Located inside the spectacular Select Car Leasing Stadium (previously The Madejski Stadium), our events and conference centre combines first-class facilities with the heritage of the iconic Reading Football Club.
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOW A LIVE FACE TO FACE MEETING
Our Group Legends
Meet the Team
Group Director
NAME: Andy Degiorgio
COMPANY NAME: Penrose Wealth Management
SERVICES:I work with Penrose Wealth Management which is a Partner Practice of St. James's Place.
We are skilled in providing advice on a wide range of planning areas, including Retirement Planning,
Investment Planning, Mortgages, Protection (Business and Individual), and Inheritance Tax
BRIEF ABOUT YOU: Financial planner, helping individuals and small business owners achieve their financial goals with
professional, no nonsense financial planning and advice.
T: 07868 702 231
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W: https://penrosewealthmanagement.co.uk
Group Support Mgr
NAME: Annika Barker
COMPANY: AB Virtual Assistant
W: https://ab-va.co.uk/
SERVICES: Helping you to focus on what you do best, making money. With over 20 years experience and a variety of administrative skills, I am confident I can help you to not only grow your business, but also gain the work/life balance you’ve always wanted.
BRIEF BIO: I love animals, especially cats & one day I would like to foster pregnant cats.
M: 07775 866 421
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Networking Buddies
NAME: Claire Johnson
COMPANY: Bluebell Admin Services Ltd
W: www.bluebelladmin.co.uk
SERVICES: Bluebell Admin Services work with Xero and Sage taking care of your bookkeeping and giving you the power to have a better understanding of your business finances. I am on a mission to help business owners have paperless bookkeeping so no more filing of invoices and receipts, and to help them become MTD, Making Tax Digital, compliant.
BRIEF BIO: Hi, I’m Claire- mum to 2 young adults and a cockapoo called Harley- my real baby girl. I’m a bookkeeper with a superpower to give you back the time that you spend on your business finances.
T: 01256 268998
M: 07881 496011
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Regional Director
NAME: John Gower
COMPANY NAME: Omni Local
SERVICES: Local Magazine and Direct Marketing.
John is passionate about connecting local businesses and has Been running Omni Local for 5 years.
T: 07898 870 870
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Area Director
NAME: Phil Strachan
COMPANY NAME: Strangebrew
SERVICES: Branding, Identity and Design Consultancy
T: 07770 753975
BIO: I am a Business and Brand Alchemist and I add value to Businesses and Brands of all shapes and sizes by helping them to stand out from the crowd. I do this by getting them to 'Think Brand - not bland' and by stopping them from just jumping on the blandwagon and risking becoming the bland that time forgot.
