Good coffee. Good conversations. And hopefully some useful new connections.

Coffee and Collaboration is a new, informal networking event at Fareham Innovation Centre, bringing together businesses from the centre and the surrounding area.

There's no packed agenda and no formal presentations. It's simply a friendly space to meet other local businesses, find out what people are working on, make new connections and see where the conversation takes you.

Whether you're based at the centre, run a business nearby or simply want to get better connected with the local business community, you're very welcome to come along.

What to expect

Come along, grab a coffee, a tasty pastry treat, and spend a couple of hours meeting people in a relaxed environment.

It's an opportunity to:

Meet businesses from Fareham Innovation Centre and the surrounding area

Make new contacts and catch up with familiar faces

Find out what other local businesses are working on

Share ideas, experiences and recommendations

Discover opportunities to collaborate

Build useful relationships without the formality of traditional networking

You don't need to prepare anything and there are no awkward pitches or lengthy introductions. Just come along, have a brew and get talking.

When?

Coffee and Collaboration takes place 10am to 12pm on the last Wednesday of the month, with a summer break in July and August.

Our 2027 dates are:

27 January | 24 February | 31 March | 28 April | 26 May | 30 June | 29 September | 27 October | 24 November

Where?

Fareham Innovation Centre, 4 Meteor Way, Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire PO13 9FU

(large, free car park on site).

Who is it for?

Coffee and Collaboration is open to businesses based at Fareham Innovation Centre as well as businesses, founders and professionals from the surrounding area.

If you'd like to meet more people locally, grow your network and have some useful conversations over coffee, come and join us.

Coffee is on us. The collaboration bit is up to you.

Description supplied by the event organiser.