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Business Mum Week 2010 - The Events
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Midlands
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Mumpreneur Conference
City Inn, Birmingham
The headline event for BMW09. For the 2010 conference see www.businessandbabyshow.com
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Personal Branding Evening
Harvey Nichols, Birmingham
A joint mumsclub and Women on Their Way evening that hosted 4 workshops that provided attendees with top tips for enhancing their own personal brand and presentation. Harvey Nichols staff and photographer Sara Moseley from The great little picture company Over £600 was raised for the SANDS charity.
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Mums in Business Networking Event
David Lloyd, Leicester
Organised by Zoe Newcombe at Connection Events this was a child friendly networking event for Leicestershire based mums, businesses and children. With networking, children’s activities, demonstrations, fundraising and much more.
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Maud’s Baby Show
Cardiff
This event from Kaz Deacon at mauds baby show covered everything from Pregnancy, Birth, Babies and Toddlers. With over 60 exhibition stands, a free crèche and children’s play area, competitions, free samples and numerous workshops – including first aid sessions from The British Red Cross – a day at Maud’s Baby Show will provide a fun family day out as well as providing information to help mum become a business mum.
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Stamford Baby & Toddler Show
Stamford
Michelle Goddard hosted Stamford Baby Show, an event that promoted local products, services and activities available to expectant and new parents, along with providing information to help mum become a business mum.
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Busy Mums - for mums who mean business
Stafford
Busy Mums
Are you a busy mum with pre-school kids and running a business? Looking to network and grow your business without the need to arrange childcare to do so?
Come and meet other mums who run a business, in a supportive and collaborative environment where kids are welcome.
Busy Mums is a business networking group for business mums with young children. We meet once a month and network while our little ones play. There is no charge for the meeting, just bring some cash for some lunch or a drink if you wish. Arrive for 12.15 to order at the cafe, and the meeting will start at 12.30pm.
For more information or to confirm your attendance, please email grace@grace-marshall.com
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‘Women in Business’ free surgery sessions
Nottingham
Cream Communications
As working mums, Rachel and Carrie directors of Cream Communications and Marketing, will be hosting FREE 30 minute surgery sessions for business women, mumpreneurs and women who are interested in running their own business. Cream will provide PR and Marketing guidance, as well as first-hand experience of starting up and running a business and juggling family life – successfully!
For more information or to book your Free 30 minute session with Rachel or Carrie, please contact rachel@creamcommunications.co.uk
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North
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Organiser Contact Name: Louise Prunty
Title of Event: Networking Tea Party
Date & time of Event: 10th October
Venue: Caledonian Therapy Academy
Nearest Town: Glasgow
Contact Tel: 07828811190
Mobile: 07828811190
Email address: ctacademyuk@yahoo.co.uk
Organisers website: www.ctacademy.co.uk
Description of Event:
Tea & biscuits within informal discussions about starting up in business, the big idea and business marketing. Due to space restrictions please e-mail or call to register your attendance.
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Organiser Contact Name: Louise Graham & Elaine Hart
Title of Event: Glasgow / West of Scotland Networking Mum’s
Date & time of Event: Sat 3rd Oct 10.30am - Midday
Venue: Beanscene,1365 Argyle St, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, G3 8AF
Nearest Town: Glasgow
Contact Tel: 07780549175
Mobile: 07780549175
Email address: weddingandbaby@yahoo.co.uk or tweetypieelaine@hotmail.co.uk
Organisers website: www.weddingandbaby.co.uk and www.charmingangelsparties.co.uk
Description of Event:
Informal meeting for Mums to create a network that supports West of Scotland based mums and their businesses. We plan to grow and provide networking on a monthly basis, provide children’s activities/childminding, guest speakers, fundraising and more. Elaine who owns Ready Steady Childminding and Louise will be on hand to provide advice on how they combine childcare and business.
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Organiser Contact Name: Cari Parker
Title of Event: Coochie Cou - Mothers Market
Date & time of Event: 6th October 2009 9:30 am to 3 pm
Venue: Wakeman Bar, Ripon Racecourse, Ripon, HG4 1UG
Nearest Town: Ripon
Contact Tel: 01765 618006
Mobile: 07908 771072
Email address: enquiries@coochiecou.co.uk
Organisers website: http://www.coochiecou.co.uk
Description of Event:
Variety of mum run businesses all selling their products/services. We also have a lounge area for networking and welcome any mums thinking of starting up in business to drop in and ask for advice.
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Organiser Contact Name: Helen Wilkinson
Title of Event: Happy Mondays Networking
Date & time of Event: Every week from September onwards
Venue: Fina Bar and Grill and Café Latte
Nearest Town: Macclesfield and Handforth (Wilmslow)
Contact Tel: 07881821382
Mobile:
Email address: info@cococards.co.uk
Organisers website: www.cococards.co.uk or www.happymondaysnetwrorking.co.uk (To be set up)
Description of Event:
Happy Mondays is an informal networking group for mumpreneurs in East Cheshire.
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South
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Organiser Contact Name: Laura Morris & Joanne Dewberry (aka Networking Mummies Dorset)
Title of Event: Mums in Business Exhibition
Date & time of Event: Thursday the 8th October 2009 7pm-10pm
Venue: The Village Bournemouth Hotel & Leisure Club
Nearest Town: Bournemouth
Mobile: 07931 131717
Email address: mail@networkingmummiesdorset.co.uk
Organisers website: www.networkingmummiesdorset.co.uk
Description of Event:
Mums in Business Exhibition to support local mums who run their own business. We also intend to have various information stands including Business Link, Princes Trust etc. The exhibition will be open to the general public and for other businesses as a way of networking. We also have Julia’s House involved and all profits will go to the great cause and will also be doing a raffle to promote this further.
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Mumpreneurs Networking Event
London
Organised by Tabitha Potts of mimimyne Email
It seems that everyone had a wonderful time at the Mumpreneur Networking Event to celebrate Business Mum Week 2009. Tabitha Potts attracted 30 guests including four babies and toddlers, already keen networkers! Guests included Natalie Lue of Bambinogoodies, Vicky Linnett of Flamecat (www.flamecat.com), Olivia King-Boateng of the Excelsya Women’s Business Book Club (www.excelsya.co.uk), Wanda Hu (www.sweetpotato-archimedia.com), Oleander William (www.creativelifestyle.org.uk), Sarah Dawnay (www.kid-shops.com), Iveta Tancheva (www.mumslikeyou.com), Fiona Monks (www.bttradespace.com), Suzanne Dibble (www.lawyers4mumpreneurs.com), Alexandra Tham and Caroline Wall from www.green-eyed-monster.co.uk, Birgit Medele (www.clearofclutter.com) and Christine Pitzer (www.mandamania.com), Jo Molloy of Pea Productions.
Antonia Chitty gave an informative talk about how she set up her own PR business and became a successful author (her books include the latest The Mumpreneur Guide): Tabitha found it particularly interesting that she plans her activities each day very carefully to stop her wasting time staring at the PC in the morning and trying to work out what to do first (so easy to do!).
Alison Rothwell of the SEO Training Club had some great tips for time-saving tweeting if you are using Twitter in business. Some good tips: use Hootsuite to schedule tweets and Tweetdeck to read them, so you don’t have to wade through everything. Alison also confided in me she runs four businesses at the moment, how amazing is that!
Lana from the East London Small Business Centre gave a short talk on how to access funding in the area. We all had some delicious dim sum and jasmine tea and enjoyed hugely having the chance to connect with other business women in a friendly and relaxed way. Next time Tabitha hopes to have experts talking about blogging, law for small businesses and ecommerce, so watch this space!
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Organiser Contact Name: Vicki Knights as seen in Local press Surrey Comet and Kingston Guardian
Title of Event: Surrey & SW London Face2Face Networking Group
Date & time of Event: 10am, Friday 9th October
Venue: Cheeky Monkeys, Surbiton Hockey Club, Sugden Road, Thames Ditton, KT7 0AE www.cheekymonkeys-softplay.com
Nearest Town: Surbiton & Kingston Upon Thames
Mobile: 07545 337184
Email address: photography@vickiknights.co.uk
Organisers website: www.vickiknights.co.uk
Description of Event:
A Face2 Face networking group for all business mums in Surrey and SW London.
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Organiser Contact Name: Natalie Fieldhouse
Title of Event: MacMillian Coffee Morning with business mum networking
Date & time of Event: 8th October 10am to 12 noon
Venue: Prebendal Farm Community Centre
Nearest Town: Aylesbury
Contact Tel: 01296 428913
Email address: natalie@mylittleyellowduck.co.uk
Organisers website: www.usborneonline.org/natalie
Description of your Event:
Am holding a Macmillian coffee morning with the opportunity to buy tea/coffee and cake as well as being able to buy gifts from various stall holders : ie Usborne Books, Virgin Vie, Eco Bags, Ethnical Jewellery, Phoenix Cards and many more.
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Organiser Contact Name: Catherine Warrilow - As heard on Radio Oxford to promote this event Oxford Times
Title of Event: Oxford Business Mums Week networking event
Date: Thursday 8th October 2009
Time: 10am – 12pm
Venue: Hampden House, Monument Park, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire OX44 7RW
Nearest Town: Oxford
Description of Event:
A free networking event and a chance to meet other mums from the local area who run their own businesses and juggle work commitments with family life.
Are you considering starting up your own venture rather than returning to work after maternity leave? Have you set up a small business but you’re struggling to manage your time? Are you looking for resources for your business – accountants, web designers or marketing support? Or, are you in one of these professions and would like to offer your services to other mums? How about a skills swap? For all of this and more, join us for the Oxford Business Mums Week networking event.
Enter your business card into the draw for a chance to win a fantastic week away at a stunning cottage in The Cotswold’s courtesy of HomeAway Holiday Rentals.
To register your free place, or for any further information email Catherine - catherine@warrilowpr.co.uk.
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Organiser Contact Name: Birgit Medele
Title of Event: Clear your Clutter – Manifest your Dreams!
Date & time of Event: Sunday October 4th, 3pm
Venue: 30 Clavering Rd, London E12 5EX
Nearest Town: London
Contact Tel: 020-85303188
Mobile: 07930-983452
Email address: birgitm33@hotmail.com
Organisers website: www.clearofclutter.com
Description of Event:
Free workshop – including your very own personalised declutter action plan! Come and find out: why everybody has some clutter – somewhere! / The benefits of clearing. / How to declutter and how to stay clutter free! Find out about working from home too!
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Organiser Contact Name: Antonia Chitty
Title of Event: Networking, meet the author Q&A
Date & time of Event: 12.30 Tuesday 6 October
Venue: Sussex Innovation Centre, University of Sussex
Nearest Town: Brighton
Contact Tel: 0845 643 1874
Email address: Antonia@acpr.co.uk
Organisers website: www.themumpreneurguide.co.uk
Description of Event:
Meet up, Drinks, Q and A, Meet the Author of the Mumpreneur Guide, Find out about Mums in Biz training for business mums.
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Organiser Contact Name: Meghan Fenn
Title of Event: MumsClub Face2Face Meeting
Date & time of Event: Thursday Oct 8, 10am – 2pm
Venue: 50 Westcourt Road BN14 7DJ
Nearest Town: Worthing
Contact Tel: 01273 906128
Mobile: 0790 9702028
Email address: meg@megfenn.me.uk
Organisers website: www.whiteochre.co.uk
Description of Event:
An informal meeting for business mums in Worthing and the surrounding areas. A chance to meet and chat with like-minded mums who run their own businesses around their children. Come along and do some social and business networking in a friendly, intimate environment.
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Organiser Contact Name: Christine Pitzer
Title of Event: Networking event
Date & time of Event: Thursday 8 October 2009, 10:30 to 12:00
Venue: Le Pain Quotidien, 70 Parsons Green Lane, London SW6 4HU
Nearest Town: London. Tube: Parsons Green
Contact Tel: 07942467812
Mobile: 07942467812
Email address: mumpreneurs@mandamania.com
Organisers website: www.mandamania.com
Description of Event:
Informal get-together for Mumpreneurs of South-West London. Please contact Christine prior to the event so she knows numbers!
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Organiser Contact Name: Frances King of Coach for Performance
Title of Event: Take stock of your business – coaching and networking event for West London mumpreneurs
Date & time of Event: Fri 9th October – 11-12.30
Venue: Chiswick. Venue tbc
Nearest Town: London
Contact Tel: 07958 992626
Email address: frances@coachforperformance.co.uk
Organisers website: www.coachforperformance.co.uk and
Description of Event:
Network with other mumpreneurs and business coach Frances King of Coach for Performance will help you to take stock of your business and where to focus next. Time to network and meet others mumpreneurs in a relaxed setting. £3 per person to cover refreshments.
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Organiser Contact Name: Olivia King-Boateng, Excelsya Women’s Business Book Club
Title of Event: Mum’s Business Ideas Fair & Networking Event
Date & time of Event: 10am-12pm, Thursday 8th October 2009
Venue: Enterprise House, 297 Pinner Road, Harrow HA1 4HS
Nearest Town: Harrow , Wealdstone
Contact Tel: 0208 951 3150
Mobile: 07504683015
Email address: enquiries@excelsya.co.uk
Organisers website: www.excelsya.co.uk
Description of your Event:
This is a FREE, friendly and informal networking event to help women, especially mums explore business ideas, meet and greet other like-minded women and collect information on business resources. There will be a wide selection of books about particular businesses and light refreshments will be available. The event will be held where Harrow in Business (the local enterprise agency) is based and therefore an opportunity to book an appointment to speak to a local business advisor. Women who attend will also be able to pick up a free information pack.
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Organiser Contact Name: Rani Bain
Title of Event: Networking & Pamper Evening
Date & time of Event: Thursday 15 Oct 09 6pm-10pm
Tickets £5 includes a glass of wine on arrival and canapes.
Venue: The Bell Hotel, Sandwich, Kent
Nearest Town: Kent
Contact Tel: 01304 620403
Mobile: 07832213766
Email address: rbainmarykay@aol.com
Organisers website: www.marykay.co.uk/rbain
Description of Event:
there are several different beauty treatments, indian head massage, facials, make overs, nail painting, reflexology, parafin wax hand treatments, a photographer offering make over photo sessions,
Raffle to win 20 prizes donated by exhibitors, Proceeds to go to breast cancer awareness.
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Organiser Contact Name: Rani Bain
Title of Event: Networking Coffee Morning
Date & time of Event: Tuesday 6th October 2009 10am - midday
Venue: The Bell Hotel, Sandwich, Kent
Nearest Town: Kent
Contact Tel: 01304 620403
Mobile: 07832213766
Email address: rbainmarykay@aol.com
Organisers website: www.marykay.co.uk/rbain
Description of Event:
A morning of networking and coffee. Refreshments provided, please contact Rani for more information and don’t forget your business cards!
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