The Official Launch: Batley Entrepreneurship Club (BEC) Network

🚀 The Official Launch: Batley Entrepreneurship Club (BEC) Network 🚀

Join us on Friday 24 October for the official launch of the BEC Network: a grassroots initiative of entrepreneurs, creatives, investors and community-builders coming together to create, connect, and commercialise.

This event marks the start of a formalized network dedicated to closing gaps in local business support and driving inclusive growth across West Yorkshire.

Being an entrepreneur is a lonely journey. Batley's talent needs a unified hub of support and accountability to grow beyond the side hustle.

Why You Must Attend:

🚀 Showcase & Spotlights: See and hear from local BEC members as they present their business or project to the network. This is your chance to position yourself in front of peers, partners and potential backers.

💡 Future Roadmap: Hear the full plan and vision for BEC and how you can be part of it; including the mentorship programme, upcoming skills workshops, and the unveiling of our 2026 BEC Festival vision.

🤝 Networking: Connect with the core BEC community, local mentors, investors, professionals and partners who are committed to uplifting local talent.

🎙️ Speaker: Hear from special guest speakers (to be announced soon).

✨ Food, vibes, and Batley energy: this is where things happen!

This isn’t a boring business seminar. It’s the start of something bigger: a chance to plug into a growing ecosystem that’s putting Batley front and centre.

What is BEC?

Batley Entrepreneurship Club is a grassroots movement aimed at driving economic, creative and cultural revival in a town long written off.

Supporting Batley’s builders and backers:

• Connect with like-minded entrepreneurs, creators and investors
• Create bold projects, ventures and collaborations
• Commercialise ideas that solve real problems

Whether you’re a Builder (starting your first business, scaling an existing one, building a brand, making a career change) or a Backer (supporting the next generation with mentorship, guidance and/or investment), BEC is where people belong, collaborate and grow.

From community to capital.

From storytelling to startups.

From forgotten to forward-focused.

BEC is laying the blueprint for other small towns and cities to do the same - collectively revitalising the UK from the bottom up in preparation for the disruptive AI age.

Recently backed and funded by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA).

Whilst the club's focus is Batley and the surrounding areas, this event is open for all nationwide.

📍 Batley Town Hall, Market Place, Batley, WF17 5DA

📅 Friday 24 October, 18:30

Join the movement. Shape the future.This is your invite. Don’t just watch Batley’s revival - be part of it.

Spaces limited - register now to secure your spot and help Build Batley Better.

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