Business Club meeting at pub near Warminster

By torygilkes | Thursday, January 21, 2010, 15:34

Wiltshire Rural Business Club met this week at a pub near Warminster to hear a talk on winning sales. "Lessons learnt from making mistakes are far more useful than any others", was one of the messages given by Rodger Seaman of Business Class Coaching Ltd speaking at the Club’s January meeting held in the George Inn at Longbridge Deverill.

Rodger Seaman of Business Class Coaching Ltd based in Orcheston who gave the talk to Wiltshire Rural Business Club.
(L - R) Chris Stanbury, chairman of Wilts Rural Business Club and MD of Cravenplan, Ian Sheekey of Hugh Davies Chartered Accountants , Ian Hunter of Factory Five Racing (UK)
The Mk3 Roadster which was driven to the meeting. (photo by Ian Hunter)

Under the title “Winning and Retaining Good Clients” he gave tips which he had learned in 25 years of selling. One of the main rules he suggested was understanding a customer’s needs and he extended the ABC of selling to a D for determination.

Wiltshire Rural Business Club meets bi-monthly and supports rural businesses in south west Wiltshire. About twenty members came to enjoy the talk and supper, among them local sculptor Anthony Wilson from Heytesbury and staff from SureSet paving in Sutton Veny.

One of the Wiltshire businesses represented was Factory Five Racing (UK) from Salisbury which distributes high performance sports cars. Its co-owner Ian Hunter arrived in a low-slung open-topped car he had built built from a kit.