Business Junction is London's leading independent business referral network, created and operated by business people for those who own, run, or work for, businesses.

Business Junction's primary aim is to increase the trading opportunities for its members. Operating as a company limited by guarantee, Business Junction aims to actively facilitate relationship marketing, where any business can be introduced to another potential supplier or purchaser through our networking breakfasts and lunches, evening events, seminars, Alerts, websites, e-newsletters, business directory or just by word of mouth.

Our events are held across London, especially in and around the City Fringe, but our networking knows no boundaries. We bring businesses together across London and the south east, and membership is open to all.

Increasingly, Business Junction partners with organisations and companies wishing to build relationships with a specific business community, either by area or sector. These commissions can be on a consultancy basis or with specific deliverables on a project basis.

Examples of organisations which have commissioned or partnered with Business Junction include Business Link, Shoreditch Trust, Creative Industries Development Agency, London Borough of Hackney Council and Prevista.

Fiona Ross
Founder member, operations and events director for Shoreditch Business Network, Fiona helped launch the Shoreditch network in 2000 and played a significant part in its growth.

A qualified barrister, an experienced networker and member of BNI and other structured networking groups, Fiona has run her own print business for 15 years in the Shoreditch area and is an experienced small business person.

Fiona set up the Hackney Women's Network monthly networking lunch in November 2003 and organised monthly women-only networking lunches in Hackney.

It was the se two networks that formed the nucleus of Business Junction in 2005.

Mark Herring
Mark owns and runs TALENT LAB Ltd, a marketing and branding consultancy based in London. Through his time as Creative Director with a marketing and corporate training agency and now his own company, he has developed and directed various communication projects for companies such as First Group PLC, Alcatel PLC, Royal Mail, Lloyds TSB and the National Maritime Museum.

He has also acted as marketing strategist and brand developer for many smaller diverse clients, such as solicitors, accountants, businesses in the leisure sector and food producers amongst others.

He has also delivered numerous workshops, conferences and seminars for large companies, on marketing and branding, exhibition strategy and stand training, e-commerce, e-marketing and the law. 

He was the business and marketing strategist for Shoreditch Business Network and was responsible for its phenomenal rise in numbers, sector and geographical scope.

It was his vision for a new business network, one that recognised no borders or limits and that blended the best of both networking through events and online communications, that has become a reality through Business Junction.

He has acted as a consultant on networking and the role of SMEs in regeneration for Lloyds TSB, Hackney Council, Shoreditch Trust and other organisations.