The Founding 100 campaign
YOUR BUSINESS.THEIR FUTURE.OUR BOLTON.
We're inviting the first hundred Bolton businesses to become the Founding 100 — permanently recognised as the businesses that built this directory and backed its young people from day one.
Got 60 seconds? Create your free business listing
Scan. List. Get found.
Opens this site's free listing form
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Your listing backs real, visible work
Founding businesses are supporting the supervised digital work happening behind the directory — not a vague promise, but practical experience on real briefs.
Owner-supplied imagery, approved for public use. No generated substitute people.
Real workspace
Creating and checking business profiles in the Genuine Futures workspace.
Directory in action
Learning how categories, listings and local search come together.
What you get — free
Your free listing, and what it unlocks
The free business listing is genuinely free. Everything below is included from day one — no card, no catch.
A full business profile on Bolton's community-powered directory
Your services, photos, service area and contact details in one place
Appear in local searches by trade, category and location
Links to your website and social channels
Enquiries from local residents direct to you
Founding 100 recognition for the first hundred Bolton businesses
Optional extras
Want to go further? Promotional services
Alongside the free listing, optional paid promotional services are created with — and help train — local young people. Packages and pricing are published only once formally approved.
Written business spotlights and business stories
Professional photography and filmed interviews
Social media content and video showcases
Blog articles and co-ordinated local campaigns
The campaign
100.
Founding places for Bolton businesses. When they're gone, they're gone.
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Founding members are recognised on the directory for as long as they stay listed.
Register your interest
Put your business forward for the Founding 100
Tell us about your business and we'll help you get listed — and, if you'd like, talk you through the optional promotional services. Prefer to dive straight in? Create your free listing now.