On Tuesday evening the team at the West Lancashire Investment Centre hosted another great event ” Golden Opportunity for your business”.www.westlancashireinvestmentcentre.com Over the past 12 months, they have hosted some top entrepreneurs such as Deirdre Bounds and it was great to see her return to the North West on Tuesday evening and hear her story once again. For anybody who does’nt know Deirdre’s story – Deirdre is now one of the most prominent female entrepreneurs. She built the world’s largest gap year company which became a multinational, award-winning organisation. In 2007 she sold the company to a FTSE 100 Company. Deidre is also now a successful writer and recently published her first book ” Fulfilled A personal revolution in 7 steps. www.deirdrebounds.com We were fortunate to also welcome a new speaker to the North West – Gerald Ratner. In the mid 80’s Gerald became one of Britain’s best known businessmen. He transformed Ratner’s the jeweller’s from 130 stores with sales of £13m to a public company with 2,500 stores and sales of over £1.2bn. In 1991, Following a widely reported gaffe in which he compared his products to M&S prawn sandwiches, Gerald was forced to sell the business. He has now turned his fortunes around and his rollercoaster journey is intriguing and there are many lessons to be learnt from this gentleman. I know that behind the scenes of these hugely successful events, Lisa Ratican, Clare Joynson, Alice Grieve, Paula Hubber and Bernadette Montague work really hard to bring these inspiring, motivational events together and I look forward to seeing the calender of events for 2010. P.x
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The ‘Golden Opportunity’ event was brilliant – great speakers in a wonderful environment! I thought the evening was very well planned and a great success. I thoroughly enjoyed the event and must say I left feeling very inspired! The photographs are great Paula you have captured the event perfectly! Looking forward to the next event at West Lancs Investment Centre! Cheryl – Pink Sherbet Designs
Just a quick note to say how much I enjoyed the Golden Opportunity event held at the West Lancashire Investment Centre, Skelmersdale last week. I particularly enjoyed listening to Deidre Bounds and Gerald Ratner was hilarious. Also it was very touching that Bill Taylor talked about the West Lancashire Womens Refuge, an amazing registered charity that supports women and children.
Congratulations on a very successful event and love the photos which really reflect the spirt of the occasion.
Very best wishes
Amanda Shaw
http://www.letsgowifi.co.uk
It was a terrific event and I’m now half way through Gerald Ratners autobiography as a result! He and Deirdre were very different types of entrepreneur, but both were inspiring and entertaining.
Love the photos too!
Best wishes
Karen Pheasant, Ladies Workout Express
December 9th
It was a wonderful event with a very professional aire. Deirdre’s lively presentation proves that ‘rags-to-riches’ is possible for anyone, as her drive was prompted by her wish to help people, while Gerald’s valuable contribution was a self-effacing, comedic discourse of more what not to do but also how he eventually pulled himself back to be a very successful businessman again, but with both speakers, situations of adversity in their personal lives had played a part in setting the course for success.
Once again, a very inspiring and uplifting evening.
Best wishes
Roger Perry, Innovator and Researcher into Consciousness