Bracknell BID held its first annual ‘Know Your Neighbour’ evening event on Thursday 28th April, kindly hosted by Waitrose & Partners, for BID area businesses to network and develop relationships and to encourage growth and prosperity in Bracknell. The event took place at Waitrose Conference Centre on Willoughby Road. The Waitrose Conference Centre is a spacious multi-functional facility comprising of conference rooms of various sizes based in the Southern Business Area.
Over forty attendees from thirty local businesses were in attendance at the event, and helped to facilitate key relationships with one another for inter-trading opportunities. Seven businesses also took up exhibition stands, showcasing their business offerings to other attendees.
Attendees were treated to a complimentary glass of wine, tea or coffee on arrival and time to network with other businesses in attendance, before settling down for presentations from Bracknell BID and Waitrose & Partners.
Once presentations came to a close, there was a business card draw for two prizes; a bottle of wine kindly provided by Waitrose and a photographic headshot worth £200 from The Headshot Guy, based at 329 Bracknell in the Southern Business Area. A special congratulations to Marc Turner from B-Tech Engineering (Pictured) for winning the draw and prizes.
Bracknell BID would like to thank all attendees for attending, Waitrose & Partners for supporting and hosting the event, and the Headshot Guy for providing a prize for the draw.
To read more on the event complete with pictures and presentation insights from Bracknell BID and Waitrose & Partners, click here for the project page.
The ‘Know Your Neighbour’ Event organised by Bracknell BID is part of our series of monthly networking events organised by the BID, with ‘Meet Your Neighbour’ Business Breakfasts hosted every month at a different business, for attendees to network over a complimentary breakfast and to learn about the host business’s services and history in Bracknell.
The next Bracknell BID organised ‘Meet Your Neighbour’ Business Breakfast will be hosted by Lilly UK on Thursday, 19th May from 8.30am to 10am. To sign up to the event, click here.
