It's all about sharing...
Your sustainable marketplace and supply chain register
Encouraging local activity with a global impact
Powered by UK businesses, centralising and sharing regional resources
Business made easy
How do we operate and grow our businesses in a modern world whilst simultaneously becoming sustainably responsible? It might be easier for large corporations who can plant whole forests or fill a roof with solar panels, but how do every day businesses and their communities contribute to climate change?
At GB Shared, we don’t believe life and business should be difficult, so we developed a solution to make it easier for everyone. County by county, we've been sharing, and across the UK businesses are sharing to drive change for a better future. Sharing offers you a local, ethical and sustainable way of doing business, from the comfort of your own desk, with a direct impact on your business, your region and the planet!
Our unique sharing platform is central to each UK county, empowering business and communities to drive change at local and global level, whilst benefiting themselves in the process. Sharing can help to stimulate economies, reduce carbon, embed social values and keep more money and opportunities in our own regions.
Thousands of businesses have already ‘pinned their colours to their county mast’ and started sharing; jobs, events, spend, discounts, funding, advice, support and wider opportunities, on the UK’s first sustainable marketplace, and you can get involved too.
Whether you opt into our talent pools, or sign up for local job alerts, use us to find local products, services, suppliers, training or discounts in your area, every click helps a local business, and you can help to keep it all in your area. Our national youth platform is free to all, and powered only by our member businesses, sharing with, and leaving a legacy for, future generations. If you're 16-24, check it out and sign up for free.
With tracked and measured returns, shared opportunities, brand visibility, rewards and recognition, we give businesses every reason to join us, start sharing and keep sharing.
We joined to promote our services, but Northumbrian Water also has a commitment to spend 60p in the pound in our local area. Sharing helps us to do that.
Andrew Sinclair
Northumbrian Water
Lisa Edge
Founder, GB Shared
Only when we all get involved can we achieve the change needed to make a genuinely positive impact.
Business with impact
Our marketplaces are free to access, you can use them to find a job, a local supplier, funding, events and when you do, every click supports a local business.
With tonnes of other great benefits like connections, tender alerts, bid support and sector groups, we give businesses every reason to join us, and to keep sharing.
Sharing means local jobs go to local people, helping to reduce unemployment. Sharing funding and keeping spend local, stimulates economies, while connecting businesses creates local supply chains, in turn helping to reduce carbon outputs.
We track, measure, encourage and reward our businesses, so the more they share, the higher the returns for them, and the more positive the impact for the region and the planet.
The smarter way to do business
We all know we need to contribute toward climate change, and, with more public and private sector organisations choosing to procure more sustainably, we recognise many business will need help to stay up to date and competitive.
Our customer journey naturally encourages sustainable behaviour, tracking our members' contribution through their shared activity. When our marketplace recognises sustainable activity, members receive a notification, helping to educate them on their sustainable behaviour.
Recording sustainable activity and rewarding members with green points as they go, means we naturally move them toward our global sustainable accreditation, and a place in the UK's sustainable supply chain register, all the while. they are busy connecting, winning and improving their digital reach.
Encouraging local activity with a global impact...
Join other businesses in your local area nowModern membership with purpose built in...
Imagine if every time you shared, it had a positive impact on your business and your region, well now it can.
Our membership begins with business basics like sharing knowledge, connections, opportunities and listing your business for brand visibility and media coverage.
From there we build on your membership needs, adding your team members, connecting them, helping them to recruit, to promote, procure, to business develop and to find opportunities like funding, tenders and bid support, all aimed at helping your business grow.
Wherever we can, we'll do this locally, but our platforms also offer regional and national membership, connections and visibility. With all your returns tracked and rewarded, it's easy to make a difference to others whilst helping yourself.
What's in the Marketplace?
Here are some of the many benefits and features of the GB Shared Marketplace
- Local Businesses
- Talent Pools
- Job Vacancies
- Training
- News
- Events
- Awards
- Networking Groups
- Property
- Discounts & Offers
- Digital Magazines
- GBConfex
- Member Events
- Tender Opportunities
- Bid Support
- Funding & Grants
- Networking
- Facilitated Introductions
- Data & Intelligence
- Sector Groups
- Charities
- Competitions
- Surveys
- Sustainable Supply Chain Register
- Sustainable Education
- Sustainable Accreditation
- Digital & Sustainable Tracking
- Personalised Dashboards
- National Youth Platform
- Guest Speakers
- Guest Teachers
- Internships
- Placements & Projects
- Education
- Accommodation
- Funding
- Support
- Career Advice
- Future Talent
- Entrepreneurship
- Life skills
- Return on Investment Reports
Your key to sharing
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Free user benefits
Free users can access any shared content with a red tick, all our platform content is powered by members of your business community. -
Paid user benefits
Our paid member businesses join us to share. They power our platform content across the UK. Paid members benefit from full access and all our member benefits. -
National youth platform benefits
Only paid members can share content to power our national youth platform.
Finding everything in one place makes things so much easier... leaving a positive impact makes it better
Audiences
See how GB Shared works for you and others
Business
Whether you're in the public, private or 3rd sector, sharing is easy. The more content you share, the more returns, opportunities, visibility and connections you receive.
- Display your business, news, jobs and more
- Accumulate sustainable points
- Connect and share with others
- Expand your network and collaborate
- Find funding, tenders and opportunities
- Expand your digital & sustainable footprints
Community
Anyone anywhere can access and use our share site for free, help yourself to local suppliers, funding, job alerts, news, offers etc. Every click supports a local business and the planet so why not support your region?
- Find local businesses, products & services
- Job alerts direct to your inbox
- Latest news from your county
- Funding alerts, discounts & offers
- Every click supports a local business
Youth & Education
Our share site is central to each UK county. Our national youth platform for 16-24s helps us to share opportunities with future generations, bridging the gap between youth, education and industry.
- Content specific to 16-24s
- Powered by UK businesses helping future generations
- Education and funding opportunities
- Job alerts, talent pools, internships & more
Third Sector
Our share site supports charities in many ways, encouraging their local community and businesses to support them and allowing our charity members to issue green points when you feel a social value!
- 50% discount on membership fees
- Full membership benefits
- Promote your events & fundraising
- Connections to local businesses
- Ability to 'gift' green points to local businesses
Testimonials
Hear what our members have to say
Andrew Sinclair, Northumbrian Water
We joined to promote our services, but also Northumbrian Water has a commitment to spend 60 pence in every pound in our local economy and area, sharing helps us to do this!
See more videosNeil Horner - P34B
P34B joined Lancashare back in 2019 and have been sharing ever since! When we released our partnership with CSR-A in 2022, P34B applied and were our first members to become sustainably accredited at global level, taking the first spot in the UK's sustainable supply chain register!
See more videosFern Ford, inTEC Business Newcastle
Fern Ford of inTEC Business Newcastle, shares who they are, why they started sharing, why it's great value and why they encourage other businesses to do the same!
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