Forthcoming Events
DBF Breakfast
Park Hotel, Diss
Wednesday 17 October
7.30am for 8.00am breakfast
We are pleased to announce we will be holding a breakfast event at the Park Hotel, Diss on Wednesday 17 October with our guest speaker Sean Clark from Clark St James who specialise in search and social media advertising.
Please arrive from 7.30am and breakfast will be served at 8.00am. A full English or continental breakfast will be available. Please inform us if you have any dietary requirements when booking.
Tickets are available to book for a cost of £10 members and £12 non members.
Social Media is the Free Ride Over
Social media has been seen by many as the answer to their marketing woes. With the promise of free access to millions of users world-wide, ready to engage and willing to buy.
Is this vision a reality?
How do you get social media to work for your business? And is it really as "free" as many like to make out?
This talks aims to answer these questions and provide businesses of all sizes a constructive approach to driving sales or leads through the social platforms.
Sean Clark has worked in online marketing for over 19 years. Having run multi-million pound e-commerce operations and consulted for local brands such as Adnams and the Co-op. In 2012 Sean launched his own online marketing agency Clark St. James, is on the board of Visit East Anglia, and is co-organiser of Sync the City, Norwich's 54 hour start-up event.
DBF Breakfast
Diss Golf Club, Diss
Wednesday 21 November
7.30am for 8.00am breakfast
We are pleased to announce we will be holding a breakfast event at Diss Golf Club on Wednesday 21 November with our guest speaker Joe Cooksey from Cooksey Consultancy.
Please arrive from 7.30am and breakfast will be served at 8.00am. A full English or continental breakfast will be available. Please inform us if you have any dietary requirements when booking.
Tickets are available to book for a cost of £10 members and £12 non members.
Don’t be scammed - keeping the cyber criminals at bay
With successful cyber crimes costing businesses on average £35,000 leading to a loss of 50,000 jobs last year every business needs to make every effort to protect themselves. We cover the latest threats to businesses from cyber crime, steps that you can take to mitigate these threats and where you can go to continue to stay ahead of the cyber criminals.
Christmas Lunch
Park Hotel, Diss
Friday 7 December
12.30pm for 1.00pm sit down
Diss Business Forum invites you to Christmas Lunch at the Park Hotel, Diss on Friday 7th December, at 12.30pm for 1pm sit down.
Tickets cost just £25 per person and will include a welcome drink upon arrival and a three course lunch and glass of wine with your meal.
Our guest speaker will be confirmed soon.
This is the perfect opportunity to treat your teams or bring along clients to meet other people in business in the area.
To Start
Spiced Root Vegetable Soup (V) (VE) (GF)
Served piping hot, topped with croutons
Ham Hock Terrine
With French stick & chef's chutney
Roasted Red Pepper & Red Onion Feta Tartlet
With pesto and balsamic glaze
Main Courses
All main courses are served with Roasted Potatoes & fresh seasonal vegetables
Roast Turkey Crown
With sausage wrapped in bacon, port & orange stuffing & a rich gravy
Roast Belly of Pork
Served with a cranberry and orange jus
Chestnut, Port & Thyme Strudel (V) (VE)
Served with a maple syrup and cranberry sauce
Salmon Supreme
Served with a rich creamy prawn & white wine sauce
Something Sweet
Traditional Christmas Pudding
Served with brandy butter & rum custard
Chocolate Torte
Served with vanilla ice cream, topped with red currants (Vegan option available)
Lemon Posset
Topped with cream, red currants and a gingerbread biscuit
Complimentary coffee is available from a coffee station within the function suite.
All above dishes are made & prepared on the premises using locally sourced produce where possible
AGM
Park Hotel, Diss
Wednesday 13 February 2019
5.30pm to 7.00pm
A date for your diary - the Diss Business Forum AGM will be held on Wednesday 13 February 2019.
The event will begin at 5:30pm for Networking and refreshments, followed at 6pm by AGM and our guest speaker, which will be confirmed soon. The AGM will close at 7pm.
DBF Breakfast with Richard Bacon
View photos from our DBF Breakfast event at Diss by Verve on 20 April, kindly photographed by Wendy Aiken.
Summer Drinks
View photos from our Summer Drinks event at TW Gaze on 5 July, kindly photographed by Wendy Aiken.
Event Bookings
Event bookings are made via Eventbrite which requires payment at time of booking for paid for events - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/diss-business-forum-12258076062.
If you have any questions regarding booking for an event please contact Annette at events@dbf.org.uk
Event Feedback
We really appreciate your feedback about the Diss Business Forum and our events so if you would like to share any comments, suggest guest speakers or venues please do drop us a note at info@dbf.org.uk
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you soon.