Benham Publishing Businesss Magazines December 2013 | Page 21

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Dacorum Business Showcase
hosts 350 visitors

“It was such a
pleasure to meet
the chamber team
today, such a breath of
fresh air to meet likeminded people”
Trisha Buller
Ciente Berkhamsted

Small Business Forum
provides opportunities
Dacorum Borough Council and the Herts Chamber have launched a
small business forum hosted at the Maylands Business Centre.
Lesley Crisp, Maylands Business Centre manager, said: “The Small Business
Forum provides a network of support for businesses in Dacorum. Twenty
three local businesses attended our last meeting and we are looking to
build on that every month.”

From left to right: Simon Shepard (Optima Life),
Pippa Hutchinson (Herts Chamber), Mike Penning MP &
Neville Reyner CBE, DL (Herts Chamber Chairman).
Business owners from all over Hertfordshire and the surrounding areas who
were interested in meeting local suppliers and networking visited the
recent Dacorum Showcase. Representatives from more than 80
companies came together to speak with more than 350 visitors at this
year’s Showcase.
The event, of which the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce was an
exhibitor, was held at Shendish Manor on Friday, October 18th.
The Herts Chamber hosted a pre-EXPO networking lunch which saw 70
business directors come together to informally network and listen to guest
presenter Simon Shepard of Optima Life inspire them with “Maximising
Performance – It Starts With You”.
Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning officially opened the showcase, spent
,
time visiting exhibitors at their stands and chatting to many show visitors.

This group aims to encourage micro businesses and start ups to work
together to resolve business issues, provide support and to learn from
each other.
Forum member Indira Chima, from ‘The Counselling Living Room’, said:
“It gives me a sense of purpose and a sense of belonging to a wider
business community. I find it motivational and inspiring.”

Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Awarded to RMG Networks Ltd
RMG Networks has received the UK’s Highest Accolade for Business
Success – the Queens Award for Enterprise.
Having received the award for success in International Trade, the award is
also in recognition of RMG’s three consecutive years of outstanding
success in digital signage.
“Being recognised by such an honourable award for our efforts in
International Trade is a cause for celebration,“ said Daniel Horgan,
Managing Director.

Herts Chamber Business Development Manager Pippa Hutchinson, who
was manning the Chamber’s stand together with other colleagues, said:
“The Showcase was very well attended by well established and new
business start-ups alike. We were delighted with the interest people took in
joining the Herts Chamber and were pleased that several local
companies joined as new members at the Showcase.”
Yolanda Rugg, Chief Executive of the Hertfordshire Chamber of
Commerce added: “It was a great event to connect local businesses
and grow new supply opportunities. The feedback I have received has
been very positive, citing a real buzz and evidence that business
confidence is very much on the increase.”

'To find out more about future Chamber
events please visit www.hertschamber.com.

Julie Richards, RMG's Finance Director, and the Queen

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