Essex Business Forum

Ingatestone

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Looking for a recommended optician in Ingatestone?

At Essex Business Forum, we only recommend businesses we know and trust. At the moment, our optician seat is empty.

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Know a good optician in Ingatestone?

If you’ve used an optician you’d happily recommend, tell us about them. They’ll be invited to a free breakfast meeting.
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For the right business

Work as an optician near Ingatestone?

There’s a seat with your name on it, and only one. EBF only ever accepts one optician, so every eyecare enquiry our members hear about is yours. Ingatestone is just about 12 minutes from the meeting along the A12.
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Where the work comes from

How introductions work for an optician

The warmest introductions don’t often come from online advertising. They come from people who already talk to families, older people and screen-based workers. This is why GPs, audiologists and employers make strong referral partners for any optician, in Ingatestone or anywhere in Essex.
Natural referral partners: GPs, audiologists and employers

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 members get

As a member, you’ll have a dedicated profile on the EBF website and a 60-second slot each Thursday to promote your business. Each week also includes a short training session to help you grow your business. Once you’ve been with us a year, 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

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Inside a Thursday meeting

We meet every Thursday between 6:30am and 8:30am, before most working days begin. Each week you get 60 seconds or more to tell the room about your services – roughly double some other networking groups allow. Outside the meeting, members book one-to-one catch-ups to understand who makes a good referral, and we have a strong social side too.
Members having breakfast together at the long meeting table

Costs, and paying monthly

Your first visit is free, with no obligation to join. Should you decide to become a member, all fees can be paid monthly, including our 6-month trial.
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Questions

Does the optician have to be based in Ingatestone?

Not at all. Our members come from across Essex, so any trusted optician in the area is welcome.

Is there any obligation to join?

Not at all. Your first visit is free, with no pressure to sign up. Come along, meet the members and decide for yourself.
Members laughing together around the breakfast table

Recommend someone, or take the seat

However you found this page, get in touch: introduce an optician you trust, or book your free visit yourself.