Welcome to WIBN, where we're great believers in common sense and simplicity... 

... and what could be simpler or make more sense than networking?

Taking business back to basics, putting names to faces and faces to businesses.

WE KNOW chatting to someone over a meal or a coffee can oil the wheels of co-operation and commerce as much, if not more than an expensive advertising campaign and it’s always so much more comfortable calling up someone you already know than someone you don’t.

WHO ARE WE? A networking organisation for like-minded women from the fields of finance, law, graphic, interior and garden design, the arts and education, dental, medical and remedial practice together with a whole raft of entrepreneurs offering skills and services ranging from painting to printing to payroll, from data-base to dinner-party catering and from decorating to de-cluttering.

WHO ARE YOU? A business owner? MD? Director? Associate? Manager? Therapist? Marketing or PR Consultant? Dress Designer? Documentary Maker? Researcher? Web Designer, Builder or Database Creator? Maybe you’re an employee of a larger company or institution? Maybe you’ve been in business a number of years. Maybe you’re freshly minted and just launched. Possibly you’re ready to move your business to a new stage or perhaps you’re looking to outsource your IT or financial requirements. On the other hand maybe you’re offering an outsource service for other businesses... 

...why not come along to one of our meetings to tell us who you are and exactly what your business needs?

IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME? Well that’s something that of course you’ll decide for yourself but we believe whether the economic climate is good, bad or ugly you can never have too many business contacts. 

PROOF OF THE PUDDING?   Well we know we’re doing something right because our motivated, multi-skilled and mightily vocal members are no push-over and would pretty quickly tell us if we weren’t. Many of the women gathering once a month at our structured, lunchtime meetings (we currently have over 60 different groups) have the sort of corporate background which teaches caution if not a certain amount of cynicism, whilst others have been around the block enough times to know there’s no such thing as a free lunch. They do know though that no matter how brilliant their business, if not enough people are finding out about it, they’re on a hiding to nothing. 

... IS IN THE EATING. The number of members at a WIBN meeting can vary but usually falls between 17 and 25 with a number of different visitors attending every month. Each of the people present learns about you, your company and what type of clients or specific referrals you’re seeking. You’re all there for the same reason, to grow your business, so they’re as happy to help you as you are to help them. At a conservative estimate each of those women probably knows between 6 and 12 other people who might want to use your services - you do the maths!

AND BECAUSE we stick to a one profession per group rule you won’t find yourself sitting between two other ladies in the same business as you (unless you are attending a new group launch meeting)!

WE’RE A MEMBER-LED ORGANISATION which means we listen to what you say and what you want. More and more like-minded ladies are joining existing groups whilst in areas where groups don’t yet exist, enterprising women are purchasing our business model as a franchise and setting them up.

IF THE WAY WE THINK, IS THE WAY YOU THINK, COME ALONG AND MEET US