Gill Levett

New business lunch club for Tunbridge Wells

EMC has again joined forces with Sussex PR guru Tim Cobb to launch a new Business Lunch Club in Royal Tunbridge Wells.

It’s the third lunch club that EMC and Cobb PR have formed in Sussex and Kent. The first, at Brighton, celebrated its second birthday in September, while the Crawley & Gatwick club was launched earlier this year.

EMC consultant Gill Levett has been one of the driving forces behind the new Tunbridge Wells club.

Following the first get-together at the Hotel du Vin in September, attended by more than 30 business owners or principals, Gill said: “There was a great atmosphere in the dining room and everybody seemed to gel very well.

“The feedback since then has been excellent, and there seems to be a strong appetite for an exclusive club with limits on certain sectors. The formula has already proved successful in Brighton and Crawley, and I’m sure it will do equally well in Tunbridge Wells.”

Only the bosses of companies with a turnover in excess of £2 million or who employ at least 10 staff are able to join. Also only two companies from each of the professional services can become members.

Lunches are held monthly and, while overt selling is discouraged, the get-togethers do provide a powerful forum for knowledge and problem sharing.

Gill said: “We’ve all been to clubs and events which are dominated by professionals or used by small traders and sales people to tout for work. So we make no apologies for being elitist in the size of the businesses we allow into membership and discriminatory in not permitting more than two bankers, solicitors, accountants or whatever.

“Our club offers business owners and the senior managers of national companies the opportunity to meet to share good food, common experiences, discuss issues relevant to all and listen to inspirational speakers, both from within and outside the business world.”

EMC and Cobb PR have been joined as Partner Sponsors of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Business Lunch Club by Coutts, Creaseys, CooperBurnett and Judd Associates.

Anyone interested in joining the Royal Tunbridge Wells Business Lunch Club should contact Janet Kemp of Cobb PR on 01273 311810 or email janet@cobbpr.com

 

 

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