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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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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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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Most of us have heard of Wessex Cancer Support (WCS) but – like many NCF members – you may be surprised to learn that their HQ is right here in Chandler’s Ford. WCS Head of Philanthropy and Major Partnerships, Jo Merrett, joined a recent Zoom networking meeting to update us on all the amazing work
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The Making Tax Digital (MTD) agenda has been around since before the pandemic but the effects of Covid (amongst other things) have meant that its introduction has perhaps not been quite as plain sailing as HMRC might have hoped. Fortunately, NCF member Chas Milner of Accord Accountants is on hand to keep us abreast of
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1 in 3 people born in the UK today will be diagnosed with dementia in their lifetime. That’s a staggering statistic, isn’t it? By 2040, it’s estimated that 1.4 million people in the UK will have been diagnosed. And it’s probably already true that most people know of someone who has been diagnosed with dementia.
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Did you know that National Apprenticeships Week is celebrated each February? NCF member Claire Sutton has been working with apprentices for about 25 years so took the opportunity to give us an update. She has also written this helpful guide to essential information for employers and potential apprentices, along with lots of links to places
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