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Business, over Breakfast

Southend Peers is an established Southend-on-Sea business networking and referral group that meets each Thursday morning.

Our meetings are both fun and fruitful, we welcome business owners, and would-be business owners alike, to get together to build valuable professional relationships; relationships that support, enhance and positively build business.

Joining Southend Peers will open new doors and help grow your business through a collective group of like-minded entrepreneurs.

Our Meetings

What to expect

Our meetings follow a familiar format, but with a ‘Peers’ twist.

Each week, members have the opportunity to deliver a 60-second message to the group, followed by a nominated member presenting a 10-minute introduction to themselves and their business.

Occasionally we also split into breakout groups to discuss business challenges and opportunities and how they affect our respective businesses.

Community

Southend Peers is more than just a networking group, each year we nominate a number of local charities and engage in a number of fundraising events.

The Richest People In The World Look For And Build Networks

Robert Kiyosaki

Effective networking isn't a result of luck - it requires hard work and persistence

Lewis Howes

Networking is marketing. Marketing yourself, your uniqueness, what you stand for

Christine Comaford-Lynch

The way of the world is meeting people through other people

Robert Kerrigan

If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people

Chinese Proverb

A really important part of networking is actually about what you bring to the table-not just what you want to get out of it. Contribution is a big part of networking success.

Gina Romero

Our members

Become a member

Karen Sallows

Company: Crown Vocational Training | Apprenticeships and work-based learning

I’m Karen and am a Director of Crown Vocational Training. I have been working in the apprenticeships and work-based learning sector for over 20 years.

Crown is a specialist in work-based learning and apprenticeships based in Leigh, but working over Essex and London and beyond. I work with companies to help them find and train suitable apprentices, tailoring our programmes to their business needs.

Funding is also available for upskilling existing staff. Our management and property services programmes are especially popular in this respect.

If you would like to know more, I can offer a free training needs analysis or discuss how you can take on an apprentice to help your business grow.