Events and networking
Connecting with local businesses and experts can really boost your business and help your ideas grow. The Business Growth Team deliver a range of events and programmes designed to support you and your business, including networking drop-ins, jobs fairs, self-employment workshops, and pre-employment programmes. We often run these events alongside our Greater Manchester partners, providing you with invaluable opportunities for networking and gaining knowledge.
See below for a full list of the latest events and networking opportunities available to you as a Tameside business.
Upcoming Business Events and Networking Opportunities
Social Media with Confidence
A relaxed, interactive workshop designed to help local businesses stop overthinking social media and start using it with confidence. Gain practical, down-to-earth advice and ideas you can start using immediately, regardless of your industry or experience.
When? 9am to 1pm, Friday 14 August
Where? Location to be announced.
Tameside Talks Business - Work On Your Business
Are you spending too much time working in your business and not enough working on it?
Led by business consultant, Daniel Ponting, this session will give you all the tools to help you set and monitor your own SMART objectives. Plus, you'll learn everything you need to know about time management, self-accountability, and the 2 calendar method to make sure you can achieve your goals.
When? 4pm to 7pm, Thursday 27 August
Where? Ashton Library, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 6BH
Tameside Finance and Professional Services Network
Join us for the launch of a brand new network for financial and professional services in Tameside.
This launch breakfast event is focused on AI and what wider market change means for the sector. Rather than a general AI briefing, the focus is practical: how client expectations are shifting, where the real opportunities and risks lie, and what firms can do now to stay competitive.
When? 8:30am to 11:30am, Friday 18 September
Where? Tameside Stadium, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL7 9HG
Build A Business
Our local SME Champions can provide one to one support and create a business information plan specific to you. Weekly Drop-in sessions at Tameside Library in Ashton-under-Lyne.
GM Business Growth Hub
The GM Business Growth Hub have a variety of in-person and online events, including people and performance management, commercial thinking for social enterprise and sales and marketing for manufacturers.
View the events calendar here.
Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
Find advice, learn new skills, and expand your network with hundreds of UK-wide events designed for small business owners and the self-employed.