Event details
NB: You will also need to register for the IFEX show in order to attend this event. Please do so by clicking here.
Are you an SME in Northern Ireland keen to meet up and connect with other small business owners? We welcome you to our March In-Person Networking taking place as part of the premier showcase event IFEX 2024. This expo is the home of innovation for food, drink, hospitality and retail in Northern Ireland.
This session will provide a great opportunity to discuss positive initiatives and explore useful connections for the future as well as giving you the opportunity to see around the show and speak to exhibitors about opportunities.
Our guest speaker Lynette McHendry will show us how she turned a challenge in her life into an incredible opportunity to start her own small business, Spear & Arrow Bone Broth. We also hear from Brendan Kearney, FSB NI Regional Chair and owner of Oakley Fayre, Downpatrick.
Host for our event will be FSB NI Area Leader and owner of Atlanticus Digital, Niall Parfitt.
Guest Speakers
Lynette McHendry MBE, founder and Director of Spear & Arrow Bone Broth
Before launching Spear & Arrow Lynette was a Civil Servant a career spanning 17 years working in various Departments within the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) in procurement, contract management and Service Improvement, unfortunately, a cancer diagnosis in 2015 ended Lynette’s career abruptly.
During 3 years on treatment Lynette poured her energy into fundraising for breast cancer charities and Queens University Cancer Research Centre and raised £95,000. In 2019 Lynette was awarded a MBE for her services to women with breast cancer.
In 2020 two years in remission Lynette launched Spear & Arrow Bone Broth after discovering the health benefits of consuming this daily. Manufacturing bone broth in her unit in Ledcom, Lynette is now entering her 4th year in business and has established a wide customer base in the UK through her online website, local wholesale, ROI and GB distributors.
Brendan Kearney, FSB NI Regional Chair and owner of Oakley Fayre
Brendan has been owner and partner of their family run business Oakley Fayre Coffee Shop & Restaurant based in Downpatrick since established in 1979. Brendan has been involved in the catering industry from early 1970s and recently the team at Oakley Fayre faced an incredible challenge with the flooding of their business in Downpatrick.
Brendan will talk to us about the impact that has had own his and other SMEs in the area and the support they have received.
The event is free for members and non-members - you will also need to register for the IFEX show in order to attend this event.
Event contact
If have any difficulty booking a place for this face to face meeting, please telephone our dedicated events helpline 01253 336 028 or email [email protected].
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