What's on - Our Meetings and Events
We have one Open Meeting every month, except December, where our doors are open to all businesses,
Enjoy a great breakfast, interesting speakers and grow your connections with lots of networking opportunities.
We meet every week and if you're considering joining us, we do welcome guests for breakfast at these member meetings too.
| Bookings Close at 16:45 on Monday's |
Simply select an event below and book in to join us.
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Open Meeting 27th May 2026 - Matthew Barber PCC, Oxfordshire
Visitors are very welcome to join us for our monthly Open Meeting. We are excited to bring you a great speaker for the May event Matthew Barber the Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner will be returning. We anticipate an update on crime statistics and future priorities along with a Q&A session.
About the WBC
The WBC open meetings are just that, open to all business categories. In general we have an interesting speaker from the public or private sector and on occasion from a local charity. The event offers plenty of time for networking, both before and after the event and a great breakfast. These meetings are a great place to further improve your network contacts and build on the connectivity between businesses locally. Guests are therefore very welcome to attend whether new to networking or a seasoned pro, we always look forward to meeting you.
Itinerary
Arrival
07:00 - 07:30
Meet up you for an early networking session amongst other business owners.
Guest Speaker & Questions
07:30 - 08:00
Join us to listen to our speaker this month who will be sharing lots of information about their business.
Breakfast
08:00 - 08:30
Join us for a great Littlebury Breakfast to help kick start your day and continue your conversation with like minded businesses.
Referrals and Guest Introductions
08:15 - 08:35
hear from our guests about their businesses and what we can help them with. We will also share referrals amongst the group.
Referrals and Thank You's
08:35 - 08:45
Refer business and or announce your business news. An opportunity to share thanks to members get feedback from the group.
Close
08:45 - 08:55
We generally close around 08:45am but guests are welcome to continue to network after the meeting.
Speakers
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Achieving ‘Gold’ status in Travel Counsellors (showing I am in the top 10% of Travel Counsellors worldwide) is a reflection of the level of service I bring to my clients resulting in referrals and repeat business.
Understanding that to provide excellent service you must really care and show you understand every detail of the Customer requirements.
I have gained this appreciation through broad management experience at all levels including National and International experience. Major areas of responsibility have included Business Re-organisation and Growth, Change Management, IT Infrastructure, Project Management, Operations including multi-Customer Service Centre Implementation, Outsourcing both as a Supplier and Customer, Finance and Training.
Considerable experience in Service delivery from initiation to “business as usual” operations ensuring exceptional levels of Customer Service.
Proven abilities include a determination to achieve results combined with an ability to be innovative, motivate and convince a wide range of people at all levels. -
Mathew Barber – Thames Vally Police and Crime Commissioner
The PCC's role is to hold the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police to account for the performance of the Force, effectively making the police answerable to the communities they serve. The PCCs also has a wider role in promoting community safety and working with criminal justice partners to improve support for victims of crime.
Matthew has set out his key priorities for the coming years
Strong local policing
Fighting serious and organised crime
Improving the criminal justice system
Fighting fraud and cyber crime
Tackling illegal encampments
Matthew Barber was raised and schooled in Oxfordshire before graduating from Brunel University. He still lives in Oxfordshire, is married to Katie and has two children and a labrador!
Matthew is Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Thames Valley, covering Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire. Elected to the role in May 2021 with a majority of nearly 80,000. He served as Deputy PCC from 2017 to 2021, during which time he took on the chairmanship of the Local Criminal Justice Board.
Matthew also served as a councillor in the Vale of White Horse for nearly nineteen years. First elected to the Council in 2003 he served as Leader from 2011 to 2018 before standing down in March 2022. He has been a director of the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership as well as founding Chairman of Vale4Business and a Board Member of Science Vale and is involved in various charitable organisations.