MP shows the Wright way for the FSB

Shropshire Branch

MP shows the Wright way for the FSB

David Wright MP bought himself closer to the Telford business community, recently, by listening to and taking up causes from members of the Federation of Small Businesses at the recent Shropshire branch networking meeting.

On a warm night at Meeting Point house in Telford, David Wright MP answered questions from members on VAT, finance, the local council and future policies to see the country out of recession, there was also discussions on how the Shropshire business community can become more powerful, and approach the council in stronger ways.

David took on board a lot of the comments, offered his view on most and assisted in looking at ways forward.

Ray Hickinbottom, membership manager and event organiser for the branch said “we are a non-political lobbying group for small businesses, and David Wright MP very kindly offered his services to come and listen to how life is on the shop floor so to speak, indeed one of our members had a call from the MP in regards VAT, just as he was about to pose the query in the House of Commons. It is part of our series of events, our main aim is to bring the issues real people are experiencing, into sharp focus to the people that need to know, and our thanks go out to David for making the time to see us.”

The conversation was free flowing and everybody got to make their point at the meeting, it was local business owner of a logistics firm and FSB member, Ben Coates, that posed the VAT question, and he added “I recently spoke to the VAT office with regards setting up a monthly payment scheme, rather than new businesses having to find a huge lump sum every 3 months, however this was not available, when I mentioned it to Mr Wright he seemed to agree that the idea of enabling new businesses to budget this way, made sense, and of course it would help with Cash Flow.”

“I wrote to David as he asked me to, then I received a call three weeks later, with the question that was to be asked. The MP said he was about to table it and was outside the chancellor’s office as we spoke. Without the FSB I would feel isolated, so I have to thank my local branch for offering me the chance to move my idea forward.”

Ray added, “Since we met with David, he has invited us to take a group down to parliament for a tour, and has also booked a committee room so we are able to move discussions forward, we are not committed to any political party, our ties are firmly with the local business community who we represent.”

Up and coming FSB events include:

Monthly Networking meeting at Meeting Point house, 21^st June, 19^th July and the yearly social event, September 20^th, venue to be arranged.

Please feel free to contact FSB Shropshire on the following:

Ray Hickinbottom – Membership Manager – 07733 603052

Ben Coates – Committee member – 07738 715038

Twitter: @fsbshropshire

Facebook Group: FSB Shropshire group

We have qualified!

Yes folks, www.theabcsolutions.co.uk have officially been promoted within the Utility Warehouse family; we have now reached the next level and have locked in our next set of payments, that is what is fantastic about this business, with being paid up to eleven different ways, once you are in, your money only goes one way with a little bit of consistency.

When I approach people about the business, some think it is too good to be true, I mean £100 investment (current special offer until end of March 2012, normal price is £195) and in return you get a free training program, a full, complete website, marketing materials and you are ready to go and sign up customer from day one, also not stock to hold and no staff to employ, and you get paid even when you are asleep.

It really is an opportunity for all, from people wanting their own business, to business owners wanting to add to their portfolio, and from fundraising projects that need a boost; these are available at reduced rates and are perfect for many projects including sports clubs and charities.

For those of you who think that the market is cramped, I am too late, Utility Warehouse has 1% of the market, they have over 400,000 customers now using over 1 million services, there target is 10%, in a market that is so huge and vast, this really is a huge chunk to go at, to view a video of the opportunity please visit http://www.telecomplus.co.uk/biz/videodir/home.taf?exref=G62804.

I urge you to take this chance, but even if you are not looking for a new business but want to save money, sign up for the utility services at www.theabcsolution.co.uk.

Another Van into the fleet, here we go for year 2.

BK Sameday has just begun its second year of trading, and is celebrating by adding an additional Transit van to the fleet. Tucked into their distribution centre in Trench Lock, Ben Coates has decided it is time to start filling the warehouse and becoming a distribution centre for local businesses.

With the more vans they bring on board, the easier it is to offer a reduced price to customers who can wait a day or two and add the items to the appropriate van, Ben said “it has been difficult with the small van’s, we have had to be purely a same day company only, get the goods and take it to the destination, therefore charging our per mileage price, this will still be our main service, however with the new vans coming into the fleet, we expect to cover the UK most days, thus enable a collection in the North, and promise a delivery down South within a couple of days, but at a cut price, because we can get more than one job on the van.”

BK Sameday know the importance of the local economy, indeed being a courier business, there are many factors that affect margins, none more so than the rising cost of Diesel, the weather slowing traffic down, and cash flow dictating the amount of vans are on the road, but Ben said “We are building slowly, our first year accounts are near completion and they show a small profit, and that was with a big marketing splash just before the end of year, we appreciate market conditions are poor, but if we can improve year on year then we will be happy, we are not a major player, but we are ensuring our long term sustainability and not over-stretching ourselves.”

BK Sameday will have three full time workers from Mid-January, but is looking for self-employed van drivers looking for work, working off a trade exchange means that work can be supplied to several people in different areas of the country 90% of the time, Ben added “We have some fantastic tools in our industry, and if we can pass on some of this business to local drivers, we would be proud to assist, we can put on where people are returning from as well and ensure they are loaded for return journeys, which is where we can really make our margins higher.”

To take advantage of this or to discuss working alongside BK Sameday please call 0844 826 2614 or visit www.bksameday.co.uk.

Exciting changes to our Compensation Plan

Now is your time to get involved!

We have taken a different course for tonight’s blog, and we feel it is important we do, because, the company has taken steps to improve the chances of success, all in the short term, medium and long term, in the days of pensions being taken away from us, this is a chance to create a life time residual income, that will grow and grow. Please see the words below that briefly outline how we are achieving our success, but our success is built on your success.

As many of you are aware, Telecom Plus, who owns the Utility Warehouse brand, is currently seeing record levels of customer growth and the business is going from strength to strength.

www.theabcsolution.co.uk is part of one of the most amazing business success stories this country has ever seen, and takes huge pride in the part you have played in creating it.

Are we pleased with the progress we are making? Of course! But we want to make you a success of the story, to see how please see this DVD, http://www.telecomplus.co.uk/biz/videodir/home.taf?exref=G62804.
But can we afford to rest on our laurels as the wider economy heads back into recession next year? Absolutely not!

That’s why the company has announced the biggest changes to the Compensation Plan that they have ever made.

These changes will help drive our growth even faster and:

• make it easier for new IDs to get started and qualify their positions;
• increase the amount you can earn from Team Building;
• create a real financial incentive for Distributors to gain promotion and maintain their Status; and
• deliver an immediate increase in residual income to most distributors.

Telecom Plus statement, So what’s new?

With effect from 15 January 2012:

1 All Distributors will become Qualifying Distributors once they have just 3 personal customers (instead of 6 under the current plan). Overnight, this means around 4,500 Distributors will be promoted or see an increase in their current Status!

2 We are making it easier for new Distributors to earn their 90-day Starter Bonus by reducing the target to just three Qualifying Customers.

3 We are making it simpler for new Distributors to understand the business and get started successfully by separating Customer Gathering from Team Building. Importantly, this means that they will only be able to recruit new distributors once they have become a QD and attended the new COE Team Building Training Course.

4 We are introducing a new enhanced Team Building Bonus (TBB) to encourage sponsors to help their new Distributors to get started quickly and effectively.

This new TBB means that in addition to the £50 you currently receive when a new ID you have sponsored receives their 90-Day Starter Bonus, you will now also earn matching CGB on the first 3 customers gathered by each of your new Distributors within their first 90 days. This provides a massive incentive for you to accompany them to their first few appointments and help them get qualified, and means you could receive over £100 extra TBB from each new Distributor you recruit!

In addition, we are making a number of changes to the way CVC is calculated, with significant improvements to Personal CVC, higher ‘Plus Club’ bonuses, as well as some major changes to downline CVC which will provide more predictable earnings and a greater incentive for all Leaders (GL and above) to continue climbing the Stairway to Success.

The combined effect of these changes will help us to achieve our long term goal of becoming one of the UK’s leading utility suppliers, providing ever greater value and savings to our customers, in what are becoming increasingly competitive markets.

By doing so, we will also drive faster customer growth and reduce churn, thus protecting and enhancing the income of all our partners for many decades to come.

Ruth Badger Event Sponsorship packages

To bring events like this to Telford, needs other businesses to support the event, as well as the public, Telford is crying out for evening's of entertainment, please see below sponsorship packages available, please also see below the links and contacts required.

Tickets: http://ruthbadger.eventbrite.com/

Half price earlybird offer now on sale

Web address: www.bkbusinesssolutions.co.uk

Contact e-mail address: ben@bkbusinesssolutions.co.uk

Event: An Evening with Ruth Badger, ex Apprentice, Badger or Bust and the Big Idea from Sky One talks to the local Shropshire business community, compared by BBC Radio DJ Paul Shuttleworth.

When: October 13^th 2011, 7pm – 10pm

Where: Lecture Theatre, University of Wolverhampton, Telford, TF2 9FT

Sponsorship Packages available:

Whole event  - Open to offers

Packages include:

Advertisement in Theatre, Dining hall and reception

Display of products in Greet area on a stand

Mentions in all Press Releases

PR Work with Ruth Badger

Front page logo in event programme

Back page advert in event programme

Mentions by Paul Shuttleworth prior to show

Logo on crew team clothing for evening

Re-Brand of evening to the …….. Evening with Ruth Badger

Up to 25 Tickets for event

Sponsorship of Ruth Badger: £2000

Advertisement in Theatre, Dining hall and reception

Display of products in Greet area on a stand

Mentions in Press Releases

PR Work with Ruth Badger

Front page logo in event programme

Full Page advert in event programme

Mentions by Paul Shuttleworth prior to show

Logo on crew team clothing for evening

Up to 10 Tickets for event

Sponsorship of Paul Shuttleworth: SOLD – LANYON BOWDLER

Mentions in Press Releases

PR Work with Paul Shuttleworth

Front page logo in event programme

Full Page advert in event programme

Up to 2 Tickets for event

Programme advert: £150 – Only 12 left

Full page advert in the evening’s souvenir programme, 250 to be printed

Screen advertising: £75

Advert on the main theatre screen as people file in on the massive screen

Exhibition Stand: £100

We have minimum space for exhibition stands, 1^st come 1^st served; size is 2m x 2m

Bar: £100

Why not have your logo above where the majority of people will no doubt be before and after the event

Marketing: Supply of Marketing as per below

2000 flyers, can be paper, card, post card etc

300 tickets

In return you will have your logo on all marketing

Mentions in press releases

Full page advert in event programme

4 Event tickets

Drinks and Drinks area: £200

As people enter the dining area they will receive a free drink, why not let people know this was from you; you can display your banner above the relaxation area and in the dining hall

Theatre advertising: £250

You can supply a pop up banner to go in the theatre where the entertainment will be or a wall banner, to go alongside the main huge screen.

Dining Room advertising: £200

You can supply a pop up banner to go in the dining room area where people will be enjoying their pre entertainment buffet, or a wall banner.

Reception Advertising: £100

Why not supply a pop up banner for display in the reception area where all guests will filter through to go into the dining room and also from dining room to Theatre, and out at the end.

Please note all pricing is subject to VAT, all banners and adverts are to be supplied by yourself, pre booking of space for banners is essential due to limited areas and interest in the event.

Sponsors are able to buy tickets at £20 per ticket in addition to what is offered in packages, normal ticket price is £50

Ruth Badger Event Sponsorship packages

Ruth Badger Event Sponsorship packages

Event: An Evening with Ruth Badger, ex Apprentice, Badger or Bust and the Big Idea from Sky One talks to the local Shropshire business community, compared by BBC Radio DJ Paul Shuttleworth.

Sponsorship Packages:

Whole event £3500

Packages include:

Advertisement in Theatre, Dining hall and reception

Display of products in Greet area on a stand

Mentions in all Press Releases

PR Work with Ruth Badger

Front page logo in event programme

Back page advert in event programme

Mentions by Paul Shuttleworth prior to show

Logo on crew team clothing for evening

Re-Brand of evening to the …….. Evening with Ruth Badger

Up to 25 Tickets for event

Sponsorship of Ruth Badger: £2500

Advertisement in Theatre, Dining hall and reception

Display of products in Greet area on a stand

Mentions in Press Releases

PR Work with Ruth Badger

Front page logo in event programme

Full Page advert in event programme

Mentions by Paul Shuttleworth prior to show

Logo on crew team clothing for evening

Up to 10 Tickets for event

Sponsorship of Paul Shuttleworth: £250

Advertisement in either Dining hall

Mentions in Press Releases

PR Work with Paul Shuttleworth

Front page logo in event programme

Full Page advert in event programme

Up to 2 Tickets for event

Programme advert: £150

Full page advert in the evening’s souvenir programme, 250 to be printed

Screen advertising: £75

Advert on the main theatre screen as people file in on the massive screen

Exhibition Stand: £100

We have minimum space for exhibition stands, 1^st come 1^st served; size is 2m x 2m

Bar: £100

Why not have your logo above where the majority of people will no doubt be before and after the event

Marketing: Supply of Marketing as per below

2000 flyers, can be paper, card, post card etc

300 tickets

In return you will have your logo on all marketing

Mentions in press releases

Full page advert in event programme

4 Event tickets

Drinks and Drinks area: £200

As people enter the dining area they will receive a free drink, why not let people know this was from you; you can display your banner above the relaxation area and in the dining hall

Theatre advertising: £250

You can supply a pop up banner to go in the theatre where the entertainment will be or a wall banner, to go alongside the main huge screen.

Dining Room advertising: £200

You can supply a pop up banner to go in the dining room area where people will be enjoying their pre entertainment buffet, or a wall banner.

Reception Advertising: £100

Why not supply a pop up banner for display in the reception area where all guests will filter through to go into the dining room and also from dining room to Theatre, and out at the end.

Please note all pricing is subject to VAT, all banners and adverts are to be supplied by yourself, pre booking of space for banners is essential due to limited areas and interest in the event.

Sponsors are able to buy tickets at £20 per ticket in addition to what is offered in packages, normal ticket price is £50