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Welcome to your last UK Business Forums monthly update for 2023, I’d like to bring you up to date with some of our accomplishments this year for you our members.
Business Member in Focus
This month's Member in Focus is Colin 'cjd' Duffy from Voipfone, a long-standing member of UK Business Forums right from my very early days of running the site from my kitchen table alone. It was great catching up with cjd again and chatting through his journey in telecoms right through to the founding of Voipfone and their numerous award wins. Read this month's Member in Focus piece here.
I’m even more excited to share Voipfone as this month's Member in Focus because they have also been generous in supporting their fellow Business Members here with a half-price discount for the first 6 months of their 100 plan. You can take advantage of this offer through their Partner Perks page.
Autism at Christmas
If you’ve been a member for a while you’ll know I personally support several charitable and support organisations geared towards special needs education and also supporting people with learning difficulties into work. One of those organisations is Track, a non-profit organisation in Northampton that supports helping people with autism into the workplace.
This year they’ve produced with the support of one of their other supporters, Issured, a little Christmas video which I’d like to share with you to help make the Christmas office a great environment for everyone.
If you would like to purchase this to share with your staff and customers you can do so here and support the work of Café Track.
Verification Status
It’s great to see some of our members applying for their Verified Business status. One of the steps along the way as we continue building a trusted environment for our members for not only supporting each other but also working and trading together. If you haven’t already done so, our Business Members can apply for verification status here.
Smart Business
UK Business Forums is supported by our sister site, Smart Business. Created to help you compare quotes from leading providers and find the right cover with their partner Simply Business, one of the UK's largest business insurance providers. If you're not ready to get a quote right now, we can send you a reminder email when you are.
Members Directory
Have you added your business to the new member's directory? if you haven’t you can do so by clicking here and filling in your company information, including your website address, socials, and some further information about what you do and how other members can reach you.
This is a great feature to ensure your business can be found by other members looking for your product and service, and a great part of the UKBF website to bring members together to trade with each other.
If you haven’t done so yet, you can complete your business listing here. Then when looking for a product or service do consider checking the UKBF members directory here first..
2023 Roundup
This year was a big milestone in the development of UK Business Forums since I took back the reigns. We ran our UKBF Talks webinar series, and our Drive podcast, we built up some amazing partnerships to support our member's Perks offering, and we held some fantastic networking events including our events held in partnership with Natwest at their Birmingham business centre.
Looking forward to 2024, I’m really excited to continue to invest in and build UK Business Forums to be bigger and better with the ambition to forever support the small business owners, the side hustles, and the dipping the toe in the water. The ones making a mark for themselves in starting and continuing their own Entrepreneurial journey.
Business Member in Focus
This month's Member in Focus is Colin 'cjd' Duffy from Voipfone, a long-standing member of UK Business Forums right from my very early days of running the site from my kitchen table alone. It was great catching up with cjd again and chatting through his journey in telecoms right through to the founding of Voipfone and their numerous award wins. Read this month's Member in Focus piece here.
I’m even more excited to share Voipfone as this month's Member in Focus because they have also been generous in supporting their fellow Business Members here with a half-price discount for the first 6 months of their 100 plan. You can take advantage of this offer through their Partner Perks page.
Autism at Christmas
If you’ve been a member for a while you’ll know I personally support several charitable and support organisations geared towards special needs education and also supporting people with learning difficulties into work. One of those organisations is Track, a non-profit organisation in Northampton that supports helping people with autism into the workplace.
This year they’ve produced with the support of one of their other supporters, Issured, a little Christmas video which I’d like to share with you to help make the Christmas office a great environment for everyone.
If you would like to purchase this to share with your staff and customers you can do so here and support the work of Café Track.
Verification Status
It’s great to see some of our members applying for their Verified Business status. One of the steps along the way as we continue building a trusted environment for our members for not only supporting each other but also working and trading together. If you haven’t already done so, our Business Members can apply for verification status here.
Smart Business
UK Business Forums is supported by our sister site, Smart Business. Created to help you compare quotes from leading providers and find the right cover with their partner Simply Business, one of the UK's largest business insurance providers. If you're not ready to get a quote right now, we can send you a reminder email when you are.
Members Directory
Have you added your business to the new member's directory? if you haven’t you can do so by clicking here and filling in your company information, including your website address, socials, and some further information about what you do and how other members can reach you.
This is a great feature to ensure your business can be found by other members looking for your product and service, and a great part of the UKBF website to bring members together to trade with each other.
If you haven’t done so yet, you can complete your business listing here. Then when looking for a product or service do consider checking the UKBF members directory here first..
2023 Roundup
This year was a big milestone in the development of UK Business Forums since I took back the reigns. We ran our UKBF Talks webinar series, and our Drive podcast, we built up some amazing partnerships to support our member's Perks offering, and we held some fantastic networking events including our events held in partnership with Natwest at their Birmingham business centre.
Looking forward to 2024, I’m really excited to continue to invest in and build UK Business Forums to be bigger and better with the ambition to forever support the small business owners, the side hustles, and the dipping the toe in the water. The ones making a mark for themselves in starting and continuing their own Entrepreneurial journey.
