BNI Gatwick Flagship Chapter - business referral breakfast meetings based in Gatwick, Crawley, West Sussex, UK

Isn't it gratifying to be thanked for doing a good job? Here is your chance to publicly thank another member for good service.

If you have a good news story please email me and let me know.

Gary Williams

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Chapter Member Testimonials

Testmonial for: Bindi Kainth - Spencers Dry Cleaners
From : John Corrigan - Crystal Services

Dear Bindi

I would like to express our extreme gratitude to you and your team at Spencer’s dry cleaners, with the speed and efficiency in which you arranged for the cleaning of the curtains for one of our school contracts and you also managed to save me a massive 18% compared to others that we have used in the past to which I am very grateful. It is because of the speed, efficiency, friendly, personal service you provided, (and the 18% saving) that I highly recommend that anybody reading this and should need services like yours they should talk to you at Spencer’s dry cleaners.

Many thanks and regards

John Corrigan and Susan Corrigan
Crystal Services/Cleanzone

Testmonial for: Karen Hibbart - Freelance Design & Graphics
From : Jane Brann - Miris Training

Dear Karen

I would just like to say thank you so much for the work you have done on my new Corporate ID.
I sent Karen a whole bunch of images that I used on my new website and she came up with something magical.

These new cards, letterheads and comp. slips are spot on. They convey my business ID so well. I am delighted.
Karen also did the Artwork for an A5 Flyer as I am re-launching my business with a completely new name. Again the Artwork is succinct and gives the information in a professional but fun way.......just the way I like to do business.
Your advice was most helpful and it was fun working with you.

I am really pleased and would not hesitate to recommend Karen to anyone wanting to have fresh new Artwork done.

Many Thanks Karen,

With Kind Regards

Jane Brann - Miris Training

Testmonial for: Gary Williams - Hyperlinx
From : Jane Brann - Miris Training

Dear Gary

What can I say, the website for my new company is just superb.....and you have been so patient and understanding.

Actually patience is too small a word...I would say long-suffering describes it better...............especially with all the small tweaks I kept doing,

This is something I have never done before and it was all quite daunting, but Gary is expert at listening to your ramblings and vague ideas and translating them into something beautiful.

Gary’s attention to detail has made Miris Training’s website a masterpiece. He is a master at making suggestions in an easy going manner.

I am SO pleased and would not hesitate to recommend Gary to anyone wishing to have a new website or to re-vamp an existing one.

Many Thanks Gary,

With Kind Regards

Jane Brann - Miris Training

Testmonial for: Natalie Stafferton - Utility Warehouse
From : John Corrigan - Crystal Services

Dear Natalie Stafferton

I would like to express our extreme gratitude to you and Utility Warehouse with the speed and efficiency in which you arranged for our electricity and gas change over and you managed to save us a massive £800 per annum on these bills to which I am very grateful. It is because of the speed, efficiency, friendly, personal service you provided, (and the £800 saving) that I highly recommend that anybody reading this should talk to you in light of the present economic climate, as I am so glad I did.,

Many thanks and regards

John Corrigan and Susan Corrigan
Crystal Services/Cleanzone

Testmonial for: Matt Allen - Synergee
From : John Corrigan - Crystal Services

Dear Matt Allen

I would like to express our extreme gratitude to you and Synergee, with the speed and efficiency in which you arranged for me our year end accounts and you managed to save me a massive £600 to which I am very grateful. It is because of the speed, efficiency, friendly, personal service you provided, (and the £600 saving) that I highly recommend that anybody reading this should talk to you in light of the present economic climate, as I am so glad I did. You are more than just accountants!

Many thanks and regards

John Corrigan and Susan Corrigan
Crystal Services/Cleanzone

Testmonial for: John Corrigan - Crystal Services
From : Jo Herbert - Dash Recruitment

To John Corrigan at Crystal Services

John collected two rugs from my home which had many stains on them to include a huge coffee stain which we kept hidden under the sofa which defeated the whole point of having the rugs.

Within less than an hour John had returned my rugs smelling wonderful and they were exceptionally clean. An excellent job well done and at a very good price.

I would recommend John to my clients, friends and family at any time.

Thanks again John for such a professional job.

Best wishes

Jo Herbert
Dash Recruitment Solutions Ltd

Testmonial for: Natalie Stafferton - Utility Warehouse
From : David & Jenny Hirst - Tiara Stars

Thanks for the one to one and getting us signed up with UW – after literally a few minutes we realised it was a no brainer.

Very easy to do. The transfers went very smoothly. Broadband was the biggest worry but went like a dream.

Cashback card is giving us on average £50 - £60 back per month on our shopping. Fantastic.

Yes we like the one bill as well, but most of all we like the money back in our pockets where it belongs!

It does what it says on the tin - Sign up and take the money.

Regards

David & Jenny Hirst

Testmonial for: Karen Hibbart - Freelance Design & Graphics
From : Tina Murray - D & T Property

Dear Karen

I would like to put into writing how impressed I have been with your service.

You re-designed several forms for us with very minimal input from myself and the end result was not only exactly what we needed but the professionalism of the art work was outstanding.

I would not hesitate in recommending you to anyone needing business or personnel artwork.

Thank you once again .

With kindest regards

Tina Murray

D&T Property

Testmonial for: Karen Hibbart - Freelance Design & Graphics
From : Tracie Shippey - Shippey Press & PR

Dear Karen

As a fellow member of Flagship Gatwick BNI chapter I was keen make sure that I used your services when the opportunity arose, I’d heard glowing reports of your work from other members around the room.

When we needed some artwork done for our existing logo, you understood exactly what our brief was, albeit a little vague from our end. The work was carried out promptly and exceeded our expectations. You also went the extra mile to find us a font that we enquired about.

I’d like to offer you the following quote to use as testimonial where you feel appropriate. Tracie Shippey, Shippey PR: “When we needed some work done on our existing logo, Karen at Freelance Design and Graphics understood exactly what our requirements were and more importantly how we needed the logo to work when applied to other media.

Karen’s work is second to none, she turned it around in no time at all and charged a very very fair price for it. We wouldn’t hesitate in using Freelance Design & Graphics again and will be telling our business contacts to do the same”.

Thank you for supplying such a fantastic service and top quality work.

With very best regards

Tracie Shippey
Partner
Shippey Press & PR

Testmonial for: Tina Murray - D & T Property
From : Barbara Charlton - Travel Councellors

Dear David and Tina,

I just wanted to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard!) to let you know how pleased we have been with your service. From the initial costing visit, to the completion of the new double glazed door fitting, you have done exactly what you said you would, when you said you would and to the high standards I hoped for.

You gave us a costing and the time frame for ordering the door, and the day you would be fitting it. Everything was as you said it would be, and we were very pleased to know that as your company are FENSA registered, we will be receiving a certificate to say the door has been fitting to comply with current legislation. Until we spoke to you, we did not even realise, that should we come to sell our house, this certificate will be required.

I shall be happy to recommend you to anyone I know that has a need for a builder for any sort of job, be in a simple external door, to a full blown extension.

I imagine that sometimes people are concerned about ‘having the builders in’, but David and John were polite, considerate and cleaned up after themselves, and took all the rotten old wood and door away with them too. They laid dust sheets through the house, so that they did not tread anything in as well.

Please feel free to use this letter for future clients or your website if you want to.

Kind regards

Barbara Charlton

Testmonial for: Tina Murray - D & T Property
From : Bob Sanders - BE Air Conditioning

Dear Tina

We received a quotation from D & T Property for modifications to the front entrance of our home consisting of removing a secondary door with side glazing panel and installing a double glazed leaded light window with all the necessary trimmings,
supported on a new brick wall.

We were very impressed with D & T Property, their workmanship was of a very high standard and their tradesmen were clean, tidy and courteous. We were kept informed at all times on the progress of the work.

We would have no hesitation in recommending D & T Property as they did an excellent professional job, on time and within our budget.

We are very pleased and happy with the outcome.

Yours Faithfully

Bob and Elaine Sanders

Testimonial for: Paul Shepard - Oracle
From: Patrick & Pippa Kilby

Hi Paul

I just wanted to say a huge thank you for you and your team for the excellent job you did with our boiler installation. It is so good not to be kept awake by the awful whirring of the old boiler, and I heard from Patrick that the old one really was literally on its last legs, so thank goodness we got it done when we did!

Kindest Regards

Pippa and Patrick

Testimonial for: Natalie Stafferton - Utility Warehouse
From: Tracie Shippey - Shippey Press & PR

Dear Natalie

As a visitor to the Flagship Gatwick BN1 chapter I duly listened to the 60 second presentations around the room, your clear concise presentation grabbed my attention and I knew I had a very definite qualified referral for you, of course, it was to help US save money.

Your visit to us was agreed for a mutually convenient time, a week later. Not only did you quickly and simply demonstrate that you could save us money, you also saved us time and sanity!

I'd like to offer you the following testimonial to use as you feel appropriate.

Tracie Shippey, Shippey PR: "We run a small PR business from our home office. Natalie Stafferton of The Utility Warehouse has provided us with a fast, cost effective, stress free solution for our Utility Bills. Our ever escalating energy bills from our original supplier were causing us a great amount of stress and placing our budget under pressure. We found our original supplier impossible to communicate with, supplying us with over complicated statements designed to mislead. Natalie has solved our problems and is a pleasure to work with.The whole process took less than half an hour and we now have reduced costs, one bill and a single 'human' point of contact for our energy and telephone bill charges, Perfect."

As you know, I have since joined the chapter and will be happily to referring you to all of my business and personal contacts where there is a need.

Thank you for helping us.

With very best regards

Tracie Shippey
Partner
Shippey Press & PR

Testimonial for: Tony Quinlivan & Phil Parmenter - AQ Electrics
From: Tracie Shippey - Shippey Press & PR

Dear Phil and Tony

Thank you so much for helping my parents after they lost the power in their home recently. When I called you I had only attended the Flagship Gatwick BNI chapter as a visitor, but I had taken your business card and thought of you when they lost most of the power in their home over a weekend.

Although not an emergency as their power had resumed, you responded to my call very quickly and called my parents as promised to agree a suitable time the following day to check their electrical system. I'm delighted to report that my parents were really happy with your service both on a personal and professional level.

Please feel free to use the following quote as a testimonial from them as you see appropriate:

The Heath Family, Copthorne :"Tony and Phil are both very personable, listening carefully to us as we recounted the situation that had happened over the weekend.They gave our house a thorough check which took about one and a half hours, pinpointing the cause to the problem and ensuring that our electrical circuit was in full working order and most importantly, safe.The cost for the visit was more than reasonable and we would not hesitate to use them again or recommend their honest, reliable service to others."

Thank you for helping them so promptly and efficiently, I'm so glad I took your card and made that call. I'm now a member of the Flagship Chapter and will not hesitate to pass you referrals when appropriate.

With very best regards

Tracie Shippey
Partner
Shippey Press & PR

Testimonial for: Karen Hibbart - Freelance Design & Graphics
From: Paul Shepard

Dear Karen

I thought I would write and tell you how successful your design for Oracle Heating Services has been.

When you first produced the design I was very pleased with the outcome and with the passing of time it has proved to be invaluable to my business. I still get remarks about how my business cards look but most comments are about how bold and outstanding my van is with the same logo transferred to it.

Some businesses may change their logo from time to time but I will be keeping this logo as it has become my trade mark and people recognise me by it.

Thank you for your efforts, I will always recommend your services to anyone needing a business design makeover.

Regards

Paul Shepard
Oracle Heating Services

Testimonial for: Paul Shepard - Oracle
From: Ann Moon

It gives me great pleasure to write this testimonial in respect of Paul Shepard, Central Heating Engineer.

Mr Shepard recently serviced my gas boiler very satisfactorily. At the time, he felt he must call at a later date to clean the whole central heating system which was not working properly.

However, shortly afterwards my central heating stopped working. He very quickly came to investigate the problem, soon realising there was a blockage somewhere. He spent a great deal of time and effort before finding out where the blockage was. I was very impressed at the patience and perseverance he expressed while working out this problem, and at how hard he was working to find out where the blockage was.

My heating is now working well. Mr Shepard had to take up carpet and floorboards in order to solve the problem and this work was carried out efficiently with the minimum of fuss, and he put everything back in its right place when the job was finished.

I have no hesitation is recommending him to anyone with a central heating problem.

Sincerely,

Ann Moon.

Testimonial for: Gary Williams - Hyperlinx
From: Karen Hibbart

Dear Gary

Just a note to say thank you so much for everything you have done whilst working on various projects for Derek. Time is very precious to Derek and whenever he has had to deal with anything involving websites in the past, I know he has had numerous problems. But since dealing with your company nothing is too much trouble. Every request is always dealt with in not only a professional manner but in a speedy manner too. Requests dealt with within hours and not weeks. I was delighted when you decided to join Flagship Chapter and I have no hesitation in recommending you to my customers. My contacts are important to me and I need to know that when I recommend any business, I will not be let down and I know I can rest assured that I will always receive 100% and anyone who can make my husbands life easier also makes my life easier too!

Thank you once again

With kindest regards

Karen Hibbart
Freelance Design & Graphics

Testimonial for: Patrick Kilby - Bennet Griffin
From: Karen Hibbart

Dear Patrick

Just a note to say thank you so much for everything you did during the sale of my late father’s property and the subsequent handling of the various probate issues. At a time which was extremely traumatic and emotionally difficult, you and your colleagues made everything go through smoothly and highlighted and dealt with, issues which could have caused us problems in an incredibly professional and sympathetic manner.

I regularly recommend you to others and hope that you do receive further business from it even if I don’t get to hear about it. I cannot think of anyone I would rather deal with on any matters where a Solicitor must be involved and although I do not wish to go through the past process, I hope that I may have the privilege of dealing with you and your company in a more pleasurable capacity, maybe a holiday home!

Thank you once again

With kindest regards

Karen Hibbart
Freelance Design & Graphics

Testimonial for: Karen Hibbart - Freelance Design & Graphics
From: Karen Illingworth

Dear Karen

I have just received yet another enquiry as a result of the postcard you designed for me, so thought it’s about time I jot you a line.

I am delighted with the general image and logo that you designed for my business cards, letterhead and marketing postcards. One year on, I continue to get a very positive response to them all.

I have no hesitation in recommending you to others, as I received good service and ideas, prompt delivery and all for a very competitive price.

Keep up the good work!

Yours sincerely

Karen Illingworth
East Barn Interiors

Testimonial for: Karen Hibbart - Freelance Design & Graphics
From: Ray and Annette Jones

Dear Karen

A little note from Ray and I to thank you so much for the wonderful work you have done for our new image.

Your advice and helpfulness has been invaluable.

I remember you saying you don’t often get to keep a before and after sample so please find ours enclosed for your file.

Thank you so very much.

Ray and Annette Jones
Atriea Limited

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