About Us
The Home Of Referrals That Turn Into Business
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Cold calling is costly. Advertising is uncertain. Referrals from people who trust you, that's where real business growth happens.
Business for Breakfast (BforB) is the UK's hardest working referral networking organisation, internationally recognised for delivering structured, results-driven networking meetings, events and referral marketing training that put quality introductions at the heart of your business strategy.
We create an environment where relationships are built with purpose, tracked with precision and supported by an ongoing member programme that ensures your investment with BforB delivers a return you can measure.
With 25 years of expertise and clubs across the UK, BforB is where ambitious business owners come when they want referrals that actually turn into business.
Join us. Your next client is already in the room.
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65% of the worlds products and services are exchanged following a referral or recommendation
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Your business will become part of a friendly and welcoming culture that helps you get to know, like and trust other members who will, over time, become advocates for your business.
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As relationships grow, you will develop a mutual understanding with each member of your group who are then out in the business community actively promoting your business, product or service.
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As you will be the only member of your group that works in your business sector, your new group of advocates will only be actively passing business referrals to you.
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Get a ready made sales force to promote your business and pass you referrals
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Established in 2001 we have, and continue to be, a leader and innovator in referral marketing.
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Our new Referral Academy is now delivering leadership and business development programmes for members to help them become even more successful in their referral marketing and networking activities.
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Referral marketing is one of the most cost effective and sustainable ways to generate new business leads and growing an organisation.
What Makes BforB Different?
Business for Breakfast is constantly innovating to be at the forefront of our changing business environment, whilst maintaining a warm and welcoming culture that also supports those comfortable with a more traditional business interaction.
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We believe in creating the best possible environment for members of the business community to develop strong, long lasting cooperative relationships that result in quality new business leads and referrals.
OUR INNOVATION
Innovation can come from unexpected places and from unexpected sectors, industries or individuals. However, we welcome our member’s suggestions use feedback to constantly develop how we can all best benefit from referral marketing. Listening to your feedback for the improvement of your experience with BforB is important to us.
OUR CULTURE
Developing quality referrals can take time. Therefore, some meetings you might bring more contributions, some meetings less, our groups understand this provided it is done with genuine intent. Acting responsibly, reliably when passing contribution is what counts.
OUR SUPPORT
We have a supportive network that is designed to help make you the best referral marketer possible. This is underpinned by our very own BforB Referral Academy, a bespoke platform to further develop members’ capabilities in referral marketing and other transferrable business skills.
OUR VISION
To create an innovative business networking environment that will help companies reach their potential through building a valuable network of advocates.
OUR MISSION
To become the world’s most respected business networking facilitator for exceptional service delivered to our members. We do this by delivering innovative and effective opportunities to build relationships and delivering meaningful training to further professional development, all designed to build a stronger advocate base.
BforB VALUES
Make It Count:
Your BforB membership experience is KEY. We understand that your time is precious so our referral marketing is designed to deliver a valuable return on your time, energy and efforts. Make every second count.
Building Strategic Alliances:
Your success in business depends on building a strong reputation and a network of advocates. Creating and strengthening co-operative and long-lasting relationships with your group will help you realise your business aspirations.
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The bigger and stronger your network of strategic business alliances, the bigger and stronger your business will become.
Be The Leader, Not A Follower:
BforB is an innovator of referral marketing and business networking. We were the first British franchised referral marketing company in the UK, but it didn’t stop there.
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We are always looking for additional ways to add value for our you to gain from your referral marketing programme from the Referral Academy training programme launched in 2016, to the BforB App.
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We want you to be a leader in your industry and it’s our mission to help make that happen.
Unlock Your Potential:
We want to unlock your potential. Whether you’re looking for new clients; increased confidence or new skills from the BforB Referral Academy training; or advice and strategy from your new network of advocates, BforB is the key to opening doors and growing your business.
Be Active:
We work with active members, those who want to work together to grow a stronger, more profitable business. It is this collective ethos, with every member making a positive contribution to the group that makes your experience with BforB so successful.
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You get the training and support you need to actively contribute to the group which allowing you to pass and receive introductions and referrals.
OUR GROUND RULES
You will be joining a group of engaged business people who are serious about growing their businesses.
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Within Business for Breakfast, business is shared and not just taken. It works because every member is there to build mutually beneficial business alliances and pass qualified referrals. You are therefore expected to:
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Bring positive contributions to the team through qualified referrals and introductions
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Invite guests to sample BforB and widen the groups networking capability
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Attend every meeting, or send a representative, to maintain and build alliances
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Conduct 1-2-1’s with fellow members to build relationships and alliances
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Share testimonials with the group about work well done
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Follow up, remember even a great referral can be lost without active follow–up. See the process through.
About BforB - Built for the Way Business Works Today
In a climate where rising costs, tighter margins and economic uncertainty are pressing in on businesses from every direction, the way you build your network has never mattered more. BforB was founded on a simple but powerful principle: genuine business growth comes from sharing and giving, not taking.
We help business owners build the trust and meaningful relationships that lead to real, trackable referrals the kind that turn contacts into clients and conversations into contracts. As you engage with your fellow members, your business grows not through cold outreach or expensive marketing, but through a community of people who are genuinely invested in your success.
In today's challenging economic environment, fresh thinking and new perspectives are as valuable as any financial resource. BforB gives its members a trusted space to exchange ideas, share experiences and tackle challenges together unlocking insights they may never have found alone.
When businesses support each other, everyone moves forward faster. BforB exists to sow the seeds of that reciprocal growth so that every member not only achieves their goals, but helps others achieve theirs too.
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Because when it is your mission to build a highly referable local business. It is ours to help you make it happen. Find your local club here
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Email: centralervices@bforb.co.uk