InstantForum.NET v4.1.4Horsham Forum - A Community Forum for Horsham and Southwater Residents and Businesseshttp://www.horshamforum.co.uk/horshamforum@dotnetwebs.comThu, 20 Nov 2008 16:01:04 GMT20http://www.horshamforum.co.uk/Topic681-13-1.aspx<TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cc0101 1.5pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #cc0101 1.5pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #cc0101 1.5pt solid; WIDTH: 525pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cc0101 1.5pt solid; mso-cellspacing: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=700 border=1><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 38.25pt"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cc0101; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #cc0101; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; BACKGROUND: white; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #cc0101; WIDTH: 131.95pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cc0101 1.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 38.25pt" vAlign=top width=176 rowSpan=2><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><A href="http://www.wib-sussex.co.uk/horsham/index.html"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: red; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Horsham BRANCH</SPAN></B></A> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><FONT size=2><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><DIV align=center> </DIV><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <SPAN style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P></TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cc0101; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #cc0101; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #cc0101; WIDTH: 6.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cc0101 1.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 38.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width=9 rowSpan=2><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:formulas><v:path o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f"></v:path><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype><v:shape id=_x0000_i1025 style="WIDTH: 1.5pt; HEIGHT: 52.5pt" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://www.wib-sussex.co.uk/_images/template/branch_left.gif" src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/ANGIEM~1/LOCALS~1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image001.gif"><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2></FONT></v:imagedata></v:shape><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cc0101; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #cc0101; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #cc0101; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cc0101; HEIGHT: 38.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><DIV align=center><IMG style="WIDTH: 342px; HEIGHT: 38px" height=55 src="http://www.horshamforum.com/Uploads/Images/d9ada815-7a8a-416b-8412-96dc.jpg" width=438><IMG style="WIDTH: 154px; HEIGHT: 67px" height=61 src="http://www.horshamforum.com/Uploads/Images/f0f6483d-a044-4627-99fe-49f5.gif" width=136></DIV></SPAN></TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cc0101; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #cc0101; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #cc0101; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cc0101 1.5pt solid; HEIGHT: 38.25pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" rowSpan=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A href="http://www.wib-sussex.co.uk/index.html"><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><DIV align=center> </DIV></SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cc0101; PADDING-RIGHT: 0cm; BORDER-TOP: #cc0101; PADDING-LEFT: 0cm; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #cc0101; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cc0101; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode"> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 17.0pt"><FONT color=#de002b>Women in Business<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H1><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT color=#000000>Women in Business (WiB) is a not-for-profit, non-political, voluntary network for women in business. The organisation started in Haywards Heath in the early 1990s, and there are now seven branches in Sussex, Kent and Essex. The WiB (Sussex) site covers the 3 Sussex branches: </FONT><A href="http://www.wib-sussex.co.uk/horsham/index.html">Horsham</A><FONT color=#000000>, </FONT><A href="http://www.wib-sussex.co.uk/brighton/index.html">Brighton &amp; Hove</A><FONT color=#000000> and </FONT><A href="http://www.wib-sussex.co.uk/crawley/index.html">Crawley</A><FONT color=#000000>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT color=#000000>The members are drawn from a diverse range of business backgrounds:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P><UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=square><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">women running a small office/home office - including self-employed or freelance </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000>women who own or manage their own small or medium enterprise <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000>women who work in the family business, and <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000>women holding management / professional positions in larger companies or multi-nationals. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT color=#000000>The regular monthly activities include lunchtime or evening informal networking opportunities and lunchtime seminars with a guest speaker. The events are open to all WiB members, irrespective of their home branch, and are also open to non-members - who can visit two events before joining WiB.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P><H2 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#de002b> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H2><H2 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#de002b>What can I gain from joining Women in Business?<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H2><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT color=#000000>If you join Women in Business Sussex you can benefit in a number of key ways:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P><UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=square><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">be part of regular networking sessions </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000>learn from targeted events with inspiring speakers <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000>benefit from an opportunity to meet customers and suppliers <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000>share experiences with like-minded women <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000>as well as enjoying great value for money! <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000> </FONT></SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#de002b size=2>How do I find out more about the Horsham Branch?</FONT></STRONG></P><UL style="MARGIN-TOP: 0cm" type=square><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000>Visit our website at </FONT><A href="http://www.wib-sussex.co.uk/horsham/index.html">http://www.wib-sussex.co.uk/horsham/index.html</A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Read our monthly newsletter available online at </SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><A href="http://www.wib-sussex.co.uk/horsham/newsletter.html">http://www.wib-sussex.co.uk/horsham/newsletter.html</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000>Speak to Angie Martin on 07779 639569 or e-mail to<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><A href="mailto:angie.martin@amhr.co.uk"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">mailto:angie.martin@amhr.co.uk</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B> <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000>Horsham Branch meetings take place in central Horsham monthly, alternate lunchtimes and evenings <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 37.5pt 0pt 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000>Membership is only £45 per annum and runs from September each year. Try 2 meetings as a guest to ‘try before you buy’</FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:39:41 GMTAngie Martin