Local insight.
Practical ideas.
Shared experience.
The NL Business Journal is a place for businesses and professionals across Lanarkshire to share practical knowledge, useful ideas and stories from the local business community.
Knowledge worth sharing.
There is a huge amount of experience, expertise and practical knowledge within North Lanarkshire’s business community.
The NL Business Journal gives local businesses a platform to share that knowledge — whether that’s practical advice, lessons learned, useful resources, business stories or insight into the challenges and opportunities facing local firms.
The aim is simple: useful content from local people, for local businesses.
From the business community.
Explore the latest ideas, stories and practical insight from businesses and professionals across North Lanarkshire.
Working for yourself doesn’t have to mean working alone
Running your own business can be lonely. It’s something I’ve heard from a few people since I started meeting other business owners, particularly at networking events. And yes, there are days when it’s just you, a long list of things to do and nobody else to make the decisions. There’s no colleague at the next…
Confessions of a Networking Virgin
When I decided to establish NL Business Forum, I had very little experience of business networking. In fact, ‘very little’ may be overstating it. Like many business owners, I understood the theory. Put a group of people in a room, add coffee and a friendly opening spiel, and meaningful business relationships will somehow emerge. But…
Company Spotlight | Cyber Resilience for SMEs
Could Your Business Still Open Tomorrow After a Cyber-attack? Cyber preparedness is not just about security software. It depends on how your people respond, whether your plans work under pressure, and whether your backups can actually be restored. By Sam Wheeler, Founder and Managing Director, Samaryam Tech Imagine it is 9:03 on a Monday morning.…
And that’s a wrap!
We hosted our inaugural NL Business Forum event at The Tipsy Cow, Airdrie on Wednesday 26th August 2026, and we couldn’t have been happier with how it went. When the Forum was created, the intention was always for our events to be welcoming, relaxed and, to a large extent, informal — while still providing individuals,…
Got something worth sharing?
Some of the best business advice comes from people who have actually been there and done it.
The NL Business Journal is designed to give local business owners and professionals a platform to share their knowledge, experience and ideas with the wider North Lanarkshire business community.
It might be a practical business tip, a lesson you’ve learned along the way, specialist insight from your profession or simply a story you think other local businesses would find useful.
Share your experience.
You don’t need to be a professional writer. If you’ve got an idea worth sharing, get in touch and tell us about it.
Contribute to the JournalDon’t just read about the local business community. Be part of it.
Come along to an NL Business Forum event, meet other businesses from across North Lanarkshire and continue the conversations behind the ideas shared here.
