"It's Not Who you Know, It's Who they Know"

This quote comes from an interview I came across this evening. I'm not going to add anything. It's worth a read.

Member Spotlight: Pearson Park Hotel Hull

The Pearson Park Hotel is a founding member of Business for Breakfast East Yorkshire, serving as the venue for our Wednesday and Tuesday Meeting.

The Pearson Park was an obvious choice for BforB for 3 reasons:

• It's close to the centre of town and easily reached from Beverley and East Hull. Anyone coming from Anlaby or Kirkella can reach it easily via Spring Bank and Princess Avenue.

• It has none of the disadvantages of city centre locations everywhere, Parking is easy, either in the car parks or around the perimeter of Pearson Park. And it's free!

• Service and food are excellent. I've had Christmas lunch there on at least two occasions and it's one place where you know that you get value for money. So many Xmas venues do not give good value.

Though not the biggest Pearson Park is Hull's most attractive park, and makes a relaxing venue for an overnight stay. The bars and restaurants of Princess Avenue and Newland are a short walk away and the city centre is a short taxi ride. To be honest, most colleagues of mine who have stayed have been happy to eat in the restaurant or have a pint on the front terrace overlooking the park.

Above all the staff and are helpful and friendly, Anne-Smith Brady the General Manager and Lee have been a great help to BforB since we started there. Here's the link to the website of this lovely venue.

Don't Let This Happen To You

On Friday I had the pleasure of speaking to Will Kintish, whose eponymous website gives a wealth of business networking tips. His company offers a large range of courses to assist businesses in face-to-face and on-line networking.

I paid particular attention to this networking tip entitled "Don't Let This Happen to You", which was highly relevant to the previous entry on this blog. Will gives excellent advice on being prepared for any meeting and ensure that the agenda, style and tone of the meeting are understood by all parties. Failure to do so can lead to embarrassment.