MAYFACS are working towards making Mayfield and Five Ashes dementia friendly and therefore gaining Dementia Friendly Status. They are organising information sessions by a Dementia Friends Chamption to explain what it means to be a Dementia Friend and how you can help in many different ways – every action counts. Click on tbe button to …
Category: MBF News
Nov 20
Free money – yes, if you meet the criteria
Grants for startups. small and medium businesses are just one of the ways that companies, traders and the self-employed in East Sussex are being helped. At the November MBF meeting, Ian Smallwood, of Business East Sussex, told us about these grants and the other types of support that his organisation provides. The grants can provide …
Sep 06
Tips for keeping safe online
Chris White, Police Cyber Security Advisor | Police Cyber Prevent Supervisor at the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit , gave a fascinating, useful and slightly scary talk on the dangers lurking in the online world. The fact that cyber crime now makes up about half of all crime should remind us of the need to take …
May 02
Keep your online data (and your customers) safe
Our discussion on GDPR in April stressed the need to keep safe information about your contacts and customers. This reinforces how important cyber security is for every business since so much personal data, as well as data vital to our business, is stored online. We are delighted to announce that we have been able to …
Mar 02
Change to meetings in March and April
The February meeting unfortunately had to be postponed at the last moment due to unforeseen circumstances. So we rescheduling it for March and pushing back our planned March discussion to April. This means that the next two meetings are: Wednesday 7th March at 6:30 : “The High Street in 2018” – looking at plans, activities …
Dec 12
Christmas dinner 2017
A convivial time had by all – 20 members and guests at the Rose & Crown on Tuesday 5th December 2017
Oct 19
Discussion with Nus Ghani, MP
Last Friday’s meeting (13th October) covered a wide range of business topics and led to some interesting discussions. Nus began by giving us a brief summary of the work she has done since being elected as our Member of Parliament in 2015. This included her work to promote the needs of the constituency, particularly …
Sep 08
Too much negative press
The tendency of the media (newspapers, TV and radio) to look for headlines and so to over-emphasise negative news was one of the main points to come out of the MBF discussion “How has Brexit and the triggering of Article 50 affected your business?” held on Tuesday 5th September. The spirit of small business was …
Aug 24
Nus Ghani, MP, to attend MBF meeting in October
Nus Ghani, MP for Wealden, will be attending a special meeting of the MBF on Friday 13th October 2017. It will be held in the Rose & Crown, Mayfield starting at 7:30pm. It will be a great opportunity to discuss the needs and opportunities for business in and around Mayfield and Five Ashes. Nus is …
Mar 09
Timely reminders to keep up with paperwork
Alex Burnett’s talk at our March 2017 meeting was a timely reminder of the benefits of keeping paperwork up to date. She also gave us some very useful tips on how to improve our bookkeeping. Paperwork is not something most people enjoy but it is vital to keep our business running, as well as for completing …