There are still a few spaces left for local businesses to exhibit at the Big Bang local careers event.  This is an ideal opportunity to promote your business locally and engage with the workforce of today and tomorrow.

The event will have two sessions for visitors. 

9.30-11.00 will be for Yr. 9 students from local schools who are about to make their GCSE subject choices.  Clear, helpful and engaging information about career options will help them make the best possible decisions about what to study at this important stage in their education career.

11.30-14.30 will be open to Yr. 12 and 13 students from East Surrey College, Reigate College and local schools. These young people will be thinking about entering the employment market, or going on to further study. This session will also be open to local people seeking employment.

To find out more about local opportunities please contact Simon Bland, Economic Prosperity Manager 01737 276303     

Our guest speaker this month, Jim Smith from Shopper Anonymous, will be discussing mystery shopping and how it can benefit your business. 

Give yourself an advantage by learning from the experiance of other businesses. 

You work really hard to generate footfall and enquiries, how do you ensure that customers love the experience, come back and tell others?

Jim Smith has been with Shopper Anonymous for 7 years, UK Wide specialists at customer feedback.  He works with businesses in many sectors across the South East, so has a unique perspective on the standards of customer care in the UK.

In this informative and interactive session, he will cover:

• the business case for great (not good) customer service
• the basics of great service, and why they are not consistently applied
• the art of soft selling
• a series of hints and tips
• actions for all to take away

A small Reigate business, which designs, manufactures and sells its own range of luxury baby towelling products, has been hand picked as one of the top 100 small businesses in the UK to be celebrated by Small Business Saturday 2016 – a national campaign that culminates in the UK’s dedicated day for small businesses on December 3rd.

Bathing Bunnies, which sells through its own website as well as online retailers such as Not On The High Street, offers a range of beautiful towelling baby products that include cute character baby and toddler towels, bathrobes, bath mitts and bibs.  It is among the select number of businesses to be featured by the Small Business Saturday UK campaign in the 100 days leading up to the main event on December 3rd. 

Reigate businesswoman and founder of Bathing Bunnies, Angela Taylor, set up the business in 2013 and has attended a number of Reigate & Banstead Learning Lunches.  Angela explains:  “I am very excited and honoured to have been selected as one of this year’s ‘Small Biz 100’.  Reigate is a great place to start and run your own business.  I have received so much support from fellow small business owners and the opportunity to network and learn key skills through the Learning Lunches has been invaluable.  The Small Business Saturday 2016 campaign is a fantastic way to raise the profile of all small businesses.” 

Find out more information.