Last year was amazing. Let's do it again.

The Hinton Workspace Business Expo brings together business owners, entrepreneurs, professionals and organisations from across Dorset and beyond.

This isn't a traditional business exhibition. It's a chance to meet people face to face, discover businesses you didn't know were on your doorstep, hear useful ideas and start conversations that could lead somewhere brilliant.

And the feedback spoke for itself.

Panel discussion at the 2025 Hinton Workspace Business Expo

“Fantastic atmosphere, interesting businesses, lots of chances for face to face interaction.”

“I learnt lots, rekindled some relationships and made some new connections. Time well spent!”

What's On

The Expo is designed so you can build your own day. Come for breakfast. Browse the stands. Drop into a talk. Meet someone new. Stay for lunch. Or spend the whole day with us.

9.00am

Breakfast Networking

Kick off the day with a relaxed networking breakfast. Meet fellow business owners, make introductions and start building connections before the Expo gets underway.

Breakfast can be pre-booked when registering.

10.00am – 2.00pm

The Workshop Expo

Two floors of Hinton Workspace filled with businesses showcasing what they do. Meet the people behind them, discover new services, find potential collaborators and make useful local connections.

10.30am – 2.00pm

The Growth Room

Ideas to move your business forward

The top floor becomes our Growth Room, with four sessions delivered by brilliant local business voices. Topics span the issues businesses are thinking about right now, from sales and marketing to funding, technology, AI and growth. Every session is designed to give you something useful to take back into your own business.

Full speaker programme coming soon.

10.30am – 2.00pm

The Wellbeing Room

Grow the business. Look after the person behind it.

The Clerk's Office becomes our Wellbeing Room, with three sessions focused on wellbeing, balance and resilience in business. Running a business can be rewarding, exciting and completely consuming. These sessions are about building success in a way that works for you too.

Full speaker programme coming soon.

1.00pm

Lunch & Learn

Big conversations over lunch

Our Lunch & Learn panel, hosted by Alice Fox-Pitt, brings together five or more brilliant local business voices to share ideas, experience and insight from across our business community.

Lunch can be pre-booked when registering.

Why Attend?

Whether you're running an established business, building something new, working independently or simply want to connect with more of the local business community, the Expo is designed for you. Drop in, build your own day and make it work for you.

“It was a fantastic day and brilliantly organised. Balance of stands and talks was just right.”

Join Us — It's Free

A local business showcasing at their stand during the 2025 Expo

Take a Stand

Put your business in the room.

Want more than a ticket? Become part of the Expo itself. Taking a stand gives you the chance to showcase your business, meet potential customers and collaborators, increase your local visibility and be part of one of Hinton Workspace's biggest business events of the year.

Not rows of identical corporate stands. A lively mix of local businesses, ideas, products, services and people.

Take a Stand

Speak at the Expo

Share your expertise.

Got something useful to share with the local business community? Book a speaker slot and deliver a session in one of our two rooms.

The Growth Room is for ideas that move a business forward - sales, marketing, funding, technology, AI and growth. The Wellbeing Room focuses on wellbeing, balance and resilience in business.

Growth Room Wellbeing Room