Here are some useful links to external sites to help with your business or marketing needs:
Business Advice & Support
Beckenham Business Association – for businesses based in or serving Beckenham, SE London. I have been Chair since 2021.
Start Up Bromley – advice, workshops and events for start ups and established businesses across the London Borough of Bromley. I am one of their 121 Expert Mentors and run workshops for them too.
Federation of Small Businesses – membership organisation offering a wide range of vital business services including advice, financial expertise, support, networking and a powerful voice heard in government.
Enterprise Nation – expert advice and support for small businesses.
Spreadsheet Solutions – cost-effective, custom-made business software, using Excel.
Soul Trader – an online hub to help you create a business with heart and soul. Based on leading business coach Rasheed Ogunlaru’s international best-selling book of the same name.
Your Business Community – a business support service and membership organisation that offers members unlimited free advice,
discounted business services, protection against potential prosecutions, free mentoring, networking events and more.
Local Business Networking in Beckenham and Bromley
1230 The Women’s Company – lunchtime networking for women, in various locations.
Athena – numerous locations for this women’s networking group.
Beckenham Business Association (also see above) – bi-monthly networking events in Beckenham and organiser of Beckenham Business Day each November.
Bromley Business Network – informal networking over breakfast, every 2 weeks, at Bromley Football Club.
Federation of Small Businesses (also see above) – the Outer South East London Region holds monthly networking in Bromley, Bexley and Croydon boroughs.
Ladies who Latte – various locations across the country for this relaxed women’s networking. Bromley Ladies Who Latte is 4th Wednesday of every month.
Laptops and Lipstick – structured monthly lunchtime networking for women.
South East London Chamber of Commerce – the prominent voice for business across South East London, uniting people
and employers and serving the five SE London boroughs (Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Lewisham and Greenwich).
Graphic designers
I have worked with each of these and would highly recommend them for graphic design, web design and print.
Annex Design – graphic design and illustration in Bromley
Gunn Graphics – high quality graphic design and print covering London and Croydon
jilly clark design -professional and friendly graphic design and print
Pad Creative – full service design agency
Vaccoda – web design and online marketing in Bromley
White Heat Design – professional web design and digital marketing
Web, online and SEO specialists
Brand Planning – sales planning, digital planning and SEO planning.
Improve My Search Ranking – Kent’s best SEO agency.
Reputation Builder – Interactive IT services, including online reputation management and web hosting.
Carciofino – website design, build and hosting.
WESH.UK – leading UK web hosting company and IT support for small businesses.
Professional bodies
Chartered Institute of Public Relations – the voice of the public relations profession, a champion of its interests and a respected partner to the broader communications community.
Chartered Institute of Marketing – professional membership body for marketing in the UK.
Content Marketing Association – industry association for marketing, publishing, advertising and social agencies.
Content Marketing Institute – the leading global content marketing education and training organisation.
PRCA – the largest PR association in Europe, representing 18,000 people in agencies, in-house communications teams, and individuals.
Pro Copywriters – the alliance of professional and commercial writers.