Depending on what industry you are in (some are tighter than others), forming relationships with key vendors has been a big source of both potential future acquisitions and key talent hires. Vendors want to continue earning their business, and by connecting you with other businesses in your space that they work with they can secure more business for themselves because they already have a positive relationship with you. Depending on how good your relationships are, they can also provide excellent referrals for talent at other similar businesses they work with.

We have just soft launched CorpFin Hub, a platform dedicated to the UK mid market in case you want to give a go redacted