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Our events offer insight, expertise as well as connection opportunities
Next event:
Net-Defence Beer and Pizza social – Critical services for SMEs
Date:
29/04/2026
Time:
4-6pm
Location:
Quorum Business Park, North Tyneside
We’re pleased to invite you to our next pizza and beer networking evening in North Tyneside!
This session focuses on Critical Services for SMEs and explores a simple but important question. What are the core services your business cannot afford to get wrong?
Join us for an informal evening bringing together a panel of experienced local professionals who will share practical insight, real-world experience, and honest perspectives on where businesses most often go wrong and how to avoid common pitfalls without overcomplicating things.
Take the opportunity to showcase your business, raise your profile, and build valuable connections in a relaxed and informal setting. Expect honest discussion, practical advice, and great conversation, all with beer and pizza included!
Upcoming events:
Net-Defence Beer and Pizza social – Critical services for SMEs
Date:
29/04/2026
Time:
4-6pm
Location:
Quorum Business Park, North Tyneside
We’re pleased to invite you to our next pizza and beer networking evening in North Tyneside!
This session focuses on Critical Services for SMEs and explores a simple but important question. What are the core services your business cannot afford to get wrong?
Join us for an informal evening bringing together a panel of experienced local professionals who will share practical insight, real-world experience, and honest perspectives on where businesses most often go wrong and how to avoid common pitfalls without overcomplicating things.
Take the opportunity to showcase your business, raise your profile, and build valuable connections in a relaxed and informal setting. Expect honest discussion, practical advice, and great conversation, all with beer and pizza included!
Past events:
Strengthening Cyber Resilience: Insights & Networking
Date:
02/04/2026
Time:
3:30-10pm
Location:
AC Hotel Glasgow, 260 George Street, Glasgow G1 1QX
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at the Strengthening Cyber Resilience: Insights & Networking event at the AC Hotel by Marriott Glasgow.
We’re incredibly proud to have partnered with BTO Solicitors LLP for this event. Bringing together technical and legal expertise created exactly the kind of discussion the industry needs more of – practical, honest, and grounded in real-world experience.
Thank you again to everyone who attended and made the evening such a success. Glasgow, we’ll be back.
Cyber skills for the next generation: What businesses can learn from Esports
Date:
25/03/2026
Time:
4:30pm
Location:
British Esports Federation, Athenaeum Street, Sunniside SR1 1QX
Our first event at the British Esports HQ was a success! We’d like to thank our panel, Dean Oxnard, IT Operations Manager at Net-Defence, Thea Scott, Head of Regional Growth at Cyber North and Kalam Neale, Head of Education at British Esports, for contributing insightful thoughts and opinions.
The panel, led by Net-Defence Managing Director Debra Cairns, discussed what modern businesses can learn from esports and how the mindset and discipline of esports can translate into stronger cyber security and IT practices for organisations.
Net-Defence: Sips, Snacks and Speakers
Date:
04/03/2026
Time:
18:00
Location:
Angels Hotel Bar & Restaurant 114 Main Street Uddingston G71 7HZ
Another successful Sips, Snacks and Speakers!
A huge thank you to our speakers, Craig Hester, Head of Operations at Net-Defence, Shona Motherwell, Procurement Lead at The Independent Buying Group, and Lynn Richmond, Partner at BTO Solicitors LLP, for sharing their expertise on supply chain resilience and the evolving challenges organisations face today.
If the discussion sparked ideas about strengthening your organisation’s resilience or if you would like to speak to a member of our team about your organisation’s infrastructure and how we can support your cyber security and resilience, please get in touch.
Net-Defence: Pizza Networking North Tyneside
Date:
25/11/2025
Time:
5-7pm
Location:
Quorum Business Park, The Hub, Q11, Benton Ln, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 8BU
We loved bringing our Pizza Networking Social to Quorum Park. With engaging discussions, useful takeaways, and lots of opportunities to meet new people (along with a slice or two of pizza!), it was a brilliant evening from start to finish.
A huge thank you to our fantastic guest speakers – Maxine Fox, Shaun Cannell and our very own Craig Hamilton for sharing their insights and sparking such engaging conversations.
Net-Defence: Sips, Snacks and Speakers
Date:
30/10/2025
Time:
4-6pm
Location:
114 Main St, Uddingston, Glasgow G71 7HZ
Our first instalment of Sips, Snacks and Speakers in Scotland was an insightful evening filled with great conversation, practical insights and delicious pakora!
A huge thank you to our speakers – Beverly Bowles, Head of Cyber at ScolandIS, David MacGregor, CEO of CeeD and our very own John Hay, Head of Cyber at Net-Defence, for sharing their thoughts and expertise on business resilience and beyond.
Net-Defence: Pizza Networking Sunderland
Date:
21/10/2025
Time:
5-7pm
Location:
These Things Happen, Harbour View, Roker, Sunderland SR6 0NL
It was fantastic to return for another Pizza & Beer Networking Social at These Things Happen in Roker.
A huge thank you to our speakers – Martin Wilson of NEBRC, Lesley Hawke of RTC North and our very own Debra Cairns and Craig Hester for sharing their expertise and sparking such an engaging discussion on supply chain risk.
The evening was packed with great conversations, practical insights, and plenty of food for thought. We’re grateful to everyone who made it such a success.