Joining your local Chamber can unlock a variety of opportunities – both for the growth of your business, and for the development of your staff.
People are without a doubt one of the biggest drivers in business – and it is important to ensure your team are given opportunities to develop themselves professionally and personally. There are many ways to do this; and of course each person and business will require a different approach.
The Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce offers a wide range of benefits to our members, from the opportunity to attend our 130+ networking events to business marketing support, introductions to key city stakeholders and access to Government – there is something to suit every business need.
Membership with a Chamber of Commerce is generally viewed as a means to develop and grow your business – which it does. However; recognising the potential for the professional development of staff could create a far more valuable benefit for your business. After all, your team should be ambassadors for your business – and better opportunities for them should encourage better opportunities for your business.
With a surge in online networking over recent years, we are finding more and more that people are reverting back to good old-fashioned face-to-face networking.
Networking can be a daunting prospect for many – but all partake in it – and probably more often than we think. Networking is all about relationship building – it can be as easy as connecting over a coffee, having a simple conversation or exchanging business cards.
The Edinburgh Chamber organise over 130 networking events every year, and we encourage our members to send along varied representatives from their business. This not only ensures new faces at each event – it allows each member in your team to develop their own networking style and to become a confident ambassador for their business.
Encouraging active networking across your wider team not only shapes an ambitious and prosperous company culture; it creates an inclusive environment. It can help every member feel included and valued as an employee – with each individual given the opportunity to represent their business. The benefits of this are mutual as staff can develop their interpersonal skills and confidence, and businesses grow a strong team who’re always on the look out for new business opportunities.
For information on the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce or any of the networking events we run, please contact us on
0131 221 2999.
