BENEFITS OF CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP

As a Chamber Member there are a wide range of products and services to help you and your business grow. Many of these services are included within your Membership, others are available at a discounted rate. These include:

• Monthly Networking and Business Referral Opportunities – The Business Chamber will have monthly networking meetings, with large regional networking events throughout the year. We will also give you the right tools to network more effectively and obtain more business through word of mouth and business referrals.

• Business Referrals – as well as increasing your exposure to other businesses the Business Chamber will help to generate leads and sales through business referrals from fellow Chamber Members.

• Business Information including a monthly electronic Newsletter which will have:
• Information on grants and funding
• Information on business support initiatives
• Business information and tips and ‘Members Tips’ where Chamber Members can share their expertise with other businesses
• Local business good news stories
• Members News and Events

• Directory Listing on www.northantrimbusiness.com including free upgrade to ‘Bronze Listing’ worth £49.99

• Member2Member Offers – generate new sales and cut your costs with specially selected targeted promotions and discounts

• North Antrim Business Chamber Member Logo – to help promote the credibility or your business

• Promotions and Sponsorship Opportunities - promote yourself to a captive audience at events

• Networking Events – These will range from business luncheons to evening networking events.

Members Special Interest Groups
Members can also set up ‘Special Interest Groups’ which can meet as they require. These Special interest Groups could include certain sectors (e.g. Tourism, Town Centre Traders, Business Services, Construction etc) or they could be territory based (e.g. Rasharkin, Cushendall etc), or interest based (e.g. environmental, social enterprise, export traders etc).

Monitoring of Member2Member Referrals
As well as business networking opportunities North Antrim Business Chamber will help local entrepreneurs to develop referral business, where other members of the Business Chamber will know about your business, referring your business to their customers and people that they meet.

Business Referrals will be monitored by the Business Chamber Council and Management Team to gauge how much business is taking place between Members.