The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire Edition 40: Dec/Jan 2018/19 | Page 45

BUSINESSWISE
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spread the
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the word
about
your business
about your business
www.businesswise.org.uk
www.businesswise.org.uk
GET BUSINESSWISE IN 2019
BusinessWise is a not-for-profit referral group of committed
business people who meet at Jury’s Inn, Swindon to support
each other and refer qualified business leads – having gained
a clear understanding of each other’s products or services.
The not-for-profit group has been active in the town for more
than six years and operates on a non-competing basis where
there is only one person representing one discipline within
the membership such as one accountant or a single web
designer.
The group also supports a charitable member and currently
that is the Gateway Furniture Project which provides white
goods and furniture packages at very low cost to families in
need in the town.
Current membership includes Haines Watts Swindon, Bevirs
Law, Midwinter Web Design, Excalibur Communications, Fiona
Scott Media, Eight Interactive, Lis McDermott Photography and
Thornton Associates.
Recently there have been some changes to the way in which
the group operates and the team now meets fortnightly on a
Friday morning from 7.30am to 9am.
The members are looking to work with and support
other business owners or directors and this could include
trades such as an electrician or plumber or a book-keeper,
a mortgage adviser, a VA or PA, an insurance broker, a shop
owner or a hotel or B&B owner.
The cost of joining is £250 in year one, then £150 on renewal
each subsequent year and the monthly cost is £30 which
includes breakfast and room hire costs, marketing activities,
charitable work and social events.
In order to find out more about the group and what we do –
we do hold open networking events where visitors can attend
to find out more and meet us, regardless of their business
discipline. Details of the next open event will be released in
early 2019.
Chartered surveyor Jerry Thornton, of Thornton Associates,
who currently chairs the group, said: “We welcome anyone
who wants to come along to meet current members and find
out more about BusinessWise and how we work hard to build
relationships and support each other. We have several open
categories and, if your business is unusual we are open to
discussing the possibility of opening up a new category.
“We are looking to work with people who are committed
and who will attend each meeting or send a sub if they cannot
make it and who are willing to take on one of the various
voluntary roles within the group which allows us to function and
continue to operate on a not-for-profit basis. We probably will
not be right for a new business in its first year of operation.”
For more information visit:
www.businesswise.org or call Jerry Thornton on 07811
942050 or find their page on Facebook here -
www.facebook.com/BusinessWiseSwindon/
Member Benefits:
Member Benefits:
• Not for Profit Organisation
• • Not
Profit Organisation
Fees for
re-invested
into the group
• • Fees
re-invested
into
the group
Exclusive business category
• • Exclusive
business
category
Opportunities
for new
business
• Opportunities
for new business
across all sectors
all sectors
• across
Low annual
membership fee
• Low annual membership fee
MEMBER FOCUS
Each edition we focus on a BusinessWise member and
tell you a little more about who they are and what they do:
Name:
Pam Jones
Business:
Eight Interactive
Tagline:
Think beyond text for your
training and marketing
content.
Years in business: 11
A defining trait:
Simplifying the complex
Pam started her elearning career at the height of the
dot.com boom. After a successful career in educational
publishing managing content development projects, she
set up Eight Interactive in 2007. Initially the business
worked with training and education organisations to
develop their elearning. Now Eight Interactive makes and
creates three types of digital content for all businesses.
Animated explainer videos, software demo videos and
elearning courses.
With over 17 years experience in elearning, Pam has
designed over 3,000 pieces of digital learning content for
a wide range of subjects. Pam says “What I love about
creating digital content is the transformation from dull
text into an engaging online course or animated video. It
WOWs clients every time and is get their message across
more effectively.”
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