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01/05/2026

At Kraken Networking, we do things a little differently. 🦑 We trade stiff suits and formal pitches for relaxed conversation and genuine connections.

Our upcoming events are officially in the diary, and we’d love to see you there! Why join us?

📍 Fresh perspectives - we’re always at a new local venue, keeping things exciting.
🎤 Real stories from local business owners sharing the honest highs and lows of their entrepreneurial journey.
🤝 Inclusive vibes; whether you’re a startup founder or a seasoned pro, you are welcome here.
☕ Refreshments because the best conversations happen over a good cuppa.

Check out the video for dates and locations near you! 📽️

🎟️ Grab your spot on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/all-events-3906203

🌐 Explore more: https://kraken-networking.uk

Lush chilled morning at cafe for our first Kraken event this year! Thanks to for being our key speaker and sharing suc...
21/04/2026

Lush chilled morning at cafe for our first Kraken event this year! Thanks to for being our key speaker and sharing such resilience on her journey!

Big thanks to all who came along and hopefully you met someone new today, or learned something new ☺️ we look forward to the next one!

💥 this is your final klaxon call for tomorrows Kraken Networking event in South Shields. From 9:30am come grab a cuppa a...
20/04/2026

💥 this is your final klaxon call for tomorrows Kraken Networking event in South Shields. From 9:30am come grab a cuppa and meet some lovely and interesting people!
Our key speaker is local lass, Claire Graham sharing her entrepreneurial journey.
Tickets available on Eventbrite - would love to see you there! 💖

17/04/2026

Get yourself along to our relaxed and informal business networking. Refreshments and a key speaker… ideal if you’re a small business owner, entrepreneur, startup or founder 🦑

Running a business is HARD and can be a lonely space at times, that’s why we try to be as inclusive as possible, and have someone share their entrepreneurial journey, so you can learn something new too 😊

We’re excited to be supporting and offering 4 free tickets to fellow non-profits 💖This months winners are:💗 Julie Mord...
24/03/2026

We’re excited to be supporting and offering 4 free tickets to fellow non-profits 💖
This months winners are:
💗 Julie Mordue, Business Beats Cancer
💗 Bernard Sparks, The Auxilium Society CIC
💗 Sharlize Sowden, Our1community
💗 Kai Pitt-Richardson, Sunderland Software City

We look forward to seeing you on the 1st April.

If you are a non-profit you can pop into the prize draw for our event in June, alternatively we have all our events coming up - each with 5 free spots, too!

Do check them out on Eventbrite as they go fast 💨

21/01/2026

Congratulations to our prize draw winners 👏 Holder House CIC, Shadow Of Light CIC and Clear Mind Collective CIC 🎉

We look forward to seeing you next week at the event in Sunderland 💖

Another “kraken” event and so nice to see so many people pop along and try us out for the first time! Special thanks to ...
02/12/2025

Another “kraken” event and so nice to see so many people pop along and try us out for the first time!
Special thanks to Jenny at and Kennedy for making this extra special.
The pizzas were 👌🏼 not a crumb left!

That’ll be us taking a pause for a while, but stay in touch as it’s not forever and I look forward to bumping into you all in the coming months 🥳

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No one wants to hear the ‘C’ word ... but we’re almost sold out of tickets for our Christmas event! Start digging out fe...
19/11/2025

No one wants to hear the ‘C’ word ... but we’re almost sold out of tickets for our Christmas event! Start digging out festive knitwear 😂

Kraken Networking will be at Twenty Twenty Bar in Newcastle. 🎄 with our fabulous speaker, Kennedy / Email Marketing Geek 🧠

Mix and mingle with a nice hot cuppa, with like-minded business owners, entrepreneurs and founders and celebrate the season together!

📆 December 2nd• ⏰ 10am - 12pm • 🎟️ Save your space on Eventbrite 👇🏼

Thanks to those who braved the weather and traffic to attend Kraken Networking this morning, in the stunning space that ...
18/11/2025

Thanks to those who braved the weather and traffic to attend Kraken Networking this morning, in the stunning space that is The Word. 🙏🏼

I could hear some great conversations being had, and definitely a high-energy in the room - I think .stirling definitely got some of us thinking about our Operations and how that it can massively enable you to be more efficient or scale your business!

Last event is in December, less than 2-weeks away folks (I know, right?!) and only 8 tickets left, so snap them up if you haven’t already. We’ll be at Twenty Twenty Newcastle 🦑

The next Kraken Networking event will be here shortly! Join us for relaxed, informal networking 👥, a hot cuppa ☕️ and he...
02/11/2025

The next Kraken Networking event will be here shortly! Join us for relaxed, informal networking 👥, a hot cuppa ☕️ and hear from our key speaker, Laurie Stirling 🦑!
stirling is a Business Exit Strategist who helps business owners transform their business to no longer rely solely on them.

🧠 With over 20 years’ experience as an entrepreneur, CFO, and COO in the creative and technology industries, Laurie empowers founders to scale efficiently, delegate confidently, and take real time off without the business suffering.

💡 Her signature approach combines clarity through data, delegation and distilling knowledge and IP, to create businesses that are both profitable, growing and self-sustaining.

👏🏼 Laurie is the creator of The Step Back to Scale System and a trusted advisor to business founders looking to extract themselves so their businesses can run independent of them.

🎖️ As a certified Agile business analyst and winner of the 2024 Global CFO Business Award for Strategic Planning Business Leader of the Year, Laurie is passionate about helping overworked entrepreneurs regain balance and build the life they want.

📆 Tues 18th November
⏰ 10am - 12pm
📍 The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, South Shields

Get your ticket on Eventbrite: https://kraken-networking-the-word-south-tyneside.eventbrite.co.uk

“I’m Nic Redman, a voice coach and speaking director, and I help people feel fantastic sounding more like themselves – j...
13/10/2025

“I’m Nic Redman, a voice coach and speaking director, and I help people feel fantastic sounding more like themselves – just on a really good day.”

We’re looking forward to tomorrow’s interactive networking event with local voice expert!

Join us at The Angel View Inn, Gateshead from 10am to meet like-minded business owners, founders and fellow SMEs.

Tickets available on Eventbrite! 💖

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