Grow your business through networking

The Southend group is a friendly meeting hosted by experienced networkers Emma Smith and Tabitha Pascoe

The group brings together business women from across the South Essex area with a wide range of professional experience, so there is plenty of opportunity to gain support and share your expertise and business contacts. 

WIBN groups thrive when new businesses visit, so please join our next meeting and tell us about your business!

As a WIBN group member you can build strong business relationships through our regular monthly meetings and informal coffee chats with other members and visitors. Members also receive access to the members area of the WIBN Platform and all its additional benefits.  

Non-members are most welcome to visit any WIBN group once or twice to see if we are for you. Visiting members can visit any other WIBN group up to 4 times per group per year (category permitting).

Meeting Fees

In person meeting - £35+VAT

Visitors from other WIBN groups - £30+VAT

Online meetings (Aug and Dec only) - £25+VAT

Meeting Structure 

11:45am – Coffee and informal networking

12pm - Welcome and Monthly Minutes - your chance to share your business with us for 60 seconds 

12.45pm - A business support topic 

1:00pm - Lunch

1.15pm - Business Spotlight - a focus on one member’s business

1:30pm - Let's Talk Business - Your chance to focus on each other’s businesses by sharing testimonials, passing business contacts and referrals and requesting 1:1's 

1:50pm - Close and more informal networking

Professional Exclusivity

We operate a professional exclusivity policy so members have their professional category seat within their group as part of their membership benefits. Visitors can come to a group where their profession is not taken to try this group and WIBN. The exclusivity policy doesn't apply to visitors. 

REGISTER and the group leader will confirm if your profession is available. You can also click on the pink button on the group page to see a list of members in this group 

Find out more about the Southend group.

Find out more about Southend group leader, Vicky Labinger