Lunch with Godfrey Bloom – 13th June 2014
At The Lake Isle Restaurant.
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In 1979 Frank was elected Member of Parliament for Birkenhead and has since displayed a unique attachment to his constituency. During the 1980s he led the campaign to make the …
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Damian was born in 1956. He was educated at Reading School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was President of the Oxford Union in 1977. He is married with two daughters. …
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We were joined by Stuart Wheeler British businessman and politician. He made his fortune as the founder of the spread betting firm IG Index in 1974, but is best known …
The Falcon Hotel, Uppingham played host to our April 2013 luncheon and we were joined by Peter Bone, MP for Wellingborough constituency. Peter has held a number of posts within …
The biz club – biz Award 2012 The biz award sponsored by Rutland Telecom Limited recognises a local business or an individual within a 25 mile radius of Uppingham who …
A large crowd of diners attended on a cloudy wet day to hear the words of our guest speaker Frank Field. With the backdrop of Rutland Water the attendees enjoyed …
The biz award sponsored by Rutland Telecom Limited recognises a local business or an individual within a 25 mile radius of Uppingham who have made important economic contributions to our …
The biz club held an additional IPL in the Lake Isle on 6th July 2012. This was at the special request of the members who wanted to discuss “Is the …
We were pleased to welcome three new faces to the lunch and again had a full complement of diners. Bill Ginns raised the topic of the Greek Crisis, which opened …
We started our 2012 events with a delicious luncheon at the Garden Hotel and yet again a few new faces graced the room. First time attendee Tim Spencer of Bishopsgate …
The biz club held its final luncheon of the year at the Garden Hotel with a full house of attendees. Geoffrey Pointon thanked everyone for all their support and introduced …
The biz club held its third annual award luncheon at The Falcon, Uppingham on Friday 11th November 2011. The award was sponsored by Rutland Telecom and the winner receives a …
October welcomed two new faces to the assembled diners – David Allsop and Julia Peach. David is a local architect from Kettering who spoke briefly to the other diners about …
As usual we had the perfect weather for golf. We have been lucky to benefit from dry conditions for a number of years. We must thank all our sponsors who …
Barrowden and Wakerley community shop was the brainchild of Sheila Saunders who has driven the project, accessed funds, sourced the land, rallied volunteers and organised the whole operation. It is …
June was a much more sedate lunch as numbers were lower than usual. Although we were few in numbers we were certainly strong in voice. Ironically 30% of the room …
In the absence of our president Geoffrey Pointon vice president Derick Horsfall kindly took the chair to host the April luncheon. Derick raised two topics for discussion AV and local …
On a glorious spring day members of the biz club networked in the grounds of Normanton Park Hotel overlooking Rutland Water before retiring inside for luncheon. A delicious three course …
The Whipper-In, Oakham was the venue for the biz club member’s debate. The proposal for the debate was: ‘This house believes that future generations are best served by the UK …
The year started on a high with a significant number of luncheon guests including many new faces. Geoffrey Pointon introduced David Lloyd who is the Chairman of the Newark Conservative …
The Biz Club archives from 2008, 2009 and 2010 are available to downlaod below in PDF format: Biz Blog 2008 Biz Blog 2009 Biz Blog 2010
Robert received the award because he promotes the interests of the local community via: Second largest employer after Uppingham School (100+ people) Rescued Don Paddy’s and has created a very …
In 2009 the biz award initiative was launched. To mark the launch of this exciting project Alan Duncan presented David Lewis of Rutland Telecom with the business of the year …