The Business Owners Network
Our monthly meetings of The Business Owners Network in Poulton, Lancashire
Meet my online business family
Working from home, or running a small business, can lead to feelings of isolation, and it and be really difficult to reach out or even to find others in similar situations. Networking is vital for any business, but to many people conventional networking with it’s breakfast meetings, referral targets, and pressure to appear faultless is more that people can cope with.
The Business Owners Network was created for those who need to ‘network’ but dislike the more serious networking groups.
We are based on Facebook and open to anyone in any area, and offer support, a real community, best practice tips, accountability, knowledge sharing, training and guides, shared resources, and somewhere to air your fears and ask your questions without feeling silly.
Our members come from many different industries; creatives technical, professional, entrepreneurial, holistic, service industry, education .. we are all inclusive, and offer a safe space online to be a part of a wider business community.
We do have monthly evening meetings in Bispham, Lancashire for those who can attend, where we hear from a different business owner each month and we can learn ore about their business, and we have a free training session each month too, on topics voted for by the members, such as Facebook Ads, Creating Content, LinkedIn, Gaining Referrals, Writing a Press Release and more.
For those who can’t attend the meetings, we share the information and notes to the online group too so nobody misses out!
Membership
Our membership currently FREE!
A lovely chinese meal with the network members and families, followed by some fabulous karaoke!
Social Events
We have regular social outings, where all members are welcome to come and make some friends in a no work allowed environment! Some of our events are family friendly so the partners, colleagues, children and even pets can get involved, some are for members only.
From waterfall climbing to bowling, Chinese Banquets to pizza and wine, we mix it up and let our hair down regularly!
We’re open to ideas, and are looking forward to more wild and wacky outings this year!
Cate McNeal (left) and Gill Payne (right) of Moments In Time Bridal, at our annual Business Owners Network Awards 2020
Annual Awards
We think it is so important that businesses of all sizes are recognised and celebrated! However, the smaller businesses and self employed people out there often don’t stand much of a chance in winning industry awards - so we created our own!
The annual Business Owners Network Awards are held in December each year, and the Awards evening is a chance for everyone to get together, get dressed up, celebrate another year in business, and to award our worthy winners.
“This group is a life line for both me and my business!”