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Freelance photographer Roger moody who is a member of proNet’s Spen Valley Group, invites people to see his work at the Shipley Focus’d exhibition in Shipley near Bradford throughout August and up until October 1st

Roger explains,

May I invite you to visit my photographic exhibition at Shipley Focus’d, in Shipley, which looks to the future of Shipley taking its inspiration from the past. In times gone by shopkeepers often had their portrait taken as they stood proudly outside their shop. I hope this exhibition will replicate this tradition and capture a moment in time from 2010.”

The exhibition “Step Inside Shipley” opens 20th August till October 1st and is aimed at encouraging customers to visit the shops and meet the people who run them. Through my images, I capture the personality of the people who are the lifeblood of the shops and businesses of Shipley Town Centre.

Some of the shops featured are small independent ventures, which have the benefit of offering an individual and personal service, which can sometimes be missed in much larger corporate chains. These smaller businesses create the variety needed to sustain a unique local shopping experience and this exhibition demonstrates the importance of this.

The exhibition complements the previous Shipley Focus`d photographic gallery which features pictures from the 1930s to the 1960s taken from the archives of C H Wood. Shipley Focus’d was created from an empty shop to regenerate interest in Shipley Town Centre, so it was fitting that this second exhibition should be a celebration of the vibrancy and thriving community spirit within the Shipley retail sector.

Refreshments and entertainment will be on offer at the opening Friday 20th August between 10.30 – 12.30 and don’t forget to experience some of the local shops for yourself.

Find out more about Roger’s business through his own website at www.rogermoody.co.uk

Read what the Yorkshire Post says about this exhibition.

Kathy Rogan who is the corporate fundraiser for the Overgate Hospice in Elland and a member of our Spen Valley networking group, announces that the hospice has surpassed its goal of one hundred corporate members at the end of the scheme’s first 12 months.

proNet is proud to belong to this supportive and important membership scheme.

To help celebrate this milestone, Kathy and her team at the hospice are holding a celebratory networking event for all it’s corporate members at The Viaduct Cafe, Dean Clough in Halifax on Thursday 12th August 2010 starting at 5pm until 7pm.

If you wish to attend either as an existing corporate member of the hospice, as a member of proNet or want to learn more about becoming a corporate member of the hospice, please contact Kathyrn on 01422 387 147 (email: kathryn.rogan@overgatehospice.nhs.uk

Download the official invitation by clicking on this link [PDF document, opens in a new window]

By way of an update, new members that have joined us recently include, at our Bradford Group;

• Jon Huby from lettings and property management company Let’s Go Professional
• Julian Thornhill of Thornhill Financial Services
• John Davies, Painter and Decorator

And at our Spen Valley Group;

• Danny Matharu from events marketing company Hillrich Ltd
• Beverley Shutak from Siddalls Colour Printers in Cleckheaton
• Paul Ferris from Mirfield based Yorkshire Telecom
• Robert Cannon, a wills and probate professional from Allguard Legal Services

Welcome to you all and we hope you find your membership with proNet to be enjoyable, productive and above all else, profitable.

Attend a Meeting

If you would like to meet these people or any other member of proNet, you are welcome to attend as a guest at one of our forthcoming business networking breakfasts.

If you’re interested in attending our Bradford Group, more details about the group and how you can book your place may be found by clicking on this link.

Similarly, if it’s the Spen Valley Group that interests you, more details and booking information may be found by clicking here.

You are of course, welcome to attend both groups if you like to network with the new members above as well as other meeting visitors and established members.

A £10 cash meeting fee, payable on the door, is asked of all visitors to proNet’s meetings.

Beverely Shutak from Siddall Colour Printers in Cleckheaton occupies the ‘Printer’ category at proNet’s Spen Valley group.

Her company, as well as being a fully fledged litho and digital printers with over 160 yrs of history under their belts; also runs a Printing.com franchise which means they also offer some great deals and prices across a whole range of print production items such as business cards, leaflets, business stationery, flyers etc (the list goes on).

This month (July) they have some great offers across the board with many items being reduced by 40%.

Check out Siddalls latest newsletter which talks about their July offers by following the link below.

Siddalls – July Newsletter

If you need some printing doing for your business at highly competitive rates, then give Beverley a call on 01274 874246

proNet member Roger V Moody whom occupies the “photographer” business category at our Spen Valley group, got into the Hollywood frame of mind recently as he was awarded the contract for being the official photographer for the Bradford City of Film launch weekend which ran from 18-21st March.

Roger’s ability to capture the human interest element in all situations set him apart from his other freelance competitors for the City of Film Board to commission him.

Roger commented at the time;

‘I’m excited by the prospects that UNESCO City of Film will bring Bradfordians. This photography is right up my street, and it’s great being involved in promoting the positive side of Bradford‘

For more information about Bradford’s status as a city of film, visit the City of Film website. View more of Roger’s work on his own website at www.rogervmoody.co.uk

Vicky Endogan of Huddersfield based Solutions Accountancy and Bookkeeping Ltd who is a member of proNet’s Spen Valley group, has released a SAGE® training CD-ROM.

SAGE is an accounting software package favoured by many businesses, however few business owners know how to use it effectively. With the help of Vicky’s training CD-ROM that obstacle is being broken down and using Sage becomes a whole lot easier.

Vicky was approached by a Canadian company who recognised that her extensive experience in teaching and training coupled with her detailed knowledge of accountancy were a winning combination and as such, she was asked to develop the CD-ROM to aid business owners in being able to use SAGE Line 50 more effectively.

Find out more about Vicky’s CD-ROM and buy a copy for yourself by following this link.

Each proNet business networking group has it’s own commercial photographer as a member.

In the Bradford group we have John Steel of John Steel Photography and in the Spen Valley Group; Roger V Moody of Roger Moody Photography.

John lives in Brighouse but runs his business from Bradford and Roger lives and works in Cleckheaton.

Both photographers are very creative and produce some sterling work for their clients. We’re really lucky to have them as members as they are great asset to their respective groups.Both John and Roger regularly take pictures at our networking events which we have duly upload to our Flickr account for all to see.

It’s a great way for potential visitors to get a flavour of our meetings.

Roger V Moody our commercial photographer member at our Spen Valley Group, found himself head and shoulders above everyone else yesterday when he took his place on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square which formed part of Antony Gormley’s live artwork “One & Other”.

The One & Other official website describes the Fourth Plinth project as:

” One & Other was a live artwork by sculptor Antony Gormley, which took place over 100 days during the summer of 2009. No fewer than 2,400 people from as far afield as the Shetland Islands and Penzance occupied the plinth for sixty minutes each, picked at random from nearly 35,000 who applied.”

Roger was on at 11.00am yesterday for an hour. You can see what he got up to through the video stream taken on the day.

Some of the pictures Roger took can be seen on his website.

Well done Roger! It’s not everyday that one gets the chance to become a piece of art.