Free business membership
Join for free and benefit from advice, support and facilities.
Free membership of Buckinghamshire Business First is available exclusively to businesses located in Buckinghamshire, including Milton Keynes. If your business is located elsewhere, please explore our co-investment packages.
Basic member profile
Be seen in our member directory. Add a business description, a Google map and a link to your website.
Find business advice
Get the right advice for your business, browse our online resources, and get in touch with our Business Support Team. Members also receive our regular email newsletter featuring the latest news, funding, events and opportunities for businesses.
Networking opportunities
Meet other members of our business community by attending our wide range of networking events.
Learn something new
We run a number of workshops on a variety of essential business topics, and we also facilitate online and in-person events run by members that are free to attend.
Recruit a new team member
Post your job vacancies to our jobs board and they will automatically be boosted to our partner website: BucksSkillsHub.org.
Discounted meeting rooms
Get 10% off meeting room space at Orega Marlow. You can also view a wide range of spaces to meet, work and hold events on our Meet in Bucks directory.
Partner membership

Get more from your membership of Buckinghamshire Business First - and discover ways to give back at the same time.
Enjoy enhanced promotion
Create a feature-rich profile that sits high on the Business Directory. You can add videos, testimonials, logos and team member photos, in addition to a detailed description of what you do and what you can offer.
Gain recognition for helping to power Buckinghamshire’s economy
Investing in a Partner membership strengthens the entire Buckinghamshire business community by enabling us to deliver the events, support, insights and connections that businesses rely on. This means you would be central to all the good things that happen in our business community.
Unlimited free networking
Get involved and connect with other members of the Buckinghamshire business community with unlimited free tickets to our wide range of networking events. You can also directly contact another business via their online profile.
Complimentary Business Leaders' Dinner
Rub shoulders with decision-makers at our Business Leaders' Dinners. Partner Members receive a free ticket to one Business Leaders' Dinner during their Partner membership period.
Host your own events
Share your skills and expertise and make quality contacts by running your own online or in-person events for your fellow members. We will help you to promote them too, including in our newsletters.
Post your events on our website
If you run events for businesses in Buckinghamshire, you can list them on our events page to get wider coverage.
Create engaging content and get featured in our newsletters
Create an offer or discount for members, or write a blog on a topical business issue or your area of expertise. We will feature these in our newsletters and on social media.
Raise your profile as a guest speaker
You'll have the opportunity to attend one of our events as a guest speaker - a great way to promote your business and showcase your expertise.
Discounted meeting rooms
Get 25% off meeting room space at Orega Marlow. You can also view a wide range of spaces to meet, work and hold events on our Meet in Bucks directory.
Ambassador membership

Want to help shape the future of business in Buckinghamshire? As an Ambassador, you will play a leading role in our business community - and get recognition for doing so.
Unrivalled promotion
As an Ambassador Member, your feature-rich profile will sit proudly at the very top of the search results on our online business directory and be featured across the website as public recognition of your valued contribution to the local economy.
Complimentary invitation-only events
Receive personalised invitations to MPs' Briefings, Bank of England roundtables, and other influencer events open only to Ambassadors.
Access and influence
Be the first to know about important policies, plans and developments that will impact our local economy. Join strategic discussions and contribute to feedback to local and national government partners on areas like infrastructure, skills, and legislation.
Unlimited high-level networking
Rub shoulders with decision-makers at Ambassador Lunches and Business Leaders’ Dinners. With complimentary tickets to our entire events programme, your wider team can also network and upskill as part of your membership.
You can host and promote your own events too, further extending your reach into our business community. Or how about a guest speaker slot at one of our events? Being an Ambassador opens up so many doors for your organisation that the possibilities are endless!
Step into the spotlight
Join us as a guest on our Talking Heads podcast and reach a whole new audience. Create engaging content like blogs and offers and get them featured in our newsletters and social media channels.
Get proof of your impact
Receive a bespoke social impact report recognising your support for the business community. Our impacts will be your impacts.
Support for your team
With our team by your side, your team will get a whole lot bigger! Our team are on hand to help join up the dots to whatever support your business needs to reach its goals.
Compare packages
| Free business membership | Partner membership | Ambassador membership | ||
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| Business profile on online directory | Basic profile | Feature-rich profile | Top-ranked, feature-rich profile | |
| Get business support and advice | ||||
| Latest business-related news | ||||
| Post your contract opportunities | ||||
| Get contract alerts | × | |||
| Post a job vacancy | ||||
| Create a member offer | × | |||
| Promote your events | × | |||
| Host your own online event for members | × | |||
| Host your own in-person event for members | × | |||
| Guest speaker at BBF events | × | |||
| Contact another business via their profile | × | |||
| Complimentary events | ||||
| (Focus on) Workshops | × | |||
| Simply Networking | × | |||
| Next Gen Networking | × | |||
| Business Leaders' Dinners | × | One free ticket | ||
| Ambassador Lunches | × | × | ||
| MPs' Briefings, Bank of England roundtables and influencer events | × | × | ||
| Be promoted far and wide | ||||
| Your events, offers, contracts and jobs feature prominently | × | |||
| Your content is included in our newsletters | × | |||
| Your business is featured top of the Business Directory | × | Ahead of free members, below Ambassadors | ||
| Featured in our Talking Heads podcast | × | × | ||
| Your business is promoted around the website as a sponsor | × | × | ||
| Bespoke social impact report recognising your contribution | × | × | ||