Networking Chandler’s Ford is a business networking group based in… yes, Chandler’s Ford! We meet fortnightly for breakfast to generate business referrals, share experiences, and maybe even socialise a bit too! If you are looking for a friendly, effective inexpensive business networking group in Chandler’s Ford, Eastleigh, Southampton or adjacent parts of south Hampshire our […]
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Networking Chandler’s Ford are delighted to confirm that their superb 2026 Desk Calendar is now on sale! It would make a stylish and useful present for anyone who knows our area AND will be supporting a really worthwhile local cause. It started with an idea… Earlier this year, our member Ainslie, the Print Lady, was
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For over a decade, Networking Chandler’s Ford has provided friendly small business networking for our local area. Compared to other networking groups, we are relatively informal but that’s what works for our members and it certainly doesn’t stop us building useful contacts and passing valuable referrals. If we had to summarise the benefits we get
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Many of you reading this will be seasoned networkers so most of the following – hopefully! – will be second nature to you. But, if you’re new to business networking or just feel it would be helpful to refresh your habits, please read on. Networking Chandler’s Ford has been around for over a decade (not
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Networking Chandler’s Ford were delighted to welcome Will White of Hampshire Health & Safety Limited as our guest speaker this morning. After more than 15 years working in a range of health and safety roles for a variety of organisations, Will has recently set up on his own. Now a small business himself, Will is
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Post Event Update! Thanks to everyone who baked, bought and ate cakes: we had lots of very tasty offerings to tempt people to part with their money! We raised £246.85 in donations, which NCF decided to ’round up’ to £300. This has now been passed on to Wessex Cancer Support and we received this lovely
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NCF were delighted to welcome a familiar face as our guest speaker this morning. Gail Bloomfield had been an operations and HR professional before working freelance and joining the local business networking circuit. Since she retired a few years ago, Gail has been using her time wisely as a Trustee of local charity One Community.
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After more than 30 years working in insurance, first learning the ropes in large corporates, now working as an independent broker and consultant, it seems to NCF member, Adam Penny, that some things never change. People wanting a bargain without understanding the consequences – or perhaps being naïve enough to think “it’ll never happen to
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Members of Networking Chandler’s Ford were very pleased to meet Judith Stephens, a Support Engagement Officer with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIoWAA), over breakfast this morning (Tuesday 24th June). Although the green and yellow buzz of the Air Ambulance is a recognisable sight for many of us, Judith shared some fascinating insights
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Long-time NCF member Diane Lewis has just taken up an exciting new opportunity, one that she feels like she’s been waiting for most of her life! But becoming a franchisee is not without its challenges, too, so we asked Diane to tell us more. Who are Barking Mad? The Barking Mad Dog Boarding service
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There doesn’t seem to be a day go by when we’re not hearing about extreme weather events, risks to wildlife or news about sustainable power generation, all issues around our changing climate. Climate change is a fact (on which around 99% of scientists agree). Yes, the Earth’s climate has changed in the past but never
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