Throughout the period of the Covid lockdown we've observed businesses and consumers alike, starting to buy local again. There are a number of factors driving this change in behaviour including the fact that during this period people have a little more time on their hands, less choice from some of the national providers, and a heightened sense of community spirit.We want to ensure that local businesses can build on this resurgence in a preference for things local, by helping you to access many of the advantages ordinarily only available to large businesses. We do this by helping you to bring together a group of like minded people who would benefit from pooling their skills and products to help them win more business. For example:a plumber; electrician; bricklayer; carpenter may have more chance of winning work if the can put forward a proposal as a team rather than as an individual company. This may also help them access larger contracts than on their own.a business insurance broker may find it more helpful if they can advise clients on all of their financial services needs and so creating a team including a provider of commercial finance; business consulting; compliance; and risk assessments may provide a more wholistic approach to their offeringOur business model is very simple. Each participant business continues to operate in their independently in their own right and without interference. In addition, each participant business buys an equal share in a newly incorporated company. Each time business is referred between the parties an introduction fee is paid into the jointly owned business. A small portion of these fees is used to pay for the running costs of the Virtually 1 platform and the balance is distributed equally amongst all business owners. There are no additional fees to pay, rather the groups success relies on the generation of introductions amongst each other. If this is something you're interested in then let us know and we can start