Networking events
Find the room that is actually worth your morning.
Most networking is a lottery because you cannot see who is going until you are standing in the room. Rooms on The Gantry open 14 days ahead so you can decide before you commit.
Networking events in Northampton
Our own base, so it is the patch we know best. Northampton has an unusually dense owner-managed business community for its size, spread across Moulton Park, Brackmills and the town centre, and a networking scene that runs mostly on breakfasts.
See the rooms BuckinghamshireNetworking events in Milton Keynes
A corporate and fast-growth business base rather than an old town centre, which shapes the networking: more scale-ups and more regional offices of national firms than you would find in a comparable market town.
See the rooms West MidlandsNetworking events in Birmingham
The largest business community outside London, and the one where the choice of room matters most. There is an event most mornings, which means the question is not whether to go but which one.
See the rooms LeicestershireNetworking events in Leicester
A diverse, long-established business base with textiles, food and logistics alongside a growing professional services sector, and a networking culture that leans towards long-standing relationships.
See the rooms Greater LondonNetworking events in London
More events than anyone can attend and the lowest odds of meeting the same person twice by accident. Preparation matters more here than anywhere, because the room will not do the work for you.
See the roomsWhy seeing the room first matters
A room sold as founders and funders that turns out to be two funders and sixty service providers is a common and entirely avoidable disappointment. The only thing that prevents it is being able to see who is actually going rather than who was invited.
On the free tier you see 30% of the people in any Room you join, which is enough to judge whether the mix matches the invitation. If the organiser has added you to their delegate list, the whole room opens at no cost to you.
How to prepare for a networking event goes through what to do with that, in about twenty minutes.
Founding members
The first rooms are being built now.
We're opening The Gantry with a small group of members and event owners across the Midlands and the South East. Leave your email and we'll be in touch about the next Room near you.
Event owners: tell us the event and the date, and we'll set the Room up with you.