About us

“Contacts, Canapés, Conversation, Co-Hosts and Complimentary Champagne”.

Only Connect is prestigious Business and Social Networking Combined with a guest database of over 7000 like-minded people. It is the largest regular networking evening event in the UK. Over the last 3 years, we have become the place to go for making high quality contacts, developing fine friendships, securing new business and having a wonderful time.

Only Connect (and Only Select) was founded by Bristol-based entrepreneur and broadcaster Jamie Breese. The idea for Only Connect came after creating two summer's worth of memorable and well-attended BBQs on his roof terrace.

There is only ONE rule at our events: namely that each guest has the right to approach any other guest and that person must indulge them. Most of events are Black Tie, red carpet affairs and we sometimes include a meal. Our Co-Hosts aim to build bridges between individuals and groups and are a great point of contact throughout the evening. There is always an afterparty which means that most Only Connects last for up to 11 hours!

About The Founder

Aside from creating a new type of networking experience, Jamie has been a columnist at The Sunday Mirror newspaper for the last eleven years. He is currently reviewing the papers for Sky News and is working regularly for ITV1’s Daybreak. In addition, Jamie has been hosting an exciting new primtetime network TV show in the USA. Jamie has presented many popular network terrestrial complete TV series from BBC2's The Life Laundry and The Antiques Show, to ITV1's Everything Must Go! and This Morning. As a filmmaker, in 2007, he was given a two-year deal with Steven Speilberg's Dreamworks Studios in Hollywood, and has made several award-winning films including the 35mm drama Benjamin's Struggle which was selected by the British Council to represent British Culture worldwide and is now used by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial State Museum. Jamie is dedicated to a number of charities and has recently broke the record as an auctioneer for the Make A Wish Foundation's annual Valentine's Ball. Jamie hosts fashion shows and writes books and screenplays in his spare time.