About | The Bee's Knees CIC

Who are we?

The Bee’s Knees Business Club CIC champions local women in business, recognising them as a driving force in our community and local economy.

Founded in 2018 by Chloe Peters and Emma Curzon, The Bee’s Knees quickly became one of the area’s most well-known and trusted female networking communities, proudly welcoming hundreds of businesses over the years.

In 2022, we evolved into a Community Interest Company (CIC) to reflect our commitment to giving back. Now known simply as ‘The Bee’s Knees’, we operate as a not-for-profit organisation led by directors Chloe Peters, Bekka Prideaux, and Kate Marriott, dedicated to creating meaningful connections, inspiration, and opportunities for local women in business.

''Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly,

without claiming it, she stands up for all women'' - Maya Angelou

Our Mission

Our mission is to support local women in business, by providing activities such as:

In-person networking opportunities with a safe space to connect and collaboration with others.
A supportive online community which is free for local businesses to reach out to when they need peer support or have questions.
Business and emotional support.
Co-working spaces (to give the opportunity to work alongside others, learn from them and combat the loneliness that can come from running your own business).
Providing tools, techniques and opportunities to promote their businesses.
Learning & development opportunities such as webinars and guest speakers.

Our Mission

Our Guiding Principles

We support all types of women led businesses based in the Leighton Buzzard area including product based, service based, those with premises and those based from home etc

Our guiding principles:

We aim to be an information hub for all things business, engaging with key partners.
We will engage about the topics that really matter within our community and actively will support aspiring young female entrepreneurs.
Every activity supports our local women in business, which supports our local economy and the mental health of our mums, friends, aunties, sisters and daughters.
We actively supporting women in business within our local community by making them the first place to go for products and services.
We help our members to build confidence and make connections that will help strengthen the local economy as well as the mental health of our community.
We encourage participation in national and local campaigns by providing information campaigns and translating them into practical, actionable steps that local businesses can take to make the most of these campaigns.
We will not tolerate any type of prejudice or discrimination within our communities