Hi All

We are running a website that has become very popular more quickly than we expected! A lot of it is because individuals and businesses like the people-helping-people ethos, and businesses gaining from community involvement.

The site is www.freshties.com

Practically, you can:

- have your own web page to promote your business free of charge
- reach an audience between 16 and retirement age
- network with people who have been and done what you’re interested in doing
- use it for things outside of business, which is important!

"I wish I'd had access to something like FRESHTIES when I started my design business 5 years ago. It can be stressful starting up on your own - a time when you are plagued with uncertainty. FRESHTIES Business Mentoring or even just the forum for 'talking' over your dreams and doubts, would have given me a lot of reassurance at a time when I really needed it." David Axtell, L-Space Design

You need only cut and paste in some of your standard information from your site. We are now getting over 10,000 hits a day since some regional BBC coverage, so hopefully, it could prove fruitful for you. Plus you can link back to your own site.

Our gain is to get more smaller businesses on board who may take a look at things that we put up on the site in terms of corporate social responsibility. It's not telling or preaching, just part of the FRESHTIES ethos that helping in the community also has business benefits.

You could also be featured on our site if you wish.

Regards Ash