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Feeling a bit out on a limb? BFA Hub meetings have
been designed to create local networking opportunities for the industry.
Evenings will start around 6.30pm, and could include short business
presentations and floristry workshops, finishing with a chance to
chat and socialise.
These meetings will commence in the Spring
of 2008, and dates and venues will be advertised on our website and
communicated to all BFA member florists.
The evenings are FREE for
BFA members, and non-members are welcome at £10 per shop for two places.
Should you join the BFA during the evening, your £10 will be deducted from
your joining fee.
To make these evenings a success, the BFA needs
YOUR involvement. If you would like to help organise a hub meeting in your
area, please email us with your details. If you know of a venue where
meetings could be held, or can suggest someone who would be
perfect to do a workshop or demonstration, please drop us a line! Getting
involved is the best way to ensure an event is held locally to you, and
ensures the content is what YOU find most useful.
Flower Council of Holland
Workshops 2008
The BFA were delighted to
announce that this year the Flower Council of Holland’s 2007 Business and
Design workshops were being run exclusively for BFA members to
give you all the tools and confidence you need to target the highly
lucrative corporate and contract market. If you missed these excellent
workshops in 2007, there will be another opportunity in 2008.
The
day was split in two halves with the morning session focussing on how
to present a business case for using flowers and plants in the workplace,
rather than simply ‘selling’ flowers. The afternoon session run by
top designer Richard Haslam, was inspirational with
stunning creativity but also gave an extra insight into how to make your
work really profitable for the long term.
Previous attendees have found the course to be extremely
motivational providing lots of exciting ideas to take away and action in
the shop with the aim, most importantly, of growing profits and making
more money.
Thanks to Metz for their
generous sponsorship of flowers and sundries for the event.
The last workshop for 2007 ran on Tuesday
13th November at the Holiday Inn Manchester, and you can see
images from the event below.Click on an image to see a larger
version.
    
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