{"id":1607,"date":"2015-12-08T11:46:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T11:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.offthewallcreative.co.uk\/updating\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2015-12-08T11:46:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T11:46:07","slug":"support-local-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offthewallcreative.co.uk\/new\/2015\/12\/08\/support-local-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Support local business"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>As some of you may know, 2015 saw me plunge into the world of &#8220;networking.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>None of the warm wine and nibbles and hard sales talk, so turns out it&#8217;s a lot less scary than I had originally imagined. I head over to Preston before dawn every Friday to catch up with other self employed folks,\u00a0put the world to rights, eat bacon sandwiches and build my little enterprise&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Businesses there include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211; Graphic design (that&#8217;s me!)<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Social media management<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Web design<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Renewable energy advisor (saves companies up to \u00a370,000 p\/a on energy bills!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Pension advice (including auto enrolment)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Insurance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Experts in saving money on utility bills (very handy cash back card too!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Nail technician training academy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Health and safety (keeping businesses compliant when it comes to safety in the workplace)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Payroll and business outsourcing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Plastering<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Carpet and furniture cleaner (free tests are available!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Printing services (saving companies between 30 &#8211; 60%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Solicitors<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Private and fleet vehicle and car leasing (great deals!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Heating engineer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Health and nutritionist<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Promotional merchandiser (great for those branded giveaways)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Electrician<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Mortgage advisor<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8211; Office stationery and supplies (great savings to be had!)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like any further details or require any of these services simply drop me a line.<\/p>\n<p>Within my job I spend a lot of time communicating via e-mail and rarely speak to anyone, so it&#8217;s great to meet up with real people once a week! We even had a christmas do the other night at Blackburn Rovers, and there&#8217;s a Christmas Jumper and mince pies event soon. The perks of the office job, without the actual office job which is up my street&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also been extremely helpful in getting my name out there and gaining new contacts and clients. In return I refer the businesses above to help them grow their business too.<\/p>\n<h3>Anybody is welcome to come along for a visit, so if this has tickled your fancy give me a shout.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As some of you may know, 2015 saw me plunge into the world of &#8220;networking.&#8221; None of the warm wine and nibbles and hard sales talk, so turns out it&#8217;s a lot less scary than I had originally imagined. 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