East London Business Summit: Featuring Meet the Buyer

East London Business Summit 2025: Featuring Meet the Buyers

Free to attend for delegates • Separate ticket for Meet the Buyers Zone

About the Summit

The go-to event for East London businesses ready to grow, connect, and succeed.

The East London Business Summit is a one day event bringing together over 400 SME leaders, entrepreneurs, and regional decision makers for practical insights and high value connections.

Designed for businesses from start ups to scale ups, the Summit focuses on real world challenges and offers actionable support around:

• Access to finance
• Winning new business
• Local opportunities

What to Expect

• Exhibition Hall: Meet key East London businesses or showcase your own through a stand.
• Networking: Build meaningful relationships with suppliers, partners, and prospects.
• Content Programme: Expert-led seminars, keynote sessions and panels covering funding, growth strategies, digital marketing and more

Meet the Buyers Zone (separate ticket required)

A dedicated procurement space for SMEs to pitch directly to 10+ major buyers, including public and private-sector procurement teams across East London. Since 2022, the platform has facilitated contracts worth over £8 million.

Exhibition

• Exhibition stands 2.5m x 2m from £375 (£500 with power), excluding VAT.
• Benefits include presence on the event website, social media features, and on the day event app listing with bio
• Find out more

Why Attend

• Practical, expert-led guidance tailored to the East London SME community.
• Rich local connections—from suppliers to major buyers and regional stakeholders.
• Real business impact: contracts, visibility, finance insights and growth potential

Registration

• Delegate attendance is free—ideal for entrepreneurs, business development leads, and growth-focused SMEs. 
• Meet the Buyers participation requires a separate application, particularly for suppliers within East London boroughs Apply here

Register here now

Opening dates and times
Thursday 16th October: 9.00am-4.00pm

Getting here
Custom House (Elizabeth line and DLR)
West entrance

Driving to Excel
Please note the road running across the campus, Sandstone Lane and Seagull Lane, is closed. Access to the car park under the venue and the lorryway for deliveries is only via Royal Victoria Dock Road or the A112. Click here for more information.