UK Business Forums

UK Business Forums, or UKBF, is amongst the most prominent small business community in the UK. It supports and assists small businesses where users can meet like-minded people on this platform and boost their business. UKBF provides its members all the necessary information to start and grow their business. It also makes it a lot easier to register a business.[1]

UK Business Forums
Founded2003
HeadquartersLondon
Websitewww.ukbusinessforums.co.uk

History

It was founded in February 2003 by Richard Osborne[2] but later owned in 2007 by a firm known as Sift.[3] He reacquired UKBF in March 2021 and remains the current owner of the platform.[4] Around 1500 posts are submitted to UKBF each week. About 1200 become part of this community every month.[5] UKBF provides business advice opportunities and support to its members.[6]

Richard Osborne took ownership of UKBF from his co-founder in 2004[7] and expanded the platform into a network of more than 200,000 UK entrepreneurs and business owners.[8] In 2007, he subsequently sold UKBF to Sift Media.[3]

However, on the 8th of March 2021, Business Data Group again acquired the UKBF platform.[9][10]

Mergers & acquisitions

In July 2022, Business Data Group acquired the wholesale and retail business community platform known as the Supplier Central (previously known as the Wholesale Forums).[11] This acquisition merged the Supplier Central into the existing UKBF platform and membership, the original platform for TSC was ultimately closed bringing the two communities together under the one identity of UKBF.[12]

References
  1. Baker, Lisa (14 March 2022). "New research from Northamptonshire-based UK Business Forums highlights gaps in support for thousands of entrepreneurial 16 to 18-year-old school leavers". SME Business News.
  2. "Where is the help for the forgotten small business owners?". Business Matters (magazine). 27 May 2022.
  3. "UK Business Forums: A window into British small business". Sift. 3 August 2018.
  4. Adler, Timothy (26 October 2021). "Autumn Budget 2021 and your small business". Small Business UK.
  5. "Top SME challenges for accountants to solve in 2020" (PDF). practiceweb.co.uk.
  6. Thomas, Stefan (2014). Business Networking For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-118-83334-6.
  7. "UK Business Forums goes behind the scenes on Dragons' Den with Scott Cupit". Swing Patrol. 28 February 2016.
  8. Thomas, Stefan (8 July 2014). Business Networking For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-118-83335-3.
  9. Falk, Ben (3 March 2022). "How UK Business Forums is helping small businesses". Working Dads.
  10. "Richard Osborne, Business Data Group Ltd". Enterprise Nation.
  11. "Forum Structure Changes". UK Business Forums.
  12. Roche, Julia (19 July 2022). "Business Data Group Acquisition Of The Supplier Central Affirms Its Position As UK's Leading Provider Of Small Business Support And Guidance". Business Mondays.
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