Essex Business Forum

Ingatestone

Architect seat open

Need a recommended architect in Ingatestone?

At EBF, we only recommend businesses we know and trust. At the moment, our architect seat is empty, so we’re looking for someone good in and around Ingatestone.

Which one are you?

I know a great architect

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I’m an architect

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For everyone

Can you recommend an architect near Ingatestone?

If you’ve used an architect who did a great job, send them our way. They’ll be invited to a free breakfast meeting, and you could help a local business grow.
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For the right business

Work as an architect near Ingatestone?

The seat is yours to claim. Essex Business Forum will only have one architect, so every architecture referral our members come across is yours. Ingatestone is only about 12 minutes from our Thursday meeting along the A12.
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Where the work comes from

How referrals flow for an architect

Your best referrals rarely come from cold advertising. Instead, they come from people who already talk to homeowners and developers planning extensions or new builds – usually around a planning application or a growing family. This is why builders, planning consultants and building surveyors make such natural referral partners for any architect.
Natural referral partners: builders, planning consultants and building surveyors

Members from across Essex

Our members travel in from across Essex, and Ingatestone is only about 12 minutes from the meeting along the A12. Browse every member in the directory.
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Getting there from Ingatestone

Ingatestone is a large village just off the A12 with its own railway station, a High Street of independent shops and the Tudor Ingatestone Hall on its edge.
Ingatestone is about 12 minutes from the meeting along the A12.
By train: Greater Anglia trains run from Ingatestone station.
Where we meet and where to park →

Membership

What you get from joining

As a member, you’ll have your own profile page on our website and 60 seconds or more each Thursday to present your business. Every meeting also includes a short training session to help you improve your business. After 12 months, you can apply for our Mark of Excellence, a quality badge members show off with pride.

£25,000+

of new business a year, on average, for each member through EBF

Your own profile page

60 seconds or more every week

A spot on The Referral Effect podcast

Mark of Excellence after 12 months

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What happens on a Thursday

Members meet every Thursday from 6:30am to 8:30am, before most working days begin. Each week you get 60 seconds or more to present your services. Outside the meeting, members arrange 1-2-1s to learn what each other is looking for, and we have a strong social side too – summer BBQs, Halloween events and charity challenges.
Members having breakfast together at the long meeting table

Keeping it affordable

Visiting costs nothing. If you’d like to join, all fees can be paid monthly, and there’s a 6-month trial membership to start with, which keeps it manageable for smaller businesses.
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Questions

Can I recommend someone outside Ingatestone?

Not at all. Our members come from across Essex, so any trusted architect nearby is worth recommending.

Is there any obligation to join?

No. Your first visit is free, with no pressure to sign up. Come along, meet the members and make up your own mind.
Members laughing together around the breakfast table

Recommend someone, or take the seat

Whichever side of the table you’re on, we’d love to hear from you: recommend an architect you trust, or claim the seat yourself.