Published 31 October 2026 | Meetings & Business | Tottington Manor
The best business networking is not always about collecting contacts. It is about making time for trusted conversation, hearing a different perspective and leaving with a clearer next step. For more than five years, Neil Laughton's Business Support Group has met at Tottington Manor for exactly that kind of peer exchange.
People and further reading
Neil Laughton: Laughton & Co works with organisations on adventure-based leadership development, company adventure days and a confidential Business Support Group for senior leaders.
Clive Bonny: Strategic Management Partners is Clive's Sussex consultancy; its work includes strategy, business continuity, intellectual property and responsible-business support.
This story is based on the supplied press release and on the organisations' own published information.
A regular place for business explorers
The group is led by Neil Laughton, entrepreneur, adventurer and founder of Laughton & Co. His work with leaders brings together challenge, trust and practical reflection - themes that also make a business peer group valuable.
At Tottington Manor, formal meeting time can move naturally into coffee, a working lunch, a walk in the South Downs or dinner at TERRA. That freedom to change the pace is one reason a countryside setting can work so well for business conversation.
Ethics, risk and better decisions
Guest speaker Clive Bonny of Strategic Management Partners has joined the group to explore the practical side of ethical decision-making. His consultancy's published work includes business continuity, risk, intellectual property and responsible business.
For growing businesses, these are not abstract subjects. Peer discussion can help leaders examine risk, entrepreneurship, intellectual-property protection and difficult decisions from more than one viewpoint - while staying focused on the people affected by the outcome.
Why the setting matters
Business meetings do not have to be confined to a conference room. Tottington Manor offers four flexible meeting spaces, 12 bedrooms for residential stays, private dining and the South Downs on the doorstep. It gives teams a practical base for a board session, strategy day, networking lunch or multi-day leadership retreat.
For a more active format, our partnership with GOTO Events can add professionally managed team-building to an away day. For a quieter format, a focused meeting can be followed by lunch or dinner at TERRA, with time and space to continue the conversation.
At a glance
- Business networking and confidential peer-group meetings
- Leadership, strategy and ethical decision-making conversations
- Four meeting spaces for 2 to around 100 delegates
- 12 bedrooms for residential retreats
- Private dining, TERRA Restaurant and South Downs outdoor space
- Team-building options through GOTO Events
Explore more: meetings and business retreats at Tottington Manor, residential business retreats, team building and company away days with GOTO Events, and why Sussex business networks meet here.
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