About BNI

Business Network International (BNI) was founded 22 years ago by Ivan Misner, the Father of International Networking. BNI is a professional networking organisation, specializing in turning contacts into contracts, and helping local businesses to gain more business from each other.

With over 6000 active chapters and 100,000 members worldwide, it is the most successful business referral organisation of its kind. In the UK and Ireland alone, there are over 539 BNI Chapters that in 2006 gave 551,248 referrals, leading to business worth £185m.

Below are some thoughts on the effectiveness of BNI from BNI members in the United Kingdom and Ireland over the last couple of years:

......"The Royal Bank of Scotland has supported BNI over the past 3 years and found it to be a lucrative source of new referral business for us"

Jason Oakley - Royal Bank of Scotland

 
....."In 6 years, we have received £1,600,000 of business as a result of BNI membership. The great thing about BNI is that your chapter members become your unpaid sales force"

Sobell Rhodes - Chartered Accountants

 
....."Between October 1999 and October 2003 we have received over EUR346,000 in fee income from BNI referrals"

Colin Whelan - Guardian Management Accounting

 
....."In my 2 years as a member of BNI, I've learnt new skills, taken my startup business from 6 to 56 clients and doubled my turnover - I couldn't have done this without BNI"

Dave Ogden - Jameson Lomax IT Support

You can read about these and other success stories by clicking on SuccessNet, our quarterly BNI news magazine, which provides information about BNI Chapters, stories of members’ successes, and tips on networking and growing your business. SuccessNet comes free of charge with your BNI membership.