We’re excited to introduce our new initiative, the Progress Club – essentially a local buying club exclusively for our local community. This group is designed to connect local businesses with our enthusiastic readers followers and members, giving you the opportunity to showcase your products and services while offering unique discounts or special offers as a one off or a monthly subscription type offer to our members.

As a Progress Club partner, you’ll not only boost your visibility locally online but also gain direct access to a dedicated audience eager to support and shop local.
Join us in creating a vibrant marketplace growing the local economy where everyone benefits!

Partners get

Digital Intro – An introduction to our readers just like a news article on our website – which will also be used and promoted on our social media outlets. Information about your business so our readers can understand who you are and how you operate and benefit the local community.

One free ad per month on our website (This ad goes at the bottom of the article content – before our page footer. You can access better advertising deals and positions once you are a partner.)

Listing on our local business database – a listing that allows our bona fide members to add reviews and feedback about your services that our other members can trust to make decisions about their purchases and spending.

Authorisation to post in our local facebook group to grow your local business social media following – we want our readers and followers to be safe online – so if you want to post in some of our groups for free – you’ll have to be a partner.

What You have to do to join as an entry level partner

It’s free for your business to join as an entry level partner but we’re gonna need you to take some time to tell us all about your business so we can do a proper job of showcasing you online. After initial contact via email – We will send you further instructions

• Answer a thorough questionnaire about your business and where necessary – provide information about your licenses – insurances and professional accreditations where appropriate.
• Offer something EXCLUSIVE – an offer or deal – to our Progress Club Members.
  This has to be something that will help our members to understand you are passionate about building strong community relations
• Join in online and on our website keeping your business name relevant and helpful in our comments sections helping to build rapport with our online readers.

If you’re ready to join the Progress Club or want to know some more before signing up – please email newsdesk@bplnews.co.uk with the subject “business Progress” explaining a little about your business and your self in the email and our editor will get back to you with further instructions on how to complete your registration.