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The Cokethorpe Business Network

Welcome to the Cokethorpe Business Community

The great industrialist, Henry Ford, is quoted as saying that, ‘Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.’ It is a sentiment which the Cokethorpe Business Network looks to emulate.

A community of over 140 businesses from across Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds, the Cokethorpe Business Network embraces the empowering benefit of partnership and collaboration. Whether sharing best practice, making connections or discovering new opportunities, the Cokethorpe Business Network is an exceptional community for your business to join. Attend one of our triannual business networking breakfasts and discover the benefits for you and your business.

Cokethorpe Business Breakfast Forum

We are pleased to invite you to our next Business Breakfast Forum on Friday, 18 September at Cokethorpe School.

This forum will be the first in a trilogy of sessions:

GROW – Unlocking Your Career Potential, with Coaching4Careers
LEAD – Friday 12 March 2027, Developing the Mindset to Lead with Helio Coaching.
TRANSFORM – Friday 4 June 2027, Creating Culture Change That Matters with Flint Change.

More information on this and our other Business Breakfasts can be found here:

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AI in Action: innovation and implementation

The latest Business Breakfast Forum event in September saw 135 registered guests describing the occasion as ‘the best so far!’

Around an insightful discussion on utilising AI for innovation and growth, guests made full use of the networking opportunity.

With thanks to our sponsors Penny & Sinclair, Philip Dennis Foodservice, Clifton Bookkeeping, and JJ Hunt Photography.

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Successful Entrepreneurship and Leaving a Living Legacy

Over 170 professionals representing businesses across Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds attended our Business Networking Breakfast on Friday 7 March.

The globally renowned Levi Roots and Rachel Hicks discussed the theme ‘Successful Entrepreneurship and Leaving a Living Legacy’.

With thanks to our event sponsors Clifton Bookkeeping and Philip Dennis.

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Leadership and the Power of Partnership

More than 140 representatives from local businesses attended the Business Networking Breakfast on Friday 20 September, centred around the theme of ‘Leadership and the Power of Partnership’.

The event featured two inspiring speakers: Jeremy Blain, global award-winning author and CEO of Performance Works International, and Andy Cato, award-winning co-founder of Wildfarmed and former member of the electronic duo Groove Armada.

The event was supported by title sponsor, LUNIQ.

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Inaugural Business Networking Breakfast a Triumph

The business breakfast was bookended by networking, with the room abuzz with discussions among the 100-plus attendees of the local picture for businesses and new relationships being formed. In between, attendees were treated to two inspiring and thought-provoking talks from guest speakers Robbie Black, Head of Marketing at M&S Food, and Emma Fisher, Accounts Manager at AJF Taxation and representative of Business Buzz, Witney.

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Growing Through Disruption

‘It was a pleasure to host our latest Cokethorpe Enterprises Business Breakfast Forum on Friday 6 March, welcoming so many local professionals for a morning of insight, discussion, and connection.

Centred on the theme Pivot & Prosper: Growing Through Disruption, the conversation explored how businesses can adapt with confidence and turn change into opportunity. I was delighted to be joined on stage by Christina Nawrocki (Partner at Wellers Accounting) and Sam Wahid (MD of Gift Republic), who shared honest reflections and practical strategies drawn from their own experiences.

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The Cokethorpe Business Community

Join the Cokethorpe Business Community today and access our triannual Business Breakfast Forums and the Cokethorpe Business Directory – an exclusive serial in which local businesses are invited to advertise.

To discuss, please contact Cokethorpe Enterprises.

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I was so impressed with the contacts, the organisation and the professionalism of the event, not to mention how good the speakers were.

After listening to the wonderful talk by Jeremy, I introduced myself and he readily agreed to come and talk to my students here in Oxford and he is coming back to talk again