What We Do
The Brackley Business Association provides comprehensive support to help local businesses thrive. Our services are designed to address the real challenges you face every day.
🏛️ Council Representation & Advocacy
Your Voice at the Table
When councils make decisions about parking, planning, or town centre changes, we ensure businesses are heard:
- Formal consultation rights on town centre matters
- Direct access to council decision-makers
- Collective responses to planning applications
- Fast-track communication through our MoU
- Regular meetings with council officers
Individual businesses struggle to be heard. Together, we can’t be ignored.
💰 Funding & Grant Access
Unlock Financial Opportunities
Many grants require collective applications or formal organization status. We provide:
- Grant identification - We find funding you might miss
- Application support - Professional help with bids
- Project management - Ensuring successful delivery
- Match funding - Pooling resources for bigger impact
- Direct distribution - Getting funds to businesses quickly
Recent opportunities include shopfront improvements, digital skills training, and sustainability grants.
📈 Joint Marketing & Promotion
Amplify Your Reach
Your marketing budget goes further when we work together:
- “Shop Brackley” campaigns - Town-wide promotion
- Seasonal marketing - Christmas, Easter, summer campaigns
- Digital presence - Shared social media power
- Print materials - Professional maps and guides
- PR coordination - Getting Brackley in the news
Why compete when we can collaborate?
🗺️ Wayfinding & Signage
Help Customers Find You
Professional signage and wayfinding improvements:
- Town centre maps at key locations
- Directional signage to business areas
- Digital directories online and on-street
- Parking guidance to available spaces
- Heritage trails linking businesses
Good wayfinding increases footfall for everyone.
🎯 Town Centre Improvements
Creating an Attractive Destination
We coordinate improvements that benefit all businesses:
- Street furniture - Benches, planters, bike racks
- Lighting schemes - Safer, more attractive evenings
- Cleanliness campaigns - Pride in our streets
- Empty property action - Reducing eyesores
- Public realm enhancements - Making Brackley beautiful
🤝 Networking & Collaboration
Building Business Relationships
Connect with fellow Brackley businesses:
- Monthly meetings - Share challenges and solutions
- Sector meetups - Connect with similar businesses
- Supplier introductions - Buy local, sell local
- Joint ventures - Collaborate on projects
- Mentoring - Learn from experienced operators
Your competitors elsewhere are your colleagues here.
📚 Training & Development
Enhance Your Business Skills
Access professional development opportunities:
- Digital skills - Social media, websites, online selling
- Customer service - Excellence training
- First aid courses - Meet your obligations affordably
- Sustainability - Reduce costs, attract customers
- Financial management - From bookkeeping to growth planning
Group training reduces costs for everyone.
📅 Events & Activities
Bringing Life to the Town Centre
Coordinated events that drive footfall:
- Seasonal markets - Christmas, Easter, Summer
- Food festivals - Showcasing local hospitality
- Heritage days - Celebrating Brackley’s history
- Business showcases - Promote what you offer
- Family activities - Bringing communities together
Events create reasons to visit Brackley.
📊 Research & Intelligence
Understanding Our Market
We provide insights to help you plan:
- Footfall data - When are people in town?
- Customer surveys - What do they want?
- Competitor analysis - Learning from other towns
- Trend reports - Preparing for change
- Economic data - Making informed decisions
Knowledge is power in business.
🛡️ Business Support
Here When You Need Us
Practical help for everyday challenges:
- Regulation guidance - Understanding your obligations
- Dispute resolution - Mediation between businesses
- Emergency response - Coordinated crisis action
- Best practice sharing - Learning from each other
- Supplier negotiations - Group buying power
You’re never alone with BBA membership.
How We Deliver
All these services are delivered through:
- Volunteer board members - Your fellow businesses leading the way
- Professional partners - Experts when needed
- Council collaboration - Working with, not against
- Member participation - Your involvement shapes everything
- Transparent governance - You know how decisions are made
The Bottom Line
For just £10 per month, you get access to services that would cost hundreds or thousands individually. More importantly, you become part of something bigger - a unified force for positive change in Brackley.
Every service we provide makes your business stronger. Together, we make Brackley stronger.
Ready to access these benefits? Join the BBA today and start making the most of collective action.