The Business Network Manchester

Helen and Russell Bennett are fantastic! The Business Network Manchester is a brilliant group of like-minded business people who come together each month to network, offer referrals and to generally help each other. I have been a member of over 20 years and it has very much helped me to grow my business as a result! If you are based in Manchester, you should pay a visit.

This Network is as good as it gets. Hosted by the wonderful Helen Bennett it offers all kinds of businesses excellent network opportunities as well as support from Helen. The network lunches are always a positive experience and for me personally they have provided me with many new clients - and indeed friends.

I have been attending The Business Network meetings in Manchester for 10+ years and its the monthly meeting I always look forward too. The Host Helen is always very welcoming and ensures that the people in the room are senior and relevant. If I could only attend one event, this would be the one I would pick.

Nothing but positives for Helen & Russell since we became involved with The Business Network Manchester 2 years ago. Extremely professional and skilled and making useful connections. I look forward very much to the return to their face-to-face networking events sometime soon.

After nearly 30 years in business, this is The Best Business Network we have ever been to! The success of this network is down to the enthusiasm and genuine love of the members from Helen and Russel Bennet who are the founders and organisers and this culture runs throughout the network with a genuine desire to help one another without any pressure. Well organised, friendly, welcoming and now a mature network with some fabulous businesses and people who wants to help. Long may this network continue.........

I've been a member of the Business Network in Manchester for over 4 years now and I know of no other network that works so hard for its members. There's no gimmicks and no "you must create 'x' number of leads", there's just a genuine interest in who you are, what you do and how the network might be able to help you. In return, members are eager to help each other, providing support, services, advice and more and so much of it without any hint of a transaction. In pre-Covid days we would meet for lunch in one of Manchester's premier hotels, attend an optional pre-lunch seminar on a specialist topic (often worth the joining fee alone), and then, after a period of general networking, be supported by a table host as you share your business, passion or anything else that is on your heart. In our socially distant setting, we still meet monthly, now via Zoom, and follow a similar format, albeit without the 2-course lunch and coffee! Membership tends to be a mixture of business owners to senior leaders in the small to medium enterprise sector but there are some bigger organisations represented and the decision makers are generally in the room. I've found the Business Network - and the work of Helen and Russell Bennet in particular - to be very supportive and the gateway to some excellent opportunities for both business and support.

Great friendly atmosphere with a servant leadership culture. I attended my first meeting in November and already had 4 follow up sessions in the following week. Well worth joining.

Helen runs the best networking group I know. I have been a member for ten years and I would have dropped out long ago if it wasn't worth while ! Peter

Superb networking group, professionally run by very caring individuals. I can highly recommend.