Lunch is all about business for Carmarthen businesswomen



A pair of West Wales businesswomen have set up an innovative lunch-time networking forum for businesses called Beyond20. 
Sarah Wynne, of Chartered Accountants and Business Consultants Clay Shaw Butler, and Jo Watson, of Antur Insurance, have established a new Carmarthen-based forum for ladies to meet for business networking.
The first two lunchtime meetings have been held at the Angel Vaults restaurant in Carmarthen and have been a great success, with more than 20 ladies attending the October event.
The next meeting is planned for Wednesday, November 14, at the Angel Vaults, 12.30pm.
“There are quite a few business networking meetings and organisations around, but nothing quite like this,” said Sarah Wynne, Relationship Accountant with Clay Shaw Butler.
“The first pilot lunch was very successful. The group is aimed at getting businesswomen together to network and discuss the key issues facing businesses in West Wales today. We call the group Beyond20, being a nod to the fact that the proportion of women in senior management is only 20% - the group aims to push that boundary.
“It’s a very novel idea and one which met with widespread approval from the ladies who attended.
“The idea is to hold a lunch on the second Wednesday of the month. Basically, we have seen a gap in the market for networking and our idea was to provide a friendly and reasonably informal forum for like-minded businesswomen in West Wales to get together and help develop their business ideas.
“Lunch starts at 12.30. There is a fixed menu for food and we are developing a structure for the meeting which meets everyone’s approval as we go along. Places at the lunch are on a first-come-first-served basis.”
Anyone interested in attending can contact -
Sarah Wynne FMAAT ACA, Relationship Accountant, Clay Shaw Butler, 01267 228 500, email, SarahWynne@clayshawbutler.com
The team at Clay Shaw Butler can be contacted on 01267 228500 or through the website at www.clayshawbutler.com

Pictures above of Sarah Wynne and Jo Watson, top.

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