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We aim to be welcoming to visitors, unstuffy in our meetings and above all - effective

Joint Meeting with Aberdour Business Club

Over 30 representatives from local businesses braved the cold and snow this morning as the Kingdom Business Forum extended a warm welcome to the Aberdour Business Club. Both the Kingdom Business Forum and the Aberdour Business Club hold weekly meetings in Fife where members' network and learn from each other.

The Kingdom Business Forum also welcomed Rebecca Lee from www.rebeccaleephotography.co.uk as a returning visitor.

27 March 2013

The Future of Business in Fife

The Kingdom Business Forum welcomed Rebecca Lee, Emma Pauley & Monica Wiggins as visitors this morning who will be amoung the future of business in Fife.

Rebecca Lee runs www.rebeccaleephotography.co.uk, a freelance, award winning photographer with a wide range of expertise and experience. Emma Pauley runs www.emmapauley.com, specialising in fine art and textile design. Monica Wiggins runs www.mi-jewellery.co.uk, designing and creating jewellery in both sterling silver and 9ct gold.

06 March 2013

Visitor Day 19 September

You are invited to join the Kingdom Business Forum visitors’ breakfast on Wednesday19 September at 6.45am. KBF is an independent business networking group that meets for breakfast weekly to share business opportunities and network to help grow fellow members’ business. KBF was formed over 3 years ago and continues to be one of the leading groups in Fife. The only restriction with membership is that we have one business represented per category but apart from that it is one of the most welcoming and helpful groups around.

So why not join us for breakfast on 4th July and see if KBF is the right place to help grow your business?

There is no charge for visitors for this event – click here to book your place today or email here with your enquiry.

14 September 2012

lastminute.com

Lastminute.com – well not quite! But with huge thanks to some the Business Show exhibitors, we have managed to put up 30 complimentary tickets for the Show tomorrow at Carnegie Conference Centre

Thanks go to:-

Abbot Insurance
Abacus Financial Planning
Young & Partners
WSI Web Based Marketing

…………….for covering the cost of these tickets. To grab one of these limited tickets, click here to BOOK NOW and use promotional code lastmin

…and remember there are a very limited number of these very special tickets.

12 September 2012

Remember those names

Very easy – very effective

Alan Morrison continued his tops tips for effective networking at the regular breakfast meeting yesterday. Wear a name badge!! Simple yet very effective to help you be memorable. And he also shared some other top tips to help remember names – really listen when someone introduces themselves – shut out the other noise from the inner brain. Use their first name as quickly as you can in the conversation – it helps imprint on your memory. If you cannot do that, silently repeat it a few times to yourself. Create a visual association for the person.

Reckon members are going to need all these skills at Visitors Day on 4th July as it looks like there will be at least 20 guest joining the team for breakfast

21 June 2012

Your Visitor Day Questions answered

Just thought I would answer a couple of questions here that I have been asked about the invitation to the Visitor Day breakfast

1) No it will not be a hard sell and no-one will pin you to the deck until you say yes

2) No - it won't cost you an arm and a leg - Even if you decide to joint the group it will only be £35 to join and then £35 per month thereafter for breakfast

3) No - if you cannot make a meeting you will not be taken outside and shot

4) No - you don't have to bring a referral to every meeting (but some always help fellow members)

5) Yes - the members are all really nice and especially if you are a new business, very very helpful

Hope that helps a bit!

18 June 2012

Blesma says "Thanks KBF"

KBF was delighted to have recently been able to donate £1000 to Blesma - The Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association and sent a letter of thanks saying

"Please pass on our heartfelts thanks to everyone who helped raise such a fantastic sum" and KBF would also like to thank everyone who attended and enjoyed the Scots Night in February which raised this fantastic sum!

If you are interested in Blesma and all the fantatstic worlk they do visit their site at www.blesma.org

10 June 2012

Could your customers sell your business....

Kingdom Business Forum welcomed new members including David Abbott of Cowdenbeath based Abbot Insurance and new member Andy Matthew of Connect First. Both Andy and David are old hands at the networking game having been stalwart members of other BNI a few years ago so they understand that a bit of structure to meetings brings far better results in a shorter time

03 June 2012

Eagle eyed member of Kingdom Business Forum foils a Kirkcaldy burglary

It was the eagle eye of Willie Brown of Kirkcaldy based PMI that will hopefully give a householder in Seafield a happier outcome to a burglary at his home last week. Willie, whose business is garden and land maintenance, was busy tending the garden of a client when he noticed an open window in a property down the road.

24 May 2012

All change at KBF

It was out with the old today at Kingdom Business Forum when we welcomed the new top table. Julie Sullivan of Young & Partners, the retiring chairman thanked her committee for all their help during her successful time leading the group and handed over to George Young of ComVista who set the time for the coming months with a humorous meeting but still with the focus strongly on business.

A timely reminder from Sandy Smillie filled the training slot that we should all look at our old and current customer databases and see what we could offer them in the way of new and improved products. After all they liked us enough to buy before so why shouldn't they want new and improved products or services.

And it w regret to welcome another new member today - Craig McKie of CNJ Accounting. That's three new members over the past two weeks. Always lovely to welcome new members to bring new perspectives.

09 May 2012