Community Members

Learn how to engage with local residents, build trust, and create meaningful connections that strengthen your business roots in the community.

Build a Good Business Reputation Locally

Building a successful local business is all about building a good reputation. Some businesses do everything else right and still never get noticed, but if yo...

Defending Closure of Local Services: Collective Bargaining

If there's one thing that businesses rely on just as much as private citizens in the local community, it's good local services. To prosper, a business needs...

Find Out About Local Business Schemes

If you would like to do some work with a business and think it might be advantageous to your organisation or project, a much easier way to approach the situa...

Get Involved in Local Publications to Raise Your Profile

Getting stories about your business into local magazines and newspapers can be great for publicity, but it can be hard work coming up with a succession of ac...

My Local Business: Interview With Cafe Owner

"We've become a bit of a destination, which I didn't expect," says Lou, taking a moment to relax towards the end of a busy day. "One guy came over from the s...

Persuade Local Businesses to Contribute to Your Project

If you're running a project aimed at benefiting the local community, it can be hard to raise sufficient funds from private individuals alone, so why not ask...

Raising the Profile of Local Individuals Involved in Business

One great way to attract publicity to your business is to raise your own profile as a local entrepreneur. It's often easier to interest the press and the pub...

Where to Find Existing Business to Business Schemes

Working together with other businesses can be a great way to improve your own business prospects, but starting up your own business to business scheme is har...