Basic Training Centre Ltd
Birmingham Chamber is a powerful force for our community. The Chamber provides opportunities for it's members to network and grow contact bases as well as communicate local business opinions to decision making bodies.
Miss Anjum Khan
Managing Director
Colour Direct
I have found that membership of the Chamber has yielded many benefits to my business. Most people prefer to trade with people they trust and like. Belonging to the Chamber and taking an active part in its events has enabled me to meet many people on a regular basis so that understanding and trust are developed in a personal way.
I have done no mainstream advertising since I joined the Chamber, yet I have managed to grow my business steadily within the Chamber membership.
I have saved a fortune in reduced advertising, developed new and then sustained business worth 100s of times my Chamber membership costs. I have also benefited by being able to find trusted and reliable suppliers from the Chamber membership for my own business support needs.
My advice to anyone in business is to join the Chamber, take an active part over a sustained period and reap the benefits of additional good quality business, good suppliers and, just as important for small businesses, make new friends you can talk to about business conditions or problems.
Rob Davis
Proprietor
Colour Direct
Graphic Display Solutions
Electric Lemon
Chamber membership has been an invaluable addition to my business.
The events and networking opportunities have brought me into contact with
Like-minded members who gladly share their business experiences.
This benefit, together with the other Chamber resources, provides great
support with great socialising.
Julien Reville
Electric Lemon Design
ESOS
The support ESOS has received from director Jane Jackson and the Solihull Chamber team is second to none.
Chamber events are consistently of a high quality and are held in fantastic locations, always well attended with quality, like-minded people from a wide range of industry sectors.
As a Premier sponsor of Solihull Chamber, ESOS appreciates the value our association has had, not only in terms of new business or quality member referrals, but also with an increased awareness of our brand, our ethos and our presence in the local business community.
Is being a Chamber member for everyone? Not at all, there’s no need to become a member if you are not serious about growing your business!
Paul Jewell
Sales and marketing
Essentially Christmas Decorating
Membership of Birmingham Chamber has been fantastic for our business and we have found the staff and members to be friendly, helpful and encouraging.
The wide variety of networking events on offer has proved valuable to business development while the educational seminars are a great source of sound business advice for any new or growing company.
When you have a business query your Chamber relationship manager is there to point you in the right direction or you can even call a free legal advice line.
All in all, the membership fee represents excellent value for money and it’s great to have the support of the organisation and the contact with other members who all share the same business challenges.
Jilly Mattley
Partner
Essentially Christmas Decorating
Pertemps People Development
What do you expect from your Chamber and why join in the first instance?
As a member, ensure you make use of the services provided and appreciate that the Chamber exists for the benefit of the membership.
An analogy might be along the lines of joining a gym which can only provide a service if you pay your subscription. In return you expect to use well-maintained equipment, enjoy friendly service and receive sound advice on keeping fit.
The Chamber is no different in that it offers an abundance of opportunities, networking, opening doors, bringing parties together or helping to raise your profile.
Like most things in life, it’s a two-way relationship where you achieve mutual advantage through engagement. But it’s up to you to take the opportunity as a member, after all you don’t join the gym and never go!
All Chamber members have an opportunity to comment and influence, to help develop strategy and draw upon a wealth of experience.
Get involved and just like going to the gym, the result should be a fitter and healthier outlook for your business
Redcliffe Catering
21 years ago when Redcliffe was founded, the Chamber of Commerce was one of the first organisations it joined. Initially we were a small company employing just 4 people now we employ 400.
The benefits we have and continue to receive whether as a small company or an SME have been and remain very important. The Chamber has assisted us with training, business support, networking and much, much more.
Equally important is the work the Chamber undertakes championing the voice of business locally, regionally and nationally. It leads on a wide range of key business issues listening very much to its members concerns.
As with any organisation the more you put in the more you get out. I would urge all businesses, not only to join but to actively participate in the Chambers activities.
Clive Stone
Redcliffe Catering
Sydney Mitchell
We have been members since 1996 and consider our membership fees to be extremely good value.
Through our membership with the Chamber we have met a large number of business contacts from organisations within the surrounding area, helping us to build valuable relationships that have brought in new business and raised our profile throughout Solihull and the West Midlands.
Members of the firm regularly attend events that the Chamber organise and we find that these are very helpful in ensuring that we are actively involved within the local business community.
We can gain information and updates on what is occurring within the area, which helps us to assess if it will affect our business.
Jane Jackson, director at Solihull Chamber, has been extremely helpful in assisting us to identify marketing opportunities and the support services offered by the Chamber are excellent.
We have used these successfully to obtain marketing information and to access a wide range of services from other members of the Chamber, helping us to achieve our business objectives.
Sarah Archer
Practice Manager
West Bromwich Building Society
In the time I have been involved with the Birmingham Chamber of
Commerce, stretching back several years, I have developed numerous
valuable business relationships as a direct result of the Society's
membership of the Chamber.
In addition, this has also enabled me to cultivate strong links with other Chambers as a consequence.
The networking events provided by the Chamber are excellent and offer a
real source of new opportunities as well as having the added appeal of
being enjoyably informative and entertaining occasions.
If they put in the necessary time and commitment, members will find they receive plenty of genuine business benefits and advantages by being part of the Chamber.
Richard Brown
West Bromwich Building Society
Yorkshire Bank
The Birmingham Chamber offers it's membership tremendous opportunities to grow their businesses and engage in 'like minded' people who wish to develop and be successful.
The Chamber offers a huge variety of events including seminars, workshops and networking opportunities together with specialist groups such as the Institute of Asian Businesses, so there is something for everyone, from an individual to SME, through to large corporate and everything in between.
Not only does the Chamber actively support businesses in the region it also works with key partners such as the CBI, Birmingham Forward and Birmingham City Council, to name a few, to ensure that there
is real added value in being a member.
Critically, the Chamber represents all sectors within the region and therefore has it's finger on the industry and commerce pulse.
Whether you attend an informal networking event or the annual banquet you will be assured of a warm welcome. So whether you do business locally, nationally or internationally the Chamber can give you and your company the support you need to be even more successful.
Michael Kelly
Senior Partner – Business Development
Birmingham Financial Solutions Centre