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Networking events in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk

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Business Networking Events

Networking events in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, September 2026

  • Writer: Susie Steed
    Susie Steed
  • 3 hours ago
  • 4 min read

No-lockout networking events in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk kindly supported by Essex Growth Partners


  • 1st September - Essex Growth partners leaders seminar, Patch, Chelmsford. Book your place

  • 1st September - Evenly Collective evening, Colchester. Book your place

  • 2nd September - RSZ Business Networking Breakfast, Ipswich. Book your place

  • 2nd September - Sorbus Breakfast business networking, Essex Wildlife Trust, Leigh on Sea. Book your place

  • 2nd September - Business Buzz networking, Brentwood. Book your place

  • 3rd September - Inc. Southwold Summer Social. Book your place

  • 3rd September - FSB Connect at Metrobank, Chelmsford. Book your place

  • 3rd September - Powered up Business networking, Bury St Edmunds. Book your place

  • 4th September - Empowerment & Espresso networking, East Bergholt. Book your place 

  • 4th September - Friday Padel Club, Southend. Book your place

  • 4th September - Empowered Women Networking, Ipswich. Book your place

  • 7th September - The Hook breakfast club, Colchester. Book your place

  • 7th September - Women Inspired Networking, Stowmarket. Book your place

  • 8th September - Essex Business Club Launch, Essex Conservatives Business Club, Chelmsford Book your place

  • 8th September - FSB Connect, Riverhills, Ipswich. Book your place

  • 8th September - Business Buzz Networking, Saffron Walden. Book your place

  • 8th September - Back to Flamingle relaxed networking, Banham Zoo, Norfolk. Book your place

  • 9th September - Norwich Business Women’s Network lunch, Sprowston Manor, Norwich Book your place

  • 9th September - Coffee and Networking, Venue 16, Ipswich. Book your place

  • 9th September - Light lunch and panel discussion with Norwich City Council. Book your place

  • 9th September - Basildon Business Leaders summer showdown. Book your place

  • 10th September - Diss Business Forum breakfast. Book your place

  • 10th September - Putt and Connect, with Robin Cancer Trust and InColchester BID, Colchester. Book your place

  • 10th September - Bury Professionals Business network. Book your place

  • 10th September - Bury Business Exchange Coffee Morning. Book your place

  • 10th September - North Essex Business Expo, Colchester. Book your place

  • 10th September - Powered Up Business networking, Chelmsford. Book your place

  • 11th September - Suffolk Tourism Hospitality & The Arts Network meet up, Ipswich. Book your place

  • 11th September - Norfolk Business leaders, with guest speaker Grant Holt from Norwich City Football Club, Norwich. Book your place

  • 11th September - Women Owned Essex Southend Meetup. Book your place

  • 14th September - Monday Mingle Coffee Club, Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Fakenham. Book your place

  • 15th September - The Marketing Meetup, Norwich. Book your place

  • 15th September - Essex Director event, University of Essex, Colchester. Book your place

  • 15th September - Empowered Women networking, Framlingham. Book your place

  • 16th September - Norfolk Business Breakfast, Norwich Book your place

  • 16th September - Confidence Building Business networking, Braintree. Book your place

  • 16th September - Coastal Networking, Woodbridge. Book your place

  • 16th September - Ambitious Women in Essex Uttlesford Meetup, Saffron Walden. Book your place

  • 17th September - St Helena Hospice Community Connect, Colchester. Book your place

  • 17th September - Suffolk Chamber Prestige dinner. Milsoms, Ipswich. Book your place 

  • 17th September - Hive Connect for logistics industry, Ipswich. Book your place

  • 17th September - Bizz Fest 2026, Braintree. Book your place

  • 17th September - Southend Business Show. Book your place

  • 17th September - Networking Essex, Southend. Book your place

  • 17th September - Powered Up Business networking, Ipswich. Book your place

  • 17th September - Business Buzz networking, Colchester. Book your place

  • 17th September - Thetford Business Community networking. Book your place

  • 18th September - County Networking Club, Essex County Council and FSB, Chelmsford. Book your place

  • 18th September - Women Inspired networking, Sudbury. Book your place

  • 18th September - Chelmsford Professionals Lunch. The Bootmaker, Moulsham Street, 1pm. No need to book.

  • 21st September - Powered Up Business networking, Colchester. Book your place

  • 22nd September - Suffolk Business Breakfast, Milsoms, Ipswich. Book your place

  • 22nd September - Networking at the Coach House, Markshall Estate. Book your place

  • 23rd September - South Norfolk Business Breakfast, Norfolk. Book your place

  • 23rd September - Women in Construction Annual Social, Felixstowe. Book your place

  • 23rd September - Young Professionals Networking Event, Colchester Rugby Club. Book your place

  • 23rd September - ISSBA networking, Ipswich. Book your place

  • 23rd September - Business Buzz networking, Chelmsford. Book your place

  • 23rd September - East Anglian Women in Business, Kings Lynn. Book your place

  • 24th September - The Business Fixer Live, Firstsite, Colchester. Book your place

  • 24th September - The Chelmsford Opportunity. Book your place

  • 24th September - Lowestoft Business networking. Book your place

  • 24th September- Suffolk Design Festival, Bury St Edmunds. Book your place

  • 24th September - Colchester Business Network with Bank of England speaker. Book your place

  • 24th September - SearchNorwichXL event, Norwich. Book your place

  • 24th September - Networking Essex, Chelmsford. Book your place

  • 24th September - Essex Networking Skills, Kings Arms, Colchester. Book your place

  • 25th September - Norwich Coffee Club by Agency Folk. Book your place

  • 25th September - Friday Evening networking, Bury St Edmunds. Book your place

  • 25th September - Small Business networking at Gridserve, Braintree. Book your place

  • 29th September - West Suffolk Business Festival launch event and business exhibition, Newmarket. Book your place

  • 30th September - Essex Business Breakfast, Prested Hall. Book your place

  • 30th September - Corporate Conference, Lifecycle of a Norfolk Business, Norwich. Book your place

  • 30th September - Gridserve Business Networking in Norwich. Book your place

  • 30th September - Branch out with netwalking, Bishops Stortford. Book your place


More networking events to book ahead for


  • 6th October - East of England Strategies for Success event, HSBC. Wivenhoe House, Colchester. Book your place

  • 6th October - Networking lunch at Gosfield Hall, Essex Chambers, Halstead. Book your place

  • 6th October - Safari Networking and Exhibition, Suffolk Chambers, Bury St Edmunds. Book your place

  • 7th October - Ipswich Wanderers Business Networking, GBS stadium Humber Doucy Lane. 9-11am. Book your place

  • 8th October - Milsom’s Business Showcase, Colchester. Book your place

  • 8th October - Norfolk B2B exhibition, Norfolk Showground. Book your place

  • 8th October - Colchester Business Awards. Book your place

  • 9th October - A Good Balance for Business Autumn Event, Ipswich. Book your place

  • 13th October - Women in Business Empowerment Day, Witham. Book your place

  • 15th October - People, Planet, Pint, Colchester. Book your place

  • 21st October - Networking at the Minories, Essex Chambers, Colchester. Book your place

  • 11th November - Essex Festival of Business, Essex Chambers. Book your place

  • 11th December - Christmas at the Castle, Norfolk Chambers, Norwich Castle. Book your place



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