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Membership to the Bath & Bristol Enterprise Network is free so if you’re not a member why not join? Once you join and create your profile you can find colleagues, connect with new contacts, share knowledge and get found on Google!

Benefits of Membership:
• Invitations to a series of evening networking events
• Opportunity to build relationships with organisations at all levels of the business process (eg manufacturer, service organisations, financiers etc)
• Enables interaction with researchers and leading academics
• Provides access to significant group of entrepreneurs
• Ability to post your press releases and company news
• Free executive jobs search and advertising service
• Access to a series of training and development opportunities including regular networking events over a complimentary glass of wine and light buffet
• Talks by guest speakers on subjects such as nanotechnology and environmental issues (see Past BEN events for a list of previous events)
• Web discussion facility to contact other members
• Receive information about topics within specific area of interest
• Ability to join and create special interest groups

BEN networking evenings usually take the following format:

6.00 Informal networking over a complimentary glass of wine and light buffet or canapés
6.45 Welcome and brief introduction
7.00 Presentations by guest speakers (3 or 4  each speaking for approx 15 mins)
8.15 Question & Answer session
8.30 Second opportunity to network with members
9.00 Doors close

Topics typically cover such issues as finance, sales and entrepreneurial leadership, to more specialised subjects such as bioscience, nanotechnology, health, communications and environmental issues.

Feedback we've received from members include:

"I will be telling all my friends and colleagues about it – excellent insights and excellent top level networking.  Extremely valuable."

"It was another excellent event with a good mix of speakers, very stimulating."

"This was an excellent event that attracted ‘my kind of people’ and hence provided excellent networking"                                                                                    

"The event exceeded my expectations and I think achieved precisely what it set out to achieve." 

"As a newcomer to Bristol, this was my first such event.  It was a good opportunity to network and get an overall picture of the region."

"The networking opportunity is invaluable.  This was my first event and I plan to come again."

                                                                                                                                                                                                             Join Join up on-line or contact the BEN administrator Kelly.Willshire@bristol.ac.uk (0117 3317336).