New BNI chapters forming near you
One seat per profession. Is yours still open?
New groups of local business owners are forming across Durham, Teesside and North Yorkshire. They meet every week to pass each other work, and only one person from each profession gets a seat.
Chapters forming in
- Darlington
- Durham
- Marske-by-the-Sea
- Middlesbrough
Chapters forming in
- Darlington
- Durham
- Marske-by-the-Sea
- Middlesbrough
- Over 40 years
- 78 countries
- 10,000 UK members
Why owners stay
Work that arrives already trusted
Customers who already want to hear from you
People in the room pass your name to someone who needs what you do. You pick up the phone to a warm introduction, not a cold enquiry.
Nobody in the room is your competition
One seat per profession. The person opposite you can recommend you without a second thought, because they will never be quoting for the same job.
Local people in your corner
Running a business can be a lonely job. This is the same group of owners every week, who learn your work well enough to spot a good customer for you.
A chapter morning
Real people, a normal room, coffee first
You arrive
Coffee first
The welcome
The structure
Hear it from a member
Two minutes with someone who joined a nearby chapter
Filmed at a real chapter morning. Subtitled, so it works with the sound off.
Check my seatWhat happens next
Three steps, and you are in control of all of them
Tell us what you do
Your profession, your name and a number. Thirty seconds.
Your local director rings you
A short call to say whether your profession is open, how the mornings run and who is already in the room.
You decide
If it suits, you hear what joining involves. If it does not, you leave it there. No obligation either way.
Fair questions
Before you ask
Is this just a room full of people selling to me?
No. The morning is built around passing work to each other, so the person opposite you is looking for someone to recommend, not someone to pitch.
I tried networking before and nothing came of it.
Plenty of people in the room said the same before they came. Have the chat, ask what the last few months have actually produced, and judge it on that.
I do not have a morning a week to give.
That is a fair thing to weigh up. The chat is the place to work out whether the time would pay you back, and there is no obligation either way.
What happens after I get in touch?
The local director gives you a ring for a short conversation. Nothing is signed, nothing is booked, and you can leave it there.
What if there is not a chapter near me yet?
Tell us where you are anyway. We are opening across the region in stages, and knowing where the interest is coming from is how we decide which town comes next. Someone will come back to you either way.
One seat per profession. When it is taken, it is taken.
Find out whether your profession is still open in the chapter nearest you. It takes 30 seconds.
Check my seatYour local director rings you. No obligation either way.