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The Breakfast club
November 29, 2023 The Mailbox, 116 Wharfside St, Birmingham B1 1RFPAST EVENTS
the breakfast club
22ND FEBRUARY 2023
Sponsor: EVERYMAN CINEMA
25TH JANUARY 2023
Sponsor: EVERYMAN CINEMA
30TH NOVEMBER 2022
Sponsor: GREATER BIRMINGHAM CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
26TH OCTOBER 2022
October’s Breakfast Club welcomed Daniel Evans, CEO of the Birmingham Enterprise Community. He has dedicated his career to providing support for entrepreneurs, using his expertise to successfully guide them through start-up launches to high-growth scale-ups. We got served both delicious breakfast goodies and top-notch entrepreneurial advice from Daniel on how to boost business growth.
by: DANIEL EVANS
Sponsor: SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
28TH SEPTEMBER 2022
We were joined by none other than Ian Harrison, Director of Growhouse GB, and we have a deep respect for his work in supporting businesses. While we indulged in coffee and pastries, he gave us an insightful talk on how to encourage workplace leadership and how to grow healthy company culture. It was a great reminder that it’s ultimately the people that can make or break a business’s success — and by working on individual growth, it will often lead to overall business growth!
BY: IAN HARRISON
Sponsor: EVERYMAN CINEMA
27TH JULY 2022
What a great way to start the day! Simon Caulton, founder of Ones and award-winning advocate of men’s mental health, jumpstarted our morning with a talk on “The ‘Why’ Behind Your Brand.” He took us on a moving journey through the personal battles of his family after his daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. This then inspired the brilliant breakthrough of Ones, his highly-acclaimed leisure trainer brand. He stressed the importance of a strong motivation behind your brand and the best way to articulate this when pitching your business.
BY: SIMON CAULTON
Sponsor: SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
29TH JUNE 2022
Managing Director at Gloss, Dheeram Vadgama, had a very insightful talk on how two of the fastest-growing social media platforms in the world, Tiktok and Instagram, could have an incredible impact on your business — if used wisely. There were a lot of crucial marketing secrets spilt and we can’t wait to see how the many entrepreneurs who attended make use of them to accelerate their brand.
by: DHEERAM VADGAMA
Sponsor: EVERYMAN CINEMA
27TH APRIL 2022
Spring often marks new beginnings and what better way to jumpstart your April goals than with a talk from Bart Dalton on how to ‘Unleash The Entrepreneur.’ As a leading specialist in business strategy and high networth engagement, he indulged us with insider info on how to cut through heavy competition within the industry and how to elevate your business head-and-shoulders above the rest.
by: BART DALTON
Sponsor: SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
30TH MARCH 2022
Jas Sansi led March’s Breakfast Club with his talk on ‘Is A Picture Still Worth A Thousand Words?’ and reminded us all how powerful a single photograph can be. After being in the field for over a decade, he took us on a journey through his illustrious career as a professional photographer and how, to this day, it really can just take one picture to say everything that needs to be said.
by: JAS SANSI
Sponsor: WALL JAMES CHAPPELL
23RD FEBRUARY 2022
Many entrepreneurs underestimate the impact of creating a strong personal brand and it can often be the key to a business’s success. Tru Powell, a creative entrepreneur and the man of the moment, knows better than anyone what it takes to leave a lasting impression. He led February’s Breakfast Club as the keynote speaker on “Building Your Personal Brand”, showing us his tips and tricks on how to stand out from a crowd.
by: TRU POWELL
Sponsor: SANDWELL COLLEGE
26TH JANUARY 2022
We started the new year off in the right way with the biggest turnout of The Breakfast Club to date! Joining us for another enjoyable breakfast filled with inspiration was the phenomenal speaker Deborah Leary OBE of Forensic Pathways. She portrayed the harsh realities we face in a cyber-heavy world, covering some key points about cyber security and how to create a firewall.
by: DEBORAH LEARY
Sponsor: SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
24TH NOVEMBER 2021
Helping businesses establish new relationships in November was CEO of Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce Henrietta Brealey. She offered insight into the journey that the local business community has had over the last 20 months, discussing upcoming opportunities and challenges alongside tips on how businesses can respond and adapt.
by: HENRIETTA BREALEY
Sponsor: GREATER BIRMINGHAM CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
29TH SEPTEMBER 2021
Birmingham’s most enjoyable FoC breakfast networking event came back with a bang for a Business Breakfast Networking Event to remember! The Keynote speaker Gareth Evens, Director of Growth at marketing agency Cogent, unlocked the secrets behind the impact of behavioural insight on spending power.
by: GARETH EVANS
Sponsor: GEEX LEASING
the lunch club
Every month, we aim to host the tasty counterpart to our morning event — Lunch Club! Join us and other entrepreneurs at Asha’s, an award-winning restaurant located in the heart of Birmingham that will always guarantee to bring heat and spice.
Lunch Club provides business owners and industrial leaders the chance to expand their professional networks while feasting on delicious food. The connections you make here could set you up for success.
Are you (and your stomach!) anticipating the next Lunch Club? Keep up to date here for our upcoming events!
JULY 13TH 2022
Sponsor: SHAMS WILLIAMS SOLICITORS
JUNE 8TH 2022
To kick off our rebrand and show just what The Networking Clubs are all about, we welcomed business owners and directors to the very first Lunch Club. This gave industrial leaders the chance to share their entrepreneurial know-how and expand their professional networks. We can’t wait to invite people to the next Lunch Club — It was great fun getting to know everyone while feasting on delicious food at Asha’s!
