Get listed in the B2B Directory
Shout about who you are and what you do with a listing in our B2B Directory for just £15 a month.
Attend an event
Choose from networking, mastermind sessions and workshops – all designed to support you in running and growing your business.
Promote your business
Raise your profile with a display ad on The Business Connection website or get a professionally designed and written Business Focus page.
Learn
Delve into our growing library of articles, blogs, resources and courses to help you in all aspects of running your business.
Be supported
Our Business Bestie mentors are here to act as a sounding board and trusty advisor whatever help you need in your business.
Events
Book now for a place on one of our events, including networking, masterminds and workshops.
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Business Focus
Red Shoes Marketing
Red Shoes Media & Marketing brings together a complete package of services to help you start, run and grow your business and reach your goals.
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New website launched
Welcome to the new-look The Business Connection website - putting our events, content and services front and centre and offering you the opportunity to promote your business.
Latest Content
Leaflets: Old skool, but still cool…
A well-designed leaflet, which is visually appealing and packed with useful information, can be a cost-effective way to promote your business and is worth considering as part of your marketing mix.
Promotions
B2B Directory
TBC Blog
The View From Here
I get knocked down, but I get up again…
Last week was a tough one. Negativity crept in and threatened to overwhelm me, but thanks to my Business Bestie I'm back on track.
Business is what we do…
Networking
The Business Connection networking sessions are a fun and informal way of building meaningful relationships with other small business owners. There’s no pitching – it’s all about making working together in a spirit of community, connection and collaboration.
Group Workshops
Join a group workshop or mentoring session hosted by one of our Business Bestie mentors or a guest expert and work on your business. These sessions are an opportunity to get advice and pick up new ideas and skills to move your business foward.
1:1 Mentoring
Our Business Bestie mentors have a wide range of experience in running a small business and are able to offer advice, make suggestions, challenge you, act as a sounding board and signpost you to other people or services that you need to grow your business.
Mastermind
Join a group of six or eight small business owners in a one-off or six-month long programme of Masterminds. Here you will be able to “pick the brains” of other members on issues, problems or challenges you are facing in your business – and offer your ideas.
I'm Tracey Sweetland
I am the founder ofThe Business Connection, which started life in 2016 as a germ of an idea to create a hub for small business owners.
I have been on my own small business journey since 2014, when I co-founded a local newspaper with three colleagues.
Since then I have set up my own successful media and marketing company and been involved in the launch of a series of B2B and B2C magazines.
My vision for The Business Connection is that it will become the club I wish I had been part of when I first started running my own business to help me overcome the struggles of doing it all alone.