Member Benefits and Services
The Benefits of Chamber Membership
Our ambitions are clear - to provide our Members with the best, most comprehensive range of services, support and products available, at the keenest price possible. To this end Essex Chambers of Commerce has created a range of beneficial packages that are built with the needs of modern business in mind.
The list is as long as it is impressive and includes many features not seen under a single banner elsewhere. And there's more. Essex Chambers of Commerce is committed to ensuring that the products and services offered on behalf of its Members are modern, up to date and focussed on current needs and standards.
In the unlikely event that you fail to find what you need from the ballpoint list below please log-in and use the CONTACT US page to ask our helpful Customer Support Team for assistance.
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Benefits, Products and Services
The Essex Chambers of Commerce team provides friendly and professional support on a wide range of business issues and if we are unable to answer an enquiry ourselves we will almost certainly know somebody who can. We hope you will agree that the following list of Member benefits demonstrates our commitment to provide excellent value.
Funding Available for Leadership and Management Development
Up to £1000 in grant funding is now available to help business leaders pay for training to grow their organisations. CLICK HERE to read more.
Members Database
We are proud of our influential contacts within the wider business community - including many of the most successful organisations in Essex.
Policy statement concerning the misuse of data
Essex Chambers of Commerce is against all forms of e.mail nuisance and any unlawful use of the Internet.
Our prime duty is to our Members and it extends to respecting and upholding their rights to privacy and helping them to avoid nuisance contacts. While any individual Member can access the various business directories on this site, Essex Chambers of Commerce will not sell or licence the use of its Membership Database, neither will we make it available for the distribution of corporate news items, general announcements or third-party promotional materials.
Business Leader Magazine
Each Member receives a quarterly copy of the Chambers' own publication called Business Leader. The magazine covers all the business news and views from around the County and provides an excellent update of what's current. Please CLICK HERE to access the magazine online.
International Trade Support
In conjunction with our partners from East of England International and UK Trade and Investment, Essex Chambers of Commerce offers a comprehensive range of support for Essex exporters. Please CLICK HERE to read more.
Chamber AA Roadside Assistance
A dedicated Chamber of Commerce group facility is available to access.
Our Members will benefit from the negotiated pricing that has been agreed with the British Chamber of Commerce, providing you with a substantial discount, as much as 61% discount.
Each new customer has it's own specific account within the Chambers Group facility, with an individual agreement with the AA.
For more information, pricing and how to sign up, please CLICK HERE to log in to the Members only section and follow the link to Chamber AA Roadside Assistance.
No.1 Traveller
Essex Chambers of Commerce Members have access discounts to No.1 Traveller; an airport hospitality specialist, offering passengers the smarter way to catch a flight, with an exclusive collection of airport lounges. CLICK HERE to find out more.
Promotion Opportunities
As a business organisation the Chamber appreciates the importance of promotion and marketing and we try to provide Members with opportunities to market themselves to the wider membership. These range from the Essex Chambers of Commerce Members Directory and Business Directory to exclusive sponsorship of the annual formal dinner. Other opportunities include Chamber organised networking events, international trade events, regular Chamber luncheons and advertising possibilities in our publications. Please CLICK HERE for a list of all our forthcoming events.
Representation
We use our influence on behalf of our Members to shape the agenda at local, regional and national levels. Please CLICK HERE to read more.
TenderForce
Public Sector Contract Tendering made easier. Essex Chambers of Commerce has appointed a team of specialist experts to provide help and support for both Chambers Members and non-members. Tender-Force is a one-stop-shop that can guide you at any or every step of the way throughout the tendering process. CLICK HERE for details.
Essex Chambers Health and Safety
Chamber Members can benefit from a comprehensive range of health and safety services including: a complimentary initial consultation; general health and safety advice; free on-line trial of health and safety training and various promotional offers. All aspects of expert health and safety support, from pay-as-you-go consultancy services to annual evaluations and maintenance, can be sourced through the Chambers. Please CLICK HERE for more about on-line health and safety training.
Essex Chambers Primary Health Plan
Your Essex Chambers of Commerce membership can introduce you to a variety of cost-saving offers for third party services such as our Westfield Health Plan. Please CLICK HERE to find out more.
Essex Chambers HR Services
Essex Chambers HR Services is a new online HR management toolkit that will meet all your HR needs even those you have not yet considered. CLICK HERE to read more.
Essex Chambers Utilities
Chamber UtilitiesTM is an independent utilities broker offering Chamber Members a comprehensive range of solutions to cost-effectively buy and manage electricity and gas consumption. For further details on this service, please CLICK HERE.
Essex Libraries Business Information Service
Essex Libraries Business Information Service offers a wide variety of resources and services to help with all your business information needs, from wherever you are in the county, 7 days a week. If you are starting up we can help you turn your ideas into a business with business opportunity profiles and information factsheets, market research and community profiles. We can even help you set up your company with our 24 hour Company Formation Service.
We can help established businesses to grow by providing quality information from authorative sources such as BSI Online, Credit Safe, Croner's, Cobra, Experian, Kompass, Keynote, Lexis Nexis, Mint and Marketline. So if you need information on your customers or competitors, want a credit report, are trying to source a supplier, want to increase your customer base with a mailshot or telemarketing campaign, need a British Standard, or are seeking new contracts in the public sector, we can help.
FREE CREDIT SEARCHES
In the current economic climate it's become even more important to check out with whom you're doing business.
Do you know the people you are trading with are reliable and credit-worthy?
The Business Information Service can provide you with free company and credit information from authoritative business intelligence resources such as Mint, Creditsafe, Experian and Keynote.
You can save yourself time and money by getting the Business
Information Service to email a company, director or credit report direct to
your desktop.
Reports can include location and branch details, director information, balance
sheets, shareholders, credit ratings and limits, County Court Judgements and mortgages.
Credit reports are also available for some European companies at just £17 +VAT.
Wouldn't it also be useful to know about any significant changes to those companies that you regularly do business with?
The Business Information Service is now offering an enhanced service to Essex Chambers of Commerce Members. You will be notified via email every time a change is registered to one of your searched companies (max 5 companies). The changes might include:
- Change in credit limit
- New annual accounts
- A writ or CCJ added
- Change in director's details
- Company status change
For further information and to access this support please contact the Business Information Service on 01245 492535 or via email on business.information@essex.gov.uk.
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