The Twenties Club
Networking Reading's Business Community
C8 Consulting is the inspiration behind the hugely admired and
successful Twenties Club. The Twenties Club continues to go from
strength to strength and recently moved from the exclusive Forbury
Hotel to its new sponsor the boutique hotel, Malmaison.
The strategic invitation only symposium for Board-level executives
from Reading’s thriving business community is growing with new
members and guests attending the quarterly meetings. The Twenties
Club continues to be the most influential and high-profile breakfast
networking event in Reading with representatives from Microsoft,
Oracle, Coutts, Boyes Turner, Osborne Clark, Clarkeslegal,
Hicksbaker, Reading University and newcomers such as RBS and
LloydsTSB all putting Twenties Club events straight into their
diary.
At every meeting a guest speaker presents to the group on topical
high-level business issues before everyone enjoys a full English
Breakfast. The events always provide attendees with thought
provoking and entertaining information which they can later share
with colleagues. Each meeting sees attendees catch up with
colleagues old and new and allows them to share experiences and
ideas, it’s a unique way to network and one which is proven and
popular.
Previous guest speakers have included Wally Olins, CBE, founder of
Wolff Olins, and one of the world’s leading practitioners of
corporate identity and branding; Olympic Gold medal-winning rower
Greg Searle; James Arnold Baker, founder of medical community
website, doctors.net.UK; Peter Lederer, Chairman of Gleneagles
Hotel, speaking on customer service. Professor Chris Bones, Dean of
Henley Business School, one of the world’s leading business schools,
now recently merged with the University of Reading, spoke about
leadership. Esteemed author Richard Hall delivered his presentation
on ‘marketing in dark times’ all about the merits of marketing and
the importance of brand. For the last quarter’s talk, financial
publishing house VRL’s Editorial Director Hugh Fasken led an
engaging and insightful talk on ‘The Great Escape, One Year On From
Lehmans’. His presentation was so popular a booklet on his findings
focused on the credit crunch is now being published.
The next speaker is Charles Barnett, Chief Executive of Ascot Racecourse.
Charles has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years, beginning at
Haydock and having successfully built a name for himself, he then moved to
nearby Aintree where he was at the heart of the Grand National. Whilst at
Aintree he had to deal with several media frenzies, namely the false start
of the 1993 race and the IRA bomb scare in 1997, before moving south three
years ago. Charles will talk about the pressures he has been faced with whilst
working in such a high profile industry and the innovative ways in which racing,
and in particular Ascot racecourse have overcome these challenges and is trying
to attract a new breed of racegoer. His talk is timetabled just weeks
ahead of the renowned Royal meeting and as the man in charge of the event,
Charles is charged with ensuring that all customer groups has a good time.
If you are interested in finding out more about the Twenties Club, benefits,
or becoming a member, please contact Paula Elliott on 0118 9001132
or email paula@c8consulting.co.uk.
Click here to register
your interest in the meeting
Future Twenties Club meetings will be taking place on the following
dates:
Twenties Club Meetings
• Friday 22nd January 2010
• Friday 23rd April 2010
• Friday 23rd July 2010
• Friday 22nd October 2010
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