Our networking sessions in Bakewell are always really vibrant and the room is always filled with chatter. We have a Facebook Group for alumni to gather digitally, and we have also had the routine of sharing details from ‘the giant post it note’. This is quite literally, a giant post it note with double sided sticky tape, where people get to stick a business card if they wish to share their details with everyone in the room.
So the idea struck at the November meeting to create an alumni directory right here on our website to try and keep on raising the profile of everyone who has come to our meetings. It will also help people find who they need to talk to if they missed the chance in person and as an added bonus, creates a wonderful inbound link for your own website!
If you would like to be added to this list, please do get in touch with us on info@destination-digital.co.uk and we will add you to the list! We look forward to seeing you at the next in-person networking session, so keep an eye on our blog and our socials for the latest dates.
If you need help with running your business, whether it’s tax or investment advice, contracts or you need someone to do your books or help with a human resources issue, here is where you will find a list of local small businesses that can help.
Paul helps business owners explore the role financial planning plays in helping us fulfil our life adventures but also in preparing us for the unexpected adventures life throws at us along the way. Whatever our age or stage of life, it pays to have goals, which help us to act with purpose and bring about the lives we envision.
✅ Speaker in May 2024
🔗 https://www.basecampfinancialplanning.co.uk/
Heather is an experienced healthcare professional, mentor, speaker and business owner, specialising in helping people return to or remain in work after injury or illness. As a mentor, coach, speaker and consultant, Heather helps small business owners, senior leaders and professionals to navigate health and work to get back in the driver’s seat of their business and life after illness or injury.
✅ Speaker in November 2024
A seasoned expert in the field of health and safety, Suzanne can help to ensure your business maintains a secure and compliant work environment. Get in touch with Suzanne for expert advice on the latest regulations, learn how to tailor policies to your business, and navigate complex legal requirements.
✅ Speaker in September 2023
🔗 https://kedlestonsafety.co.uk/
Marion has spent the last 30 years coaching, training, supporting and developing managers and business owners to get the best from their teams, including those at BT, AIG, Boots and the Learning and Skills Council. Author of the 5* Amazon rated handbook for managers, “Step Up – The Accidental Manager’s Guide to Leading a Team”, Marion has long been fascinated by the impact managers can make on their teams – for better or for worse.
✅ Speaker in 2023
🔗 https://www.marionparrish.com/
The life of a small business owner can be a lonely path to tread, so take a look at this list of local businesses in the coaching and business advice space.
Emily empowers women business owners to achieve successes through strategic, structured and affordable business coaching. Emily is also the founder of the Chesterfield Business Expo, which provides a showcasing marketplace for businesses local to the Chesterfield area to reach new audiences.
✅ Speaker in January 2024
🔗 https://www.businessbutterflies.co.uk/
Colin is an experienced mindset coach who explored paradoxes in building effective teams as the first speaker to kick off our very first networking event at the Peak District Business Hub. Colin specialises in improving team relationships and unlocking leadership within organisations.
✅ Speaker in March 2023
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinmobey/
Over the years, Ian has been a qualified self-defence instructor, running coach, and latterly a certified behavioural analyst. His passion is helping people realise their desired futures. Ian has worked as a mindset coach and mentor with a wide range of individuals: industry leaders, drivers in motorsport, entrepreneurs and many more, to help them unlock their own potential.
✅ Speaker in October 2024
🔗 https://www.thinkingitbetter.com/
Looking for a printer? A designer? A videographer? Or any other kind of creative and aren’t sure who to trust? Take a look at the list below to check out local design businesses who could help you with your next project.
A professional photographer who has worked across a lot of varied briefs in a long career in photography, Victoria is also adept at bringing out the best side in the people who sit for her in her specialism of portrait photography.
✅ Speaker in May 2023
🔗 http://www.pictoriapictures.com/
Spot the person you need from this list of people in the digital or content publishing space.
Martin is a business innovator, and leads a team of talented developers’ to produce the 7th Wave, the next-generation blogging platform built by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. Whether you’re a startup founder, industry expert, or creative freelancer, 7th Wave offers full control over your audience, with powerful tools for growing your email list, tracking engagement, and monetizing through subscriptions or partnerships.
I am your hostess each month! Having been told off a handful of times for not introducing myself, I thought it would be wise to add myself in this directory too. This website tells you what we do, but I shall also use this spot to call for speakers at our networking events. It must be aimed at small businesses, NOT A SALES PITCH, and fit into 30 mins max including questions. Get in touch with me if this matches your description!
✅ FSB member
✅ Speaker in August 2024
🔗 https://destination-digital.co.uk/
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbieporter/
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/company/destination-digital-marketing
Entrepreneur and poet Martin Spence, hosts a daily haiku forum with a twist. Haiku Heaven isn’t just about sharing beautiful poetry – it’s a creative journey that leads to something extraordinary. Whether you’re a seasoned poet or new to the art of haiku, this community invites you to create, collaborate, and maybe even crack the ultimate mystery. Ready to explore where poetry meets adventure?
🔗 https://haiku.7thwave.io
🔗 https://haikuheaven.co.uk
Lisa helps businesses utilise automation to make their business scalable, in a simple way that even the least technical of us can do. If you have toyed with the idea of a CRM for your website, but don’t know where to start, then get in touch with Lisa.
✅ Speaker in September 2024
Running a business is about striking a healthy balance, and this list of networking alumni will help you with your work-life balance.
Angela is a psychotherapist / counsellor accredited with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). She works exclusively from her private practice, Peak District Counselling, in Bakewell. Additionally, she is a motivational coach helping clients to achieve their personal and professional goals and recently qualified as a yoga instructor registered with Yoga Alliance.
✅ Speaker in April 2024
🔗 https://peakdistrictcounselling.com/
IT is often an afterthought, or you struggle on doing it yourself until something goes wrong. If you are looking to take the next step and outsource your IT, or are looking for another provider, then this list of businesses will help.
An Artificial Intelligence Expert, With a profound understanding of AI’s transformative potential, Eldon brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to business owners looking to reduce the time they spend on repetitive and administrative tasks.
✅ Speaker in 2023
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/eldon-chinyamakobvu/
The EMCRC staff are all serving police employees whose wages are paid by local police services and offer impartial advice and low-cost services to help businesses audit their cyber security. Managing Director Colin has a wealth of experience in both the corporate and law enforcement sectors.
✅ Speaker in August 2023
We’ve been joined by lots of people representing local councils and other government funded agencies who have shared information useful to businesses operating in the local area, so here is a list of who has joined us.
Peter joined the Board of Business Peak District (BPD) back in 2011 and became Chair of the Board in April 2023. Since becoming chair he has overseen an extensive consultation exercise that has informed a refresh of BPD’s aims, objectives and priorities for action, all of which are intended to support BPD’s vision of a Peak District with a distinctive, high quality, rural environment and an enterprising, growing and sustainable economy in which businesses act with a social and environmental conscience.
✅ Speaker in June 2024.
🔗 https://www.businesspeakdistrict.com/
Summa is a Health Improvement Practitioner and also part of the Disability Employer Engagement Derbyshire (DEED), in Public Health at Derbyshire County Council. She can connect you with a wealth of information about free services, funding, toolkits and resources for employers to use, concerning disability, long term health conditions and mental health.
✅ Speaker in March 2024
The King’s Awards for Enterprise are prestigious awards for UK businesses, previously known as The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. The Awards recognise and celebrate business excellence in innovation, international trade, sustainable development and promoting opportunity (through social mobility). Tony and team can advise Derbyshire-based businesses on eligibility and assist with the application process.
✅ Speaker in February 2024
🔗 https://www.derbyshirelieutenancy.co.uk/kings-award-for-enterprise
Phil is the Chief Executive of the Peak District National Park and has spoken at the FSB events on a few occasions. He latterly joined the July 2024 meeting to run a ‘Meet the CEO’ event alongside launching the Peak District Business Hub coworking space at Aldern House in Bakewell.
✅ Speaker in July 2024
🔗 https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/
🔗 https://www.peakdistrictbusinesshub.co.uk/
A list of Peak District and Derbyshire based makers and producers in one handy at-a-glance list.
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