Reading: Invitation to local business leaders from The Entrepreneurs’ Club

On behalf of The Entrepreneurs’ Club, The Business Magazine invites our readers – business owners, managing directors, CEOs and decision makers of leading local businesses – to a drinks reception to be held in Reading on May 14.

As well as a selection of entrepreneurs and a presentation by guest speaker Paul Hargreaves of Cotswold Fayre, the reception offers an opportunity to network with and get to know your peers in a relaxed and informal setting.

Event details

Guest speaker: Paul Hargreaves of Cotswold Fayre

Novotel Reading Centre, 25b Friar Street, Reading RG1 1DP

Thursday May 14, 2015

18:30 to 22:00

There is no charge for invited guests, but registration is requested.

To secure your place, contact Dan Teuton at The Business Magazine at [email protected] or call 0118-9766413.

Paul Hargreaves

Based in Reading, Hargreaves is the founder and managing director of Cotswold Fayre, a company that has grown to become the leading ambient food and drink wholesaler for farm shops, garden centres, delicatessens and food halls throughout the UK and Ireland. 

The company’s innovative marketing activities and experienced sales team have resulted in rapid growth, particularly over the past five years, when the company has shown an average growth of over 25% per annum.  It now turns over £10 million per annum.

Hargreaves’ blog 'Speciality Bites' is widely read by the leading people in the sector and he is often asked to contribute to debates and articles within the industry. 

His background includes a degree in Zoology and 10 years in the charitable sector. His business endeavours have had at their core the principle of “giving something back” with the latest project being a farm business to support an AIDS orphanage in Western Kenya. 

Sponsors

Blake Morgan, the FD Centre, Freeman + Clarke, James Cowper Kreston, Kleinwort Benson, Santander and Vistage.

Media Partner

The Business Magazine