JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.

UK Business Forums

Real Community, Whatever Your Business

Representing small businesses since 2003, the UKBF community is home to over 250,000 members. Join today and harness a wealth of expertise to help your business grow through our forums, free resources and comprehensive Business Directory.

Join our Community

Latest Articles

How to Deal with Troublesome and Abusive Customers View

Ozzy April 23, 2024

A guide to bank fraud protection for small business owners

Joining as a director: a guide to due diligence and risk...

Ozzy April 16, 2024

A guide to bank fraud protection for small business owners

Ozzy April 10, 2024

Achieve more by doing less: balancing growth and...

graceks March 28, 2024

Four common management challenges for small business...

graceks March 28, 2024

Community

Seek solutions and insights from our community of small business owners by posing questions or challenges, and benefit from expert advice.

Starting A Business See All

Latest threads

Starting a small gardening business
- Started by OldMateLiam
- Thursday at 10:14 PM
- Replies: 3
Start Up Space
Payments from USA to UK for a not for profit organisation
- Started by Max
- Thursday at 9:32 AM
- Replies: 1
Start Up Space
Import/Export into UK for Paper/Packaging products
- Started by lakshmi@pegasu
- Wednesday at 12:03 PM
- Replies: 7
Start Up Space
Question: How to get experience as a new consultant, with relevant experience in the field?
- Started by ManageDiff
- Sunday at 9:09 PM
- Replies: 8
Start Up Space
ONLINE NETWORKING GROUPS
- Started by geek84
- Apr 20, 2024
- Replies: 9
Start Up Space

Running A Business See All

Latest threads

Enforcement stage ltd company
- Started by Consumersos
- Yesterday at 7:26 AM
- Replies: 8
Legal, Employment and Insolvency
Advice / Tips on VAT saving - B2C E-Commerce
- Started by cawards13
- Thursday at 7:51 PM
- Replies: 8
Accounts & Finance
Vending machine paying commission to a venue
- Started by VendUK
- Thursday at 4:52 PM
- Replies: 1
Accounts & Finance
Court sent documents to the incomplete address
- Started by Kelera
- Thursday at 3:41 PM
- Replies: 2
Legal, Employment and Insolvency
Anyone recommend a good networking event in Gloucestershire
- Started by James
- Thursday at 2:37 PM
- Replies: 1
Sales, Marketing & PR

What makes us unique from others

UK Business Forums, founded by Richard Osborne in 2003, is a thriving community for SMEs and startups in the UK. With over 250,000 members, we provide a dynamic space for business owners and entrepreneurs to connect, share insights, and grow together.

Our platform is rooted in the belief that collaboration and open dialogue are key to business success. Joining UKBF means more than just access to forums and resources; it's an invitation to be part of a collective that's shaping the future of business in the UK. It's about real community and genuine support, where every member's growth is our collective triumph. Welcome to the fold, where your business journey is our shared narrative.

It’s been 10 and a half years since my first ever post on UK Business Forums… I’d happened upon a community of people, some like-minded, that I could have an often fun and often mutually-beneficial conversation with. I have people I still work with today, a few companies on, that I met as a direct result of the forum itself… ‘If it wasn’t for UK Business Forums I probably wouldn’t be where I am today’… through one small-scale business, through to one I exited.

Mark Pearson – Founder of MyVoucherCodes and Co-founder of Fuel.Ventures

We needed to get known and build trust. Face-to-face networking opportunities were non-existent due to the pandemic and lockdown, so I turned to UKBF. I went in on UKBF 100%, making sure I contributed wherever I thought I could provide advice and support for other members. Primarily I see it as a forum where members can share their experiences, both good and bad. For business owners to get the best possible advice from others who have likely been in the same situation as them.

Frank Hernandez – Founder of Meadow Broking Limited

There are lots of questions when you start a business. I worked for a big corporate, so I knew nothing about the day-to-day aspects of running the business as all that was handled for me. UKBF is full of small businesses that know how to get things and where to get them. That’s been really useful. They’ll help you out and even give professional advice for free to start with. It’s also a helpful place to pick up new customers, with many forum members fitting Voipfone’s target market.

Colin – Founder of Voipfone

I was on UKBF discussing late payment in general. The topic affects everyone, so I always wanted to talk about it with people and get feedback on how they are currently doing it, how they felt about chasing customers for payment. I came to the UKBF community to ask questions about things like how effective my website was – and have always found members offering excellent advice.

Steven – Founder of Satago