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✨ FEATURED EVENTS ✨
JAM Networking Meeting - Connect • Collaborate • Make an Impact JAM Networking Meeting - Local Businesses - Local Charities - Good Causes
📅 Tuesday, 25 November 2025 / 🕐 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM GMT / 📍 Waterside Connect, 35 Saint James' Mill Road, Northampton NN5 5JP / 💷 £5 (All proceeds donated to SCCYC)
🌟 About This Event: Join us for a fun and productive networking session bringing together local charities, good causes, and businesses — all in support of SCCYC (Sikh Community Centre & Youth Club).
🎤 Guest Speaker: Damian Mark Smyth (ME!!) – AI Without the Hype
Damian Mark Smyth is Director of Adaptive Intelligence at the AI Leadership Lab, a fractional marketing consultant for several local businesses, and a local Ambassador for The Entrepreneurs Circle. He established one of the first AI Marketing Consultancies in the UK and is a multiple TEDx speaker on entrepreneurship and peak performance — known for making complex topics both accessible and actionable.
In this engaging session, Damian will help you cut through the noise and understand how to harness AI effectively — whether you're a charity looking to do more with less, or a business wondering where to start. His approach focuses on Human–AI Co-Creation, showing that the future belongs to those who master the partnership between human creativity and artificial intelligence.
🎟️ Get Your Tickets: Book Now on Eventbrite
EMFACE Launch Event - Hollywood Face Rejuvenation
Launch of West Northamptonshire's Only "Hollywood Face Rejuvenation" Treatment • Thu, 4 Dec 2025 16:00 - 20:00 GMT Mercure Hotel Northampton – £10
Join Total Body Confidence for the exclusive launch of EMFACE - West Northamptonshire's only "Hollywood Face Rejuvenation" treatment! What is EMFACE? EMFACE works on the facial muscles (something that even surgery doesn't do) and skin layers to achieve a natural looking face lift with improved skin tone, texture and contouring, without injectables or fillers.
Treatment Details:
•4 x 20 minute treatments
•Long lasting results
•No pain
•Zero downtime
Event Details: •Secure your spot for just £10 (includes catering) / Free trial slots available - Email [email protected] (first come, first served) / RSVP: [email protected]
🎄 Christmas at Bell Shopping Evening
📅 Wednesday, 13 November 2025 / 📍 Bell of Northampton, Kingsthorpe Road / 💷 FREE!
Renowned home lifestyle store Bell of Northampton is hosting its Christmas at Bell shopping evening — a festive evening filled with sparkle, shopping and seasonal cheer!
What's On:
🎁 Festive Marketplace featuring local small businesses offering clothing, Christmas decorations, jewellery, gorgeous gifts, 'smellies' and everything in between
👨🍳 Live Cooking in Bell's beautiful Nicholas Bell kitchen
🍖 BBQs fired up for the evening
🍷 Festive Sweet Treats & Mulled Wine served in the Love Lunch Café
The event features brand new stalls as well as firm favourites returning from previous years. Visit: www.abell.co.uk/pages/christmas-bell-event
Business Growth & Networking Events
Week of 25 November - 1 December
JAM Networking Meeting - Local Businesses - Local Charities - Good Causes • Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:00 - 14:00 GMT Waterside Connect, Northampton NN5 5JP United Kingdom – £5
Northampton Business Lunch - November 25 • Mon, 25 Nov 2025 Nuovo Restaurant – £25
Towcester Business Buzz Networking • Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:00 - 12:00 GMT Towcester Mill Brewery, Towcester NN12 6YY United Kingdom – Free
Hot Desk with NNBN at Vulcan Works • Fri, 28 Nov 2025 10:00 onwards Vulcan Works, Northampton NN1 1EW United Kingdom – Free
Week of 2-8 December
Business Buzz - Brackley • Thu, 4 Dec 2025 10:00 - 12:00 GMT Brackley – TBC
Business Buzz - Kettering • Thu, 4 Dec 2025 10:00 - 12:00 GMT Kettering – TBC
EMFACE Launch Event - Hollywood Face Rejuvenation • Thu, 4 Dec 2025 16:00 - 20:00 GMT Mercure Hotel Northampton – £10
Friday @ 4 with NNBN • Fri, 5 Dec 2025 16:00 - 17:00 GMT Online – Free (Members) / £5 (Non-members)
NNBN Networking • Mon, 8 Dec 2025 19:00 - 20:30 GMT Chester House Estate, Irchester NN29 7EZ – Free (Members) / £10 (Non-members)
Week of 9-15 December
Business Buzz - Wellingborough • Tue, 9 Dec 2025 10:00 - 12:00 GMT Wellingborough – TBC
Week of 16-22 December
Small Business Coffee Morning - Wellingborough • Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:30 - 11:30 GMT Wellingborough – TBC
Business Buzz - Northampton • Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:00 - 12:00 GMT Northampton – TBC
Business Buzz - Towcester • Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:00 - 12:00 GMT Towcester – TBC
Business Buzz - Daventry • Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:00 - 12:00 GMT Daventry – TBC
Ongoing & Recurring Events
Solo Connects - Singles Salsa Evening with Kristina Rihanoff (All ages) Soo Yoga fitness and wellbeing family centre, Northampton NN1 1SR United Kingdom – £16.96
Solo Connects Northants - Singles Event in Daventry Middlemore Farm, Daventry NN11 8AE United Kingdom – £16.96
Business Networking Thrapston, East Northamptonshire and Huntingdon The Woolpack Inn, Islip NN14 3JU United Kingdom – £15.00
BNI Pavilion Business Networking Event Holiday Inn Northampton, an IHG Hotel, Northampton NN4 7YF United Kingdom – £2
Rushden Business Buzz Networking The Railway Inn - JD Wetherspoon, Rushden NN10 0PA United Kingdom – Free
Mindset of Mastery: The Levels of Entrepreneurial Growth Vulcan Works, Northampton NN1 1EW United Kingdom – £90
Grow Your Business with BNI Pavilion Holiday Inn Northampton, an IHG Hotel, Northampton NN4 7YF United Kingdom – £15
EXCITING! NNBN IS COMING TO DAVENTRY! Icon Innovation Centre, Daventry NN11 0QB United Kingdom – Free
Storytelling Through Social Media Networking - In Person Arena Sports-Kettering Comp, Kettering NN15 6PB United Kingdom – Free
How to write an effective business plan workshop Wellingborough Library – TBC
Business Growth and Team Development Roadmap Holiday Inn Northampton, an IHG Hotel, Northampton NN4 7YF United Kingdom – Free
Recruitment Morning North Park Drive – TBC
Recruitment Open Day - Culinary Hilton Northampton, Collingtree NN4 0XW United Kingdom – TBC
Pay Day NN1 5BD NN1 5BD – TBC
Why Survive When You Can Thrive in your Business? Thomas A Becket, Northampton NN5 5HY United Kingdom – Free
ELEVATE - Business & Career Networking Sunley Hotel, Northampton NN4 8RR United Kingdom – TBC
Health and Wellbeing
Week of 25 November - 1 December
Heart Awakening Day Retreat • Sat, 30 Nov 2025 The Roundhouse Haven, Market Harborough LE16 8PL United Kingdom – £111
Mini Retreat - Yoga Class & Gong Bath (with cake) The Roade House Hotel, Cafe Bar, Restaurant & Yoga Studio, Roade NN7 2NW United Kingdom – £33.22
Gong Bath at The Roade House The Roade House Hotel, Cafe Bar, Restaurant & Yoga Studio, Roade NN7 2NW United Kingdom – £19.12
Pure Pegasus Venue Launch Heart Of The Shires, Northampton NN7 4LB United Kingdom – TBC
Week of 2-8 December
Soulful Sundays, Mindfulness Relaxation • Sun, 1 Dec 2025 18:30 - 20:00 GMT Milton Malsor Village Hall, Milton Malsor NN7 3AS United Kingdom – £15
Neonatal Support Group Penrith Drive Children's Centre, Penrith Drive, Wellingborough, UK, Wellingborough NN8 3XL United Kingdom – Free
Ongoing & Recurring Events
✨ Winter Yin & Sound Bath – Oundle ✨ Queen Victoria Hall, Oundle PE8 4EJ United Kingdom – £16.96
Pytchley Sacred Sound Bath Evening Pytchley Village Hall, Pytchley NN14 1EL United Kingdom – £15
Discussing sex in therapy (2.5hr CPD session) Northampton Therapy Rooms, Garden Cottage, Quinton Rising Lodge Quinton NN7 2EF United Kingdom – £40
Tai Chi Classes - September - December 2025 Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton NN1 1DP United Kingdom – £8
Blended 12 hours Paediatric First aid 14 Brooklands Court, Kettering NN15 6FD United Kingdom – £90
Immersive Yoga - single ticket November - December 2025 Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, Northampton NN1 1DP United Kingdom – Free
Immersive Sound Bath Experience Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, Northampton NN1 1DP United Kingdom – £22
Essential Oils Make & Take + Symphony of the Cells Experience Cooper Drive – £11.55
ONLINE SEMINAR - Emotional Separation from Parents NN1 3AS NN1 3AS – £15.00
ONLINE SEMINAR - Inner child. Stuck in childhood NN1 3AS NN1 3AS – £15.00
Introduction to Mindfulness Board Room 1, Sudborough House, St Marys Hospital, London Rd, Kettering, NN15 7PW – TBC
ante natal class for breastfeeding and safe sleep Isebrook Hospital, Wellingborough NN8 1LP United Kingdom – TBC
Wellbeing & Wavelengths - November 2025 Frank Bruno Foundation, Northampton NN3 9TW United Kingdom – Free
The Resilience Toolkit: Practical Skills for Managing Stress Mind in Towcester, Bransons Lane Towcester NN12 6AX United Kingdom – TBCThis Week's AI Headlines
This Week's AI Headlines
This week, Google and OpenAI have unveiled significant AI advancements amid intensifying competition in AI hardware and shifting market dynamics. Google introduced the Nano Banana Pro, a 4K image generation model featuring integrated watermark verification to ensure authenticity. Alongside this, Gemini 3 Pro—Google’s most advanced reasoning AI—is now accessible via Google Cloud and Vertex AI. Google also launched an AI-generated image detection tool, soon to extend to video and audio, reflecting growing scrutiny of synthetic content.
OpenAI expanded ChatGPT Group Chats to all users, enhancing collaborative capabilities, and released GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, designed for large-scale, complex coding tasks. Its £500 billion “Project Stargate” investment in new US data centres underscores the rapid global expansion of AI infrastructure. In AI chip markets, Nvidia’s dominance faces challenges from Google’s 7th-generation TPUs and Amazon’s Trainium 2, both promising improved performance and cost-efficiency. McKinsey projects £7 trillion investment in AI infrastructure by 2030, highlighting the urgent need for businesses to adapt.
What This Means for Your Business
UK businesses—from SMEs to large enterprises—can now access more affordable, advanced AI tools to drive innovation and efficiency. Google’s latest AI models and OpenAI’s evolving platforms enable sophisticated applications in creative content generation, coding automation, and customer engagement without prohibitive costs or technical barriers.
The intensifying AI chip competition may lead to lower costs and better performance for AI-powered services, benefiting those relying on cloud providers or in-house AI. However, expanding infrastructure investments and increasing regulatory scrutiny require businesses to develop clear AI strategies that balance innovation with compliance and risk management. The rise of AI-generated content detection tools offers effective means to protect brand integrity and combat misinformation.
Action Points for Business Owners
Explore Google’s Nano Banana Pro for Marketing (Easy)
Use this affordable 4K image generator with watermark verification to create authentic, high-quality marketing visuals.
Leverage ChatGPT Group Chats for Team Collaboration (Easy)
Incorporate ChatGPT’s group chat feature into workflows to boost real-time collaboration for up to 20 participants, ideal for remote teams.
Pilot GPT-5.1-Codex-Max for Software Development (Moderate)
Trial this advanced AI model to enhance code accuracy and manage complex projects efficiently if coding is core to your business.
Assess Cloud AI Infrastructure Options (Moderate)
Compare Google Cloud’s Gemini 3 Pro and Vertex AI with AWS’s Trainium 2 to optimise cost and performance for your AI workloads.
Implement AI-Generated Content Verification (Easy)
Use Google’s AI image detection tools to verify digital content authenticity, reducing risks of misinformation and brand misuse.
Develop an AI Risk and Compliance Framework (Advanced)
Establish internal policies on data use, AI ethics, and transparency to prepare for evolving regulations.
Monitor AI Chip Market Trends for Hardware Investment (Moderate)
Stay informed about developments from Nvidia, Google, and Amazon to time AI hardware upgrades cost-effectively.
Key Tools to Monitor
Google Gemini 3 Pro (Google Cloud, Vertex AI)
OpenAI ChatGPT Group Chats (all user tiers)
Google Nano Banana Pro Image Generator
Amazon Trainium 2 AI Chips (AWS)
Google AI-Generated Image Detection Tools
Claude AI (Microsoft Foundry, 365 Copilot)
Perplexity Comet AI Browser (Android)
By capitalising on these advancements and maintaining strategic oversight, UK businesses can harness AI’s expanding capabilities while managing associated risks in a rapidly evolving landscape.
UK For local support on AI adoption, contact Success Formula Club
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Useful Links
Success Formula Club: Mindset + Marketing + AI
West Northants Council (all things council)
Vulcan Works (office workspace)
Entrepreneurs Circle Northampton Group (business support)
NNBN (business support)
Action For Happiness (Free wellbeing resources)
Jo Banham Dance Company (the best form of exercise and well-being)
Water Matters Yearbook (Free download)
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