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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 Acsol Recruitment Specialists

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

2025
June
Live Event
Thursday 5th
11:30 Start - 14:00 End
Seminar start - 10.30 am
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: The Price is Right! Or is it?
Venue web site
July
Live Event
Thursday 3rd
11:30 Start - 14:00 End
Seminar start -
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.
Venue web site
August
Live Event
Thursday 7th
11:30 Start - 14:00 End
Seminar start -
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.
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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 5th June 2025

Networking Events' Seminar Topics

Seminar: The Price is Right! Or is it?
Presenter - Chris Booth
The pricing of our services and products is one of the most difficult challenges we face as business owners. In this session we will look at how to charge different prices to different customers for apparently the same thing. And don?t think it can?t be done??.because as consumers we do just that almost every day! This is known as ?price discrimination? and it is a key part of having a successful business. We will look at the concepts of having a ?magic price? as well as ?optimal pricing? and why if you have a single price it is always either too high or too low! By the end of the seminar we will have discovered which of the 15 different applications of price discrimination are most relevant to us and how we can implement them. Chris Booth is a business growth advisor, professional speaker and Chartered Accountant based in Stockport. Chris has over 30 years experience of advising businesses of all sizes as a Chartered Accountant (and he is a director of McKellens based in Heaton Mersey) but his passion is to help owner managed businesses or more importantly the business owner get to where they really want to be. And to help them ensure that their businesses are the most successful and enjoyable to run. Chris has been running the McKellens Masterclass sessions for over 15 years and has seen fantastic results achieved by those business owners who are prepared to take on new ideas and concepts, adapt them and apply them to their businesses. ... [Read More] [Read Less]
Live Event
Thursday 5th June
11:30 Start - 14:00 End
Seminar start - 10.30 am
The Alderley Edge Hotel, Alderley Edge
Seminar:
Presenter -
Live Event
Thursday 3rd July
11:30 Start - 14:00 End
Seminar start -
The Alderley Edge Hotel, Alderley Edge
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What our
members and
visitors say...

3 years! Its seems like only yesterday that I was fighting my way through the Cheshire lanes to the launch of a brand new networking group. These days, new networking groups seem to spring up like weeds, but this one WAS different. It ticked all my boxes and I decided to join at that launch meeting. And I'm still there after three years, because it did deliver on those initial expectations, and continues to do so!! Why do I continue to like The Business Network? Three Simple Reasons: 1 - Its a pleasurable experience. Great lunches in nice locations each month. A structured meeting format, but not rigid. Great educational seminars. Meeting decision makers not salesmen as fellow members. Importantly , you feel you are among friends, all willing to help you. 2 - It helps my business. As a digital marketing consultancy, the majority of our clients come through referrals. I have been introduced to a number of new clients by fellow members and met great companies to partner with through the network. 3 - You don't know when you will meet your next client! As host, Karen works hard to attract new people to every meeting. As well as growing the membership, these visitors help to keep the meeetings fresh and dynamic. And hopefully some may need our Internet Marketing services! Happy 3rd Anniversary! ... [Read More] [Read Less]
Andy Wooles
WSI Internet Marketing
The Business Network South Manchester, run by Win and Simon Edmondson is just brilliant! Win and Simon create a friendly, non-threatening and relaxed environment in which you meet other business owners and decision makers who are interested in helping all the members of the group to grow their businesses and introduce you to others they know. The meeting does have a structure but it isn’t a rigid format and the pre-lunch educational seminars attract a great range of speakers who are always informative. All in all, the meeting is fun! And that is why I have been a member of the group for several years and will continue to do so. Oh and yes I have got new business from being a member. A business networking group which is relaxed and fun and does what is says it will do! ... [Read More] [Read Less]
Chris Booth
McKellens Ltd
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