Business-Scene Testimonials

These real members tell you about their experience with Business-Scene and the benefit it has brought to their business. If you have had a success with your membership why not tell us about it and possibly have it published here?

Keith Williams of Profit Improvements says, "The Business Scene networking event in Sheffield was, without doubt, the best I have ever attended. The speaker was entertaining and educational and there were lots of interesting delegates. I made a strategic alliance with one delegate and together we are bidding for a contract worth £106K. I have provided coaching to another delegate who has recently started a business providing renewable energy and he has contracted me to work with him for the next six months. At least £1000 worth of work and the possibility of a share of a further £106,000; all from two very enjoyable hours of Business Scene networking. I will be attending every Business Scene event in future."

Clive Bonny of Strategic Management Partners says, "I would like to say how much I enjoyed your event which combined excellent networking with very positive people."

Alan Blok of Mulcare Jenkins Solicitors says, "Congratulations on a very well-run and successful event on Tuesday, and thank you. I am sure it will prove to have been of great benefit to the business community of Haywards Heath, and beyond, in terms of new contacts, and business."

Gill Cronin Community Fundraiser from St Peter & St James Hospice says, "Thank you so much for a really good and well organised evening yesterday. We are very pleased with all the networking opportunities, our profile raising and the money that we took from the raffle."

Benjamin Bonetti from Empower Your Life says, "Thanks for a great evening, by far the best networking event I have been to in ages, signed up over £2000 worth of business within 4hrs....what a great return. Once again thanks for the coverage and allowing me to talk. If there is anything that we can do in the future, please ask!"

Don Cooke from TeamR - Cal says, "I finally got the chance to meet and hear Richard White of Pro-Excellence at the Chelmsford Connections event last night - run by Sarah Arrow from Arrow Light Haulage on behalf of Business Scene Essex. I was very impressed by the delivery of straight-forward, simple to understand but essential sales and marketing strategic thinking that Richard conveyed - this has since been demonstrated by the fact that both I and my co-director Andy have revisited the key points of the talk several times in the time since the event - using them to analyse our own marketing and sales strategy and sharpen our approach and use of time/effort. This is the quality of advice and fact-based experience I would be prepared to pay for - and so to have this provided free of charge by one of the countries leading experts - in such a terrific venue, made our long return journey to the event great value for our time in itself.
I look forward to hearing Richard again soon and supporting the Business-Scene networking events in the South East whenever I have the opportunity."

Elizabeth Glover from Corkscrew Events says, "Running networking events around the country when you’re based in Birmingham can make populating events challenging, but Corkscrew Events’ solid partnership with Business-Scene has alleviated that challenge. Business-Scene have a great relationship with their members and have constantly attracted high calibre, motivated business delegates to our events. We are always very eager to refer businesses to Business-Scene and look forward to an ongoing relationship with them"

Ray Leary from Business Marketing UK Ltd says, "The notice in your recent newsletter (12/3/09) publicising the marketing funding we can provide to qualifying companies has had an amazing success. In one day we have had over 50 enquiries through either email or the telephone from companies who want to speak to us regarding our marketing services and the funding available. We are expecting many more enquiries over the next few days.
I have been amazed at the response and the diverse nature of the businesses who have contacted us. Clearly Business Scene reaches out to many companies and individuals and is an excellent way to promote a business or service. I would also say that the friendly nature of the enquiries has been pleasing, the tone of peoples emails and telephone comments makes you feel you are doing business with likeminded individuals who are genuinely pleased to ask for advice and support – very refreshing!
I have no hesitation in promoting our services through Business Scene in the future and would recommend to anybody needing to promote their business/services that they give you a call."

Chris Windley from Seana Limited says, "Just to let you know that I have just done another piece with Country and Border/Border Business Magazine after meeting the Deputy Editor at the Chester Racecourse Meeting you held. I am also working with a number of the other contacts that I made there. In my book your events cannot be missed !!!!"

Joan Callaghan from Leading Ladies UK says, "You may remember [Eric] that you introduced me to the events advertising and booking function on Business Scene? I just wanted to tell you that I recently posted my event for Leading Ladies UK with great success! Thank you for the advice! It was very easy to set up and gave me the flexibility I needed in terms of booking and payment. This looks a winner for me and I won’t hesitate to use it again nor to recommend it to others – well done the Business Scene team!"

Jay Loftus from Creatively Minded Design says, "Thank you. We just got approached by Richard Alvin from the Business Matters magazine as I linked this Business-Scene article to my facebook page and he asked us to submit the article for consideration. How cool is that?

Robin Houghton from EggBox Marketing Ltd says, "Just wanted to say thanks for organising the networking event last week, I thought it was great and well worth attending, with a good turnout. I think the speed networking worked well too. Well done & thanks again"
** Relates to the Success Connections event on 25th September 2008

Sarah Wright from Sarah Wright Photography says, "I went along to the Sussex Business Scene launch party last Thursday. This was a wonderful event to meet and network with other business leaders in the area. It was held at the Porsche garage in Burgess Hill and as well as being the official photographer, I managed to grab a few shots of the cars on display. A big thank you to Lynn Tulip of Business Scene for organising such a great evening"

Michael Beasley from St Catherine's Hospice Corporate Fundraising says, "I have had a good look around the website and it certainly is an impressive site and I can definitely see the benefits over conventional networking groups"

Rachel Crossey from Business Link Sussex says, "I just wanted to send you a quick note, as we have just received our first booking through your website for our clinics! This is great!!"

Jackie Barrie from Comms Plus says, "I filled in my profile on Business Scene but didn't contribute anything else and never expected much response. Then an email popped into my inbox from someone who'd seen it, requesting a quote for some work. Wow – it actually works! I will be much more active on the site in future. Right, off to write some classified ads and articles... "

Megan Dovey from Dig It Landscapes says, "Please also pass on our thanks to the business scene team, who signed us up on the day and on checking with Google just now, we are not only on the first page BUT at the very top of that page."

Penina Shepherd of Acumen Business Law says, "The Business Scene Website is a fantastic tool for the local business community. It is great because it is unique and it truly reflects the local business scene. If there is anything worth knowing, it will be there. The added true value for me was to find out that, even though it is a web tool, there are humans working behind it who actually reply to emails (almost immediately), return calls and are genuinely willing to help! This is very refreshing. This is very refreshing. Well done for all the hard work and I am delighted to be part of the Business Scene."

Tom Crellin of BNI Bizex says, "After checking Google-analytics; I saw a marked traffic increase in visitors to my website since Business Scene’s newsletter highlighted my event. In fact it is the 2nd largest source of referrals [Google being the 1st!] "

Andy Lopata, Business Networking Strategist says, “As someone who networks all across the UK it is hugely helpful to me to have a list of potential events I can attend searchable by town or city. I would recommend Business Scene to anyone who is serious about growing their business”

Jackie Jarvis from Marketingco, Oxon says "Thank you for introducing me to Business Scene. I had only just completed my registration when I received an email from a company looking to rebrand who had found us on the site. I have already had the first meeting with this potentially very good long term client. I would recommend this as an online site to get you found!"

Paul Avins from Oxford Profit Club says "Within an hour of entering our event onto the Business Scene Website we received an email from someone wishing to attend - now that's what we call Action! I was also extremely impressed with how easy it is to create and amend a profile - it doesn't take much effort to create a really professional looking entry."

Laura McHarrie from BusinessXchange says, "What I like most about Business-Scene is not that it is dead easy for my members to book on my events. It is not that it's a great way to connect with my target audience; it's the valuable information that members share with one another through articles, downloads and forums."

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