BNI Jack O Newbury Press Releases

As a networking group we not only pass business referrals amongst ourselves, but regularly help out other groups within our local community. We also hold a weekly raffle and every 6 months we donate the proceeds to a local charity.

If you would like to ask our networking group to help you in some way - contact us – with more information.

BNI IS ALL HEART

Local networking group, Jack O’Newbury BNI, supports each other business as well as local charities, in the last 6 months they have given to 6 local charities a total of £1355!

BNI is the most successful networking and business generation organization in the UK. Its uniqueness is that large numbers of qualified business is passed between members weekly and there is only one member of each profession or trade in any one group, or Chapter, the Jack O' Newbury Chapter is the most successful Chapter in Berkshire.

Over the last six months, Jack O’Newbury have supported the following local charities:

Breast Cancer, sponsoring BNI member Linda Gale to do the half moon walk, £105.
Berkshire Blind Association, £300
Newbury Cricket Club - £250
Newbury MS society - £200
Spinal Injuries Association - £250
Running for Rob – £250

"At BNI, we pass a lot of business between our members, but we also feel it is important to raise money for local charities and by running a weekly raffle for our members and visitors, we have been able to support many local charities”, said Chapter Director, Jane Hall, (who manages Link Up, a fulfillment house that is a works skills unit for adults with Learning Disabilities and part of West Berkshire Mencap), “Working for a local charity myself, I am so pleased to be part of a business group that not only thinks of business but also go the extra mile to raise money to support local charities, it is nice to see each week the generosity of our members at work"

Anyone is welcome to attend a Jack O’Newbury BNI meeting, which are held every Friday morning from 6.45 to 8.30am. For £10, there is a full English breakfast and the opportunity to network with 40 business owners, for more information visit www.bni-newbury.co.uk

Local charities are encouraged to contact the Chapter to request donations from the charity committee, please contact the charity committee via the website.

BNI breakfast networking helps ensure a Rapid Response

Meeting at 6.45am to talk business may not be the most obvious way to help charity. However, the West Berkshire Rapid Response Car was recently presented with a cheque for £400 by the Jack O’Newbury chapter of the BNI breakfast networking group, from the proceeds of their weekly charity raffle.

Members of the Jack O'Newbury BNI group, who meet early every Friday morning to network with other local businesses, are keen to extend the BNI philosophy of 'Giver's Gain' to charity.

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18,000 business opportunities achieved through world class networking

A new height of success was attained last Friday when the 18,000th business referral was passed between the 38 members of the Jack O’Newbury BNI group. In the 6 years since the business networking group began meeting for breakfast every Friday morning, they have become recognised as one of the top 10% of BNI groups in the world, because of the level of business referrals they achieve.

Chapter Director John Skelton commented on why the BNI is the lifeblood of business for its members, "Reaching the 18,000th referral is an achievement that we are all very proud of and shows just how much business is generated within the group. The value of those referrals can start at just a few pounds, but the majority are worth a significant amount more. If they were each worth an average of £500, over £9 million pounds worth of business has been generated within the group over the past 6 years."

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BNI support buys bicycles for Crossroads - Caring for Carers

The Jack O'Newbury chapter of business networking group the BNI have presented a cheque for £300 to Crossroads, the West Berkshire based charity that provides care for carers, which will be used to buy bicycles for their holiday home in Minehead. The money was raised by the Newbury BNI chapter from the proceeds of a weekly raffle held during their Friday breakfast meetings.

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More than 15,000 reasons to celebrate 6 years of success

The Jack O'Newbury BNI group recently celebrated an outstanding six years of networking success with a lavish champagne reception at the Royal Box, Newbury Racecourse.

Since the business networking group began meeting for breakfast every Friday morning they have passed between them an incredible 15,740 pieces of qualified business, for which they are recognised as one of the top 10% of BNI groups in the world. For some members this has been the lifeblood of their business.

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