New Cherchez Dates Announced

New dates for forthcoming events can be found here.

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A Real Success in Warrington - 7th July 2010

We recently decided to trial a Cherchez Meeting in Warrington and Liz Booth who runs Raring2Go Warrington kindly offered to host the event. It took place at DriveTime Golf Range on Wednesday 7th July and I am happy to say that it was a resounding success - thanks to all those who attended. Congratulations to Ann Girling from Agenesis who was the lucky winner of the business card draw, walking away with a nice bottle of bubbly kindly donated by DriveTime.

The venue was superb, very central, free parking, a lovely meeting room and great catering. I know from feedback already received that the ladies who attended were keen to come along again to a future event so Liz has already got it arranged! This will take place at the same venue after the summer holidays. The date for your diary is Wednesday 29th September and you can book your place well in advance by CLICKING HERE. I know Liz is excited about seeing many more of you there!

Here she is at the Launch Event enjoying a light lunch with Louise Webster from Travel Counsellors.

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Lunch at the Joshua Bradley - 30th April 2010

We had a lovely lunch meeting at the Joshua Bradley in Gee Cross. Though numbers were down on the usual attendance, there was a lot of lively chat and some good connections were made. We had another couple of “newbies” and Shelley Hesford from SAS Daniels won the business card draw.

Jo McGee and Debbie Watkins took this month’s Members Spotlight to talk about the fundraising they are involved with for Jakob’s appeal. A leaflet can be downloaded here giving details of the Weight Loss Challenge and full details can be found at www.gymophobics-stockport.co.uk along with all the vouchers that can be printed to help raise further funds for Jakob.

Sarah Batten has really got a grasp on this networking lark as you can see from her ability to promote her own business at any opportunity! Go Girl!

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New Cherchez Dates Announced

New dates for forthcoming events can be found here.

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VACANCIES

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Are you good with people, do you like meeting new people?
Link Introductions, the NW’s foremost Dating Agency is looking for Sales Consultants to sign up new members. Day, evening and weekend work. 20% commission. Sales experience required. Must be organised, confident and punctual with a smart appearance.
Please email Nancy with your CV to nw@linkintroductions.co.uk

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5 Minute Questionnaire

In order to tailor future events to specific professions and to help forge links between different professional groups, I have constructed a really quick and simple survey for you to take online. I hope you will be able to spare no more than 5 minutes to complete it.

Click Here to take the survey. THANKS !!

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29th June 2009

We had another successful lunch event last Friday at the Children’s Adventure Farm Trust near Knutsford. It was well attended and again I’ve had some lovely positive feedback over the weekend. The venue was wonderful and those who took advantage of the tour of the facilities in the glorious sunshine found the whole experience really inspirational.

Cathie Stone from the Brookdale Clinic kindly donated a gift voucher for £35.00 towards any treatment at the Clinic which Cherchez donated on to CAFT to raffle or auction to raise much needed funds for the Farm. Cathie gave her consent of course! She also kindly offered to host one of the future lunch events at the Clinic and I’m very grateful to her for such a generous offer. We will hopefully get there later in the year - possibly October

The business card draw was won by Stacy Gill from Booth Ainsworth and Stacy is entitled to a free place at her next chosen event for herself and a colleague or friend.

The Members Only draw for the Business Owner’s Family Survival Toolkit was won by Victoria Neate, so congratulations to Victoria! Unfortunately Victoria had to pull out of the lunch at short notice but I have informed her of her win and she is thrilled.

Thanks to all who attended and for your positive comments - it makes all my work behind the scenes worthwhile!

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5th June 2009

The first Cherchez lunch under my leadership was held last Friday, 29th May, in Stockport and it was a real success. A good mix of professions were represented, Nancy Jaeger of Searchmate North West gave an entertaining insight into the world of match-making and a first-timer walked away with a bottle of fizz after winning the business card prize draw.

I’ve had very positive feedback from the ladies who attended and I’m really looking forward to the next lunch at the Children’s Adventure Farm Trust (CAFT) near Knutsford which will take place on Friday 26th June. To find out about the wonderful work of CAFT, visit their website here - www.caft.co.uk.

Book your seat for lunch here now!

3rd April 2009

Hello Ladies!!

You might have noticed a few tweaks to the site in recent days. That’s because I have now taken ownership of Cherchez and plan to do some great things with it. I’m Helen Byrne and I run my own Virtual PA business (PA-as-you-go.com) in Stalybridge, Cheshire.

Last year, I had the good fortune of meeting Penny Humphries at another ladies networking lunch in Manchester and she told me how she and her partner Karen were hoping to set up a similar group in the Stockport area. I offered my services and within a couple of months Cherchez was born and my partner had designed and built this wonderful website!

When Penny and Karen were unable to maintain the momentum they had planned for Cherchez Events, and were looking for someone to take the network over, it seemed natural for me to step in as I’m already familiar with the site and the workings of it.

My outline plans are to arrange a monthly lunchtime event centred around business networking and then a quarterly evening event with much more of a social focus. Why not drop me an email if you have any suggestions?

The “re-launch” of Cherchez is planned for Monday 20th April so expect to hear from me then with my first newsletter - that’s if you’ve signed up to receive them of course. If not, then do it now - just here on the right……… In the meantime, keep your eye on the website for further developments and news updates.

Helen

31st March 2009

GOOD NEWS!! We have successfully negotiated a transfer of the Cherchez Network to an energetic new owner and all the finer details should be finalised today. We still intend to stay involved with Cherchez, but this time as members. There will be a few minor alterations to be made on the site and so the functionality of some links and buttons etc will be affected for a short period of time. We’re sure a further announcement will be made at the end of the week so please come back again over the weekend!

With our very best wishes for your future success,
Karen Hewlett and Penny Humphries

04/03/09
Many of our existing members and regular visitors to the site will be aware that we have been unable to maintain the momentum of the Cherchez Events in recent months. We are hopeful that this can be remedied in the very near future and will keep you posted of any further developments here.
Come and check in with us again soon!