1997

Business Support Networker! 1988-1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021-2022 21st Century Group HemsMESH Humber MeshWORKS Humberside MESH Network January: Joined Business Link Wakefield & District for fixed-term project to help co-ordinate business support services and to set up a quarterly networking forum – reviving the name of a dormant Wakefield Training & Enterprise Council project: the Business Growth Forum. The project was to be aimed at manufacturing and engineering businesses. My title was ‘Business Support Networker’. Continued to facilitate small number of outstanding IBS contracts by working weekends and leave (with knowledge of employer) as sole trader ‘Keith E Rice’. Commentary: After the trauma around the collapse of Rice & Rice, throwing my lot in with the Business Link was a huge relief. Tony Brown asked me to complete a small handful of unfinished projects. They were all completed by the Summer and that effectively brought my relationship with IBS to an end. As in most regions of the UK, government-funded interventions in the Wakefield District to support small-medium enterprises (SMEs)… Read More