Gloucestershire’s largest business network.

For tickets and information on GlosBiz® business and networking events (including breakfasts, lunches, and more), please click here.

I have a huge passion for local business for local businesses, particularly Gloucestershire businesses (where I live).

GlosBiz® is really making a difference to many businesses in Gloucestershire:

• The #GlosBiz hashtag reaches at least 1.3 million unique users every week
• GlosBiz® connects over 12,000 businesses across the county (considerably more than any other ‘business support’ organisation)
• Over 27,000 local business people connect, recommend and discuss through GlosBiz® social media groups and pages

If you’re in business in Gloucestershire, just search for ‘GlosBiz’ to join – it’s completely free!

Did you know…for every £1 spent with a locally owned independent business, typically  around 60p stays in the local community? When that £1 is spent with a large, nationwide chain, it is often as little as 5p.

Taking an approximation, if the employees of Gloucestershire SMEs spent £10 per week with a locally owned business instead of a national chain, an extra £100 million could stay in the county’s economy every year. At least!

Or to put it another way, if your local economy was offered a boost of a billion pounds over the next 10 years, would you take it?

Doesn’t take too much to work out, does it?

I created the #GlosBiz hashtag in late summer 2010 to support and promote Gloucestershire businesses on Twitter. (Here’s a blog post about that beginning).

Since then, the GlosBiz® initiative has grown and grown, with groups and pages on LinkedIn, Facebook and Google+ (just search for ‘GlosBiz’), as well as the @GlosBiz Twitter stream.

GlosBiz® has also voluntarily organises highly popular not-for-profit business events.

GlosBiz® is a registered trademark. The rights to the term ‘GlosBiz’, its aims and objectives, and the speech bubble logo are all duly asserted.