What is Essex Business Forum (EBF)?

Essex Business Forum is an association of professional business people and owners of established and reputable SMEs based in Essex and the surrounding areas which represents every trade and profession, and with the addition of an extended network of businesses in highly specialist fields.

Essex Business Forum, as an organisation, exists to facilitate the meeting of it’s members for the promotion of it’s members’ businesses and to promote its members to the public and to the local business community as a full range of ‘trusted’ suppliers in order to generate commercial opportunities for its member-businesses.

“We promote each other, for the benefit of all”

What does EBF do?

The purpose of Essex Business Forum is to provide the means by which its members can promote their own and each others’ businesses for their mutual benefit; to provide business support for each other; to generate business referrals and create new commercial opportunities for each other; and to help each other to develop and grow their individual businesses.

“Better business by referral “

EBF provides a variety of promotional opportunities for the benefit of its members, including networking, forums, presentations, organised referral-exchange sessions, exhibitions and other events at which members can meet or be recommended to potential new associates, suppliers, or customers/clients; plus structured external online and offline marketing activities for ongoing promotion of EBF member-businesses to the public and the local business community.

Who can join?

EBF is open to reputable and professionally-run SMEs from all business sectors whose owners/managers are aiming to develop and grow their business in the Essex area.

Membership is not simply by request – we will ask for business references and these will be checked. Your application will also be reviewed by our committee and if approved you will be allowed to join. We aim to keep the standard of members high within our group so that each of us can refer other members without worry.