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Dear Editor I read the last issue of engage with interest as it was the first time I had seen the magazine . I ’ ve since heard great things about the networking events . The article that really caught my eye was the one regarding the British Chambers of Commerce . I am a fairly new ( BAME ) startup and I ’ m always looking for information which will help me to grow and develop my business . I must admit that I had viewed the Chambers of Commerce as rather ‘ dry ’ and old fashioned until I read the article . I certainly was not aware of their wide remit in terms of the services that they provide .
I am now going to look into the possibility of joining my local ( LB Newham ) chamber . By the way , is there any chance that a speaker from the BCC could attend a future networking event , or perhaps a joint venture could be arranged ? I ’ m sure other readers would find it useful .
Keep up the good work ! Best wishes Jasmine Phillips
Dear Jasmine Thank you for your comments and delighted to know you enjoyed engage magazine . I would recommend you do join your local chambers as they have a wealth of information and advice available . Your point regarding speakers at our networking
events is very useful . At engage , will always try to cater for the needs of our BAME business-owners and we will certainly pursue a speaker from BCC for one of our future events .
Dear Editor I know that hindsight has 20 / 20 vision , but I really wish that I ’ d read Rasheed Ogunlaru ’ s piece on ‘ Building Successful Partnerships ’, sooner . We run a small but well established training company and recently we were fortunate enough to be invited to be a partner in a bid with a large training company . We were so pleased to be written in to the bid ( because everyone knows that for some large training providers , the bidding process is an academic exercise ), that we did not attend to the basics identified by Rasheed .
The editor would probably need to give me my own page to go into the full detail of how we learned the error of our ways , but the bottom line is this :
The bid was successful - of course , but , although we had signed a partnership agreement , we did not check the credentials of the lead partner .
Consequently , when the funding body decided to withdraw the contract ( due to previous unresolved issues with our lead partner ), we had already invested a considerable amount of time and money preparing to deliver a contract that is now not going to happen . We live and learn .
Anyway , congratulations on another great issue . Yours sincerely Geofrey Gordon
Dear Editor I was given a copy of engage magazine at an event I attended recently in Brixton which was about ‘ guns and knives ’. I assumed , until I read the magazine , that it would be about social issues facing young BME people . That ’ s because the majority of the literature on display that evening had a social context . Your magazine was such an uplifting surprise . I ’ m not in business , but having read the magazine I now want to be an entrepreneur ! I ’ ve subscribed to the magazine and am looking forward to attending your networking events . So , really , just to say thank you for being so inspiring .
All the best Sharon Sinclair
Dear Editor Big up engage . Have only seen issue 4 . Loved every bit of it . Keep it coming . Tre Powell
SEND ANY LETTERS : - gloria @ engagemagazine . co . uk engage | uk ISSUE FIVE 2007