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<p style="font-size: 16px;">Leighton Buzzard&#8217;s friendliest business networking group. We meet every Wednesday at 7am at The Dukes in Heath &amp; Reach, to generate pre-sold and pre-qualified prospects. Guests are always welcome to come along please contact us <a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.lbbiz.co.uk/contact-us/">here</a>.</p>
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			<h1 class="page-title">Leighton Buzzard Business Club Home</h1>
	
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			<p>&#8216;Although my main purpose in launching the club was to generate referrals &#8211; and I&#8217;ve enjoyed excellent referred business over the years &#8211; it&#8217;s turned out to be so much more. I&#8217;ve learned a lot and gained true friendships&#8230;.&#8217;.<br />
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			<p>&#8216;As one of the newer members I was immediately welcomed into the group and referrals for new work started from the very first meeting.&#8217;<br />
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			<p>&#8216;They&#8217;re such a friendly bunch and so supportive &#8211; even though it&#8217;s early in the morning, LBBC brightens up the week.&#8217;<br />
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			<p>&#8216;The guest speakers have been really enjoyable and educational and the members&#8217; talks are always hugely entertaining too. The session flies by.&#8217;<br />
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<div class="single-item" data-index="35"><div class="featured-image " data-image="http://leightonbuzzardbiz.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Beat-Your-Diabetes-small.jpg"><a href="http://leightonbuzzardbiz.co.uk/overcoming-type-2-diabetes/" class="styled-image " title="Permalink to Overcoming Type 2 Diabetes!" rel="bookmark"><img src="http://leightonbuzzardbiz.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cache/Beat-Your-Diabetes-small-263x147.jpg" width="263" height="147" alt="Beat-Your-Diabetes-small"></a></div><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://leightonbuzzardbiz.co.uk/overcoming-type-2-diabetes/" title="Permalink to Overcoming Type 2 Diabetes!">Overcoming Type 2 Diabetes!</a></h2><div class="entry-content"><p>What a great meeting! It always surprises me how buzzing I feel at the end of our meetups, and this week was no exception. What a great way to kick off...</p></div></div>
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<div class="single-item" data-index="48"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://leightonbuzzardbiz.co.uk/weekly-meeting-on-752014/" title="Permalink to Weekly meeting on 7/5/2014">Weekly meeting on 7/5/2014</a></h2><div class="entry-content"><p>There was a real buzz @ Barringtons Restaurant today with a good mix of members and visitors, namely Mike Holmes &amp; Sally Taylor. There was an excellent business presentation from...</p></div></div>
<div class="single-item first" data-index="49"><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://leightonbuzzardbiz.co.uk/flight-or-fright/" title="Permalink to Flight or Fright">Flight or Fright</a></h2><div class="entry-content"><p>17/7 and a very enjoyable meeting with a visitor Freddy who is setting up in a new Locksmith &amp; security business, Steve Baker handling the education slot talking about looking at...</p></div></div>
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