About Us
It has been founded by a group of successful local business people who have been networking together for the last couple of years in the Portsmouth area and have passed more than £300,000 worth of business between themselves and other local businesses in that time.
Part of our formula for success has been our focus on quality rather than quantity and we have spent a lot of time building long term business relationships, partnerships and most importantly trust in each other, so that our fellow members are happy to be ambassadors for each other's businesses.
- Our mission: Aligning Local businesses of integrity that are focused on forging alliances and maximising business opportunities.
- Positives: Plenty! It’s affordable, it’s early, it’s business focused, it’s part of a ‘Must Have’ marketing strategy, it’s a free sales team. There are many more positives !
- Our promise: To lock out the competition, only one committed business type per category will be approved and accepted, base on their integrity and reputation.
Our annual membership costs just £99.00 and then there is a monthly meeting fee of £50.00 per month, paid by Standing Order, to cover venue and breakfast fees etc.
Cog Business Networking works on the principle of having only one member per business category. Once a category is filled, that member locks out any competition and nobody else (member or visitor) can promote that category.
Visitors representing a particular category may attend as long as a category is open in the group.
A visitor may attend on 2 occasions initially for a cost of £10 per visit.
If a category is still open, a visitor may continue to attend but only once in a 3 month period* at a cost of £10 per meeting.
Our group is also committed in raising funds for local charities via a small weekly raffle and social events.
*revised November 2011