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FSB links Yorkshire businesses with California

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is providing international networking opportunities for small businesses starting with a video conference with Californian businessman Kenneth C. Bator.

As part of Ne(x)tworking programme of business events, at 6.00pm on Tuesday 4th March, East Yorkshire businesses will be linking with Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, California, courtesy of KC LightStream.

Ken Bator is President of BTC Small Business, which coaches and develops small business in the immensely competitive Los Angeles marketplace.

He will be providing an international educational / coaching event which will explore how social media can be used to develop exponentially the prospects for maximizing small business potential.

The live West coast-USA link up will also enable Yorkshire’s small businesses to network with members of the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce and explore trading and joint-collaborative opportunities.

The event is free for members and non members of the FSB, with light refreshments, and takes place at 6.00 for 6.30pm on Tuesday 4th March at the Freedom Centre, Preston Road, Hull, HU9 3QB.

The FSB’s East Yorkshire Chairman, Mike Bisby, commented: “In a competitive global marketplace it is vital that small businesses develop truly international perspective if they are to fully exploit the opportunities offered by technology.

“It is no coincidence that our partners in this event, KC Lightstream, provides internet “at lightning speed”, and that’s an attribute local businesses have to emulate.

“To quote another famous American business guru, there are two types of 21st century businesses: the quick and the dead.

“The FSB is taking the lead in broadening the horizons of small businesses and raising their awareness of a world of communications outside their daily routine. This event is part-and-parcel to that process.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .