Intimate, high-trust, 5* luxury lunch dates for established female founders who are done playing at the level they’ve already outgrown.
Built on powerful proximity, conversations that actually move the needle, and the kind of connections that open doors you can’t access online.
Because at this level, it’s never just lunch. It’s one conversation that changes everything.
And yes… you get to have god damn fun while you do it.
THE DETAILS...
Hosted in various luxury, boujee private rooms across the UK.
WHAT'S INCLUDED: 3-Course Curated Menu and Drinks Reception. Oh! And of course, the best company.
EVENT TIMING: 12-4:30pm
PICK A DATE AND WE'LL SEE YOU THERE...
18th May - 20 Stories, Manchester
7th July - The Ivy, Birmingham
10th September - The 3 Acres, Huddersfield
19th October- The Ivy Asia, Leeds
3rd November - San Carlo, Alderley Edge
GATHER ROUND THE TABLE. STEP INTO THE ROOM.
Gorgeous food. Powerful women. Conversations that actually move things.
This isn’t for everyone... It’s for the woman already operating at a high level, who knows she’s not yet in the rooms where she’s fully seen, matched or expanded.
This is where your next level gets shaped.
Because one five-minute conversation with the right person can shift your entire trajectory.
Not because you don’t know what to do, but because you’re surrounded by people who think at a level that expands you.
These rooms don’t teach you. They remind you of who you frickin' are. Of what you’re ready for, of what’s actually possible and the ceiling you’re no longer available for.
You don’t leave with more ideas. You leave different.
THIS ROOM IS FOR WOMEN WHO...
- Is bored of boring networking events and wants to be in the room with likeminded, fun, rich AF women.
- Have outgrown the level they’re currently operating at, even if it still looks successful from the outside.
- Can feel what’s next, but haven’t fully claimed it yet.
- Are done with surface-level conversations and rooms that don’t stretch them.
- Want to be in a room where their level is normal, where they’re met, challenged and expanded instantly.
- Are no longer available for being “very good” and are ready to be known, trusted and referenced as the one.
- Are ready to be seen beyond their current audience, stepping into the rooms, opportunities and visibility that collapse time on their next level.
- Knows she’s no longer available to stay where she is.
High-level conversations about what’s actually working.
Expansion into what’s possible.
Investing in yourself, your vision and the people around you.
because real brands are built in the rooms you step into.
An intimate, high-trust room. Where the conversations change everything.
A carefully curated space where every woman is operating at a high level, so the conversations meet you where you actually are. There'll be no surface-level, no performance hype and no leaving thinking “that was nice” and yet nothing shifted.
This is where your next level gets seen and articulated in real time. Where you hear how others are thinking, moving and building at a level that stretches you. Where you hear women speak passionately in real-time about how their utilising their brand, strategies and next moves in a way that it lands differently for you and sparks something that you can no longer ignore.
This is where the move you've been circling get expanded and becomes obvious to make.
Because this isn’t just about who’s in the room. It’s what happens when the right people, at the right level, have the right conversations.
INSIDE THE ROOM...
• Conversations that sharpen your thinking.
• Moments where what’s next becomes clear.
• A curated lunch where conversations deepen and the right connections happen naturally.
• A carefully considered environment that makes this level feel like your new normal.
• And real-time perspective that connects how you’re seen, positioned and paid.
So you don’t just leave with ideas, you leave moving differently with a new fire inside you.
Confidentiality is key - what’s said in the room, stays in the room. So you can speak openly, think clearly and be fully seen, without holding anything back.
This is what happens when you call this work.
This is a private, curated room with limited capacity. Each place is intentionally allocated to protect the level of conversation, connection and experience inside it.
MEET YOUR HOSTS...
Nicki James is a Global Brand Strategist, speaker and best-selling author known for building the brands behind the industry’s most sought-after names.
Trusted by global entrepreneurs and recognised brands including ABTA, National Geographic and Sipsmith, she brings real-world brand strategy to her work - positioning founders as industry leaders and the ones their industries look to next.
Her work is rooted in Identity-Led Positioning and Brand Psychology, built on the understanding that people don’t just buy strategy, they move towards brands they recognise, trust and feel connected to. This is how she has created instant elevation for thousands of businesses, generating multi-million pound results in the process.
With over 15 years’ experience, Nicki has worked with globally recognised brands including National Geographic, ABTA, Sipsmith, the NFL and Jim Beam, as well as scaling some of the most powerful founder-led brands in entrepreneurialism today.
She is also an acclaimed speaker, sharing the stage alongside Vishen Likhani and Marissa Peers and International Brands such as Google. She has been featured in publications including Stylist, Metro, Grazia, and Woman Magazine, cementing her position as the go-to in her industry.
She is known for one core belief: that in a world of repetition, the leaders who rise are the ones who do different, differently, building world-class brands that set the standard, not follow it.
Debbie Thompson is a globally certified Sales and Human Connection Strategist, known for turning high-level relationships, visibility and proximity into measurable revenue.
With over 20 years’ experience, Debbie built her career closing high-value deals face-to-face mastering the art of conversion through psychology, human behaviour and strategic communication.
She has had a successful career working for Corporate Companies creating and implementing Global Sales strategies for recognised names such as Amazon, Coca Cola, Microsoft and Jaguar Land Rover and has since gone onto build and scale multiple six-figure businesses from the ground up, using powerful networks, real-world opportunities and relationship-led sales, without relying on social media or traditional funnels.
From humble beginnings growing up on a council estate in Birmingham, to losing a business overnight and rebuilding from the ground up, Debbie’s journey is one of resilience, reinvention and expansion. Now based in Yorkshire, as a mum of two, she brings both depth and real-world experience to the women she works with.
What sets Debbie apart is her ability to not just build relationships, but strategically engineer them, creating the right conversations, in the right rooms, that lead to high-value opportunities and long-term growth.
Her work is built on one core belief: that success at the highest level isn’t about more leads, it’s about better positioning, stronger connections and the ability to convert opportunity into revenue.
A FINAL NOTE...
This room is intentionally curated.
Not to limit access, but to protect the level of conversation, connection and opportunity inside it.
You don’t need to arrive with everything figured out, you don’t need a perfect plan and you don’t need to prove anything.
You simply need to know that where you are is no longer where you’re meant to stay.
And that being in the right room with the right people, at the right moment, changes everything.
Bring the vibes, bring the energy and let's have the conversation that change everything.
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