BNI

BNI Luminarus · Durham

New Durham chapter now forming

One seat per profession. Is yours still open?

A new group of Durham business owners who pass each other work, every week. Only one person from each profession gets a seat, so nobody in the room is your competition.

Takes 30 seconds. Robin rings you to let you know.

Robin Hancock, BNI Luminarus director consultant for Durham

You will speak to Robin HancockDirector Consultant, building BNI Luminarus in Durham

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.

  • Durham 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

  • Arrive

    You arrive

  • Coffee

    Coffee first

  • Welcome

    The welcome

  • Structure

    The structure

In a meeting

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 seat

What happens next

Three steps, and you are in control of all of them

  1. Tell us what you do

    Your profession, your name and a number. Thirty seconds.

  2. Robin rings you

    A short call to say whether your profession is open, how the mornings run and who is already in the room.

  3. 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.

One seat per profession. When it is taken, it is taken.

Find out whether your profession is still open in the Durham chapter. It takes 30 seconds.

Check my seat

Robin rings you. No obligation either way.