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For Business Networking in New Mills, Derbyshire

New Mills Business Network: Next meeting on Tuesday 21 September, starting at 07:30 in the Library at New Mills Business and Enterprise School, SK22 4NR. The subject and speaker is yet to be confirmed. There is no charge, but if you would like to attend please Email Carol Sumner or phone on 01663 743284.

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The New Mills School to Business Golf Challenge

Thurs 2 July 2009

The New Mills School to Business challenge proved to be an excellent way of the New Mills School involving local businesses through the New Mills Business Network it runs. Although it was the first initiative of its kind organised through the Business Network, there were 8 school students playing with 8 local business people. David Hudsmith, prominent attendee of the Networking Group and Marketing Director of Stand Security Solutions, managed to leverage his links with with Jaguar to secure the involvement of Stratstone Stockport. Terry Strong of TaxAssist Accountants also generously contributed towards the initiative by providing two £30 Argos vouchers for the winning team.

Fair Trade @ New Mills School

The Fair Trade Team was set up four years ago to raise awareness of Fair Trade issues. We started with a small group of enthusiastic year 7 students and set up a tuck shop selling Fair Trade goods to the students at break. Since then, the team has expanded to include students from successive years, whilst the older members are still available for advice and support.

New Mills Business 'Dragons' - Update

The Make Your Mark with a tenner activity proved to be a huge success producing an inspirational number of budding entrepeneurs!

A total of 7 judges including 2 New Mills Business Network members, David Hudsmith and Chris Parrack, were involved in the final judging of the best three teams from each school.

Making the Most of your LinkedIn Profile

Introduction

It is now common for most people to use the Internet as their primary resource when looking for products and services, and indeed for many it is the only way they will do their research and the bulk of their purchases. The LinkedIn website’s structure is currently one of the best attempts to reflect real world processes of professional and business relations, and the recommendations passed on by those business connections.

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