The Athena Network launches in South West London! Vibrant & fast-growing, Athena Network is the UK’s premier business networking organisation for women. And due to popular demand, we now have groups in Teddington and Richmond-Upon-Thames, with Twickenham launching in April 2008 and Hampton soon after. We run monthly networking lunches, for both members and visitors, where local business ladies can support each other and make strategic connections, whether starting up in business, or well-established. A typical group will have members from large corporates, SMEs and sole traders. Ladies should be able to find all the skills they need within each group to help them establish and develop their businesses. The Athena Network operates a ‘one discipline only’ policy so once a profession is represented at a local group, all competition is effectively locked out and all business from the group is referred to that one individual. A group normally has 25 members, from 25 – 60 years on average, and members are able to visit other groups if their profession isn’t already represented. Athena regularly runs training courses and workshops to develop member’s business skills. In addition there is an informal network of drop-in coffee networking groups called Cappuccino Connections …
