A club open to all Gard entrepreneurs who want to do business while discovering unique testimonies.
After a first short -lived attempt, in early 2023, the Nîmes Gard Business Club (NGBC), was reborn from its ashes in 2025 under the leadership of Evrard Zaouche, boss of the CGR cinema in Nîmes and long elected at the CCI of Gard . In this adventure, he joined forces with Serge Brehier and Stéphane Battard to create the 55th club of this national franchise. The big launch evening took place last Wednesday, in the presence of 150 people, in the magnificent showroom of the Mercedes Benz Sodira dealership.
Director Nicolas Falcone is one of the premium members. “There is no point in having beautiful premises, if you don't know anyone, you don't exist. Networks in which we do business, we need it. We are here to be with you and sell carshe explains clearly before adding, The situation is catastrophic, it is the first time that in 23 years, I have lost money in my concessions. We may be Mercedes, we need everyone. »»
55 clubs and 3,500 members
The subject of doing business, through this club, is clearly assumed and everything has been calculated in this direction with more than ten years of experience. The Business Club network was launched in September 2013, by Olivier Talbert, in Valenciennes. The idea of creating a club around business germinates in the mind of this former commercial director of Pasquier, when a friend tells him that he has trouble finding customers. After 13 written versions and 18 months of reflection, the first business club was born in the north of France.
Olivier Talbert and Evrard Zaouche • Corentin Corger photo
Development has accelerated strongly in recent years, between 10 and 15 clubs have been opening up per year with a desire to target agglomerations of more than 100,000 inhabitants. “We have 3,500 members today, we are targeting 5,000 in the long term”says the national president who counts on the network of President Evrard Zaouche and members already present for new business leaders to join the NGBC. The will is to shine throughout the department and not just Nîmes. The concept is simple with 10 lunches scheduled for the year with a basic rule: we start and end up on time (from 11:45 am to 2:45 pm).
-Jérôme Kerviel as guest
Three intense hours with of course a lunch, but especially for 45 minutes, an exchange questions answer with a personality from the world of politics, sport or the media. “What interests me is the story, the emotional side, we hold it”says Olivier Talbert. “Why did he shine?” Or why did he have chess? Unique inspirations and anecdotes ”he continues. Testimonies of professional career to enrich the business leaders present and thus gathered to develop their business in parallel. Hence this slogan: “The perfect place for beautiful encounters. All this is meticulously prepared since everyone can choose next to whom they want to have lunch with the obligation that this evolves with each meal.
During this great launch party, the first members were revealed and many personalities provided their support including Olivier Fabregoul, vice-president in Nîmes Métropole, delegate for economic development: “As an entrepreneur sometimes, we are alone, being an entrepreneur requires gathering and having a network. »» The adventure is therefore relaunched and the program promises to be rich like the arrival of Jérôme Kerviel next March.
The first three guests unveiled
On January 31, Paul Armitage, Director of Development of Terre Blanche Hotel Spa Golf Resort five stars. On February 28, Grégory Metzger, pilot of the Patrol of France. On March 21, Jérôme Kerviel, ex-trader of Société Générale and consultant.
Registration on the nimes-gard-business-club.fr site
