The Biz Club Lunch with guest speaker The Right Honourable Edward Argar MP
The Rt. Hon Edward Argar MP was first elected as the Member of Parliament for the Charnwood constituency at the 2015 General Election and was re-elected in June 2017, and again in December 2019. In March 2023, following the parliamentary boundary review, he was adopted as the Parliamentary Candidate for the new Melton & Syston […]
The Biz Club Lunch with guest speaker The Right Honourable Tom Pursglove MP
Tom Pursglove was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Corby & East Northamptonshire in May 2015 and was subsequently re-elected at the General Elections of June 2017 and December 2019. Tom grew up in nearby Wellingborough, well known in and around Corby & East Northamptonshire as a result of his political activity and […]
The Biz Club Lunch with guest speaker Dr. Wafik Moustafa
Dr. Wafik Moustafa is the Founder and Chairman of the British Arab Network. He is one of the UK’s most prominent British Arab personalities and Middle East Experts. He is a distinguished practicing medical doctor (GP), politician, author, historian, and social activist. Dr. Moustafa is recognised across the world as an advocate and campaigner for […]
St. George’s Celebration Lunch with guest speaker Dr Martin McGrath
Martin spent the first part of his military career as a flight medical officer where he developed special interests in prehospital care, aviation medicine and medical leadership. His roles included control of UK Defence strategic aeromedical evacuations during the Iraq campaign, multiple operational deployments across the Middle East and the introduction of the Eurofighter Typhoon […]
Former Defence Chief From Barrowden: World Facing Darker Times Ahead
The world is facing darker times today than twenty years ago, according to former defence chief Sir Kevin Tebbit, who served as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and as Director of Cabinet to NATO Secretary General Lord Carrington. Sir Kevin who lives in Barrowden, was speaking at the Biz Club’s monthly lunch at […]
Rutland SMEs can benefit from new rules
New regulations and post-Brexit changes to public procurement could help small and medium-sized Rutland businesses pitch for lucrative government and public sector contracts, according to a government business tsar at the Biz Club’s monthly lunch at the Falcon Hotel in Uppingham. Martin Traynor OBE, who previously helped the Government to rip up over 3,000 regulations […]
Warm Tributes Paid To Geoffrey Pointon at the Biz Club lunch
Warm tributes and memories were shared of Biz Club founder Geoffrey Pointon at the Biz Club lunch held at the Falcon Hotel on Friday 22 October. The overwhelming memory of Geoff was his dazzling stream of ideas which not only resulted in the Biz Club in Rutland and the Deal Makers Club in London, but […]
Celebration of late Biz Club founder Geoffrey Pointon – Friday 3rd September 2021
Around one hundred people gathered to celebrate the life of our late President and founder, Geoffrey Pointon at The Falcon Hotel, Uppingham (Friday 3rd September). The event, arranged by his family, drew people from across the East Midlands to celebrate Geoffrey’s remarkable life, including his long and illustrious career in the pension and insurance industry […]
Revolut non-executive chairman addresses the Biz Club at London’s Oriental Club
Martin Gilbert, non-executive chairman at the financial technology company Revolut, spoke to members of the Biz Club at their annual lunch at London’s Oriental Club. Mr Gilbert told attendees of the rise of the British digital banking service that uses a mobile app that’s targeted at young tech-savvy users. He explained how it enables customers […]
Martin Gilbert
Born in Malaysia, Martin was educated at Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen, and the University of Aberdeen and has an LLB in Law and a MA in Accountancy. Martin is Vice Chairman of Standard Life Aberdeen plc and Chairman of Aberdeen Standard Investments, the asset management business of the group. Martin was the Chief Executive of […]