Community for marketing professionals in the South West
Building Brands is where the South West’s marketing community comes together to learn, connect, and grow.
From our flagship Building Brands Live conferences—the region’s biggest marketing events—to hands-on masterclasses and networking sessions, we create spaces for marketers at every stage of their career to share ideas, sharpen skills, and spark new opportunities.
Whether you’re leading an agency, driving growth in-house, freelancing, or just starting out, Building Brands is your platform to be inspired, make meaningful connections, and stay ahead in a fast-moving industry.
Why Building Brands?
Connect with marketing professionals
There are a lot of people working in marketing across the South West of England. The fundamental aims of Building Brands Marketing, are to help connect you with each other, and to use our events to give you the best help and advice, enabling you to do your job better. Our Building Brands Live events have a phenomenal reputation, and we have lots more different activities planned for 2025!
An Empowered Community
By subscribing to Building Brands, you'll join a community of more than 1500 marketing professionals, living and working across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. The South West is the home of Building Brands Marketing. Members get newsletters every couple of weeks. These are our opportunity to keep you up to date with our events and others in the area, our training courses, important news, and marketing jobs in the region.
Meet, connect, and be inspired
Our events are vitally important to the Building Brands community. They give members the opportunity to meet, connect, build relationships and hear from some truly brilliant people. We want to help you do your jobs better, grow and develop your company, and form even stronger relationships with those around you. We really want you to get as much out of Building Brands as possible.
Attendee
Feedback
Don’t just take our word for it—see what past attendees have to say. From game-changing insights to inspiring speakers and invaluable connections, Building Brands events leave a lasting impact on marketing professionals across the South West.
Official Partners of
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Building Brands wouldn't be possible without our incredible partners, check them out below!
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FAQs
Got a question? You’ll find answers to the most common queries about our events, community, and membership here.
Membership is based on bi-weekly newsletters which house everything from marketing news and jobs across the region, thought pieces and marketing job listings. You can also access a range of white papers, marketing blogs, mental health support resources and training via our website.
Yes! All of our venues are accessible by public transport. Building Brands partners with Great Western Railway (GWR) for discounted train fares to events in Bristol, Exeter, and Plymouth, including from London Paddington. Click here for the GWR Conference Discount Website
We ensure that all of our conferences are held at experienced and equipped venues, with parking on-site or nearby. Please be sure to pay for tickets - we would hate for you to get a ticket!
Yes - refunds are offered, provided you give notice before the stated cut-off date. We try our best to accomodate everyone and be as flexible as possible.
Yes - if tickets sell out, a waiting list is set up. Cancellations closer to the event can release tickets back to waiting‑list members first.
We hold 3 main conferences a year in Exeter, Plymouth and Bristol. We also host smaller events throughout the year such as Heads of Agency dinners, co-working meetups and more.
Currently, our membership is an email subscription only and is free to join! Simply sign up here and let us do the rest.