July 2009 Newsletter

Client Success Story - Becki Houlston

"the first step towards success is knowing what it is you aim to do"

Leadership & Communication specialist Becki Houlston, based in Bournemouth and London, is delighted to announce that government funding is now available to all business directors with over 5 employees to work with her. This means that they can benefit from gaining Leadership skills at little or zero cost.

According to Becki, 55% of employees are effectively 'tuned out', 19% are actively working to sabotage their company and 26% support the company's goals and practices.

"Never before has it been so essential to upgrade every business leader away from the old school command and control management into a new leadership mindset of improvisation and inspiration" says Becki. "Leadership is now all about relationships and every smart leader learns that to be consistently successful, they also need someone checking their back-swing."

Using a palate of tools such as NLP, life coaching, hypnosis and communications training, Becki works by sculpting top line management and their teams into achieving their full potential.

Becki adds "The Clarendon team reflect my business values and that is important for any visiting MD to experience as a first impression of me."

Becki can be contacted on 07973 896 034 and her website is at: www.beckihoulston.com.

Would you like us to feature your success story next month? If so, please email us at: newsletter@clarendon-enterprise.co.uk.

Local Networking Opportunities

"Enjoy a working lunch.."

One of the most cost-effective ways of discovering business in these interesting times is to do more networking. To help you out, we've highlighted some networking events that you could attend in your locality.

Oxford Area
The ONLC (Oxford Networking Lunch Club) - Between 25 and 40 people meet for lunch every month at a different Oxfordshire restaurant for business networking over a three course meal. This month, they are meeting on Tuesday July 7th at La Cucina in St Clements.

Contact Marie Holloway on 01295 661 499 or email marieholloway@brethertons.co.uk to book your place. Website at www.onlc.co.uk.

Bournemouth Area
The Dorset Chamber of Commerce are holding a Networking Breakfast and an Assertiveness Taster Session at 8am on Tuesday 7th July and are also hosting their July Networking lunch at The Christchurch Harbour Hotel at 12 o'clock on Wednesday 15th July.

For both events, please call Sylvia Constantini on 01202 714 805

Business Link Wessex - "Insuring the future of your business" is running on Tuesday 14th July at 9.00am and at 2.00pm at the Hall Mark Hotel, Bournemouth.

Call the Business Link Wessex events team to book on 0845 0707 747.

Bracknell Area
Reading Business Breakfast, 7.30am on Wednesday 8 July Malmaison Hotel, Great Western House, 18-20 Station Road, Reading, Berks, RG1 1JX

Call 01753 870500 to book - non-members £19.

Want to invite our readers to your networking group? Please email us with the details: newsletter@clarendon-enterprise.co.uk

Beach Polo Returns To Sandbanks

"Jodie Kidd and a horse...!"

Monte Carlo comes to Sandbanks!

The British Beach Polo Championships return to Sandbanks, Poole for their second year on 10-11th July 2009.

Top international players, celebrities (including Jodie Kidd) and polo supporters will enjoy a festival of polo on the sand at Britain's premier beach location. Six polo teams will compete for the title over the two days. The England Beach Polo Team will be playing against South America on both days.

Members of our Clarendon team will be there and we are delighted to be helping to support this event. For more information, please visit: www.sandpolo.com and for tickets and more information, please call Sofia at Squared Agency on 01202 701 540.

Special Offer - First Month Free!

"Beautiful Serviced Offices..."

For this month's Special Offer, we are delighted to offer you the First Month Free! on the Office of the Month at each of our Business Centres. Simply sign up for a six month contract on one of our selected offices, and we will offer you the first month's rent for free! Please call your local Clarendon Business Centre in Oxford, Bournemouth and Bracknell to find out which offices qualify. (Our usual T&Cs apply)

Summer Holiday Office Club

If you haven't yet registered for The Summer Holiday Office Club, do it today! Then, if you need to hire an Office For A Day during JULY or AUGUST, you will be charged at the reduced office hire rate of only £20 per day. To register for The Summer Holiday Office Club, please email us at: newsletter@clarendon-enterprise.co.uk

Competition Time

"Developing bad hobbits!"

June's Competition Results:
We had a number of correct entries this month. When a film director decides to disown the released version of their film, the director is subsequently listed as Alan Smithee on the film credits!

Congratulations to our winner, Paul Harper from Precision Point, who will receive his prize courtesy of our Bracknell Office.

July Competition:
The renowned Oxford based author JRR Tolkein wrote The Lord Of The Rings in Oxford, but where did he spend his final hours?

Please email: newsletter@clarendon-enterprise.co.uk and we will choose the winner from the correct entries on Tuesday July 14th 2009. One lucky winner will receive a £25 Marks and Spencer's voucher to spend on ice cream and beach towels.

As ever, the judge's decision will be final!

About Clarendon Enterprise Centre

Cost-effective office space - hassle free!

Since 1998, Clarendon Enterprise Centre has provided both emerging and established businesses with friendly, hassle free and cost-effective serviced, managed and virtual office space.

Our offices offer instant availability and are fully furnished and cabled. Our flexible approach means that you only pay for space you use, you only commit for the length of term you want, there’s no upfront capital expenditure and you can upsize and downsize as needed.

In addition to serviced office space, our business centres offer modern and well equipped meeting and conference facilities, as well as Virtual Office, mail handling and call diversion services.

Offering the latest IT and telecoms infrastructure, and high levels of customer service, Clarendon has a solution for every type of business…and every budget.

Call us on 01865 339300 or email us at
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