VarnFest

The woodland business festival

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VarnFest is back on 11th June 2025

Share, Learn and Grow with business owners & directors

Sharing personal stories, mistakes, successes and leadership lessons so you can see the wood for the trees.

 

 

The purpose of VarnFest is to get business owners and leaders together in our unique outdoor woodland office setting in Wiltshire, listening and learning from others who have fascinating leadership stories to share.

The idea for VarnFest came from our team at Varn to help connect business leaders and thinkers in the South West, sharing personal stories to inspire and challenge leadership thinking.

Varn’s business focus is fantastic SEO results for our clients and we know we can get websites to rank well. However, we also know there is much more to business than search engine marketing. That’s why we wanted to host VarnFest – a festival of business sharing the journey and path travelled to success – whatever success means to you

 

 

VarnFest 2024

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A woodland business festival surrounded by nature

 

Watch highlights from VarnFest

Inspirational talks, surrounded by nature, delicious food and even some flower arranging…

VarnFest 2024 Woodland Business Festival

 

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VarnFest Event 2023. The woodland business festival leadership event at Varn's outdoor woodland office featuring Tom Vaughton, Dan Collins and Rebecca Morely

What is VarnFest all about?

Being a good leader requires dedication, hard work and self discovery. VarnFest was born out of a vision to share stories that will help others learn to be the best leader they can be and help their business grow.

At Varn our business focus is fantastic SEO and search marketing results for our clients and we know we can get websites to rank well. However, we also know there is much more to business than search engine marketing. That’s why we wanted to create VarnFest – a festival of business sharing the journey and path travelled to success – whatever success means to you.

At Varnfest business people and thinkers share their stories – honest talks about what they wish someone had told them when running their business, their biggest mistakes and challenges as leaders and what lessons they have learned over the years.

 

Victoria Humphries VarnFest

 

Who is VarnFest for?

 

VarnFest is for you if you’re a business owner, director, entrepreneur or founders and you’re keen to listen and learn what may have gone right and wrong for others in these leadership roles. Hear what other leaders would do differently and take away ideas to use in your own business to develop personally and professionally.

 

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Take a look at some of our previous VarnFest talks…

 

Tom Vaughton
“A managers problem, control or growth?”
Read Tom's Talk
Rebecca Morley
“Leaping the gap: accidental to intentional leadership”
Read Rebecca's Talk
Garry Pratt
“The 7 entrepreneurial plot lines” 
Read Garry's Talk
Dan Collins
“Why are we doing what we’re doing?”
Read Dan's Talk

 

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