Archive for May, 2012

Brand Yorkshire Conference

Speaker, Victoria Pritchard, at the Brand Yorkshire Conference

If you’ve been following our recent blog posts about the dynamic networking opportunities, including our local women’s networking groups in Yorkshire, you’ll know how passionate we are about local businesses building professional relationships with each other. In the past few years it has become very obvious that social media is playing a massive role in enabling business referrals.

In Yorkshire, we’re lucky to have two fabulously successful business networking groups that offer strong support and frequent opportunities through various forms of social media, especially Linked In. (more…)

 

Forward Ladies Montage

A Montage of Forward Ladies, with Etta Cohen, Founder (bottom right in white)

Women are excellent networkers – as highlighted in a Forbes article – and endorsed by Quest PR who puts the spotlight on Yorkshire’s dynamic female networking groups.

A survey of 12,000 small business owners global conducted by the authors of Business Networking and Sex (not what you think) revealed that our gender really does affect our networking skills. Co-author and BNI founder Dr Ivan Misner said that women focus on building the relationship first while men keep firmly focused on the business aspects. Do you agree? (more…)

   Boost your business performance through networking
 
Networking is often described as “working a room”; rushing to give out as many business cards as possible in the hope of making a sale.  Not in Yorkshire!  Here, our vibrant networking opportunities are based on forging mutually beneficial business relationships that will not only enhance your business contacts and raise your business profile, but will also help you to boost your business performance, knowledge and skills. (more…)

JSR International Trade Queen’s Award for International Trade for JSR

Every year, UK businesses dream of being awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise.  These highly prestigious awards for outstanding achievement by UK businesses are awarded for Innovation, International Trade and Sustainable Development.

On her birthday, the Queen awarded 209 awards and Quest PR are delighted that 10 per cent of the award winners hail from God’s own country – confirming that excellence in business is not limited to the south.  We’d like to introduce you to just a handful of those in the region who were successful in achieving this recognition. (more…)

The dreadful weather may have put a dampener on many outdoor activities last weekend, but there was still a ‘spring’ in the step of the thousands of visitors to the Harrogate Flower Show.

As well as being two of the biggest shows in the country, the Harrogate Flower Shows are considered to be the most prestigious of independent gardening events. Here at Quest PR we’re delighted to be on the doorstep of such a fantastic opportunity to get green-fingered inspiration! (more…)

Content © 2007 - 2010 Quest PR Blog. All Rights Reserved.