Essex Business Forum

Ongar

Beauty Salon seat open

Need a recommended beauty salon in Ongar?

At Essex Business Forum, we only recommend businesses we’ve vetted ourselves, and we keep one seat for each trade. At the moment, our beauty salon seat is open, so we’re looking for someone good in and around Ongar.

Which one are you?

I know a great beauty salon

Recommend them to us

I’m a beauty salon

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For everyone

Can you recommend a beauty salon in Ongar?

If you know a beauty salon who did a great job, tell us about them. We’ll invite them to a no-obligation breakfast meeting, and you’ll be the introduction that grows their business.
A member standing to give her weekly presentation while others listen

For the right business

Are you a beauty salon in Ongar?

The seat is yours to claim. EBF will only have one beauty salon, so any beauty referral our members come across comes straight to you. Ongar is only about 15 minutes from the meeting along the A128.
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Two EBF members talking one-to-one after a meeting

Where the work comes from

Why referrals flow for a beauty salon

The warmest leads don’t often come from online advertising. Instead, they come from people who regularly talk to brides, busy professionals and regular clients. This is why wedding planners, photographers and hairdressers make such strong allies for every beauty salon, in Ongar or anywhere in Essex.
Natural referral partners: wedding planners, photographers and hairdressers

Already at EBF from Ongar

Toby Acton of Pole Position Business Solutions is already part of EBF from Ongar. Browse all our current members in the directory.
Toby Acton of Pole Position Business Solutions
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Getting there from Ongar

Ongar is a historic market town with a long, independent High Street, the Epping Ongar heritage railway and, close by, Greensted’s church, said to be the oldest wooden church in the world.
Ongar is about 15 minutes from the meeting along the A128.
By train: Ongar has no mainline station, so most members drive in; Brentwood and Shenfield stations are the nearest.
Where we meet and where to park →

Membership

What you get from joining

Once you join, you’ll get your own profile page on the EBF website and a 60-second slot each Thursday to present your business, and a chance to appear on our podcast, The Referral Effect. Every meeting includes a short training session to help you improve your business. After 12 months, you can apply for our Mark of Excellence.

£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

The meeting room set out in a U shape with a member presenting

What happens on a Thursday

We meet every Thursday between 6:30am and 8:30am, so it’s done before the working day gets going. Every week you have at least a minute to tell the room about your services. Outside the meeting, you’ll arrange one-to-one catch-ups to learn who makes a good referral, and we have a genuine social side too – summer BBQs, Halloween events and charity challenges.
Members having breakfast together at the long meeting table

Keeping it affordable

Your first visit is free, with no obligation to join. If you’d like to become a member, all fees can be spread into monthly payments, and there’s a 6-month trial membership if you’d rather test the water, which makes it manageable for newer businesses.
See membership details and costs →

Questions

Can I recommend someone outside Ongar?

No. Our members come from across Essex, so any great beauty salon in the area is worth recommending.

Is there any obligation to join?

No. Visiting costs nothing, and you’re under no obligation to join. Join us one Thursday, see how the meeting runs and decide for yourself.
Members laughing together around the breakfast table

Recommend someone, or take the seat

However you found this page, we’d love to hear from you: recommend a beauty salon you trust, or claim the seat if it’s yours.