The Business Networking Club (BNC) runs several referrals networking clubs where members meet weekly to promote their businesses over breakfast. The atmosphere at our clubs is friendly and informal, promoting the building of great relationships between fellow members; these relationships are fundamental to the success of our kind of group. Our philosophy is one of “let’s help each other to find more business opportunities”. The club also organises social networking opportunities and occasional open networking events. These are designed to grow your contact base whilst the breakfast clubs are designed to grow your business.

These fortnightly gatherings are designed to provide creative businesses in and around Leicester with the opportunity to connect in the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of a café. It’s an open format event and you’re invited to drop by and stay as long as you want. Join us on our comfy sofas and meet new people and businesses, or re-connect with others. There’s no need to book, just turn up between 10am-12am on Thursdays (fortnightly). Find out the date of the next gathering on our website or call us on 0116 261 6800. Café Talk will appeal to: · Creative industry businesses · People employed in the creative industries · Businesses wanting to work with the creative industries · New startup businesses in the creative industries · Academics · Undergraduates The event is hosted by LCB Depot - who seeks to support, stimulate and develop the city’s creative industries.

Creativity, Coffee, Conversation CreativeCoffee Club is a social network where people meet regularly to share news, ideas, meet other people and set up new collaborations. You can drop in any time you like, stay as long as you like and talk about whatever takes your fancy! We have regular events in Leicester, and we are part of a much bigger group that has events in London, Liverpool, Conway and the United States. The CreativeCoffee Club is supported by a group on facebook, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5252030887 which makes it very easy to organise events, and to add yourself to the guestlist (you’ll need a facebook account, though). You can also follow CreativeCoffee Club Leicester on twitter. Here’s our profile url http://twitter.com/CCCLeicester

We support arts, media & design businesses in Leicestershire & Rutland. We give business advice, run networking events, seminars and a development bursary scheme.

Emergency is a regular quarterly showcase hosted by Speakeasy Theatre Company but featuring the work of emerging artists from Leicester and beyond. The shows take place at The Y, East St, Leicester, and typically features six 15-minute slots per night. Any performance art form is applicable - to be considered all you need to do is contact us with an idea. Showreels, press cuttings or glossy publicity are not needed! Priority is given to local artists but guests from outside the region often feature. Student work, work in progress, established artists trying out new ideas and new collaborations and interesting amateur stuff all regularly feature. As well as the showcase, performers get the chance to take part in a pre-show development day where they can chat with technicians, venue managers and Speakeasy staff before rehearsing in the performance venue. There is also after-show support on offer by Creative Leicestershire to help develop their work further.

Profitable Networking is a business-to-business networking and training organisation that aims to help businesses within Northamptonshire and Leicestershire to grow and prosper.

Retail Events are leading conferences and trade shows for the UK retail, lesiure and hospitality sector. They present incredible learning and networking opportunities for retail professionals and most a free to attend. Visit www.retailevents.co.uk for full details, calendars and online registration.

Skills for Enterprise is a public interest company which aims to achieve improvements in business and management practice and the vocational skills of individuals through innovate development opportunities. We encourage employers, employees and individuals to unleash their full potential through a variety of developmental programmes. We offer a range of services, including helping individuals to start up in business, supporting owners and managers through mentoring and coaching schemes and offering business advice. We facilitate and deliver training for managers and others within companies to make them more enterprising and productive, and help individuals who need to raise their personal skills levels, including specific difficulties around reading, writing and numeracy.

To Be Creative is Leicester’s Premier Club for creatives. A quarterly event, offering an early evening deadline distraction! TBC also run a monthly seminar event aimed at Creative Businesses in Leicester.

Working breakfast is a weekly networking organisation. We meet every Thursday at the Regency Hotel Leicester where we help our members find new business over a breakfast meeting. Working breakfast is more than a referral organisation such as BNI (British Networks International) where business leads are passed. Our members own the organisation and all funds stay within the group for our members mutual benefit. If you are a business based in Leicester, Leicestershire and you are looking to attract new business, why not come and visit us?