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Build and forge new relationships, and raise your own profile

Make valuable new connections as well as gain fresh insights from our monthly seminars

We help members establish and develop a network of supportive and knowledgeable senior contacts, as well as make their expertise more visible. However, before we can do that you need to attend one of our events and discover for yourself why members find our format so relevant.

Calendar of Events

Our forthcoming events are listed below. Part knowledge-share, part networking, our lunchtime events offer you the ideal opportunity to engage with a diverse group of senior decision-makers in a business-focussed environment.

Agenda
10.00am – Registration for seminar plus an opportunity to grab a coffee/network
10.30am – Pre-lunch seminar begins
11.30am – Drinks reception courtesy for our sponsor
12.30pm – Lunch
13.40pm – Post lunch talk
13.50pm – Spin the wheel
14.00pm – Meeting closes but stay to network and carry out those important 1-2-1s

This month’s sponsor is Oakwood Property Services

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For your first, exploratory, visit you can choose to book one of our next three events.

2025
February
Live Event
Thursday 6th
11:30 Start - 14:00 End
Seminar start - 10.30am
The Alderley Edge Hotel, Alderley Edge
After a drinks reception/pre-lunch networking session you will sit at a table of like minded business owners/directors for a 2 course lunch.
Seminar: Dementia until a cure is found
Venue web site
March
Live Event
Thursday 6th
11:30 Start - 14:00 End
Seminar start - 10.30am
Ashton-One Mersey Golf Club
After a drinks reception/pre-lunch networking session you will sit at a table of like minded business owners/directors for a 2 course lunch.
Venue web site
April
Live Event
Wednesday 2nd
11:30 Start - 14:00 End
Seminar start - 10.30am
Forest Hills Hotel, Overton Hill, Frodsham, WA6 6H
After a drinks reception/pre-lunch networking session you will sit at a table of like minded business owners/directors for a 2 course lunch.
Seminar: What's your relationship like with time? Does time have control?
Venue web site
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Present a seminar

Our seminar presenters are drawn from the membership. Delivering a seminar offers a great opportunity for you to showcase your expertise and increase your profile within the membership and beyond.

If you are interested in presenting at one of our networking events, please get in touch.

Call 0161 503 5000
or email: simon.edmondson@business-network.co.uk

Come and join us at our
Next Event
Thursday 6th February 2025

Networking Events' Seminar Topics

Seminar: Dementia until a cure is found
Presenter - Sally Ferris
Dementia is a growing social issue for both families and UK society. There are finally some promising treatments becoming available but they are unlikely to prevent or treat all the different dementias. In the meantime, how does society meet the demands that this disabling condition brings. Our older people deserve good quality support services to give life value and purpose. And their families desperately need more information, guidance and reliable services so that their own lives do not fall apart. It might be you who is already impacted by dementia, either now or in the future. So lets consider what we want/need and the scale of the challenge for charities such as Together Dementia Support.

? What do we mean by dementia and Alzheimers disease

? UK statistics for dementia prevalence

? Current dementia research

? What do people with dementia need want

? What do families need

? What are Govt plans for people affected by dementia

? What does TDS do

Sally Ferris founded Together Dementia Support 10 years ago as she had learnt, from her studies and own work in the NHS, Social Services and the voluntary sector, that there was no service offering support in Manchester. The charity has grown slowly but steadily, despite the funding challenges in this sector. Sally is fascinated by dementia and how it affects people and is passionate that better provision is urgently needed.

When she is not working, and visiting her own elderly parents down south or her adult children further north, Sally likes to play badminton, grow flowers and get out into the countryside.

Live Event
Thursday 6th February
11:30 Start - 14:00 End
Seminar start - 10.30am
The Alderley Edge Hotel, Alderley Edge
Seminar:
Presenter - Lindsey Bell
Live Event
Thursday 6th March
11:30 Start - 14:00 End
Seminar start - 10.30am
Ashton-One Mersey Golf Club
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What our
members and
visitors say...

I have been a Network attender of many Networks over a number of years and have to say I thoroughly enjoy the Business Network North West – South Manchester meetings which Win and Simon run. They are full of good people and there are lots of laughs! However, there is business done between the members. I thoroughly recommend this Network as a means of building business and congenial meetings with successful business people.
Ian Allison
Allison Protection Specialists
Not only does Business Network make sense financially, it's a huge asset to business owner/managers and the 'lonely at the top' syndrome. There's a huge wealth of knowledge and regional business information within the South Manchester branch, high quality businesses and a tangible community feel about the whole group. If I need a contact or expert advice, or if I'm struggling with something, there?s always someone I can call and get a result. When you're running your own business, being able to access that support and 'business intelligence' is invaluable. So for me, South Manchester Business Network isn't just a professional networking group; it's a natural extension of my own business.
Penny Lines
No Nonsense Marketing
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Email simon.edmondson@business-network.co.uk

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