They will stitch you up by behaving in a very underhand manner. They have a terrible business model and catch people out who don't want to spend hours reading terms and conditions. STAY WELL AWAY OR YOU WILL END UP IN COURT WITH THEM AND THEY WILL RIP YOU OFF.

Today at court I lost to CBT, serve me right. I have to cough up £470.00, it is really something very hard and difficult to pay at this hard times. If you have a dispute with CBT, avoid to go to court, there is no way you can win. I have used 1001 reasons to persuade the court to dismiss the case. But didn't work. If you are in any dispute contact them to get an agreement to pay what they want.Otherwise if you go to court, you may end up paying four or five times of what they want.

I rate them as the best association for the small annual membership cost of £50 a year. Where can you get advertising alone for as little as a pound a week never mind all the other services they give? I am paying £50 per month for my website at the moment so I’m going to cancel it and have the CBT do a new site for me for free as it is all included in the membership. Member services have a professional, courteous approach when dealing with enquiries. I have found the advice given most helpful and I have solved a difficult problem with their help. I'm now in my 2nd year of membership and happy to continue with the CBT. I would strongly recommend them to any other business… except to my competitors ☺☺☺☺

I’m a happy member of the CBT. I joined as I needed a good affordable organisation with use of an association logo for help, advice and to promote my family run business. I can always discuss any problem that might be a worry and they have the lowest membership fee gong of £49.90 a year. I can cancel at anytime with just 30 days notice so I would be very interested if anyone knows of a better organisation that gives all the benefits such as a free website, hosting, web reports and business directory listings for the low cost of £49.90 a year or less. I haven’t found one yet so I’m going to stick with the CBT and I give them a 5 star rating.

Instead of paying monthly to my old web/hosting company I've joined the CBT and I now get a website and hosting for free. I've saved money even with paying the membership fees. After seeing the bad reviews about cancelling I was concerned so I went back to their terms again and it's very clear what to do if you want to cancel the membership. I payed £11.40 for a domain for 2 years and thats it, the website is promoted to get me more business. I've looked around and this organisation is the best value for money.

DO NOT GO NEAR TO THIS COMPANY THEY RIPP YOU OFF AND SIGNED YOU A CONTRACT EVEN THOUG IT STATES THAT IS FREE (READ THE VERY SMALL PRINT) AFTER A WHILE YOU DEMEND MONEY AND IF YOU DO NOT PAY THAT TAKE YOU TO COURT, THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN CANCEL THE CONTRACT AS YOU CAN NOT REACH THEM BY PHONE MAIL OR E-MAIL, THE FALLOWING YEAR THEY RENEW YOUR CONTRACT WITHOUT LETTING YOU KNOW AND ONCE YOU CONTACT THEM THEY SAY YOU HAD TO CONTACT THEM BEFORE THE RENEWAL DATE SO YOU HAVE TO PAY THEM AGAIN, MY ADVICE IS DO NO NOT EVEN GO NEAR TO THEM

I joined the CBT and have been very happy with the services and benefits provided. They're much better than other similar organisations and I see that they are an established association. They have definitely helped to raise my business credibility and business profile. They are always available to share my problems and are always willing to help.

These people are scamming businesses. All the big companies you see on their websites are not their member! They don't provide any support at all. Read the small print in T&C carefully. Despite our emails and letters they haven't cancelled our membership and demanding more payment for the renewal. You have to request cancellation code in specified time period and if you lucky you will get an reply. STAY AWAY !!!

I joined the CBT and I'm now in my third year. They've given me a website and hosting all part of the membership. I've had on several occasions some bad debts with customers refusing to pay my invoice. The CBT solved these problems for me and gave advice to prevent future problems. For the help, advice, advertising and services provided I find the annual charge well worth while. I've read the negative reviews on this site and they all relate to companies that don't want to pay their subscription. All I can say is that if you sign up for something you should read and understand what you're signing up for. I'm sure that the Confederation of Businesses and Traders have many many more satisfied members than those few dissatisfied ones writing here. In my book the CBT is to be recommended.

Last year was rung up and offered membership for a year for a very small amount it was under £20.Never heard anymore until I got the renewal notice for £220.80 and now realised they have it stated that you have to give notice before it is due.Surely you should be told this in the first place.Not interested being in it anyway. If you join the RAC they have a rolling membership but you just cancel. If its so good to be in why do they bend over backwards to stop you leaving. Had a really bad year with the weather so don't even have the money to pay it anyway. Have been in touch with the financial ombudsman so they will be fighting my case. Should be told once you join what the yearly fee is and hard to cancel. All this over a phone call from them if you get one-hang up.

I am going though the same thing at the moment (no renewal notice)) and will be taking it to the Trading Standards - I only have a small business and this isn't good for us as the year so far has been bad for business (snow etc). I would stay clear from these guys as it looks like they we put us out of business.

I recently got an email from the CBT, subject "GET A FREE BUSINESS DIRECTORY ENTRY". I entered my details and got what it said on the tin, a Free Directory Entry complete with a link to my website. No charge! They emailed me to say when the entry was live and I've had no problem with the CBT at all. All pretty straight forward, I would like to thank the them for the free entry.

Thank you We found that I.d.s.'s response to Guest's Review (no name was given) of Confederation of Businesses and Trades (CBT) explanation interesting and thought to add this comment. Obviously, our experience of dealing with Confederation of Businesses and Trades (CBT) suggest otherwise. It sounds unusual that this company namely; Confederation of Businesses and Trades (CBT) offers help only to "non-members by allowing free entry to the business directory with no charge" but the same; Confederation of Businesses and Trades (CBT) charges its members as admitted that " ...they do make a yearly charge for membership" and added that the membership will be renewed in Confederation of Businesses and Trades' way without sending "... renewal notices but if a member wants to cancel they can simply phone or email as stated in the terms." Furthermore, our records reveals that; on 25th April 2012 I have phoned and emailed Confederation of Businesses and Trades (CBT) to cancel our account. On the following day Confederation of Businesses and Trades (CBT) emailed and informed us that "With reference to your request to cancel received by e-mail on the 25/04/12. Cancellations are subject to sections 8 and 9 of the terms of membership to which you are bound and cannot be cancelled at this time" After Confederation of Businesses and Trades (CBT) commencing a claim at the county court against us please see above for more details. On 2nd September 2012 I have emailed Confederation of Businesses and Trades (CBT) which we noticed uses a few email addresses in its communication with us, to cancel our account. On 5th September 2012 OD (accounts), Confederation of Businesses and Trades (CBT) which also bearing "The UK's Leading Multi Trade Association Apply for membership online" with contact details beside the company logo almost at the bottom of her email informed us that: "In reply to your e-mail dated 02/09/2012. I regret to inform you that your membership cannot be cancelled at this time and will be due for renewal on the 12/4/2013. You may cancel the renewal of your membership by notifying us at anytime between the 11/2/2013 and the 13/3/2013 and obtaining a cancellation reference code in compliance with our terms and conditions (section 9). This cancellation reference code should be retained as confirmation of the termination of your membership." Therefore, there is certain time to be able to cancel your own account and must be on guard for ever. No wonder, the unnamed member of CBT conclude that " I give the CBT the thumbs up and invite you to read my full review of the Confederation of Businesses and Traders Mr Taghipour, Doctors Makeover LTd