Membership of this forum is by approval only and is open to those people who have just set up or about to set up in business for the first time. All members wishing to register will be entitled to a “Regular” membership which is free and allows access to general areas of the forum. Access to the VBB Members’ area is available free for the first year to those people who have purchased the Virtual Business in a Box total package, either Option 1 or Option 2 (www.virtualbusinessinabox.co.uk). Membership will be automatically generated for these people. Renewal after the first year will cost £10 per year. If renewal is not required at that cost, membership will revert to Regular and access to the VBB Members’ area will not be available. Click on the Blue Arrow to the left of the topic for further information.

Feel free to talk about anything and everything in this board.

Tell us who you are, want you do, where you do it and why. Explain a little about why you have set up in business and what your goals are.

Anything to do with accounting, finance, bookkeeping, VAT etc

Upcoming business and networking events.

Issues with IT, internet and computers. Software and hardware - share what works & what doesn't. Find answers to those 'how do I...' 'what has happened' type of questions.

Business law - general, contracts, employment issues, company structures

How to generate sales, how to market your product/service, how to get new business

Products, services, special offers - looking for a product/service or offering product/service this is the place to do it. (Only full VBB members can place adverts for their products/services).

Networking and business discussions relative to your local area.

Scotland Northern Ireland Wales London & South East East of England

South West North East North West West Midlands East Midlands

Can't find a board which covers a particular topic? Make a suggestion here and we can see if we can fit it in.

An area for general chit-chat - that 'in the kitchen' gossip that you don't have the chance to participate in when you work on your own.

Share what motives and/or who inspires you - who is your role model/hero in business and why. Perhaps you motive and inspire others - tell us how.

Having a bad day and need to let of steam? Go on - rant about it here.

This area will have a 'Question of the Month' theme. Please email me a list of the questions you would like to ask and I will find a 'Guest speaker' to answer the question. Discussions will then open form there.

When you work on your own and set your own targets, aims and goals they can sometimes become lost because you are so busy working in your business you forget about working on your business. In this section, you can list some of these (a maximum of three at a time) with a timescale of when you want to achieve them. By putting them down on paper and publishing them for others to see and/or comment, you will be accountable for achieving the results.

Post your press releases here - those you have written, those you would like a review on before releasing to the media, results you may have received as a result of a press release. Remember press releases can be be in many formats - newspapers, magazines, internet, TV etc

This area will have links to resources and updated documents as they become available. You can also upload any items such as flyers, templates etc that you think may be of use to members.