?? Do we have any start-ups in the fine food industry within the UKBF community? Please get in touch if this is you as I have a media opportunity in a speciality food magazine that you might be interested in.
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?️?️?️If you have a business based in West Essex (e.g. Epping, Loughton, Chigwell, Woodford) please get in touch for a local lifestyle media opportunity!
Seeing too much orange at the moment - Working on a local Tool Hire Site - https://fossewayhire.com/ who's orange is virtually the same as UKBF
???Does anyone have any top tips to help deal with inflation and rising bills?
Where do you tend to look when you need new suppliers? Do you ask around your network for recommendations, proactively search, or do something else?
??Good morning! Do we have any pub landlords or landladies in the UKBF community? I'm on the lookout to speak to one (or more) for a national newspaper comment. Please get in touch ASAP today if you might be able to help! ??
??? Greener supply chains - I have some questions from a journalist who is writing a piece about this next week for a national publication. Do any UKBF members have insights they can share into developing a green/sustainable supply chain and any impacts on sales and cost efficiency? Please DM me to discuss.
Good morning, I am looking for a small business retailer to talk about their experiences starting a business. If this sounds like you, and you could be interested in some publicity for your business, please send me a DM before Tuesday 8 February. Thank you!
Oh my, who made hay while the sun shined? @UKSBD https://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/...nes”-how-an-seo-hobby-became-a-business.1078/
Good morning! I'm looking to speak with a UKBF member who can help with a thought leadership article about claiming legitimate business expenses. If this is an area of expertise that you could help with, please send me a DM. Thank you!
Another media request this morning regarding today's Levelling Up news stories. This time my contact is looking to film with a business in #Middlesbrough. Please get in touch if you are interested in this opportunity ASAP today. Thank you!
A journalist has been in touch with us looking for business owners who successfully pivoted during Covid19 to keep their biz afloat. As pandemic restrictions ease, they want to know if will you pivot back, or maintain 2 different biz models? Please DM me ASAP if this is you and you are interested in this potential media opp.
A national news programme is looking to speak to businesses in Wolverhampton about Levelling Up and tomorrow's planned announcements about how it will bring the North and Midlands in line with the rest of the country, by improving local infrastructure and opportunities, with Wolverhampton tipped as an area that will receive government investment. Please get in touch if you're available today.
A niche request this morning, but do we have any tattoo artists in the UKBF community who would be interested in helping out with an advisory article for an online publication for small business owners? Please drop me a DM today if you want to know more.
Are there any UK-based e-commerce businesses in the UKBF community that have found demand has massively outstripped supply during Covid? I am on the lookout for businesses to talk to for an upcoming media feature about if/how you resolved the issue. Please DM me if you can help.
Well, Euston Station has changed a lot since I was last here.
We are 27 days into the new year, what are the things you have managed to start or even accomplish so far in 2022?
I've started reading books on properties as I'd like to venture into that at some point in life...
I've started reading books on properties as I'd like to venture into that at some point in life...
?️?? I would love to speak with UKBF members who are in the hospitality sector for various media enquiries. As expected, there is a lot of interest in views on 'Back to Plan A', supply chain issues, and best practice/marketing tips for the year ahead. Please drop me a DM if you would be interested in some publicity for your business!?️??
??️? Good morning! I'm looking to speak with people aged 18-24 who have a side hustle - whether it’s turned into a successful business or you stopped doing it. If this is you, please get in touch with me asap! #MediaOpportunity #Publicity
Sky News is looking to speak to customer service businesses / hospitality sector about Thursday's scrapping of mandatory face mask wearing. Is anyone available to help with this? Please DM me ASAP today to discuss.
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What is an SEO expert? https://backlinko.com/seo-expert
Has anyone used dropshipping and would be interested in talking to a journalist about how it helped their business to move one or several (or even all) items to a dropship model?
Our contact is also interested in speaking to business consultants and advisors who can talk about how to develop a dropship strategy and when it is/isn't appropriate. Please get in touch by cop tomorrow if you can help!
Our contact is also interested in speaking to business consultants and advisors who can talk about how to develop a dropship strategy and when it is/isn't appropriate. Please get in touch by cop tomorrow if you can help!
An online publication dedicated to small business is putting together a retail insurance guide and is looking for a couple of UK-based small businesses who have retail insurance to appear as case studies.
Each case study will get a link to their business website. If this sounds of interest, please get in touch with me before Wednesday 26th Jan.
Each case study will get a link to their business website. If this sounds of interest, please get in touch with me before Wednesday 26th Jan.
How is your business coping with the energy price increases? ?
I'm looking to speak to business owners about this for a media enquiry.
I'm looking to speak to business owners about this for a media enquiry.
- Have you done anything to reduce costs?
- Have you had to increase your own prices?
- Are you noticing inflation and price rises impact any other areas of your business?
Is there a Corporation Tax expert here in the community that I could speak with for an advice article in an online business publication? Please drop me a DM if you are able to help. Thank you!
??️? Today I am looking for businesses in automation and robotics. If this is you, and you are interested in an opportunity to promote your business in Automated, please get in touch with me ASAP. Thanks!
?THE MAN BEHIND MMA TV ? OUT NOW 
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From running the UK’s most thriving security firm as a university student to establishing a media empire
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From running the UK’s most thriving security firm as a university student to establishing a media empire
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?? ?? Have any UKBF members switched from public sector jobs to the private sector: eg. former teacher who now runs their own business, civil servant who's now a corporation director, or nurse who's now an entrepreneur? This is for an interview+photoshoot in a national mag. Please get in touch if you are interested!
?? ?? Have any UKBF members switched from public sector jobs to the private sector: eg. former teacher who now runs their own business, civil servant who's now a corporation director, or nurse who's now an entrepreneur? This is for an interview+photoshoot in a national mag. Please get in touch if you are interested!
Morning! I'm looking to speak to a VAT expert for some guidance and advice for a short online article. Is anyone available today? Thanks!
If you were a small business owner and a bigger firm that owes you money goes bust - what would you do?
I have just had the benefits of a sustainability department explained to me !
Now how can I manipulate this to my advantage
Now how can I manipulate this to my advantage
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Studio Lambert ('Gogglebox' & 'Race Across the World') is developing a new business series for a major broadcaster that will follow the realities of running an independent business in the UK today - the highs & lows.
If this is of interest, please get in touch with me for more info and I'll connect you!
Studio Lambert ('Gogglebox' & 'Race Across the World') is developing a new business series for a major broadcaster that will follow the realities of running an independent business in the UK today - the highs & lows.
If this is of interest, please get in touch with me for more info and I'll connect you!
?️??️ Calling all mother-daughter duos who have founded a business together!
I have a new media opportunity where the journalist is looking to speak to mothers and daughters. Do we have any in the UKBF community who would like to know more? Please get in touch with me asap.
I have a new media opportunity where the journalist is looking to speak to mothers and daughters. Do we have any in the UKBF community who would like to know more? Please get in touch with me asap.
?? Do any UKBF members work with a network of home-based manufacturers / makers, rather than a centralized factory?
A journalist has been in touch this morning and would love to speak with owners of small businesses like this. Please get in touch if you can help! ? ?
A journalist has been in touch this morning and would love to speak with owners of small businesses like this. Please get in touch if you can help! ? ?
??️? Did you (or anyone you know) start a small business in retirement? If so, get in touch (if you'd like to be involved in a national newspaper article we have been asked to help with this morning)! ??️?
Tomorrow's newsletter finalised with my interview with one of our members, @Frank the Insurance guy who started his own business at the start of the pandemic!
Also planning for a recession, building a home office in the garden and more!
Make sure you get your copy but ticking the box here.
Also planning for a recession, building a home office in the garden and more!
Make sure you get your copy but ticking the box here.
Everyone knows a little bit about equity finance – quite often from watching Dragons Den
@Mark T Jones breaks down in this guide, the difference between raising investment on Dragons' Den and in real life.
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@Mark T Jones breaks down in this guide, the difference between raising investment on Dragons' Den and in real life.
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?? Look at that! #UKBF Member in Focus it's @Frank the Insurance guy who I spoke to earlier this week about how he started his business, what he does for his customers, and how being part of UKBF helped him begin on this journey.
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How I started my business as an independent insurance broker
For the first in our Business in Focus series, we talk to Frank Hernandez, founder of Meadow Broking Limited. Find out what he had to say about the challenges and rewards of starting his own insurance broker business. After spending the early...
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