ClassBusinessLive.
One loud day of practical business growth built for class business owners who are done playing small.
Built around the real challenges you're facing.
We didn't build this around what speakers want to talk about. We built it around what class business owners actually need.
How do I get more people to notice my business?
How do I build an audience that trusts me?
How do I turn interest into bookings?
How do I keep customers for longer?
How do I grow without becoming overwhelmed?
How do I build a business that's genuinely profitable?
From getting known to building profit.
Get Known
Build visibility, trust and a personal brand that helps you become the obvious choice.
Build Community
Create a loyal audience that talks about your business, recommends you and continues to return.
Make Sales
Improve how you communicate your value and turn more interest into paying customers.
Keep Customers
Create a better customer experience and retain customers for longer.
Build Profit
Build a financially sustainable business that rewards you for the work you put in.
Growth isn't doing more of everything. It's knowing what your business needs next.
Your day, minute by minute.
Registration, Networking & Exhibitor Area Opens
Arrive, collect your event pass, meet fellow attendees and explore the exhibitor area before the main programme begins.
Welcome to Class Business Live 2026
Krissy Monaghan & Tim Freed
The official opening of the day and an introduction to the purpose, people and opportunities inside the room.
Build Your Personal Brand
Matt Hall
How to build a personal brand that gets you known.
Famous to the Right People
Rose Gibson
How to become genuinely well known to the right people, instead of chasing reach for the sake of it.
Community-Led Marketing
Niki Hutchison
Building a loyal audience around your business that drives referrals, recommendations and repeat customers.
Coffee Break, Networking & Exhibitor Area
Refreshments, conversations and time to explore the businesses and organisations supporting the event.
Sales
Enfys Maloney
A practical session focused on selling more confidently, communicating value and turning more interest into bookings.
Customer Experience & Retention
Nic Welsh
How a better customer experience can improve loyalty, repeat bookings and retention.
Building a Profitable Business
Jo Simpson
What it takes to build a financially sustainable and genuinely profitable business.
Lunch, Networking & Exhibitor Area
Enjoy lunch, meet more of the people in the room and continue the conversations started throughout the morning.
Mastermind Tables — three 20-minute rotations
Choose the conversations most relevant to your business and join focused, expert-led discussions with experienced business owners, specialists and leaders.
The Future of the Class Business Industry
Krissy Monaghan & Tim Freed
A forward-looking closing conversation about where the sector is heading, the opportunities ahead and the part class business owners can play in shaping its future.
Final Thank You, Next Steps & Close
Final reflections, practical next steps and an invitation to continue the conversations and momentum beyond the event.
Real operators. Real experience.
Eight speakers who have built and scaled businesses.
Stop listening.
Start talking.
Three focused 20-minute rotations. Each table hosted by someone who's actually done the thing you're trying to figure out.
No sales pitches. No fluff. Just practical, honest conversations with other class business owners in the room with you.
Content That Fills Classes
Turning Enquiries Into Bookings
How to Save 10 Hours a Week in Your Business
Building a Team You Don't Have to Micromanage
From Founder to CEO
Partnerships That Grow Your Business
Becoming the Go-To Name in Your Community
Franchising, Licensing & Expansion
Is this for you?
For ambitious owners of businesses built around classes, sessions, programmes or group experiences — for kids, families or adults.
You may work in
- Children's activities
- Fitness
- Sport
- Wellbeing
- Education
- Creativity
- Performing arts
- Music & Dance
- Community programmes
You may be
- Running your first classes
- Growing across locations
- Managing a team
- Building a franchise
- Chasing more revenue
- Fighting to retain customers
- Ready to be more visible
- Planning what's next
Especially if
- You're tired of random tactics
- You want more eyes on your business
- You need a better booking journey
- You want customers to stay longer
- You're becoming a leader, not just an owner
- You want more profit — not more work
- You feel isolated in your business
You don't need another day of information overload. You need the right people in the right room.
Not the same speakers. Not the same tired format.
Business events have become predictable. Same subjects. Same speakers. Same presentations repeated year after year.
We invited experts from inside and outside the class business sector, so you get fresh ideas — not recycled ones.
The people on stage and around the tables are here because they can bring real value to the room. The event makes space for conversations, not just presentations.
More than inspiration.
A stronger visibility strategy
A more loyal audience plan
A better way to turn interest into sales
New retention ideas
A closer look at profit & sustainability
Insights from experienced operators
Answers to your specific questions
Valuable new connections
Real partnership possibilities
Tools & services from exhibitors
A sharper strategic view
Clear actions to take next
The aim isn't 48 hours of motivation. The aim is you thinking differently about your business.
SOLIHULL.
National Conference Centre
Solihull, Birmingham
Saturday 10th October 2026
Doors 9:00am · Kick off 9:45am · Close 3:15pm
A professional events venue close to Birmingham and major transport routes, with conference facilities, an exhibitor area and everything a proper live event needs.
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Pick your ticket.
Three ways to do 10th October — the daytime event, the evening awards, or both for £199. Places are limited, so don't leave it until the last week.
The Whole Day + Night
Both events in one ticket. The best value way to do 10th October.
- Everything in Class Business Live
- Entry to the Class Business Awards dinner
- The awards ceremony and celebration
- Drinks reception from 6:00pm
- A full day and night of networking
- Save £101 versus booking separately
Class Business Live
The full daytime conference — keynotes, mastermind tables and lunch.
- Entry to the full daytime event
- All eight speakers
- Three mastermind table rotations
- Networking + exhibitor access
- Refreshments and lunch
- All event materials
Class Business Awards
The evening awards dinner and ceremony on its own.
- Drinks reception from 6:00pm
- Awards dinner
- The Class Business Awards ceremony
- Evening celebration and networking
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Make a full day of it.
Class Business Live runs the same day as the Class Business Awards. After the daytime event, guests with award tickets are invited back from 6:00pm for drinks + the evening celebration.
The questions people ask.
See you in October.
Your business won't grow because you attended another event. It'll grow because of what you learn, who you meet and what you decide to do next.