The question is, 'How do I present my business without it sounding like I'm just after the sale?'

UK Business Buddy brings a new era of card payment solutions – not only do we guarantee impressive card transaction costs, but we add value to that too… We are passionate about helping independent businesses and are here to help you save, not spend and we wanted to show you how else we can help […]

It’s not often you do a comparison of house or car insurance, utility bills or personal banking service charges, but we reckon it’s even less common for the owners of independent businesses to make comparisons of their business banking and particularly, customer card payment charges. So if there’s potential for you to save money by […]

‘As a new business owner and sole trader, goal setting was the last thing on my mind. That sounds odd, but 2020 was an eventful year that included redundancy, losing a furloughed job, losing many hours from my new job and accidentally creating a marketing business of my own. By the time January came around […]

Are we the only ones who are feeling a little bit sorry for the year 2020? Yes, it’s been the worst ever, and we’re not going to dwell on the hardships we’ve come across in our customer’s stories, our own business and our private lives. No, we want to remember that it’s been an incredible […]

Have you been surprised by the price of our card payment terminals? UK Business Buddy conducts cost comparisons on your customer card payment charges to the bank and when we do this, the first thing we’ll ask you for is a full merchant statement. We’d like to explain why our monthly terminal fees are often […]

The customer: Eve and Adam Beauty Clinic, St Albans The concern: Card payment terminal contract costs The solution: Set-up of new payment provider, installation of new card terminals and cancellation of existing contract The outcome: 30% savings on costs, equalling £6,000 Eve and Adam Beauty Clinic, St Albans Sally Shepherd, owner of Eve and Adam […]

Hands up if you find it easy running a new business or an old one, even?! No? We thought as much… We’re not going to try and wave a magic wand to suddenly reduce your costs and save you money, but we do hope that the tips in this blog go some way to inspiring […]

Our guest blog for Independent Oxford, showing our support for our fellow members. Enjoy, and let us know how you like the tips… “Your persona is the basis for everything you create. Writing for yourself won’t always resonate with your intended audience. If you, instead, speak your persona’s pains, challenges, and goals and they feel […]

Business finance and card payment solutions are really boring… According to UK Business Buddy founder and self-titled Chief Provider of Smiles, Nic Rutherford, ‘If you tell people that’s what you do in a networking meeting you can practically see their eyes glaze over. It’s not until you tell them that we can help achieve savings […]