WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN DROGHEDA CHAMBER:

Drogheda & District Chamber was established in 1894, and since then it has played a distinguished and important role in the history of the town and in the development of the business and commercial life in Drogheda.

Actively participating in Chamber facilitates your role in ensuring the commitment to fostering business in Drogheda, and provides you with a recognised representative to work on your behalf. Be sure to have a say in the factors which directly affect the future success of your business.

Ask yourself why there are Chambers of Commerce all over the world and why there are international affiliations between states through Chambers of Commerce. This Chamber of Commerce wants to serve you and you can serve yourself by becoming a part of it and a contributor to its aspirations and opportunities for Drogheda and your business.

§  Voice for Business Owners

The Chamber acts as an independent voice for business in Drogheda & District. We support business by lobbying to ensure Drogheda has the best environment in which to conduct business. Our voice is recognised by local decision making bodies as a true representation of the wider business community’s opinion. This in turn strengthens our standing and power of influence.

§  Network with influential business people

Membership of the Drogheda Chamber provides you with key networking opportunities which help to grow and support your business, nurturing new prospects and adding value to your business. We host social and business networking events on a regular basis along with our hugely successful annual Business Excellence Awards and Women of Worth Awards. Two occasions when we celebrate the entrepreneurs in our area and applaud the skill and effort required to ‘do business’ and create wealth locally.

§  Access to Membership

Being a member of Drogheda & District Chamber ensures you and your organisation have access both to Members and to key decision makers in local government. Access to fellow members is facilitated by our many events, our membership directory, e-zines’, monthly chamber updates, and through our exclusive quarterly newsletter. Engagement with our policy committee’s and working groups will offer feedback on issues such as tourism generation, inward investment, infrastructure and local business costs.

§  Raise your Businesses Profile

Membership of Drogheda & District Chamber immediately raises the profile of your business, and sets you apart as a business which is committed to working with the wider business community to effect change which will deliver a better environment for all commercial activities. The Chamber will also provide you with unique sponsorship and marketing activities, enabling you to present your business or product to a specific and targeted audience of key business people.

§  Offers to Members

The Chamber promotes and facilitates commercial activity between members, and has assisted cross selling of goods and services between member companies. You can put forward ‘special offers’ to fellow Chamber members to drive business.

§  Affinity Schemes

Drogheda Chamber council have negotiated discounted Affinity Schemes for the benefit our membership. We have member discounts available with VHI, Imagine and our Premier Awards Sponsor Bord Gais. You can avail of these discounts immediately!

§  Business Opportunities

As an active Chamber member you will have the opportunity to create and get involved in campaigns to assist business conditions, join committees and ultimately join Chamber Council. This in turn offers the prospect of sharing experiences, exchanging business views, and creating new business ideas. You can build the profile of your own business amongst Chamber members and the wider business community.

§  Support Services of Chambers Ireland

Chambers Ireland is the national association of Chamber groups all over Ireland and has a fully staffed support and research centre in Dublin. As Drogheda Chamber is affiliated to Chambers Ireland, our members have full access to the support services, translation services, and advice which is offered on a national level.

§  Business Training

Key to the success of any business is staff training, and as Drogheda Chamber is affiliated to Chambers Ireland, we benefit from the many training courses which they offer. Many training events, seminars and courses are also organised on a local level with the assistance of FAS funding and are heavily subsidised.

§  Export Services

If you are an exporter you can avail of the exclusive in-house documentation service and manage your export requirements more efficiently. Certificates of Origin are exclusively produced by Chamber and are available on a same day service.

§  Board Room Hire

For those who may from time to time require the use of a fully serviced board room, you as a Member are entitled to hire the Chamber Board room for meetings and training for a nominal sum.

What are you waiting for – contact us today enquiries@ droghedachamber.com or Telephone:  041 9833544 or visit our website www.droghedachamber.com