As a top hotel near the London Olympia, there are few things we enjoy more than welcoming Business travellers who have arrived in town to network and grow their business at the former exhibition centre’s numerous specialist trade shows.

Yet whilst those events may be ideal for making vital contacts within your own industry, where do you turn when it comes to branching out, networking with businesses in other areas of expertise, and developing the kind of mutually beneficial relationships which can really help take your business to the next level?

If you’re staying with us over the next few weeks, you turn here, to our pick of the top five Business Networking events taking place in London this month, all within easily accessible distance from our Earls Court hotel.

Kensington and Chelsea Business Breakfast

Tuesdays, 6.45am – 8.30am

Wrights Lane, Kensington, W8 5SP

The premier business networking event here in Kensington and Chelsea, the BNI meet every Tuesday morning to share contacts, talk about their business, and explore possibilities for working together to improve income generation.

The results have been nothing less than impressive, with organisers claiming that the network generates an average of £95,000 per person, per year.

Visitors are welcome to attend the BNI’s weekly breakfasts. For more details, see the website http://bni-kensington-chelsea.co.uk

Three Speakers Under One Roof To Grow Your Brand

Monday, May 8th, 11.30am – 3.30PM

The Business Lab, 36 The North Mall , Broadway , Stratford , London , E15 1NG

Though it’s the one event furthest away from your London hotel, the 45 minute tube journey from Earls Court Station to Stratford is likely to be one of the best investments of time you make for your business all year.

This has three inspiring speakers talking on the subject of growing and promoting your brand, with ample opportunities to network, to enjoy a one-on-one consultation with the guest speakers, and to take away from valuable insights into how to take your business to the next level.

For tickets and full information, visit www.eventbrite.com

Business Junction Lunch in Leadenhall Market

Thursday, May 11th – 12.30pm

Factory House, 37 Leadenhall Place, EC3M 7AA

Business Junction organise scores of networking opportunities across the capital each month, but it’s this lunch time gathering in the historic Leadenhall Market that remains one of our favourites.

A short tube journey from our Earls Court hotel to Monument station, the market’s renowned Factory House bar and grill plays host to over 60 business owners from a broad cross section of British industries.

Get to know your fellow business owners over a delicious hot fork buffet, and don’t forget to study the attendee list that is given out in advance to be in with the best chance of making a great first impression.

Attendance is £25+ VAT for non-members. For booking and enquiries, see the website http://businessjunction.co.uk/events/lunch-in-leadenhall-market-1

Women in Business Network Kensington & Chelsea

Wednesday, May 17th, 12:00PM – 2:00PM

The Grange Strathmore, Queen’s Gate Gardens, Kensington, London SW7 5NB, UK

Kensington & Chelsea’s leading women’s only business network meet every third Wednesday of the month to support and encourage each other in breaking new ground with their work.

To ensure better opportunities to promote your business to right people, WIBN Kensington and Chelsea operate a one profession per group policy.

Visitors are welcome, with prices and booking information available at www.wibn.co.uk/groups-members/kensington-chelsea/

The Business Startup Show

Wednesday, May 17th – Thursday, May 18th

ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, E16 1XL

Last but certainly by no means least, we come to the big one:

The largest business networking event anywhere in London, if not the entire United Kingdom.

For two whole days, around 25,00o businesses will descend on the ExCel London for the hotly anticipated Business Startup Convention.

There, attendees will have the opportunity to listen to top keynote speakers from the likes of Google, Zoho and Funding Circle, as they share their secrets for success and offer top tips on how to really send your startup skyrocketing.

A number of interactive training sessions, business masterclasses and networking events are also set to take place, making this the one business event in London you absolutely can not afford to miss this May.

For full details, see: www.bstartup.com

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