After a few weeks of faffing I’m happy to announce that that Custard Factory Business Forum is ready.

The delay was partly due to my general dislike of forums (I’m more as blog person) but mainly because we wanted to be sure it was a useful service and not just another chaotic environment of sound and fury signifying nothing, as forums have a tendency to become.

As such this is an experiment in curating a conversational space with a specific aim in mind, namely that businesses based here can come together and trade knowledge, skills and stuff to their mutual benefit.

One of the purposes of this new website is to get tenants talking to each other again. I’ve heard countless times that the social aspect of the Custard Factory isn’t as vibrant as it used to be and I think part of the reason for this is people are working in their studios on their computers a lot more than in the past. This forum (along with the comments on each blog post) is an attempt to do something about that and I intend to watch how it’s used and develop it appropriately.

So go sign up and fill the void that currently exists there. I’ll be promoting it properly across the Custard Factory next week once I’m happy it’s all running smoothly and with that in mind please let me know if anything doesn’t work or doesn’t make sense!

Above all this is your space and it’s only as useful as you make it. So make it useful.