Essentials Business Membership

Form your network, raise your profile and save money.

Essential membership is our basic and affordable package for sole traders and micro businesses providing access to our events programme, member area including news, events and offers, and visibility in our searchable online member directory.

Benefits of Small Business Membership

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Benefits of Small Business Membership

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The benefits to you and your business

Essential membership is a very basic and affordable self-service package for sole traders and micro businesses providing essential access to our events programme, member portal (upload news, events and offers), and visibility in our searchable online member directory.

Knowledge
  • Tap into our online Knowledge Hub for the latest guidance, information and insight on topics that matter most to you and your business.
  • Access our knowledge webinars and hear from experts on topics including finance, marketing, HR systems and funding
  • Save time and money with our cost saving initiatives including our Energy Benchmarking service; Primary Health Plan; and Breakdown Cover.
  • Get discounted B2B data and business credit checking to power your customer growth and protect against late or poor payers
Connectivity
  • Access to the largest programme of B2B events in North East England. With over 200 virtual and face to face events each year, including dinners; networking; informative sessions and influential workshops

…raise your profile

  • Increase your visibility by joining the conversation and being part of our 35,000+ online community
  • Share your success, upload your business news stories, events, and offers to our website via our member portal
  • Be visible to 2,000+ members in our searchable online member directory
  • Use our internationally regarded Chamber logo – letting others know that you are part of a collective and influential business network
Influence
  • Access a series of local area meetings to discuss local business and economic conditions providing you with unique opportunities to hear from local influencers and decision makers to improve your business intelligence and shape the growth of your local area.
  • Receive our monthly North East Business Brief – a regular update summarising our policy and campaign work taking place as well as highlight what we have coming up.

To find out more, please contact [email protected]

If you are a sole trader or micro business but would be interested in the following benefits, please enquire about our Small Business membership package:

  • Unlimited access to five 24/7 business advice lines covering HR, Legal, Health & Safety and Tax, a wide-ranging resource library, and £1m of insurance cover
  • Working with a one of our experienced relationship managers. They remain your main point of contact and will touch base with you throughout the year to help you maximise benefits associated with being a Chamber member. They will also facilitate member to member introductions and direct you to the most relevant events and opportunities.

 

If you trade internationally, please enquire about Chamber Global.