Well Heeled Diva evening - February 25th Tytherington Club 7.30-10pm

The Well Heeled Divas is an organisation dedicated to female empowerment through entrepreneurship, leadership and wealth contribution and its aim is to help you do whatever is necessary in order for you to shine and be a success.
In practical terms, this session will give you an insight into how to find your passion, dump your fears and build a successful business - things we all strive to do but often don't quite know where to start.
Jane is one of the most sought after female speakers on the circuit so we are delighted that she will be with us next month.
To reserve you place at what promises to be a really exciting and inspiring event, please emailcontact@happymondaysnetworking.co.uk.
Price is £15 on the night and includes a glass of bubbly to celebrate your new-found Divadom!

Happy New Year

So it's a New Year and supposedly a new fresh start, so why I am freezing cold,  sat with 2 pairs of thermal socks on, thermal underwear trying to work while looking after 3 kids who will it seems never go back to school.
So I have decided my new year commitment to working more productively and expanding my business and developing Happy Mondays starts next Monday, which coincides with our first meeting.
See you all there and enjoy the snow and sunshine.

Happy Christmas and our collaboration with Fina Fraternity

Happy Monday's is please to announce a new collaboration with Fina Bar and Grill and The Fina Fraternity. The Fina Fraternity is a opportunity to get together for a night of social networking in relaxed surroundings. It's the perfect place to catch up with friends or make new friends. Come together for business or pleasure with like-minded ladies from your local area and make new contacts. At every event, there are partners who come along to exhibit to guests. From health and fitness providers to dazzling jewellery boutiques.

The next event is on Tuesday 26th January and begins at 6pm for those wanting to join us straight from the office. Take advantage of 2-4-1 on all drinks in the bar area until 6.30pm or come along a little later once the school run is over and the children are settled.

Entry is £8 per person which includes a glass of wine on arrival and nibbles throughout the evening.
Please register your attendance to mandy@finabarandgrill.co.uk. Fina Bar and Grill is situated at 11 Marketplace, Macclesfield, SK10 1EB.

Future dates for your diary (last Tuesday of every second month) Tuesday 30th March and Tuesday 25th May.  

 A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL HM MEMBERS

I hope everyone has a restful and fun xmas and New Year and thank you for all the support this year, Sue and I have really enjoyed meeting lots of great women with so much enthusiasm and talent, it has been a great start for Happy Mondays and hopefully the New year will be even better.

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Accountants and end of year woes

Last week we had a really informative session from Anthony Millner from Accounts & Tax Services UK - a Bollington-based accounting firm which specialises in small businesses and Ltd companies.

 

Anthony took us through the basics of the pros and cons of trading as a Sole Trader versus a setting up as a limited company, including the tax, NI and administrative implications of both. He also provided some guidance on the types of expenses we can and cannot claim for. His session was really useful and cleared up a lot of the questions we had - he also offered us access to a simple spreadsheet he has put together to help ensure we are all recording the information the Inland Revenue are going to require when it comes to that dreaded Self Assessment time!

 

Anthony can be contacted directly via accountsandtax@btconnect.com or via 01625 578030. He is also offering a 15% discount to all new customers to compile end of year accounts and tax returns - usually this cost will be less than what he can save you in tax so it may well be worth giving him a call, particularly with the Self Assessment deadline looming!

 

Free PR

 

Kelly Byrne is going a great job generating media interest in Happy Mondays and its members in the local media - we have coverage in this Thursday's MEN and more coming up in Local Life and Cheshire Independent in January. In order for your business to be part of future features we need you to compile 150-200 mini profiles of you and your business asap in order that she can send the out to the media. You simply need to provide an overview of your business, your contact details, plus some personal information abou yourself e.g. what was your career before you set up your own business, what made you start working for yourself etc. Please forward these back to me ASAP and Kelly can get to work!

 

We're also working on a local advertsing campiagn for 2010 and will shortly be sending out a questionnaire seeking your input on which publications you value the most, thus ensuring that we hopefully meet your needs.

 

 

Printers, christmas and parties

For people who were unable to make it had a lively and interesting round table discussion as usual, followed by a short presentation from Nicky from Macclesfield-based digital print and promotions company P81 - if you require anything from flyers to letterheads, pull up banners to business cards it's certainly worth giving them a acall on 08448 246246. Alernatively you can check out their range and prices via www.p81print.co.uk.

 

Next meeting

We'll be at Caffe Latte next week and are delighted to welcome Naomi Timperley from Baby Loves Disco as our guest speaker. She'll elaborate on how she's built up her business to its current level of success and talk us through her Dragon's Den experience. A talk not to be missed!

 

Happy Mondays Christmas Party

If, like us, you don't have much of a social life these days why not join us at our version of a Christmas office party? We'd love you to join us for the Happy Mondays Christmas Party at Fina Bar & Grill on Monday 14 December at 7.30pm. The set menu is £20.95 per head and can be found atwww.finabarandgrill.co.uk. More to the point, if you can persuade someone at home to pick you up, we can have a sneaky glass of something fizzy to help numb the pain of the impending festive season!

 

We need to get back to Mandy with numbers by the end of the week so, if you'd like to attend, please confirm back by return.

 

Finally, if you can get to Macclesfield this Sunday Fina will be holding a special family fun day with Santa Claus to raise money for Medquip4Kids from midday to 3pm. Families are invited to come along to support the well deserving charity on this special day out for children and adults alike with entertainment, a scrumptious Italian buffet, goody bag from Macclesfield Town Football Club and a trip to see the man who makes the magic happen for all children in attendance.

Tickets cost £15 per adult and £10 per child at can be purchase from Fina Bar and Grill. Call  01625 618 744 or email mandy@finabarandgrill.co.uk to reserve your tickets or for more information.

 

Hope to see you soon!