The Biz Club June Luncheon with guest speaker Dr Lorraine Morley
Dr Lorraine Morley is an academic and industry consultant. She began her career in IT in retail banking, in the early days of the digital revolution. Leaving the banking industry in her mid-twenties, she set up her first restaurant with a business partner on a Dutch barge sailed over from the continent, before going on […]
A note from Rachel (5 Talents) to the Biz Club
A huge thank you for hosting us at your Biz Club lunch on Friday! We really enjoyed the occasion and the opportunity to meet and chat with you all. We could tell you are a business club from the excellent quality of your questions and observations afterwards! If there are any outstanding questions you didn’t […]
Rachel Lindley CEO – Five Talents UK
We are pleased to announce that Rachel Lindley CEO will be our speaker at our May Luncheon Rachel Lindley and Kris Coppock lead the Five Talents UK staff team and are responsible for developing and delivering our strategy. Rachel joined the team in 2012 as Programme Manager and took up the role of CEO in […]
The Biz Club May Lunch with guest speaker Baroness Anne Jenkin
On July 19th Baroness Anne Jenkin will come to Uppingham to share with us her work to get more women elected into Parliament. Baroness Jenkin entered the House of Lords in 2011 thanks to her tireless work in this area, including the founding of Women2Win with Theresa May in 2005. Baroness Jenkin is also active […]
St. George’s Celebration Lunch with guest speaker Lord Garnier KC
26th April 2024 Location: the Falcon Hotel, Uppingham, Rutland Edward Garnier KC is a highly experienced silk in England & Wales and Northern Ireland. His practice includes corporate advisory and financial services work, corporate crime and international human rights as well as defamation, privacy, confidence, malicious falsehood, contempt and related media law cases. His extensive […]
Bart Hellyer 1950 – 2024
It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the death of a former founder member, Bart Hellyer, on Friday, 5th April. Bart was brought up in Braunston in Rutland. He attended the prep school, Cothill House in Oxfordshire, followed by Uppingham School in 1963, and then Exeter University to study law. Whilst […]
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
The Biz Club supports and promotes International Women’s Day. If you don’t already have International Women’s Day 2024 marked in your calendar, there’s still time to get organised before 8 March. It’s always been a big day for us at IWDA, but after the turmoil of the past few years, it feels particularly important to stand […]
The Biz Club Lunch with guest speaker Ron Simpson BEM
The Biz Club invites you to lunch with Ron Simpson at The Falcon Hotel, Uppingham on 22nd March, at 12.30 pm Ron Simpson has over 50 years of public, private and social enterprise management and leadership experience as a community leader, senior manager and volunteer. In Leicestershire, he is noted for being the very first […]
Biz Club Lunch with Rupert Mathews – PCC
with Guest SpeakerRupert Matthews Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner [PCC] for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Our 16th February Luncheon Rupert has been Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland since 2021. During his time in office, he has set out to ensure that all parts of the Force area receive their fair share of the […]
Biz Club Committee Meeting – 9th February 2024
The Biz Club Committee meeting was held on the 9th of February with a comprehensive agenda discussed with a number of initiatives, including the continuation of the Geoffrey Pointon Entrepreneur of the Year Award and a Business Networking Event in April / May this year. As Chair I would like to welcome Amy le Coz […]