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Local Businesses Enjoyed A Free Business Networking Event
Last Thursday evening SB alliance and Metro Bank in Edgware hosted a joint businessnetworking event. The local director Guy Jones-Owen welcomed over thirty attendeesand spoke about how Metro Bank helps businesses by being open seven days a weekto service their requirements. The invited businesses...
Read full postSB alliance's Bushey Group Moves To New Watford Venue
Some great news to share our Bushey group will be moving from it's temporary venueat the Barracuda restaurant to The Rising Sun in Watford. Our first fortnightlybusiness breakfast meeting there will be Wednesday 14th June from 7.15-9.30 amThe Rising Sun will offer SB alliance and it's members...
Read full postSB alliance launches combined Business Networking Lunch & Twitter Workshop!
At Strategic Business Alliance we always like to come up with innovative ideas in helping business owners to gain some great connections and business through our breakfast and lunch groups in NW London, Herts and Middx areas. But an equally important part of our business network is our educational side...
Read full postStrange Things Can Happen When You Network!
When one of your members who was at Strategic Business Alliance's last fortnightly Borehamwood group and in our 'Any Other Business Section'suddenly reaches into his pocket and pulls out something yellow and then reaches into his other pocket and eqaually pulls out a mini air pump!...
Read full postGuest Speaker Announced At Our New Bushey Venue!
We have just secured our first guest speaker at our new venue at the Barracuda Restaurant for our Bushey fortnightly Wednesday groupand we are pleased to welcome Erika Moralez-Perez a partner in a corporate law practice Gunnerbloom who will givea talk entitled How The Law Affects You And...
Read full postBushey Group moves to Barracuda Restaurant
We Are On The MoveThis coming Wednesday sees our established fortnightly Wendnesday Business Networking groupmove from our home for the last eighteen months at the Bushey Country Club.We try not to move our venues. But the club wanted to implement a substatial increase in their charges to...
Read full postSB alliances Edgware venue is still being refurbished!
We were hoping that the contractors would have finished their refurbishment work at our Edgware venue held at Orli Caffe in January. But it looks like the restaurant is now re-opening some time in February. We will update you as soon as the owners have given us the date.In...
Read full postNew Stanmore Group - Launching In February
At Strategic Business Alliance 2017 has already kicked off with an amazing start with lots of exciting opportunities being discussed with interested parties. Who love the format and ethos of SB allianceand want to help us with expanding our networking organisation.One of which sees the launch...
Read full postChristmas Networking Lunch A Great Success!
The private dining suite at Black Pepper Restaurant at our Hatch End venue was packed to full capacity. All our attendees enjoyed a welcome Prosecco or Bucks Fizz to kick off this very popular annual end of year festive event.At Strategic Business Alliance we pride ourselves on making each Christmas...
Read full postSB alliance Edgware venue is being refurbished
Due to extensive building work at our Edgware venue held at Orli Caffe. The restaurantwill be closed throughout December and is scheduled to re-open on Saturday 7th January2017.SB alliance is looking forward to holding our first Business Networking Breakfast meetingat the newly refurbished establishment...
Read full postBeing Different Wins Response was the theme at our Business Breakast at our Borehawood group on Friday 1st July
Being Different Wins Response DARE Where Others Dare NOT!Steve Harris one of our members from 24-7 Promo was our guest speaker at our Borehamwoodgroup walking us through the benefits of using video for your social media marketing to increase trafficto your website to ultimately generate more...
Read full postStaying Positive When Things Are Going Wrong was the theme at our Edgware group on Wednesday 29th June
Guest speaker: Ronit GerberTrainer, Speaker, Life & Business Coach.Creator of the ‘Smile’ systemStaying Positive When Things Are Going Wrong!Stuck in a rut, overwhelmed or despondent? Would you like more clarity, energy/motivation?Do you want to achieve a new...
Read full postSB alliance's New Borehamwood Business Networking Group launched on Friday
The new Borehamwood business networking breakfast group was launched on Friday 17th June with seventeen company ownersin attendance. This fortnightly group will meet on a Friday and will compliment our other fortnightly groups in Bushey, Edgwareand Hatch EndOur new group leader for Borehamwood is Jo...
Read full postSB alliance launches new Borhamwood Business Networking Group!
It has been around three months since we opened our successful Edgware group and due to the numerous attendees asking us to open another one close by. Borehamwood was selected.The area is fast moving with many new restaurants and businesses opening up with some amazing transport links...
Read full postIdentifying Your Unique Values & Accessing Your Satisfaction
At our meeting on Wednesday 30th March at our fortnighty Edgware group at Orli Caffe. Joanne Barnett our guest speaker showed all our attendees how easy you can have more enjoyment and positive energy in all what you do!She shared her own life journey that she was not always as confident....
Read full postMotivational Networking Breakfast Meeting At Our Edgware Group
Everyone at our Edgware business breakfast meeting on Wednesday 16th March had a big surpriseon how to get motivated to succeed in both thier business and personal life.Sean O'Boyle our guest speaker who motivates many of his famous clients, does this by breakingthrough the perceived...
Read full postBusiness Clinic At Bushey Country Club
At Thursday's business breakfast meeting our guest speaker was Dianne Richardson a branding and reputation expert.Diane in our monthly business clinic explored the role of social media and how to deal with negative publicity of your service or product when exposed on any of the social media platforms....
Read full postNew SB alliance's business breakfast networking group launches in Edgware
The launch of SB alliance's new Edgware group on Wednesday 2nd MarchOur new forthnightly Wednesday group at Orli Caffe in Edgware was buzzing and packed with businessowners all keen to make some great connections to do business with.Attendees enjoyed over two hours of networking and a talk by Gary...
Read full postLooking At Trusts And Wills
At our meeting at Bushey Country Club on Thursday 18th February meeting our guest speaker was Eli Pressman of Barnet WillsEli in his fifteen minute educational slot explained the benefits of a will and trust to protect your assets.In this really interesting presentation he explained to the audience...
Read full postThe new SB alliance's Edgware business networking breakfast group launches 2nd March
We are pleased to annouce that our new fortnightly Edgware Group is going live on Wednesday 2nd March. We chose Orli Caffe for it's warm ambience and the friendly staff, Adriana and Greta. Plus its ideal location being only a short walk from Edgware station.There is also the convenient...
Read full postSB alliance is looking at opening a new group in the Edgware/Elstree area!
Since the launch of of our website a few weeks ago some strange but very welcome opportunities have happened. I have been contacted by numerous business owners who like the format of our meetings together with the low entry point and very affordable annual membership of £95.00 for us to seriously...
Read full postIntellectual Property Explained
At our meeting yesterday at our Bushey Breakfast Networking Group. Chris Smith was our guest speaker from the Intelectual Property Office. An audience of business owners were keen to find out more about protecting what for some are adaptly described as intanagable assets of a business but are in themselves...
Read full postWorried about the copyright of your logo?
Our guest speaker at SB alliance's Bushey Breakfast Networking Group on Thursday 4th FebruaryWe have Chris Smith of the Intellectual Property Office who will be giving an interestingand educational presentaton addressing the concerns that affects every business on howthey should protect their intellectual...
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Ruby's Restaurant Gets Sold September 2015
THREE YEARS OF AMAZING NETWORKING MEETINGSIt is not often I am surprised but when Michael the co-owner of Ruby's Restaurant phoned me up at 7pm Monday evening to say that Ruby's was sold at 4pm that day and Strategic Business Alliance would need to find an alternative venue for its future meetings,...
Read full postEmotional Intelligence
Using Emotional Intelligence In SituationsMichael Cohen of MI Coach was our guest speaker at SB alliance Business Networking lunch group on Wednesday at Black Pepper Restaurant in Hatch End.Despite being the hotest day in nine years a blistering 35 degrees a blistering heat outside. The meeting took...
Read full postThe Four Pillars Of Pitching
Dexter Moscow of Audience Dynamics shared his sales presentation techniques at SB alliance's business networking breakfast on Wednesday 24th June at our fortnightly group at Ruby's Restaurant in Bushey. He showed everyone how to Engage, Enlighten, Entertain, and Excite these being the four...
Read full postMagician Surprises SB alliance Audience
Nic Picot Strategic Business Alliance latest member was also our surprise guest. No one had a clue that he was going to demonstating some amazing tricks. Nic who owns Picot Entertainment went into action by using a stand that appeared from nowhere combned with a little but obviously trained duck...
Read full postBlack Pepper Restaurant Has Become Our New Hatch End Venue
ANOTHER GREAT NETWORKING MEETING IN HATCH END!Today saw the start of SB alliance's new Thursday fortnightly business breakfast venue at Black Pepper Restaurant in Hatch End. Local business owners enjoyed over two hours of networking opportunites and our guest speaker Diane Richardson who did a twenty...
Read full postSB alliance Expands To Hatch End, Harrow
As part of our expansion plans we launched our new group in Hatch End at the Dona Theresa Restaurantthe first meeting was Thursday 9th October 2014. We had twenty five attendees at our first meeting andwe also had Gary Italiaander as our guest speaker who gave an interesting insight into one of his dearfriends,...
Read full postA Few Surprises Were In Store For Our Pre-Xmas Meeting
The stage was set. Like everything we do at SB alliance we always like to create the WOW factor for our Wednesday 10th December meetingat our Ruby's Restaurant, Bushey venue we really got into the swing of the festive season by letting all the attendees know we had some specialhigh profile guests...
Read full postKick starting 2015 At Ruby's Restaurant
After the long Xmas and New Year break it is always hard to get into the swing of being back at work. Neverlessour first meeting commenced with our guest speaker Neville Spiers commonly known as the negotiator gave interestingtips to help our respective businesses grow in 2015. We have also arranged...
Read full postLive Link-Up to Israel
At our last meeting SB alliance did a live Skype link-up to our guest speaker Lirone Glikman in Tel Aviv. It is believed to be the first time a local business group has done this style of international broadcast with a guest speaker.A packed audience of twenty-seven business owners were eager to learn...
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