4-5 June 2024

Manchester Central

MEDIA PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS

We’re proud to be working with:

AllBright

AllBright

AllBright is the leading career network for women in business and tech to connect, upskill and thrive.

Founded by serial entrepreneur, Debbie Wosskow OBE, and former Hearst CEO, Anna Jones, AllBright is for women at all ages and stages.

Offering solutions for businesses and individuals, AllBright provides the content and community women need to achieve their goals and supercharge their careers; whether that’s securing a promotion, finding a mentor, or tapping into the potential of the metaverse.

Join a global community of smart-minded women, and access exclusive events, inspiring courses, and unrivalled networking opportunities.

Learn more by visiting our website.

Business Focus Magazine

Business Focus Magazine

Business Focus Magazine is a leading global business magazine directed at high-level executives.

The primary objective of Business Focus Magazine is to provide quality coverage of truly inspiring companies that have achieved the highest standard in their field of expertise. With a core readership of director and c-level executives across the worldwide business spectrum, we make sure your exposure is to the people you want to be seen by.

Business Woman

Business Woman

Business Woman is brought to you by the team behind What Franchise, a D C Thomson publication and shines a spotlight on the many benefits of being a franchise owner. Franchising offers so much scope for women who are looking to take more control over their working lives and can offer large-scale fulltime business opportunities through to parttime lifestyle franchises and everything in-between.

Business Woman Magazine offers advice, educational articles and looks at some of the many opportunities out there right now. Being a franchisee gives you the unique opportunity to be in business for yourself, but not by yourself.

CEO Today Magazine

CEO Today Magazine

CEO Today Magazine is a premium aspirational lifestyle and business magazine.

We seek to inspire, motivate and inform the world’s most successful business leaders, executives, and entrepreneurs through our content. Our magazine provides news, interviews and features about the most influential leaders in the business world and beyond, focusing on topical stories, exclusive content and in-depth articles that motivate our readers.

Our goal is to inspire leadership and innovation among the world’s business elite. Rather than detailing the minutiae of small business, we focus on the inspiration behind the world’s most successful companies and their leaders.

Through our print magazine and online presence, our editorial teams source and create the content that engages and galvanises our influential, discerning and affluent audience. Offering the business leaders of today an opportunity to delve deeper into both the professional and personal lives of fellow business leaders and explore the aspirational lifestyle interests that our distinguished audience enjoys.

Computer Weekly

Computer Weekly

The latest information technology (IT) news and IT jobs from ComputerWeekly.com. Stay ahead with IT management and technology news, blogs, jobs, etc.

Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade

About the Department for International Trade and its services

The Department for International Trade (DIT) secures UK and global prosperity by promoting and financing international trade and investment, and championing free trade. DIT can help your business grow in new markets.

About the Department for International Trade and its services

The Department for International Trade (DIT) secures UK and global prosperity by promoting and financing international trade and investment, and championing free trade. DIT can help your business grow in new markets.

Visit great.gov.uk to:

  • create an export plan,
  • identify high-potential markets for your products,
  • access free online lessons to build your knowledge of selling internationally,
  • search and apply for live export opportunities,
  • explore e-commerce options and support to sell online internationally, and
  • explore finance and insurance options from UK Export Finance.
Digital Transformation EXPO

Digital Transformation EXPO

Digital Transformation EXPO (DTX) is Europe’s #1 digital transformation event. The event showcases the latest ‘must have’ technology and insight from the world’s top brands and leading experts. Get right into the what, why and how of digital transformation, connecting your business with the essential tools and knowledge you need to meet today’s demands.

With a focus on cloud transformation, cyber security, DevOps, unified communications, future networks, data and AI, DTX Europe empowers IT and digital innovation professionals to build and execute a world-class digital transformation strategy, matching technology with business needs and desired outcomes.

Get your free pass: https://bit.ly/3oCiNTJ

Elite Business

Elite Business

At Elite Business, we’re passionate about championing new business. Providing fresh perspectives and representing disruptive solutions, we’re interested in the startups and SMEs that are spearheading Britain forward. From tech unicorns to entrepreneurs transforming healthcare with AI, we cover the movers and shakers making enterprising exciting.
Our online platform covers up-to-the-minute content and presents a unique angle on the things enterprises need to know, from maximising the potential of mobile to setting the world alight on social media. We also gather the best and brightest voices in the community to share their experience.

Encouraging Women into Franchising

Encouraging Women into Franchising

Encouraging Women into Franchising (EWiF) is a not-for-profit organisation providing advice and guidance to women who are considering franchising. If you’ve always dreamt of running your own business, or have a business that is ready for expansion, franchising can help you turn your dreams into reality.

Our mission is to educate, inspire and empower women with information around franchising so they can make informed decisions to help them achieve their career goals. We partner with other professionals in the franchise industry to offer the best guidance and support possible.

Contact us to discover how franchising can help you!

Fiena Members Club

Fiena Members Club

Live the extraordinary. Come and get to know FIENA LONDON: the city’s only adventure club for women. Access exclusive events each month, an incredible social network of friends and female business partners as well as luxurious clubhouses & hangouts bang in the UK capital. Memberships available today. *Exclusive offer (limited time only).

Girls in Tech

Girls in Tech

Girls in Tech is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating the gender gap in tech. We have more than 60,000 members in 50+ chapters around the world. Girls in Tech started with an idea: There is a strong, smart and outspoken girl within all of us. We exist to make sure that girl is heard. Because when every voice, every perspective, every personality is honored and respected, we do better work and live richer lives. Follow the London chapter and become a member at the website to know about the latest events in your area: https://london.girlsintech.org/.

Jovis Creative Agency

Jovis Creative Agency

Jovis Creative specialises in strategy, creative & art direction for visual communication using still and moving images.

They are an agency with purpose and direction. Their purpose is to positively impact everyone they work with to create extraordinary and unique digital and print content. They are storytellers combining their expertise with radical new approaches, behavioural insight and cutting-edge technology to build brands and drive sales.

They are an agency comprising a team of strategists, image-makers, designers, digital activators and programmers.

Their passion and drive is built on the direction of their beliefs, foundation and values.

LMF Network

LMF Network

LMF Network is a global social education technology consultancy and careers platform focused on building confidence, capabilities and careers through mentoring, masterclasses & meaningful networks.

Since 2018, we have worked hard to enable women into the workplace. Our efforts have taken us to a community of 50,000+ socially; upskilled 20,000+ people across 24 countries and launched the largest virtual mentoring programme. We take pride in being a community-first network.
It was founded by Sonya Barlow, an award-winning entrepreneur, a best-selling author and a BBC Radio presenter.

Sonya Barlow links 

Website: https://www.sonyabarlow.co.uk/ 

Instagram: @sonyabarlowuk

Twitter: @sonyabarlowuk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyabarlow/

The International Franchise Show

The International Franchise Show

The International Franchise Show is the only event of its kind in the UK to connect you with the largest selection of franchise brands. The Franchise Show is dedicated to answering all your franchising questions and providing you with a whole host of incredible opportunities to take charge and become your own boss.

After a record breaking event in April 2022, the next event to take place is on the 14th and 15h April 2023. Each year thousands of entrepreneurs and business owners flock to the ExCeL London for unmissable seminars, panel debates, insights and information from big brands, over 250 exhibitors, networking, and so much more.

Get your FREE tickets today! Or find out more at https://www.thefranchiseshow.c…

The UK’s biggest Franchise Show is back for 2021, returning to London’s ExCeL on the 1st & 2nd of October! Helping budding entrepreneurs find their perfect franchise opportunity. As we build back global economies, the Franchise Show is here to help, giving you access to a plethora of brands, expert advice in franchise strategy, funding, expansion and much more. Your FREE ticket gives you access to over 250 franchise opportunities, 60+ insightful seminars and interactive panel debates and workshops.

March8.

March8.

March8 is an inspiring and informative community of women executives, entrepreneurs, professionals and overachievers. March8 recognises, celebrates and champions the achievements and contributions made by women in both business and society.

Our community offers practical and compelling career, financial and lifestyle resources to help women take their careers to the next level and achieve a work-life balance.

Northern Power Women

Northern Power Women

Northern Power Women and the PoWEr Collective CIC are on a mission to accelerate gender equality and social mobility from the North of England. Not only do they host webinars and podcasts they also put on free virtual monthly micro-mentoring sessions to connect those at the start of their career with industry professionals. These sessions have created £1million in social value and sparked 20,000 conversations. You can simply register here. The Northern Power Women Awards are in their seventh year and are the largest celebration of gender equality in Europe. Nominations for the NPWAwards 2023 are open 6th September – Tuesday, 4th October and can be submitted through the Power Platform.

Modern Woman

Modern Woman

Modern Woman is a female-led business network and media brand to support mid-career to senior level professionals from diverse industries through engaging content, inspirational events and valuable connections.

PoWEr Collective

PoWEr Collective

Northern Power Women and the PoWEr Collective CIC are on a mission to accelerate gender equality and social mobility from the North of England. Not only do they host webinars and podcasts they also put on free virtual monthly micro-mentoring sessions to connect those at the start of their career with industry professionals. These sessions have created £1million in social value and sparked 20,000 conversations. You can simply register here. The Northern Power Women Awards are in their seventh year and are the largest celebration of gender equality in Europe. Nominations for the NPWAwards 2023 are open 6th September – Tuesday, 4th October and can be submitted through the Power Platform.

Psychologies Magazine

Psychologies Magazine

Psychologies is the UK’s biggest and best-selling mindfulness and emotional wellbeing magazine. Psychologies’ mission is to provide every woman with inspiration and advice to support her to improve her emotional wellbeing. We aim to help her boost her happiness and resilience and lower her stress and anxiety. We do that by providing simple, achievable steps to make small changes that can add up to a real difference.

Embracing the four pillars of our life, from mind and body to heart and soul, Psychologies engages with the world around us as well as the world within, to help our audience discover inspiring ways to make every day better and create the life they love.

Startups Magazine

Startups Magazine

Startups Magazine is a publication which champions tech startups – the entrepreneurial heroes disrupting industries and the creators’ challenging norms and breaking boundaries.

In print and online, the Startups Magazine team works hard to deliver unique content to startups providing valuable insights from industry experts, advice on business fundamentals and most importantly – a platform to introduce tech startups to the world stage.

Subscribers of the publication have access to so much! You can read gold-dust content from experts, receive upcoming issues, be the first to be invites to events and can have their own startup featured editorially!

Alongside the magazine, the company also has a podcast called The Cereal Entrepreneur where their Editor and host, Anna Flockett interviews the most innovative startups of the moment! As well as talking about some startup lessons and failure fables with a sprinkling of inspirational advice from experts and startups themselves.

The Engineer Magazine

The Engineer Magazine

The Engineer is a fortnightly magazine focusing on technological innovation, news and the latest developments in the engineering sector.

WeAreTheCity

WeAreTheCity

WeAreTheCity was founded in 2008 to help women progress and excel in their careers. Through our various initiatives, our events, conferences and awards, we have helped thousands of women enhance their careers and provided over 10,000 women with the opportunities to upskill and network.

The Business Show

The Business Show

Are you looking to start a business or grow your existing business? Helping small businesses grow and develop, the 44th edition of the show will reveal the secrets of business adaptation, innovation and survival in the business world through finding and purchasing the products and services that your business needs to take you to the next level.

With over 500 exhibitors, 200 seminars from business experts , speed networking and unmissable masterclasses covering everything from keeping your workplace safe to optimising your website and taking your business online, visitors will leave with all the resources needed to succeed in their industry.

So what are you waiting for? To register for your free ticket, simply head over to www.greatbritishbusinessshow.co.uk

UK Black Business Show

UK Black Business Show

As a partner of UK Black Business Week and UK Black Business Show WOMEN IN BUSINESS & TECH EXPO received an allocation of 50 complimentary weekly passes giving access to the events planned from Tuesday 18th to Saturday 22nd October 2022 and 50 standard tickets for the show. With events delivered by industry leaders, UK Black Business Week promises to equip Black Professionals and Entrepreneurs with business insights, new skills and knowledge to navigate the world of work.

We are delighted to invite you. Use WIBTE22 at checkout to redeem your complimentary weekly pass or your standard tickets.

Book your tickets now!

Virgin StartUp

Virgin StartUp

About Virgin StartUp

Virgin StartUp are the not-for-profit helping founders and future founders start and grow the businesses they’re passionate about.

They provide access to funding, mentoring, training, support and investment-readiness programmes, and are home to thousands of startup and scaleup founders in their community.

The 5050 Pledge

In 2019, Virgin StartUp made a commitment to level up the playing field to starting and scaling businesses by funding equal numbers of men and women founders though their startup loans programme. To date, they have helped over 4,800 founders access more than £65m in Start Up Loan funding of whom 42% (2016) are women-led business.

Join Virgin StartUp to hear more about their work to support women founders and hear inspiring success stories at the Women in Business & Tech Event on Thursday Oct 13th 11.40am-12.10pm in the Business Starter and Franchise Education Theatre.

Women in Exhibitions Network

Women in Exhibitions Network

Women in Exhibitions Network is a membership community welcoming professionals representing exhibition organisers, venues and service suppliers in the UK event industry (and globally), whose business is related to the organisation and facilitation of exhibitions, conferences or trade fairs.

Women in Exhibitions Network has been set up to fulfil the mission of empowering women in the industry whilst helping to nurture the next generation of female leaders.

This community is the result of a joint effort of inspirational female leaders from our industry who are our founding members and ambassadors.

For more information on how to join us please visit our site www.womeninexhibitions.co.uk

Barefoot Coaching Ltd

Barefoot Coaching Ltd

Barefoot Coaching is the creation of Kim Morgan MCC, one of the UK’s first executive coaches, and has been at the forefront of the UK coaching and coach training industry for over 25 years.

Over 4,000 people have now been trained through our International Coach Federation (ICF) ACTP accredited Postgraduate Certificate in Business and Personal Coaching. The course combines psychological depth, academic rigour and a highly practical focus.

Award-winning event. Shortlisted for seven industry awards.
Among the top 80 event organisers and agencies in the UK & Ireland.

OTHER LOCATIONS

Manchester

4-5 June 2024

Manchester Central

Dublin

17-18 September 2024

RDS Dublin

London

2-3 October 2024

ExCel London

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