I am a great believer that as business owners we have to give ourselves a break every so often.
We often do not celebrate when we have done particularly well, or when we have come out the other side of a particularly gruesome time.
In traditional businesses the office party has become their opportunity to do just that. The business owners provide the environment for employees to kick back and enjoy each others company in a fun way.
Of course the staple office party comes at Christmas.
But if you work on your own you don’t have anyone to party with. Five years ago I tried to address this by starting the Billy No Mates Christmas Bash in Wells, Somerset. The idea is that business owners who work on their own, or with just one employee, can come along to a Christmas party. It is NOT a networking event but just an opportunity for some ‘letting down of hair’.
Each year this event has become more and more popular – little wonder when there are so many one/two man (and women) businesses in the country.
So why don’t you come along? If you don’t live in Somerset why not start your own Billy No Mates where you are?
For more information please visit www.fionabevanfinancialmanagement.co.uk and click on Billy No Mates Christmas 2011.
Fiona 🙂