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Business Networking Groups Bath

Local networking groups who welcome new businesses.

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Business Networking is a great way to make new friends and contacts.

If you are self employed or run a small firm in Bath, we would strongly recommend that you consider adding networking to your marketing strategy. Not only does it widen your circle of business contacts, it can keep you in touch with what is going on in the local business world, and potentially bring in more trade!

You will find a list of business networking clubs in Bath below, but if you want to learn more about networking, please visit our national Business Networking section.

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Bath Networking Groups

Somer Valley Chamber of Commerce
We’re a dynamic group of local businesses and retailers networking together to promote commerce. If you would like to know more about us, this website will provide you with information about our group – otherwise feel free to contact us and perhaps arrange to come along to one of our meetings. The Town Hall, The Island, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2HQ
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Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Somerset Chamber provides a range of opportunities designed to help you promote and develop your business to other members. TEstablished in 1994, the Somerset Chamber works hard to support local businesses and specifically our 500 strong network of member businesses covering all industry sectors from sole-traders to multi-national corporations. Combined with local Town Chambers, the Somerset Chamber represent over 2000 businesses across Somerset. Address: Equity House, Blackbrook Park Avenue, Blackbrook Business Park, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2PX
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Bath Business Women's Association
The Bath Business Women's Association is a not-for-profit organisation run by a volunteer committee of business women. Membership is free and the benefits of belonging to BBWA include monthly networking events, a monthly newsletter and the chance to exchange ideas and information with other business-women. BBWA was established in 1996 to provide a friendly, supportive forum for like-minded women to network and share business experience.
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Abbey BNI (Bath)
Meet at the Royal Crescent Hotel, 16 Royal Crescent, Bath on Tuesdays 06.45-8.45am
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Circus BNI (Bath)
Meet at Bath Racecourse, Lansdown, Bath on Wednesday mornings 06.45-8.45am.
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Enterprising Women
At Enterprising Women, our goal is to help women achieve the success they want, by empowering, connecting, training, inspiring, campaigning, promoting, celebrating and supporting them in whatever way we can. We warmly welcome all female business owners, new and well-established, from any sector, background and from all parts of the UK. Bath Business Club is about you. We will draw on the expertise of existing clubs around the country, but look forward to evolving the Bath Club to meet the needs of its members, whether you have decades or months of experience and whatever sector your business is in. Women make an important contribution to business in the region and to the regions economic future and having a community in which this can be celebrated and nurtured will further strengthen this contribution.
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Mums The Boss
Coffee and chat for mums in business in Somerset. Pay as you go (
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NRG Networking
NRG runs facilitated business networking events. Members are mainly independent professionals who are either self-employed or work for small or medium sized businesses. Our purpose is to help our members grow their business faster and more successfully.
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Parade BNI (Bath)
Meet on Friday mornings at Bailbrook House, 1 Everleigh Avenue, off London Road West, Bath, BA1 7JD
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Small Business Focus
Small Business Focus is a business support group with three main objectives: 1. to promote and highlight our members within the local community and regional business community - 2. to lobby the local authorities on behalf of our members to enhance and optimise the situation of small, local and independent businesses - 3. to offer support and help to small independent businesses, so they might prosper and grow. We run the B&NES Entrepreneurs Club - a free club (supported by a grant from the local authority) to encourage and support studentsgraduateswomen-returnersthose made redundant and military resettlers in setting up their own businesses or gaining employment with small, local independent businesses. The events are held every Tuesday evening within B&NES and are free to attend. We encourage existing entrepreneurs to come along, support and mentor the new start-ups. Contact me for further details.
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