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The next meeting of the Fourth Friday Club is on Friday 28th November 2008

New venue:

The York Room at the New Connaught Rooms,

61-65 Great Queen Street,

London WC2B 5DA

Nearest Underground station: Holborn.

Featuring the annual Golden Spanners awards.

Speaker Alan Lawton, Chairman of the Railway Division of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Date: Friday 28 November 2008

Time: 12.15 for 12.45

Close:14.30

Membership

Membership is open to all in the UK railway industry.  The membership fee for the 2007-08 session is £300 + VAT per person (adjusted pro-rata for applicants joining in the middle of the session).

Membership can be held by firms with a principal point of contact: in the event that the principal is unable to attend a meeting, he or she can designate a colleague to attend instead.

Details of forthcoming meetings are contained in an e-mail sent out a month in advance to club members and interested parties.

A response to the e-mail from Members is appreciated, for catering and badge-making purposes.

A simple format

Aimed at maximising the time of busy executives, Fourth Friday Club meetings are based on a simple formula which has proved to be highly successful.

Members meet at 12.15 for 12.45 at a hotel in central London . Following an opportunity for networking over pre-lunch cocktails, a two course lunch is served. Open seating at lunch maximises the opportunity for meeting new people.

Modern Railways Industry & Technology Editor Roger Ford gives a short talk on a topical industry subject. Roger is known for his provocative style and his introduction at the start of the first course is intended as a conversation-starter, over the hors d'oeuvre.

After the two course lunch, the guest speaker makes a presentation, followed by an opportunity for questions. Paul Martin, Director General of the Railway Forum then sums up, thanks the speaker and brings the meeting to a close.

It is a Club rule is that meetings always close promptly at 14.30, although the hotel bar is available for further networking or informal meetings.

Why join?

In today's fast-moving, fragmented railway industry networking is the key to business success- you need to keep your ear to the ground to discover what your customers and competitors are up to. The Fourth Friday Club provides the ideal opportunity for busy executives in the UK rail industry to learn about the latest developments from our top-level speakers while keeping up to date with the topics of the day by networking with colleagues from other firms from every sector of the industry. Meetings take place in convivial surroundings at a hotel in central London .

The club provides the opportunity for high level networking within a strictly controlled tike frame - a valuable attribute when executive diaries are increasingly pressed. Unlike conferences, which are expensive and usually require one or more days to be given up, the Fourth Friday Club takes a defined two-hour lunch-time slot at the end of the week when schedules are often less busy.

To see the list of attendees at a recent meeting click here

Dates for 2007-08 Session

Friday 28 November 2008: featuring the annual Golden Spanners awards.

Speaker Alan Lawton, Chairman of the Railway Division of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

The provisional dates for 2009 are:

    Friday 23 January
    Friday 24 April
    Friday 26 June
    Friday 25 September
    Friday 27 November (Golden Spanners)

How to join

For an invitation to the free trial meeting contact the Club Secretary James Abbott

e-mail: james.abbott@lwmailcentre.com

Phone: 01892 525339

Fax: 01892526256