President’s Club Membership

In association with Learning Curve Group

Play an important role in helping the Chamber campaign to enhance the region’s business environment. Position your business, demonstrating a commitment to the region and enabling us to work collectively and speak as one voice.

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The benefits to you and your business

As a large business, you form part of a reputable group and play an important role in helping the Chamber campaign to enhance the region’s business environment.

As well as opportunities for executives at all levels to connect through our events programme, our large business members have access to an exclusive line-up of events, with high profile speakers, aimed specifically at those in senior management roles, providing a unique platform for peer to peer collaboration and the chance to come together to share ideas, develop contacts and business opportunities.

Knowledge
  • Keep up to date with current affairs and informed of changes to local, regional, and national policy and government.
  • Experience unique opportunities to hear from political figures, influential leaders and decision makers on key issues affecting the region’s business community.
  • Broaden your understanding on issues that affect your business and your employees such as transport & infrastructure; planning and development; energy; and education & skills.
  • Tap into our online Knowledge Hub for the latest guidance, information and insight on topics that matter most to you and the wider business including race and diversity, workplace health & wellbeing, sustainability, leadership as well as Gov announcements and regional developments.
  • Benefit from a wealth of online knowledge webinars, designed to give those in management roles the opportunity to hear from experts across business functions from finance to marketing, systems, and HR. Recordings of these can be accessed via the member portal at any time.
  • Share your company’s own expert views, content and best practice via our online blog and social channels.
  • Access to our business support services (with unlimited access to five business advice lines including HR & Legal, with free business documents and £1m of legal insurance cover) as well as data and cost saving initiatives and wide-ranging resource library.
Connectivity

Access to the largest programme of B2B events in the North East. With over 200 virtual and face to face events each year, including dinners; networking; informative sessions and influential workshops

Includes our established Inspiring Females event programme; Linking Business with Education event series; and Engineering & Manufacturing forum.

  • Join our business leaders’ event series aimed specifically at those in senior roles, providing a unique platform for peer to peer collaboration and the chance to come together to share ideas, develop contacts and business opportunities

Includes access to:

  • Three President’s Lunch events each year attracting high profile speakers such as Nicola Sturgeon SMP; Sir John Major; and HRH Prince Edward. The reputation of this series precedes itself, consistently attracting ca. 200 senior leaders from 300 of the largest and most influential businesses across the North East.
  • A unique series of Business Leaders’ Round Table events hosted online each month by Chamber CEO, James Ramsbotham CBE and bringing smaller groups of senior leaders together to connect and update.
  • Online monthly ‘Insight’ Events ‘In conversation with…’: A short 30-minute event for senior leaders providing detailed insight into some of the region’s most significant projects & developments.
  • Seasonal receptions offering a more relaxed environment for our large business senior leaders to connect.

Also:

  • Pre-sale access to the Chamber’s much sought-after Annual Dinner & Awards.
  • Complimentary places at our seasonal receptions offering a more relaxed environment.

…raise your profile

  • Join the conversation via our digital platforms, sharing news, offers and events with the wider network. The Chamber has a strong online presence with 20,000+ followers on Twitter and 13k+ on LinkedIn.
  • Allow us to represent you. The Chamber is inundated with national and international press enquiries, providing us with the opportunity to speak on your behalf and involve you.
  • Access face to face and online sponsorship opportunities and longer-term associations – build awareness of your brand and get to know your audience; access a wider demographic; develop traction around your offering.
  • Share your success by uploading 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 the Chamber’s logo and take pride in associating with our internationally regarded brand, seen and heard beyond our region.
Influence

Our relationships with decision makers at local, regional and national levels allow the voice of our members to be heard in the right place at the right time. The Chamber has a proud track record of influencing policy and raising the profile of the region – as a member, you automatically help us to do just that.

Being part of the British Chambers of Commerce network means we have regular, direct engagement with key decision makers across Government and we are also a powerful voice in shaping the BCC position on national business policy issues on your behalf.

Opportunities for you and your colleagues to get involved:

  • Support the Chamber’s Stronger North East campaign, in which we set out the policy changes our members want to see.
  • Partake in workshops and roundtable discussions as we lead the conversation on some of the biggest issues facing the region and fulfil our commitment to members to create a more influential, working, global, competitive and dynamic region.
  • Play your part in helping us understand your experiences of the regional economy by partaking in our Quarterly Economic Survey, with access to our regional economic performance briefing event series.
  • Join our policy forums: Education & Skills Group, Transport Forum, Development Forum, Energy Group to ensure that our priorities match current business needs and shape our messages on these vital issues.
  • Access to an experienced team of policy experts, on hand to support you with issues effecting your business and the local business environment.
  • 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.
Your relationship manager

As a large business (President’s Club) member, you benefit from working with a senior relationship manager as part of our experienced large business team. They remain your main point of contact and will touch base with you at regular points 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, opportunities, and initiatives.

To find out more, please contact:

Tom Warnock – Senior Relationship Manager, South of Tyne & Team Valley

[email protected]

07714 845617

Michelle Ord – Senior Relationship Manager, North of Tyne & Gateshead

[email protected]

07392 317728

If you trade internationally, please enquire about our Chamber Global. For a small additional cost, we can offer you access to specialist international trade support, optimum discounts on training and documentation and access to international focused insight and events. It also enables us to sign post you to the most relevant opportunities and work closely with you to provide you with the most effective guidance and support to help you achieve your overseas ambitions.

“As Associate Sponsor of the Chamber’s President’s Club, Learning Curve Group has the opportunity to get to know the businesses in the region, understand what’s driving them and how we can support their growth. This close relationship with the Chamber and its members is invaluable to the business and lets us take an active part in supporting the North East’s business community and the development of the skills in the region.”

Brenda McLeish, CEO