Business Ladies around Harrogate

24/10/2026

🎄 Ladies - No work Christmas party to go to? Then come to ours! 🎄

If you work for yourself or run a small business, you might not have a Christmas party to look forward to so that's where BLaH comes in!

Save the date – Friday 27th November!

We're swapping our usual speaker/workshop for a relaxed afternoon of festive fun, a lovely Christmas lunch and, of course, plenty of good company!

Whether you're a BLaH regular or have never joined us before, we'd love you to come along and celebrate with us.

More details to follow, but for now, pop the date in your diary!

Friday 27th November!🎄

23/10/2026

Cyber Security is one of the areas in business that we all need to learn more about. It changes constantly and people like Debra Samuel keep us informed and up-to-date.

Don't miss this talk it could be the most important talk you've attend this year.

Full details 👇

Join us for our final BLaH speaker event of 2026 before we round off the year with our ever popular Christmas lunch. For our November lunch, we’ll

20/10/2026

You've probably seen the photos and heard us mention the fabulous food at our BLaH ladies networking lunches more than once or twice 😆😆

Well, rather than just telling you about it, we thought we'd show you what we mean! 🥰

Here's the menu for our next BLaH lunch at William & Victoria on Friday 6th November. Tempted?

Of course, BLaH isn't just about the food (although it is rather lovely!) It's also about meeting other businesswomen, catching up with familiar faces, making new connections and learning something useful along the way.

This month we'll be joined by Debra Samuel, The Computer Guru, who'll be sharing practical advice about protecting ourselves, our families and our businesses from cyber crime. Something we could all do with knowing more about!

And if you've never been to BLaH before, don't worry, we're a really friendly, welcoming and informal, pay-as-you-go group with no membership fee or commitment to attend every month. Just book the events that interest you.

Event details:

📅 Fri 6th November
⏰ 11.50 am – 2.30 pm
📍 William & Victoria, Harrogate
🎟️ £30 per person

Bookings close Sat 31st October, so if you fancy joining us, we'd love to see you!

Book your place here 👉 https://www.trybooking.com/uk/event/124010

12/10/2026

Never been to a BLaH lunch before?

If you've been thinking about coming along but haven't quite taken the plunge, perhaps Nancy Prest's lovely feedback will help you decide!

One of the things we've always wanted BLaH to be is a friendly, relaxed place where businesswomen can meet, share experiences, learn something new and enjoy a good lunch along the way.

There's no membership fee, no pressure to attend every month and no expectation that you'll stand up and deliver a sales pitch! Just a room full of lovely ladies, interesting conversations and the opportunity to make new business connections.

Our next lunch is on Friday 6th November at William & Victoria in Harrogate, and we'd love to welcome some new faces.

Full details and booking 👇

📌 William & Victoria Restaurant & W**e Bar, Harrogate
📅 Friday, 6th November 2026
⏰ 11:50 am - 2:30 pm
Tickets: £30 per person

Limited places: https://lnkd.in/ehtudEnv

We look forward to seeing you there!

07/10/2026

Think You’re Too Small For A Cyber Attack? Think Again!

“Why would a cyber criminal be interested in my little business?” It’s probably something quite a few of you have thought but unfortunately, cyber attacks don’t just happen to big organisations.

That’s why for our November BLaH lunch, we’ll be joined by Debra Samuel, The Computer Guru, who’ll be taking us into the sometimes scary world of cyber crime, and more importantly, sharing practical advice to help us protect ourselves, our families and our businesses.

No technical jargon, no trying to frighten us, just a better understanding of the risks and what we can actually do to stay safer online. And, of course, it wouldn’t be BLaH without plenty of time to catch up, make new connections and enjoy a fabulous two-course networking lunch at William and Victoria Restaurant and W**e Bar.

This is our last speaker/workshop lunch of 2026 before our ever popular Christmas Party so we’d love you to join us.

📅 Friday 6th November
⏰ 11:50 am – 2:30pm
📍 William & Victoria, Harrogate
🎟 £30 per person

Whether you’re a BLaH regular or you’ve never joined us before, whether you live in Harrogate or not, if you’re a business lady then you’re very welcome.

Book your place here 👉 https://www.trybooking.com/uk/HBLQ

Join us for our final BLaH speaker event of 2026 before we round off the year with our ever popular Christmas lunch. For our November lunch, we’ll

16/09/2026

A very big thank you to our lovely Fi for everything she has done for BLaH over the past few years. 💐

Fi has decided it’s time to step back from her role helping to run BLaH due to work commitments, and Jo and I couldn’t let her go without saying a proper thank you for all the time, effort and hard work she has put in behind the scenes.

There’s an awful lot that goes into organising BLaH that our ladies probably never see and Fi has played a huge part in keeping everything running smoothly.

Last Friday, we got together with some of our BLaH ladies to talk about what they enjoy about our events and what they’d like to see going forward. It was lovely to hear such positive feedback and, most importantly, a very definite YES, 'we want BLaH to continue!' So it will. 😊

We’re going to take a little time out to get everything organised following Fi’s departure and due to work, holiday and family commitments, which means there won’t be an October event, but we’ll be back in November so save the dates.

⭐ Friday 6th November – BLaH Lunch/networking
🎄 Friday 27th November – BLaH Christmas Party
More details will follow.

But for now, this post is really about saying…
Thank you Fi. We’ll miss you! ❤️

29/08/2026

We're doing something a little different at our next BLAH lunch...

Instead of our usual speaker or workshop, we're opening up the conversation to the room.

We'd like to hear what you the local businesswomen want from networking:

☑️ What makes an event worth attending
☑️ What you enjoy
☑️ What you'd like to see more of and
☑️ What would make you come back

As BLAH is a not-for-profit networking group and doesn't exist for us, it exists for you the local businesswomen who come along. So it makes total sense that you should have a say in what we do and how BLAH develops.

You don't need to be a BLAH regular to join the conversation. If you've been before, we'd love your thoughts. If you've never been, your fresh perspective could be just as useful.

And as always, there'll still be plenty of time for networking and, of course, to enjoy a lovely lunch at William & Victoria but this time we'll also be having a 45–60 minute informal Round Table discussion where everyone is welcome to contribute.

As the format is a little different this month, we've reduced the usual £35 ticket price to £25. So, if you fancy joining us for lunch, meeting some lovely local businesswomen and sharing your thoughts about what makes networking genuinely worthwhile, we'd love to see you 🥰

To book your place please email: [email protected] stating: Please send me a PayPal invoice for £25 for the BLAH September networking event.

Details:
📅 Friday 11th September 2026
⏰ 11:50 am - 2:30 pm
📍 William & Victoria, Coldbath Road, Harrogate
💷 £25 per person

31/07/2026

As a quick reminder, we don't have an event during August.

If you want to receive notifications about our future events then visit our website and sign-up for the newsletter. We announce the events there first, then on social media.

We hope you have a fabulous Summer. See you soon?

25/06/2026

What is BLaH❓

We realise that lots of people know the name BLaH, but many don't actually know what we’re all about.

So, for anyone that doesn't or is new here…

BLaH (Business Ladies around Harrogate) is a friendly, supportive networking community for women in business, not just women from Harrogate.

We’ve been bringing businesswomen together for 16 years, creating a welcoming safe and friendly space to connect, build relationships and support one another.

❌ We are not a membership organisation.
✅ We are a non-profit network, run by 3 volunteers, Rachel Moore, Jo Straker and Fiona Macpherson who are all passionate about supporting women in business.

Our events are designed to feel relaxed, friendly, enjoyable with:
❌ No awkward pitching
❌ No hard sell or pressure

Just genuine conversations, valuable connections, plenty of support and you'll always leave having learnt something because as well as enjoying a delicious two-course safari-style networking lunch, each event has a guest speaker talking about something helpful to your business.

We keep numbers small, with just 22 places available, so everyone has the opportunity to connect and feel part of the conversation. Whether you’re brand new in business, well established or somewhere in between, you’ll be warmly welcomed.

If you would like to join us next week our speaker is, Lesley Anne Dawson who has a fabulous inspirational story to tell. We don't often have inspirational speakers but Lesley's business journey and achievements are astonishing!

- We meet at William & Victoria's (one of the best restaurants in Harrogate)
- We meet at 11:50 am for refreshments and networking
- Our speaker slot is from 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm
- The 2 course safari style networking lunch is from 1:00 pm until 2/2:30 pm
- Tickets are available from ➡️https://lnkd.in/e6PzXwMB

We'd love to see you at one of our events 🙂

19/06/2026

Our final event before the summer break is coming up on Friday 3rd July at our usual venue, William And Victoria Restaurant & W**e Bar

We’re delighted to welcome Lesley Anne Dawson from Children's Corner Childcare, who will be sharing her incredible journey with a complete change in career in her 30’s to becoming a purpose-led entrepreneur, running a multi-million-pound company and a charity in Malawi.

Lesley will be talking honestly about the challenges, triumphs, lessons learned and the luck that helped shape her story.

It promises to be an inspiring and uplifting session and a fantastic way to round off before the summer break.

Book your place here: https://lnkd.in/e6PzXwMB