MusicTank is a business network for the UK Music Industry. Owned and operated by University of Westminster, over the past 3 years, MusicTank has gained a reputation for providing quality events with key speakers from across the music industry. It aims to foster new collaborations and circulate innovative ideas, best practice and cutting-edge strategies to increase innovation and productivity across the industry. Regular think tank debates bring hot topics into sharp focus and help pinpoint opportunities created by disruptive technologies. The website contains a wealth of information and features audio archives of its events.

A business networking group which will take place on the last Friday of every month. Giving businesses of all sizes, new start-ups, support projects, young people and funders the chance to network.

Pollen was set up in the summer of 2007 for designers, musicians, creatives, thinkers, doers, writers, DJs, gamers, architects, academics and anyone else who feels they fit outside the mainstream of business. Creative entrepreneurs are faced with unique problems and are often not supported as well as many other types of business. Pollen organises relaxed, no-agenda networking events to bring the creative entrepreneurs of South Wales together to discuss, support and hopefully forge one or two brilliant new alliances. Maybe you’ve got a great idea for an online community but need to hook up with a web developer to realise your dream? Perhaps you’re setting up a record label or a magazine and are looking to speak to others who’ve been through the funding application process? Use the forum at http://www.pollenhq.co.uk to swap ideas, encouragement and tips, and come along to our events to put faces to names over a drink.

Online community and networking for business women and female business owners from Nottingham and the East Midlands. Women in business and female entrepreneurs are welcome to create a free profile at www.womengetsmart.co.uk. They can promote their own events and find out about other events for business women in the region, as well as join in Smart Women networking and showcase events.

We run seminars every month, in Birmingham, focused on food & drink product development. Relevant to brand owners, retailers, marketeers and technical people. Average audience is a hundred or more. Good place to come and connect with peers, but selling of services to other delegates is discouraged.

MYAN aims to help Youth Arts practitioners connect, form partnerships & raise the profile of Youth Arts in Manchester. The website is used to make links and develop new work and projects with young people. Members can upload their details & post info about their work, projects and activities with young people in Manchester.

www.londonb2b.net provides a network to develop business and business contacts as well as a range of seminars and workshops based on subjects asked for by its members. Previous seminars have been on marketing, IT, book keeping and increasing profits. www.londonb2b.net put on 9 successful events in 2007 after its inception in September, all were well attended, visit the website to register or for more information. www.LondonB2B.net is a not for profit cluster association made up of businesses located in London South Central (Wandsworth, Lambeth and Southwark) that operate in the business to business (B2B) market. Our key goal is to deliver a range of support services to the B2B cluster in London South Central that results in job growth, new firms being set up and increased prosperity.

A network of people wanting to improve their community in rural towns and large villages in Somerset. We promote and support community-based action to revitalise market towns.

I’m currently working on digital media production and delivery and all things WEB2.0 covering podcasts, rss, blogs, web tv development, online networks and social media strategy etc. This network is dedicated to sharing good practice and information on topics covering: media, creative technology film, video, new media, web 2.0, mobile and social media. Due to the convergent forms of media, marketing and technology coming together. It makes sense for any to leverage and optimise the best way to market, self promote, network, collaborate both on and offline. There will be an accompanying blog for events and knowledge, advice and information sharing.

We provide and encourage informal links between businesses and the wide community in North East area and to stimulate the establishment of personal contacts, the exchange of views, experiences and ideas for the mutual benefit of the members. We organise regular business seminars & workshops.