Hook in person business networking 16th April 2024

Do you do business in the Hook area of Hampshire or surrounding areas? If so we’d love to welcome you to our latest business networking group.

Your host is expert networker, Claire Johnson of Bluebell Administration and Bookkeeping. Claire knows what it’s like to walk into a room full of strangers and will make you feel welcome from arrival, or even before,

Grow your business network in Hook and beyond

There’s an old saying that it’s not what you know but who you know that counts. We agree. Our aim is to create the best connections in Hook and surrounding areas. Connections to people who will support you and your business. They might become your customers, your advocates and, very likely, your friends.

Fabulous Networking is a membership organisation, but visitors are always welcome. We don’t restrict attendance by profession or gender. We believe that there are opportunities to be gained by working with our competitors. Visitors are encouraged to attend up to three of our events before deciding if they’d like to join.

Your attendance fee is £10 to cover venue and light refreshments.

Our agenda

There’s time for informal networking and to introduce your business to everyone present. We don’t do the traditional one-minute pitch. Instead, we find ways to be more spontaneous and interactive. Each month we do something a little different.

Our agenda is structured but flexible to respond to the needs and size of the group on the day. Typically we will have a speaker on a topic of interest to business people. Our speaker will be Mandy Dineley of My Beautiful Pen. Mandy’s talk will be ‘The Power of Words, why language matters in speeches and presentations.’ We may have a business hotseat, a mini workshop or some one to ones.

Support, learning and inspiration are three of our core values and will be woven through the meeting. We want you to leave feeling it was a morning well spent.

Your speaker

Mandy Dineley is a creative writer and a vocalist. Through her business My Beautiful Pen she creates wedding speeches especially for brides, speeches for other occasions and wordy gifts. Mandy is also our Fleet Group Leader and a strong advocate for small business owners.

Your host

Claire Johnson is the driving force behind Bluebell Admin and Bookkeeping. She is an avid networker and a big believer that working with your competitors has many advantages.

Our venue

We’re meeting at the Coach and Horses in Rotherwick, a lovely country pub on the outskirts of Hook. There’s ample parking but if you need help with transport please email Glenda and we’ll try to connect you to a lift.

Reasons for attending.

• For many, business is especially tough at the moment, it helps to be surrounded by people who ‘get it’ but who will lift you up and help you to stay positive.
• The connections you make today can lead to the business you do, if not tomorrow, then in the coming months and years.

Here’s some of the feedback from the launch event…

‘Well done Claire, what a fantastic launch event! So much energy in the room and not to mention laughter and many takeaway networking tips.’

It was fabulous x

Well done Claire Johnson ✬. Brilliant networking event.

It was such a lovely, friendly and vibrant event