Almost a month down the line since inviting Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde coast businesses to the first RKMS network event.
The morning which ran from 9.30am – 11.30am from our Blackpool based Training Centre located at the enterprise zone, saw a number of brilliant business owners and senior leaders come together to discus local topics, network and hear about other businesses within the area.
We had a number of local companies and local up-and-coming initiatives take centre stage to spread their knowledge.
RKMS discussed the hot topic of Carbon Neutrality, after our recent success in achieving PAS 2060 and becoming the first 3rd party certificated business in Blackpool.
Terry Hodkinson from Blackpool Carers was able to spread the word about the amazing work they do for the local community and ways in which people and business can get involved, which resulted in some brilliant conversations on the day and since then Warren Langford of Lab Creative and Helen Houghton of Multi-ply Components have continued discussions on how they can get involved.
Lastly Sam Smith from the ‘I Can Trust’ network told us about all the work they are doing to improve the lives of our younger generation and the initiative that he will be building up locally.
We have received so much positive feedback, here is what some of the attendees had to say….
Stephanie Evans, Imperial hotel – I enjoyed learning about the other people there and what they do; it was lovely hearing some attendees offering their support to their peers during the introductions.
Paula Davis, Coastal Radio – The Networking (and Danish’s!)
Jane Fillis, Harrison Drury – variety of interesting speakers
Warren Langford, Lab Creative – The event was excellent, since starting my business I have been to so many events – some good, some bad… yours was great, very welcoming and I have already made some good connections and some strong partnerships to come from this (Blackpool Carers and Sam Smith and his initiatives).
Helen Houghton, Multi-Ply Components Ltd – The event was extremely beneficial for us and whilst not all material was relevant to our industry, it was great to meet likeminded professionals and of those connections we met on the day, we are extremely grateful to have been able to join! A big thank you again for the invitation and for making it such a fantastic event!
Rebecca Keen, The Operations Director at RKMS Group mentions.
“As a business whose foundations are firmly established in the local and wider Lancashire community, we were amazed at the uptake of how many attendees came through the RKMS doors, it shows just how positive, and our community is.”
Josh Reilly, Lead Project Manager at RKMS Group goes on to say.
“Working with many businesses across the Fylde Coast, it was a delight to meet so many contacts face to face, including Ian mallam from local business Digitav”
The idea of this networking group is to create a sense of community for local businesses, a place for locals to come together, not only to build working relationships but to identify ways to help the local community, we have discussed ways in which we can help from beach clean ups, clearing the streets of weeds to grocery shopping for the elderly community.
RKMS want to make a difference and are driven by creating a circular economy.
After the success of this first event, we put it out to vote, if people would like it to become a regular occurrence and we received a resounding YES response!
So, we will be looking to run these events each quarter, further details will be announced in the coming months. We look forward to launching our next event with the support of the local business community.
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