me […]
Case history – Justin Nelson, Nelsons Legal, Tenterden
We asked some of our members to tell us why they found Wealden Business Group so beneficial to their companies. “I have been a member of WBG for about 20 years, and for me, membership has not just been about receiving business referrals – although I’ve had plenty of those – but also the opportunity […]