GUEST speakers for this year’s Basingstoke Business Expo have been announced ahead of the annual networking event.

Author of Amazon best-seller Networking for Dummies, Stefan Thomas, email marketing expert, Murray Cowell, sales specialist, Sas Huntwood and networker, Nikki Wild will all be appearing at the event at the Apollo Hotel, in Aldermaston Road, on Thursday, April 21.

Staff from Basingstoke businesses will have the opportunity to sit in on free seminars and business workshops at the event, which aims to create a real business community in the town.

The free-to-attend business event, organised by Memo Events,  is now in its fifth year and pulls in more than 400 people from a range of different businesses in the borough.

Matthew Larcome, who founded the expo five years ago, believes the event is a great opportunity for local businesses to get to know one another.

He said: “Businesses in Basingstoke love networking and meeting up with each other.

“This event is free to attend and is put on to help anybody in Basingstoke who is either thinking about starting up a new business or growing an established one.”

Visitors to the event will have the chance to meet local suppliers and create new contacts as well as taking part in a dedicated speed networking session throughout the day.

Guests will be welcomed into the expo from 10am until 3pm. For more information on the event or to register your company’s interest visit b2bexpos.co.uk or call 01256 838386.