Welcome...
to the BNI Ayrshire Burns Chapter Website.
BNI is a business and professional networking organisation that allows only one representative from each profession to join any of its chapters. The sole purpose of every BNI chapter is to generate more business for its members.
BNI is the most successful business referral organisation in the world; there are currently over 3,000 chapters in operation with more than 60,000 members. The members of BNI last year passed over 3 million referrals; this translated into over £750 million in business being done between the members.
BNI Burns Chapter meet every week for a business meeting that lasts 90 minutes. This gives members plenty of opportunity to network, to keep others abreast of their latest developments, and to refer business.
The meeting starts at 6.45 a.m. and follows a set structured 18-point agenda. All BNI Chapters follow exactly the same format using the same agenda. A meeting at this time of day allows us networking opportunities before the working day starts.
IMPORTANT NOTICES
New members - Spring 2008.
The chapter welcomes Duncan Cromb from Printing.com, Andy Walker from New Line Design and David Kerr from GSI Home Maintenance and all the memebrs look forward to bringing youreferrals!
Another new member!
Welcome to Lesley Fisher from Lesley Fisher Architects who joined the chapter in late November.
Chapter goes from strength to strength!
A warm welcome to the two most recently joined members, Lorna Alexander from Ayrshire Business Support and Bill Beaton from Wise Property Care Ltd. In the next few weeks the individual member pages in the site will be filled out to help show what services they can provide.
Chapter growth
BNI Ayr is delighted to welcome 2 new members to the Chapter - both of whom have joined the Chapter during July. The new members are Jimmy Nimmo from Charisma Blinds and Ian Robertson from Selclene. All the members look forward to finding referrals and business opportunities for you over the coming months.
Winning Member!
BNI Robert Burns was delighted to hear that one of its longest server members, Les Macdonald of LJ Macdonald, was third in the BNI Scotland West member of the quarter awards. A big thank you and well done to Les for all the referrals, visitors and testimonials that he has passed over the last 3 months!
Visitor Evening - Update
All of the members of BNI Ayr would like to say a warm thank you to everybody who attended the open evening last week and we hope that you saw the potential opportunity which membership of the group affords. Local businesses are always welcome to attend our normal breakfast meeting as a visitor and if you require more information or would like to arrange a visit please contact a member of the committee.
Visitor Evening
The Robert Burns Chapter is holding an open evening from 6pm on Thursday 28th June, 2007 at the Savoy Park Hotel. This offers local businesses a fantastic opportunity to meet and network with some of the most dynamic businesses in the Ayrshire region. BNI is the world's largest and most successful business referral organisation and the Robert Burns, Ayr Chapter are one of the top performing groups in Scotland. The group is looking to expand its current membership and any business which would like to increase their sales through a structured programme of referrals (i.e., word-of-mouth recommendations) is welcome to come along and see how the BNI can deliver a real business reward. For more information contact a member of the committee.
New Venue
The Robert Burns Chapter is pleased to announce that it has moved to the Savoy Park Hotel, Racecourse Road, Ayr and meets every Friday morning from 6.45am. The move provides the chapter with excellent facilties to grow and develop the chapter.
Quote of the Week
None of us is as smart as all of us.
- Japanese Proverb
