TheBestOfNorthWest

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The complete team, they are always accommodating with all requests and able to deal with them efficiently. The team work really well together and is great to see them in full flow at networking or expo events! Thanks for the support and dealing with my numerous requests!!!
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I'm wondering why I took a year to join thebestof bolton. Not only is business up by 15% but I've come across a whole new list of contacts, keeping business in town and supporting the locals.
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Recently, I was looking for another way to push a specific area of my business and needed access to a larger database of clients. David and Gaynor came up with the idea of a mail drop through their contacts, which would target people who may well need the service I was offering - they have a LOT more contacts than I do. Within 24 hours, 2 clients had enrolled their children onto the course and others followed, which meant that we soon sold out of places. I will definitely be doing this again and would recommend it to others.
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Gaynor Ramsden & David on behalf of Rosario Latona Lyndon Forshaw and all team at La Piazza we would like to thank you for our first month with #thebestofbolton we have seen an increase in foot fall and also booked a network event with members as well as a fantastic ladies lunch for members. This has happened through the members group you also offer to us. So if anyone is reading this and wants to get their business recognised in a professional friendly manner. Would highly recommend #thebestofbolton.
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The Best of Bolton are truly a great team of people, and company to work with, I don’t have a bad thing to say about Gaynor, David, Ellie, Anna and the team and I’ve always found that The Best of Bolton are highly knowledgeable and very, very passionate about the work they do. I know that if I ever have a question or need somebody to talk to they will always listen, and are always extremely helpful! A Big big thank you to Ellie in particular for always responding to my many (many, many) emails. The team is so personable throughout email and social media that I feel like I really do know them and its great being a part of The Best of Bolton. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending them to any business
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These good people really put in a shift. The dedication to gathering and connecting local businesses is second to none. Great work David & Gaynor.
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Cannot praise the work that the Best of Bolton team enough. They have they created a dynamic network of businesses across Bolton that is relevant for the geography and the local population. Thank you!
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The best of Bolton team are incredible. Committed, reliable, conscientious and forward thinking. They strive for the benefit of members constantly. Great communicators and enablers who enhance my business.
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I have had the unenviable task of a total rebrand of my business recently. Thank goodness I was already a member of the Best of Bolton! They have helped me SO much with every aspect and held my hand along the way. I cannot recommend them enough! Thanks guys and gals, for all of your hard work and going the extra mile x
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Our business has been members of the Best of Bolton for 3 years now and I'm often asked what they do and/or what the benefits are.I always struggle to answer, not because i cant think of an answer but because there is so much on offer. Most significant and invaluable is the business support. Drop a line via any method and you're guaranteed a response and the advice you need.
They have become an essential part of the business. David and Gaynor make Best of Bolton what it is and their expertise, support and guidance is second to none. They are supported by Ellie and a team who are a credit to them and make Best of Bolton what it is - a highly respected and recommended business support service and business community which benefits its members in many ways. Thank you for all your hard work.
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We love the best of Bolton. They are always at the end of the phone and willing to offer help and advice on anything and everything. I recently had a problem within my business and really wasn’t sure how to proceed, I rang Gaynor and came off the phone knowing what I had to do. I don’t know of any other marketing business that would offer this kind of personal support, amazing. Thank you to Gaynor, Ellie and David for your support.
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A great local business supporting the community. The team work very well, thanks for the support.
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I cannot thank Gaynor, David, Ellie and Anna enough for the help and support that they provide. Thanks!
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I met Gaynor & David Ramsden just over 2 years ago when I was trying to raise the profile of a local charity. They introduced me to the World of Networking and, since that time their support of me for that charity and a subsequent one and then in setting up my own business has been absolutely exceptional. They really are the best of the best of!
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David, Gaynor and Ellie have helped me so much. The best thing I ever did as a small independent business was join Best of Bolton.
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I can't recommend Gaynor & David highly enough assisted by Ellie. Over the past 5 years they have helped promote my business. They have for the past few months also been assisting me with social media, in particular facebook and have raised my company profile considerably via that source. Thank you
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I cannot praise The Best of Bolton enough. Since becoming a member I have received nothing but the best support and without them I don't think my business would be where it is today. Thank you Gaynor Ramsden and David Ramsden and Ellie Brown
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The Network lunch at the Bolton School was excellent which I am sure
you will agree and I went on the tour of the school and that was very
good a little insight to what goes on at a prestigious school. Adele
was a brilliant host.

Best of Bolton once again in the spotlight with Networking keep up the good work
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I attended the Expo for the 2nd time and I wasn't disappointed, great event, well organised and what a great turn out! Fabulous!
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Gaynor and David run a well oiled business that clearly operates on integrity, partnership and promotes an equal footing for skills, services and business exchange/promotion. They deal with businesses and people as diverse as the communities they work in. They are a pleasure to work with. They pro actively seek out ways to help others and for BYPHS this is invaluable. The links fostered as part of the Best of Bolton have given us so much support; it has raised our profile, brought us successful partnerships and fundraising. As a result The Best of Bolton and all its members are helping the homeless. Their commitment to corporate social responsibility is blindingly obvious but also they “get” people. It is refreshing. Well done and thank you.
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I can't commend Best of Bolton highly enough.

On a Personal level the support I have been given, first working in the charity sector and now as a consultant, has been exemplar.

The team are always on hand to offer support, advice, encouragement and wisdom.

The events are great opportunities to meet different businesses and the fact that they take place on different members premises gives an insight into the work and working environment of others.

The women in business group has been a source of incredible support, business advice and encouragement and it's fun too. Business happens because it's a group of like minded women who want their peers to be successful.

Thanks to their complementary gifts they make an exceptional team.

Thanks all. Blessed to know you!
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Big thanks to Ellie at The Best of Bolton! - I had a couple of questions about our Best Of Bolton feature and Ellie was able to explain all of this to me so that it makes sense! Ellie was also a great help in fixing the color of our logo on the feature! Thanks Ellie, I would happily recommend TBO Bolton to any business, and do!
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Once again another great Networking event by the Best of Bolton,
enjoyed by everyone young and the older children !!

Always good to attend these events to meet new people and catch up
with existing members.
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I have always been pretty active on social media but, as my business grew, I found that I had less and less time to commit to it. As a member of The Best of Bolton, I was grateful that I had the option of letting Gaynor take the lead and make me more active on there than I have ever been, rather than having to find someone that I didn't know. There are now 2 or 3 posts every day, my audience interaction rate has increased and I am having many more assessments booked through facebook than I have ever had. On top of this, I am also still able to post anything that I deem relevant, at any time, and this keeps the personal edge that I had always had. I thought that I knew everything about social media - how wrong I was! Thanks Gaynor and team, I couldn't do it without you!
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I just wanted to take the time out this morning to thank The Best of Bolton for all of their hard work. A lot of work that goes on ‘behind the scenes’ connecting people together that is often unseen and hard for the team to see - but it works!. They have been a pivotal part of my business and I am sure they will be in the future.
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